Viney - great until tiring

Hogan - gradually regaining touch

Salem - played with composure 

Watts - needed the run

Petracca - quiet but dangerous 

Lewis - marshalled the forces

Trengove - slow but valuable 

Gawn - dominated the centre

Tyson - prolific but wasteful 

Oliver - often too impulsive 

Hibberd - continued outstanding year

Frost - steady and reliable 

Melksham - smart and dangerous 

Hannan - continued to surprise 

Kennedy-Harris - was rarely sighted

T.McDonald - versatile and effective

O.McDonald - reliable and safe

Hunt - heart and soul

Neal- Bullen - great first half

Garlett - went missing often

Jetta - read game beautifully 

Harmes - tough but limited 

 

Not often I agree with , but you were pretty close this week ( or was I ).

ANB and Hannan have been the surprise packets for me this year.

Pretty much spot on this week

6 minutes ago, dimmy said:

Not often I agree with , but you were pretty close this week ( or was I ).

ANB and Hannan have been the surprise packets for me this year.

I am officially on the Hannan bandwagon. Love his ability to throw it on the boot quickly around goal.

And I agree ANB has been great the last few weeks. I also think JKH has looked at home since coming back, although a little quieter today.

If someone said Jones and Vince were available next week, i'd find it hard to find 2 names to drop from that side.

Edited July 22, 20178 yr by Forest Demon

Lewis - some wrong decisions

Oscar - Punching into corridors

Hunt - Loved the smother

Jetta - Just wins 50/50s

Neal Bullen - Cementing his spot

Garlett - Coulda kicked 8

Hogan - Played small today

Can't believe this but I agree with you on Tyson. Got heaps of, was important, but gee he was wasteful. 

Melbourne members/supporters - where were you?

27,000 is pretty ordinary considering all the obvious good reasons to go. How much more incentive do you need?

9 minutes ago, TGR said:

Lewis - some wrong decisions

Oscar - Punching into corridors

Hunt - Loved the smother

Jetta - Just wins 50/50s

Neal Bullen - Cementing his spot

Garlett - Coulda kicked 8

Hogan - Played small today

Oscar- what is with that. Thought he was quite steady and although no damage done,  what is with spoiling into the most dangerous spot possible ?

I'm a Tyson fan and the good news is, he gets to good positions and attracts the ball  but yes, prolific but wasteful.

3 hours ago, joeboy said:

Viney - great until tiring

Hogan - gradually regaining touch

Salem - played with composure 

Watts - needed the run

Petracca - quiet but dangerous 

Lewis - marshalled the forces

Trengove - slow but valuable 

Gawn - dominated the centre

Tyson - prolific but wasteful 

Oliver - often too impulsive 

Hibberd - continued outstanding year

Frost - steady and reliable 

Melksham - smart and dangerous 

Hannan - continued to surprise 

Kennedy-Harris - was rarely sighted

T.McDonald - versatile and effective

O.McDonald - reliable and safe

Hunt - heart and soul

Neal- Bullen - great first half

Garlett - went missing often

Jetta - read game beautifully 

Harmes - tough but limited 

 

Jetta. Bluey in my book. Just a great story and a damn good  bloke. Well done Nev. 

2 hours ago, Chris said:

Can't believe this but I agree with you on Tyson. Got heaps of, was important, but gee he was wasteful. 

Has always been his problem, poor disposal. It needs to get sorted out.

3 hours ago, Forest Demon said:

If someone said Jones and Vince were available next week, i'd find it hard to find 2 names to drop from that side.

Actually I don't think it's a hard call.

Vince replaces Trengove whom wouldn't have played had Bernie not been a turkey last week.

Jones replaces JKH.

 

Back six - built a wall

I hope Trenners is being judged on merit rather than group think, or bias???

I was watching him for signs of slowness today and was actually pleasantly surprised.  I didn't see any concerns in his speed other than fatigue during a chase nearing the end of the game

16 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Has always been his problem, poor disposal. It needs to get sorted out.

