I think Brayshaw adds more than Viney does in the middle personally.

He creates space whereas Viney barges through it.

Let’s keep it on the level. North are abysmal. The amount of time and space we had in that last quarter especially was ludicrous. We should have run over them and we did.

It’s very nice to have some genuine A graders to watch every week though in Clarry and Trac. 

Lever continuing his solid form.

And always nice to see a Demonland whipping boy have a good game. Well done Spargs ?

 

 

Edited August 9, 20205 yr by P-man

What I like about the game today is that we did it with a young side - 3 first year players in their teens in Pickett, Jackson and Rivers plus Swallow who just turned 20. We’ve also picked up a good ‘un in Langdon and Tomlinson adds to the mix. Very much like Port Adelaide last year.

Cracking performance. Only the most churlish supporter could find anything negative about that (ok, perhaps the poor conversion).

Not sure whether we had a player who didn’t win their position. Thought Spargo was fantastic - especially leaving his man and bursting through the line in the third quarter for the long handball. Challenge for him is to back it up. Luke Jackson could legitimately be the best player in the competition in 5 years. 
 

I’ve maintained all along that our form line is not that bad - 5 losses (2 by less than a goal) all against top 6 sides. Pretty good really. We’re beating the sides we’re supposed to.Having said that, it was a performance against a dispirited and depleted outfit. Let’s see that level maintained against the Pies and I’ll be happy

Ok I know nth virtually had no bench in that final quarter but we still had to beat them. 

Seriously how good was that final quarter. Just goal after goal. 

Didn't even notice the umpiring in that 2nd half. 

I must admit going in without gawn and viney I was nervous but Jackson did so well in the ruck and Oliver and Petracca were just awesome. 

Spargo did some nice things and very courageous of him to go against the flight of the ball with Daw coming the other way. 

McDonald came into the game. Our % got a boost and we are 9th.

Just straighten up our goal kicking and we will be ok. No injuries and a great win. It was a good night. 

11 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Jackson was awesome. McDonald did his job but goes for Gawn next week. Spargo quiet but popped up a couple of times in the last when we ran away.

Completely unfair. Which game were you watching mate? Spargo was involved in pretty much every Melbourne scoring chain for the match. Just wow.

Good win by the boys and have won 2 games we were expected to win.
Next week is a huge game against the pies and hopefully we don’t get smashed like we did against port. 
 

We still have a lot to improve and next week the pressure will come in the game big time and will be interesting to see how we cope with it  

 

 

3 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Tracc nearly in the elite category but goalkicking finishing is the icing on the cake

Confidence factor now is huge. We are seeing a huge star develop here.

Edited August 9, 20205 yr by leave it to deever

Someone better start the 'Will Tom Sparrow win the Rising Star nomination this week' thread. 

1 minute ago, Mazer Rackham said:

 

Langdon has a lot of good football instincts but by god he is a shocking kick

Langdon did a number of good kicks. The shocking kick thing is massively overplayed and is nothing but confirmation bias.

He kicks at full pace, which is pacier than everyone else’s version of full pace. There will be the odd shank.

I was happy for Spargo , thought he was a very good linkman
Dogga and Kozzie are going to be stars .

Petracca would have to be top three or four in the Brownlow.

Brayshaw stood up.

Fritsch could have kicked 6

6 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Jackson was awesome. McDonald did his job but goes for Gawn next week. Spargo quiet but popped up a couple of times in the last when we ran away.

Spargo was quality effort and connection all game. 

Shout out to 2 of the youngest kids on the list, Spargo and Sparrow,  who were both solid as a rock.

1 minute ago, A F said:

Completely unfair. Which game were you watching mate? Spargo was involved in pretty much every Melbourne scoring chain for the match. Just wow.

Strange isnt it? Different perspectives but agreed Sparticus was slaying it.

Nobody should get ahead of themselves yet. there is every chance we won’t show up next week against the pies because we’ll have fresh legs and have the odds behind us.
 

These are the bottom 2 teams by along way. We haven’t beaten anyone of substance just yet. Been beaten by every team we have played in the top 6.

 

ive been sucked in before this year. Won’t happen again.

Spargo - 7 score assists

2 minutes ago, A F said:

Completely unfair. Which game were you watching mate? Spargo was involved in pretty much every Melbourne scoring chain for the match. Just wow.

Fair enough. Probably guilty of a bit of confirmation bias myself.

GREAT WIN to the boys ......you can only beat what is in front of you. It was a clinical display and one with a knockout punch!

Petrac best on ground and another 3 votes and today he became the brute without any help from Gawn  and Viney. 

He has stamped himself for A A honours.

Don’t forget pies play in Adelaide Tuesday then fly to Brisbane to play us with 4 days break while we get a decent 1 now so big chance to roll them 

Don’t know what to make of that. It was a training run.

I'm struggling to find any post match stuff on KAYO.

Dunstall trying to be funny is like watching Stephen Hawking attempt the Decathlon in the Olympics.

Throw in the comedic timing of Andrew Gaze and it's like sitting through a major surgery without so much as an aspirin to kill the pain.

1 minute ago, Nasher said:

Probably guilty of a bit of confirmation bias myself.

It's not something you can turn on or off, it's the way our brain has programmed itself to work. Can lead to poor decisions, but overall, minimises risk.

Great to see Lever back to near his best.  Over the length of his contract he'll prove a very astute piece of recruiting. Petracca was his now usual dominant self. Very impressed with Hannan's start.  He led well and contested super hard aerially. He faded but started with great intensity.

Was good to see Byron watching on in the stands.......

 

BRING ON THE FILTH !

Jackson, Kozzie, Pickett, Sparrow.

Injecting some serious talent into our side once again.

Spargo was back to his best. Kept it simple and used the ball well. Courageous going in for that ball against Daw and bounced up like nothing happened.

Lever was our best backman by a mile. Kept everything in check. 

I also thought Tomlinson was good. He rarely wasted the footy and gave us some good drive.

Langdon is a ridiculously hard worker. His running ability and workrate to create space and option on the outside cannot be faulted. 

Petracca, Oliver, Brayshae.. all simply brilliant.

Hands up who think our midfield functions when Gus is in there full time instead of Viney?