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My review of the banner performances Round 2 below.

Petracca - An excellent game with power, balance and vision. BOG. Banner place justified

May - Just a game. nothing to do for a quarter and a half and when the pressure came on was part of a disorganised defence.

Oliver - A good game from him he does what he does and does it well. Banner place justified

Jetta - Not a good game. Has it passed him by or is it just a form slump?

Gawn - A very good game from him but do I sense a bit too much arrogance in his game. Want to see how his leadership progresses. Banner place justified

Viney - Loved his tackling. when he gets hold of someone they do not get away. Banner place justified

vdB - Would like to see him fit and in the team. he need his hardness.

TMac - Turning circle of the Queen Mary and out of form. Or maybe it is a lack of fitness standards he had in 2018.

Goodwin - Calm in the box but he seems reluctant to make changes during the game. 

 
14 minutes ago, CHF said:

May - Just a game. nothing to do for a quarter and a half and when the pressure came on was part of a disorganised defence.

May was horrid on the weekend.

We’re entitled to expect much better from him.

His kicking was way off and a costly marking attempt resulted in a Carlton goal.

4 minutes ago, CHF said:

Gawn - A very good game from him but do I sense a bit too much arrogance in his game. Want to see how his leadership progresses.

Gawn's performance was underrated on here I reckon. I know it's a flawed ranking system, but 185 supercoach points in a shortened game is a phenominal effort. Seemed like half our scoring chains started with a clean hitout to advantage from Maxy - proved that a dominant ruckman can still be an asset in modern footy.

 
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1 hour ago, Accepting Mediocrity said:

Gawn's performance was underrated on here I reckon. I know it's a flawed ranking system, but 185 supercoach points in a shortened game is a phenominal effort. Seemed like half our scoring chains started with a clean hitout to advantage from Maxy - proved that a dominant ruckman can still be an asset in modern footy.

I do not underrate his performance against the Blues at all. However, he is now the Captain of the team and his on field leadership needs to be evaluated on a game by game basis. While he may have been leading by example, he will need to do more in the future to try and change things on the ground as the situation requires. I did not see that on Saturday.

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