That and he takes an eternity to dispose of the ball.

9 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Actually I don't think it's a hard call.

Vince replaces Trengove whom wouldn't have played had Bernie not been a turkey last week.

Jones replaces JKH.

 

I dunno, Vince is averaging just the 20 touches this season, and with that comes the semi-regular brain fades in defence and occasional stray elbow. He has slaughtered Sloane twice but most other mids aren't tagged out so easily. If Trenners can lift his output a little next week (20+ touches), then I'd have no qualms with Bernie coming back through Casey.

4 hours ago, JTR said:

Melbourne members/supporters - where were you?

27,000 is pretty ordinary considering all the obvious good reasons to go. How much more incentive do you need?

The ground level MCC members nearly made up for it . They heartily boo-ed the umpires  and that naughty " Number 22 " .

ANB- becoming a weapon

Hannan- draft day steal

4 hours ago, JTR said:

Melbourne members/supporters - where were you?

27,000 is pretty ordinary considering all the obvious good reasons to go. How much more incentive do you need?

Average crowd for a Port Adelaide game at the MCG is 25.5k. Nothing wrong with 27k today.

2 hours ago, bjDee said:

I hope Trenners is being judged on merit rather than group think, or bias???

I was watching him for signs of slowness today and was actually pleasantly surprised.  I didn't see any concerns in his speed other than fatigue during a chase nearing the end of the game

Tbh, I think it's the opposite, the same as his return last year. Few posters were willing to admit he was poor prior to the bye, but then he was dropped. We all feel for him with what he has been through.

I'll get shot down for being negative, but he added very little today. He made a good tackle early which the umpire incorrectly called against him but other than that, was a bit out of place. I'm OK with giving him another game to make sure but he was a long way off today. 

He doesn't have a get out move in defence. Hunt and Hibberd can run, Jetta is extremely evasive, Trengove lacks a move with front on pressure.

 

6 hours ago, JTR said:

Melbourne members/supporters - where were you?

27,000 is pretty ordinary considering all the obvious good reasons to go. How much more incentive do you need?

Regional Queensland, on-call.'

Loved the win, though!

7 hours ago, JTR said:

Melbourne members/supporters - where were you?

27,000 is pretty ordinary considering all the obvious good reasons to go. How much more incentive do you need?

Good turnout imo.  Considering we struggled to crack 20k against the likes of Port and Freo during our finals years in the 00s yet have managed 27k against both this year despite not playing finals for a decade says we're doing okay. Collingwood a so called powerhouse managed 35k against them. I'd say that's a good ratio relative to membership and support numbers.

10 hours ago, joeboy said:

Viney - great until tiring

Hogan - gradually regaining touch

Salem - played with composure 

Watts - needed the run

Petracca - quiet but dangerous 

Lewis - marshalled the forces

Trengove - slow but valuable 

Gawn - dominated the centre

Tyson - prolific but wasteful 

Oliver - often too impulsive 

Hibberd - continued outstanding year

Frost - steady and reliable 

Melksham - smart and dangerous 

Hannan - continued to surprise 

Kennedy-Harris - was rarely sighted

T.McDonald - versatile and effective

O.McDonald - reliable and safe

Hunt - heart and soul

Neal- Bullen - great first half

Garlett - went missing often

Jetta - read game beautifully 

Harmes - tough but limited 

 

Harmes? Tough but limited?? Heart and soul player!

13 hours ago, nutbean said:

I'm a Tyson fan and the good news is, he gets to good positions and attracts the ball  but yes, prolific but wasteful.

Seven turnovers.

A lot of those were under very little pressure too.

13 hours ago, JTR said:

Melbourne members/supporters - where were you?

27,000 is pretty ordinary considering all the obvious good reasons to go. How much more incentive do you need?

Good Snow Darling.

they'll pop in to a game later.