joeboy 3,191 Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 Gawn - prolific as expected Oliver - everything seemed rushed Petracca - better second half Brayshaw - some important intercepts Viney - strong first half Jordon - not his best Brown - always a presence Bowey - cool under pressure Harmes - tough but flawed May - was surprisingly fumbly McDonald - did just enough Rivers - rarely imbued confidence Melksham - didn’t justify selection Dunstan - experience paid dividends Lever - seemingly under duress Bedford - some exciting involvement Weideman - played role adequately Spargo - rarely showed out Fritsch - another nothing game Langdon - hopefully not infected Hunt - excellent first quarter Smith - had limited impact Chandler - some late touches 1 Quote
Redlagged 813 Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 9 minutes ago, joeboy said: Gawn - prolific as expected Oliver - everything seemed rushed Petracca - better second half Brayshaw - some important intercepts Viney - strong first half Jordon - not his best Brown - always a presence Bowey - cool under pressure Harmes - tough but flawed May - was surprisingly fumbly McDonald - did just enough Rivers - rarely imbued confidence Melksham - didn’t justify selection Dunstan - experience paid dividends Lever - seemingly under duress Bedford - some exciting involvement Weideman - played role adequately Spargo - rarely showed out Fritsch - another nothing game Langdon - hopefully not infected Hunt - excellent first quarter Smith - had limited impact Chandler - some late touches 'hopefully not infected'? 1 2 Quote
Redlagged 813 Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Clint Bizkit said: Harsh on Melksham. Extremely bloody harsh...Handball to Bedford...Handball of year. 1 Quote
Deedubs 157 Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 Agree with most of it. My notables: Brayshaw: Overrates his left Lever: Slow, fumble, frazzled. Fritsch: costly forward turnover Oliver: Didn't ice game Petracca: Ben Simmons (of) goal-kicking. Quote
Earl Hood 6,167 Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 46 minutes ago, Deedubs said: Agree with most of it. My notables: Brayshaw: Overrates his left Lever: Slow, fumble, frazzled. Fritsch: costly forward turnover Oliver: Didn't ice game Petracca: Ben Simmons (of) goal-kicking. Agree with most of that. Gee did Lever actually have a clean possession all day? Tracc and some others need to go back to Chocco’s goal kicking school. 2 Quote
Wrecker46 3,130 Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Redlagged said: Rather happen now Quote
Demon17 5,259 Posted April 30, 2022 Posted April 30, 2022 Lever - covid affected surely (seemingly hazy) Viney - Covid affected surely (seemingly hazy) Langdon - heavy tag applied Comments from a recent covid sufferer. - Spaced out was my key sympton. And ran out of puff easily (Lever and Viney's issues also, but given that I thought Viney's game was unbelievable the way he stuck at it given the circumstances). 4 Quote
titan_uranus 25,252 Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 19 hours ago, Deedubs said: Agree with most of it. My notables: Brayshaw: Overrates his left Lever: Slow, fumble, frazzled. Fritsch: costly forward turnover Oliver: Didn't ice game Petracca: Ben Simmons (of) goal-kicking. So just to be clear, your summation of those players' games would be to highlight singular mistakes each one made? 3 Quote
layzie 34,528 Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 20 hours ago, Deedubs said: Agree with most of it. My notables: Brayshaw: Overrates his left Lever: Slow, fumble, frazzled. Fritsch: costly forward turnover Oliver: Didn't ice game Petracca: Ben Simmons (of) goal-kicking. Thought Gus played a good game. 3 1 Quote
Deedubs 157 Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 7 hours ago, layzie said: Thought Gus played a good game. Yeah, he cracked in like always. But he kicked 2 on the full using his left. Turnovers like that are so costly. So I'd prefer him to respect the ball and possession more. Quote
Deedubs 157 Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, titan_uranus said: So just to be clear, your summation of those players' games would be to highlight singular mistakes each one made? Yeah, I value moments in a game. Many of their mistakes were crucial and game defining. If Fritsch hadn't have turned it over so poorly we probably win by 40. but instead they go up the other end score a goal, sniff a chance to steal the game and momentum changes. Footy is like a game of tennis to me, whoever makes the least mistakes wins. If we look at Trent Rivers giving that dumb free away to Mitchell. If he doesn't give that away, Hawks don't get within 10 either. The NBA understand momentum better than our code does and the brain fades and poor execution kept the hawks in the game when it mattered. It's a fine line between 10 and 50 points and sometimes it's just a kick here or there. Not to mention the misses from Oliver, Melksham, Mcdonald and Petracca. The 2021 Grand final is testament to that. The last 3 goals of the 3rd qtr broke the dogs. If we miss those 3 shots, the 4th quarter doesn't pan out the way it did. (Although I still think we would've won). And like tennis, it doesn't matter how many deep heavy forehands you hit, if you come to the net and volley it into the net the shots beforehand mean nothing. But yeah, I've been extremely critical of our efficiency going forward recently but I know the coaches are working on it. I mean like come on, you gotta hit these sort of inside 50's. Edited May 1, 2022 by Deedubs Quote
Left Foot Snap 2,608 Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 11 minutes ago, Deedubs said: Yeah, I value moments in a game. Many of their mistakes were crucial and game defining. If Fritsch hadn't have turned it over so poorly we probably win by 40. but instead they go up the other end score a goal, sniff a chance to steal the game and momentum changes. Footy is like a game of tennis to me, whoever makes the least mistakes wins. If we look at Trent Rivers giving that dumb free away to Mitchell. If he doesn't give that away, Hawks don't get within 10 either. The NBA understand momentum better than our code does and the brain fades and poor execution kept the hawks in the game when it mattered. It's a fine line between 10 and 50 points and sometimes it's just a kick here or there. Not to mention the misses from Oliver, Melksham, Mcdonald and Petracca. The 2021 Grand final is testament to that. The last 3 goals of the 3rd qtr broke the dogs. If we miss those 3 shots, the 4th quarter doesn't pan out the way it did. (Although I still think we would've won). And like tennis, it doesn't matter how many deep heavy forehands you hit, if you come to the net and volley it into the net the shots beforehand means nothing. But yeah, I've been extremely critical of our efficiency going forward recently but I know the coaches are working on it. Paul McNamee is back? Quote
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