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My 3 word player analysis V StKilda

joeboy
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Gawn - stood up outstandingly

May -  an elite performance 

Langdon - prolific and indefatigable 

Oliver - slightly off key

Petracca - was the difference 

Salem - reliable and tight

Rivers - calm and composed

Hibberd - some important clearances

Wagner - rarely looked confident 

Brown - important in fourth

Brayshaw - continues to confound

Tomlinson - jury is out

Viney - couldn’t get going

Melksham - continued disappointing season

Jones - age has wearied 

Lever - reliable and effective 

Weideman - ten minute performance 

McDonald - slow , not terrible 

Spargo - little to commend

vandenBerg - not a wingman

Hannan - couldn’t justify inclusion 

Pickett - played little part

 

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    Brown definitely deserves another week. He also looks as quick as Usain Bolt compared to Tmac out there.

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    Wagner : Did his job

    Melksham : important link

    Salem : best game tonight

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    Pretty much bang on. I was not confident about Wagner but I thought he played a decent game in the end.

    While it wasn't Gawn's best performance he certainly battled hard and did everything possible.

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    Petracca      4 great goals

    May              His best performance

    Oliver            Great last Quarter

    Langdon       Is all class

    Lever            Back to best

    Wagner        give him credit

    Rivers           is our future

    Gawn           Lead us well

    Oscar           Played his role

    Viney            gives his all

    Salem           consistent as always

    Brown          presented all day

    spargo          missing in action

                          Rest team effort

     

     

     

     

     

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    Gawn - didn't appear hampered

    May -  Worth every cent

    Langdon - Continued underrated season

    Oliver - Slow first half

    Petracca - 2 or 3 (votes)

    Salem - important final kick

    Rivers - Looks a find.

    Hibberd - has found form

    Wagner - just a game

    Brown - easily surpassed McDonald 

    Brayshaw - disappointing from start

    Tomlinson - one needed mark

    Viney - resorted to tagging

    Melksham - lost lateral movement

    Jones -  very costly mistake

    Lever - much improved performance 

    Weideman - 2 goal quota

    McDonald - Casey scorpion reserves

    Spargo - very uninspiring display

    vandenBerg - makes us slower

    Hannan - cant hit scoreboard 

    Pickett - starting to worry

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    Trac - Star to Supernova

    May - Here There Everywhere

    Max - Kept Keeping On

    Salem - Kept His Cool

    Spargo - Some Good Tackles

    Lever - Mopped Up Spillage

    Weid - Sparkled At Times

    Brown - Steady And Composed

     

     

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    10 hours ago, joeboy said:

    Gawn - stood up outstandingly

    May -  an elite performance 

    Langdon - prolific and indefatigable 

    Oliver - slightly off key

    Petracca - was the difference 

    Salem - reliable and tight

    Rivers - calm and composed

    Hibberd - some important clearances

    Wagner - rarely looked confident 

    Brown - important in fourth

    Brayshaw - continues to confound

    Tomlinson - jury is out

    Viney - couldn’t get going

    Melksham - continued disappointing season

    Jones - age has wearied 

    Lever - reliable and effective 

    Weideman - ten minute performance 

    McDonald - slow , not terrible 

    Spargo - little to commend

    vandenBerg - not a wingman

    Hannan - couldn’t justify inclusion 

    Pickett - played little part

     

    A bit harsh on Wagner. I thought he worked his way into the game well and played his part in an increasingly accomplished back half.

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    25 minutes ago, Coq au vin said:

    Watch the game again. This was Tomlinson’s best game for us so far. He played very well.

    Absolutely agree esp in last quarter!!

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    12 hours ago, joeboy said:

    Gawn - stood up outstandingly

    May -  an elite performance 

    Langdon - prolific and indefatigable 

    Oliver - slightly off key

    Petracca - was the difference 

    Salem - reliable and tight

    Rivers - calm and composed

    Hibberd - some important clearances

    Wagner - rarely looked confident 

    Brown - important in fourth

    Brayshaw - continues to confound

    Tomlinson - jury is out

    Viney - couldn’t get going

    Melksham - continued disappointing season

    Jones - age has wearied 

    Lever - reliable and effective 

    Weideman - ten minute performance 

    McDonald - slow , not terrible 

    Spargo - little to commend

    vandenBerg - not a wingman

    Hannan - couldn’t justify inclusion 

    Pickett - played little part

     

    Oliver - lifted in last

    Viney - stopped Steele influence

    Spargo - some tackling pressure 

    Wagner - better than usual

    Tomlinson - some good things

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    We can’t expect to be a real threat until we can get consistent effort across the park. A lot of passengers each week and it costs us too often, this week we got off lucky

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    Oliver - critical last quarter

    May - another AA performane

    Viney - tagging role worked

    vandenBerg - having no impact

    Jones - unfortunately played terribly

    13 hours ago, Die Hard Demon said:

    Melbourne - Too many passengers 

    Melbourne - won despite passengers.

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    1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

    Oliver - critical last quarter

    May - another AA performane

    Viney - tagging role worked

    vandenBerg - having no impact

    Jones - unfortunately played terribly

    Melbourne - won despite passengers.

    I don't understand this point about passengers.

    You don't get that defensive structure without everyone on board.

    We had players that made mistakes with ball in hand and some of those might miss a game next week, but we shut down a very good running team with a stunning 18-man defence.

    One example I would give is Brayshaw. Had a quiet night but he ran constantly from east to west to combat the Saints spread and switch. That's not a passenger in my view.

    On a side note, another point I would make is that defensive efforts are not always reflected in tackles or any other stat. Sometimes corralling and forcing a kick to an advantageous position is better than a tackle.

    Don't get me wrong, this performance was far from perfect and we have plenty of players that need to get better around the ball and with ball in hand, but you don't get a performance like that from May, for example, without everyone pulling their weight, defensively.

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    17 minutes ago, Cheesy D. Pun said:

     

    One example I would give is Brayshaw. Had a quiet night but he ran constantly from east to west to combat the Saints spread and switch. That's not a passenger in my view.

     

    Agree, looked to be really busting a gut all night. There was one where he didn't quite get to the ball carrier but put on just enough pressure to impact the kick inside 50 which we marked.

    Won't get a stat but that is exactly what we need from every player. And didn't get from every player last week

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