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Stayed out of the game day thread today.  Enjoyed the game way more.

It was a fantastic performance... after half time.  The first half was a disgrace to football as a whole.  The less said about it the better.

However, in the second half everything just... clicked.  Gawn was in sync with the midfield and we waltzed it out of the centre with ease.  Many player who had underperformed began to regain some confidence and impact the contest in a positive way.  We stopped bombing it long to contests and actually looked to hit targets inside 50.  Our backline, which was left exposed in the second term when we went back to our old ways of allowing sides to run it easily out of defence, came together and repelled almost everything that came at the them.  The third term was what our side CAN look like when we worked together as a unit.  

There were some real positive performances today.  Hannan and Fritsch, in the same side together for only the second time this year, worked perfectly alongside each other.  Spargo had a ripping little debut and gave us a spark that Garlett hasn't really given us all year.  Gawn continues to have an amazing season.  O Mac killed Daniher to add yet another scalp to his ever growing list, while Jetta and Hibberd were also excellent.  James Harmes also played his best game for the season and our tackling and hunting of the footy was terrific.  Jake Melksham was also sensational - had a hand in a heap of goals and kick a couple of rippers to go with it.

There is still plenty to work on.  The first half was awful stuff and we let ourselves be brought down to their level and we couldn't find a way to stop it.  We ran out of legs a little bit in the last 6 minutes to cough up goals, and I know some will whinge about it until they are blue in the face, but we only played 5 days ago.  We went hard when it mattered and put the game to rest early in the last so when we ran out of petrol tickets it didn't matter.

It's great to be back on the winners list and even better to beat the Druggies.  Enjoy every minute of it and be happy that our season is now back on track!!

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Thank god for Gawn. 

Milkshake also had a good game even in the first half when we played poorly. 

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Fristch and Spargo look like players. 

Both did well. 

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Fristch,  Hannan and Spargo really gave us some freshness and energy. All three looked dangerous and made an impact.

T Mac showed how much he has been missed.  

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9 poor or average quarters in a row. Turned our fortunes around finally in the 3rd. Keeping fingers crossed.

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1 minute ago, Petraccattack said:

Fristch,  Hannan and Spargo really have us some freshness and energy. All three looked dangerous and made an impact.

T Mac showed how much he has been missed.  

We must think alike. Scary.

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Hannan and Fritsch and Spargo >> Garlett and Bugg and Kent


 

 
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Just now, KingDingAling said:

Hannan was a good inclusion and adds A LOT to our side. Fritsch, Spargo, Hannan and Hunt need to stay in the side, they all add far more than any vanilla inside mid.

I agree, but I also thought that when he was dropped that it was the right decision at the time.  He needs to continue to improve his consistency but today showed what he can do, and it's bloody fantastic!

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16 to 4 Centre clearances tells the tale and we finally started to convert our entries after half time.

8 less clangers also.

The inclusion of Spargo, Hannan (should have been in for Stretch last week) and Fritsch saw us alot cleaner, and gave us something to target inside 50 along with some run that's been lacking previous weeks.

Horrid 1st half... much improved second.  A few less goals from Essendrug at the end and that would have been a very good result.  A win is a win though and good result nonetheless.

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Just now, Skuit said:

Match Summary:

See 2017 vs. Essendon.

I thought the same thing, Skuit.  It was eerily similar to least year - horrible first half before we go on top and put them away.

We still miss Petracca and Viney in our midfield, as I believe a stronger midfield would have made things difficult for us today.  But Essendon's is as soft as butter and once Gawn got on top we gave them no chance.

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7 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

There is still plenty to work on.  The first half was awful stuff and we let ourselves be brought down to their level and we couldn't find a way to stop it.  We ran out of legs a little bit in the last 6 minutes to cough up goals, and I know some will whinge about it until they are blue in the face, but we only played 5 days ago.  We went hard when it mattered and put the game to rest early in the last so when we ran out of petrol tickets it didn't matter.

 

mediocre performance against a team playing woeful football...

and of course Essendon played 4 days ago so no excuse for the relative fade out.

Such a long way to go.

Luckily we have some easier games coming up to build some momentum.

McDonald playing mid ground and thus providing a defence against the easy ball out the back was a positive

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Almost identical match to last year's game against Essendon.

Not at all convinced of our finals credentials. We need to win the next 3, and be at least 110%.

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A great debut and show of how too stick up for your team mate Spargo, we need more of his attitude pls.

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Exactly the same as last years game. Have to wait and see from next week as the saints will be tougher. Spargo played good first game.  Fitsch, Hannan and tmac played well. Jones was good after half time.

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6 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

We were good against rubbish opposition, could we do that against the top sides? No chance.

Spargo had a great debut, Fritsch was excellent, Gawn back to his dominating best and we really missed Tom McDonald.

This is it in a nutshell.  We are still a fair way off a finals side.

Just need to smack the crap sides and hope we can improve going into second half of the season.

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