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6 - MAY

5 - VINEY

4 - PETRACCA

3 - OLIVER

2 - LANGDON

1 - MELKSHAM

 

6. Viney

5. May

4. Petracca

3. Oliver 

2. Salem

1. Melksham


6- Viney 

5- Salem

 4- May

3- Petracca

2- Langdon 

1- Hibbard 

Edited by KLV

 

6. Jack Viney

5. Clayton Oliver

4. Christian Petracca

3. Max Gawn

2. Steven May

1. Jay Melksham

Apologies to Ed Langdon.


6.  Viney

5.  May

4.  Lever

3.  Oliver

2.  Petracca

1.  Langdon

 

 


6 Viney

5 Oliver

4 Petracca

3 Gawn

2 salem

1 May

6. Viney

5. Oliver

4. May

3. Petracca

2. Lever

1. Langdon

Edited by layzie

6 Viney - kept fighting and chasing all night and almost got us across line late.

5 May - Huge factor on Hipwood who killed us last time.

4 Gawn - scragged and maimed but kept trying his darndest

3 Oliver - A couple of woeful early kicks but his workrate was amazing

2 Lockhart - Clean when others weren't.  Intercepted courageously. What a game

1 Lever - Smart all night, even though he was less prominent than May.

 

Gawn was definitely in our best 6 tonight.  Position by position he was the only midfielder who wasn't beaten by his Brisbane counterpart over the entirety of the game.  Neale, Lyons, Zorko, McLuggage pretty much had their way tonight. Whilst it wasn't one of Max's stellar performances he was very good again.  Viney's effort was outstanding after half time and Oliver had his moments as well, despite some less than average disposal early. Tracc played just a game by his now lofty standards, just the one mark and no score. But as a group they lowered their colours.  I'll be really interested in the coaches view of this one.  I reckon a defender or two might pop up.


5 minutes ago, Swooper1987 said:

Gawn was definitely in our best 6 tonight.  Position by position he was the only midfielder who wasn't beaten by his Brisbane counterpart over the entirety of the game.  Neale, Lyons, Zorko, McLuggage pretty much had their way tonight. Whilst it wasn't one of Max's stellar performances he was very good again.  Viney's effort was outstanding after half time and Oliver had his moments as well, despite some less than average disposal early. Tracc played just a game by his now lofty standards, just the one mark and no score. But as a group they lowered their colours.  I'll be really interested in the coaches view of this one.  I reckon a defender or two might pop up.

Not sure I agree with this. If you win the tap out but we lose the clearance then your effectiveness must be in question.

And for a ruckman if you only take three marks then I don't see how you feature in the votes ahead of guys that won their positions like Lever, May and probably Melksham...

6 Viney

5 Oliver

4 Gawn

3 Petracca

2 May

1 Melksham

25 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

Not sure I agree with this. If you win the tap out but we lose the clearance then your effectiveness must be in question.

And for a ruckman if you only take three marks then I don't see how you feature in the votes ahead of guys that won their positions like Lever, May and probably Melksham...

Yes but there are 6 votes aren't there?  I agree May, Lever and Melksham were in the best 6 too. My point was that Gawn clearly wasn't beaten by his opponents and provided our midfield first use.  I think you'll find Goodwin agreed with me on this point in his presser.  Our mids were too fumbly and when the ball got loose the Brisbane mids tore us a new one.  That is not Gawn's fault.

Edited by Swooper1987

 

6 Viney - massive game, great agility in tight

5 Oliver - settles after a couple of early errors

4 May - very solid

3 Gawn - didn’t get the marking, but still good

2 Langdon - underrated game imo

1 Petracca - quieter but still good

6. Viney

5. Lever

4. May

3. Salem

2. Gawn

1. Oliver


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