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Jones - disposal was iffy

Viney - great second half

Jetta - had little involvement 

O.McDonald - was rarely troubled

Smith - little to excite

Lewis - fumbled too often

Frost - impressive and steady 

Salem - kicking was sublime

Stretch - improved with confidence 

Oliver - 4 impressive quarters 

Gawn - dominated the centre

Fritch - is looking tired

Melksham - was hardly sighted

T. McDonald - provided a target

Spargo - did little well

Hogan - team focused game

Neal-Bullen - effective tagging game

Garlett - on shaky ground

Hibberd - reliable and effective 

Brayshaw - classy and prolific 

Harmes - continued impressive patch

Petracca - more impressive output

 

I'm loving the Salem attention at the moment. His skill in this 22 is massive.

 

Fritsch looking tired?  What game were you watching joeboy?  The bloke had 25 touches and got better as the game wore on.  

Who was ANB tagging by the way?  

Generally agree with the rest, but the Fritsch one is a shocker.


13 minutes ago, deebug said:

I hope Stretch gets a game next week?

Fritschy was good tonight.

Why wouldn't he? i thought he showed good composure, busted tackles, laid tackle, adds much needed speed why would he get dropped?

 

Fritsch looking tired?

He was clearly a top 5 player and was gliding for mine.

2 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

Fritsch looking tired?  What game were you watching joeboy?  The bloke had 25 touches and got better as the game wore on.  

Who was ANB tagging by the way?  

Generally agree with the rest, but the Fritsch one is a shocker.

Think ANB was tagging himself - and it worked.


Lewis - 50m penalty was undisciplined and tendency to avoid picking up the hardball looking to soccer it / disposal wasnt as effective perhaps the humidity / not his best

MFC - small forward problems

Garlett did a bit, but not enough. Spargo was similar. We are in desperate need of a solution when the ball is brought to ground inside our forward 50. Melksham and Nibbler are also cooling off meaning we are very Hogan and Tmac reliant for kicking a winning score 

I don't have the answer, but this might be something to address in the draft.

11 hours ago, chook fowler said:

Think ANB was tagging himself - and it worked.

He was tagging the standard of the game and it worked.   But unlikely he was shutting down a specific opponent.  He started on the bench and in the first 15 minutes he can be seen chasing after Sheridan, Hamling, Ryan and Wilson at various points. 


14 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

Why wouldn't he? i thought he showed good composure, busted tackles, laid tackle, adds much needed speed why would he get dropped?

Well he has been in the past. 

19 hours ago, chook fowler said:

Think ANB was tagging himself - and it worked.

Drop him for Baker. Give him a kick in the ass for a better end to the year!

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