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6 - Viney

5 - May

4 - Oliver

3 - Melksham 

2 - Lockhart

1 - Lever

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    6 Viney. He was in the kitchen all night. Great contested footy. Tackles. Clearances.  Hit targets. Great goal in the last.  Definitely our best. Huge heart. 

     

    5 Oliver.  If only he had Pendlebury style disposal.  He’s a beast. Contested footy and tackling were A grade. A few clangers definitely let us down. Work needed but his effort was huge. 

    4 May. Stopped any influence from Hipwood. Continues to be our defensive General. 

    3 Langdon. Good run and carry. Hit targets.  
    I think they could use him more.  

    2 Salem. Steady. Hit targets. A good link through midfield. 

    1 Gawn  Not a big influence but his second effort was good. Needs protection from umps and teammates. Lions were physical on him all night. 
     

    apologies -
    Lever was good again.  Now in form and key part of defence.  Lockhart has a good game. Solid. Trac was okay but was perhaps expecting more. Maybe a vote.
    Melksham can at least kick straight unlike a few others (Weideman!!!! ). 

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    6. Viney

    5. Lever

    4. May

    3. Gawn

    2. Petracca

    1. Langdon

     

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    9 hours 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.

    The reality is our midfield was well beaten.  Brisbane read the ball better of the ruck, out-pressured us, were cleaner than us, and moved faster than us.

    Our midfielders shouldn't be figuring heavily in the votes, but as individuals you can justify they had a good game (which if you think about, is probably part of the problem).  I found it hard to leave them out as well.

    The Lions also played the umpires better than us, with 10 meter kicks and grabbing/tackling players before possession of the ball.

     

     

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    6 - Viney

    5 - May

    4 - Lever

    3 - Oliver

    2 - Langdon

    1 - Gawn

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    Viney

    Oliver

    May

    Gawn

    Melksham

    Petracca

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    6 - Viney

    5 - May

    4 - Lever

    3 - Oliver

    2 - Gawn

    1 - Langdon

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    6 Viney

    5 May

    4 Petracca

    3 Oliver

    2 Salem

    1 Lever

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    It’s getting tight up at the top!

    79. Max Gawn 
    73. Christian Petracca 
    67. Jack Viney
    46. Clayton Oliver
    38. Steven May
    21. Ed Langdon
    20. Jake Lever
    19. Michael Hibberd 
    13. Oscar McDonald 
    12. Angus Brayshaw 
    7. James Harmes
    6. Mitch Hannan Jake Melksham Kysaiah Pickett Trent Rivers
    5. Adam Tomlinson
    4. Tom McDonald Christian Salem
    3. Jayden Hunt Sam Weideman
    2. Jay Lockhart 

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    Petracca 7 Viney 4 in coaches votes. 
     

    Clearly Viney was our best. Daylight. Tough. 460 metres gained. Numerous 1%s. Great goal in the last qtr. 
     

    Petracca was good but not dominant and didn’t punish with his disposals. 
     

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