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Petracca

oliver

Salem

Fritsch

Jackson

Viney - 12 clearances, great intensity early

 

6. Trac

5. Oliver

4. Fritsch

3. Brayshaw

2. Jackson 

1. Salem

6 Petracca

5 Brayshaw

4 Salem

3 Oliver

2 Fritsch

1 Brown


1. Trac

2. Clarry

3. Brayshaw

4. Gawn

5. Jackson 

6. Lever. 

And Salem  

 

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Trac, Claz & Dogga in the centre ruck in the third quater. Salem, Brown & Brayshaw. 
 

My review, incoherent? Yes. 
 

dud everyone play their role? Yes. 
 

The Mighty Dees. #LFG

 

6. Petracca

5. Fritsch

4. Brayshaw

3. Salem

2. Gawn

1. Viney

Apologies to Jackson, Rivers and Oliver


6. Petracca
5. Oliver
4. Jackson
3. Fritsch
2. Salem
1. Brayshaw

 

10 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 all go to the club.

But if we need to do it:

6 - Petracca
5 - Oliver
4 - Jackson
3 - Fritsch
2 - Brayshaw
1 - Salem

I think that’s absolutely correct. Can’t understand how anyone could overlook the contribution of Jackson.

6 Petracca

5 Brayshaw 

4 Jackson

3 Fritsch

2 Salem

1 Oliver

6 - Petracca
5 - Oliver
4 - Salem
3 - Fritsch
2 - Brayshaw
1 - Jackson 


6 - Petracca
5 - Oliver
4 - Jackson
3 - Fritsch
2 - Salem
1 - ANB

To beat the Dogs by 74 points with Gawn, Lever and May being quiet and Daniel and Bont playing well shows you how good our best players were and how deep our side was too. Everyone played their role for a decent chunk of the game.

6. Petracca

5. Salem

4. Oliver

3. Fritsch

2. Brayshaw

1. Neal-Bullen

Difficult not to put Jackson in the votes because his going into the centre in Q3 changed the game. But I can't see whose place he should take.

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As if you would not have been are, it’s congratulations to Clarrie, our Demonland Player of the Year!!!

THE FINAL STANDINGS 

274. Clayton Oliver
245. Christian Petracca
149. Christian Salem
146. Max Gawn
115. Jake Lever
83. Luke Jackson
77. Steven May
74. Bayley Fritsch
73. Ed Langdon
66. Tom McDonald
45. James Harmes
35. Kysiah Pickett
31. Jack Viney
27. James Jordon Alex Neal-Bullen
21. Angus Brayshaw
20. Jayden Hunt
18. Harry Petty
12. Charlie Spargo
10. Ben Brown Trent Rivers
7. Michael Hibberd
2. Jake Bowey
1. Joel Smith Tom Sparrow Adam Tomlinson

6. fritsch

5. petracca

4. brayshaw

3. jackson

2. salem

1. oliver

16 hours ago, DeeBest said:

6 Petracca

5 Fritsch

4 Oliver

3 Salem

2 Brayshaw

1 Gawn

I am with you DeeBest.


4 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

To beat the Dogs by 74 points with Gawn, Lever and May being quiet and Daniel and Bont playing well shows you how good our best players were and how deep our side was too. Everyone played their role for a decent chunk of the game.

I can't help but feel the Dogs put a huge amount of time into Gawn, Lever and May. To a small extent maybe, a degree of disrespect towards the rest of our team.

Riewoldt said on the post-match Fox coverage that we can beat sides in different ways. He's right. The simpletons in the AFL media think we're just a defence-first side who wins games based of intercept possessions. We're a lot more than that.

23 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

I can't help but feel the Dogs put a huge amount of time into Gawn, Lever and May. To a small extent maybe, a degree of disrespect towards the rest of our team.

Riewoldt said on the post-match Fox coverage that we can beat sides in different ways. He's right. The simpletons in the AFL media think we're just a defence-first side who wins games based of intercept possessions. We're a lot more than that.

We've had multiple paths to goal (or to behinds) this year that's for sure and a nice mix between fast and controlled ball movement, ideally with some more kicking game to build on for years to come I hope.

But certainly the best thing about our defensive structure is it doesn't rely on racing up to force turnovers, nor does it allow teams free reign if they switch. It's so nice to see teams switch and get nowhere! The intercepting is plan A, but in forcing teams to kick it to strange spots they risk more turnovers. And in forcing teams to play their talls defensively they suddenly aren't attacking by definition. If Schache is just trying to hold off Lever then he's not marking it himself. 

Apart from some quick clearance entries the only real weapon the Dogs had was using Bont as a marking forward.

Congratulations to our TEAM, including Goody and all of our off-field coaches and support staff.  It almost feels a bit unfair to separate a top six given the contributions of everyone across what has been a stellar season, but this is my crack at it:

6.  Petracca

5.  Oliver

4.  Salem

3.  Fritsch

2.  Gawn

1. Brayshaw 

 

 

6 Norm Petracca

5 Bailey Fritta

4 Clarry Oliver

3 Christian Salem

2 Gus Brayshaw

1 Max Premiership Captain Gawn

 

6. Petracca (Norm Smith medal)

5. Fritsch

4. Brayshaw

3. Jackson

2. Oliver

1. Neal-Bullen 


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