Just now, Jaded No More said:

Neither Rivers nor Hibberd are tall defenders. 
Petty struggled but he was still our best tall defender even on one leg. I shudder to think how many more goals we would have conceded without him. 

Tonight yes

But include May, and the options open up

Tommo becomes 3rd tall... and we look totally different 

6 Gawn

5 Viney

4 Brayshaw

3 Jordon

2 Oliver

1 Fritsch 

2 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Tonight yes

But include May, and the options open up

Tommo becomes 3rd tall... and we look totally different 

Sure but May wasn’t an option tonight. So we had to push on and Petty fought on manfully. 
I think Tomlinson is a poor defender but agree that Petty needs a week off to recover properly from his 240 injuries. 

6. Max Gawn 

5. Bayley Fritsch 

4. Jack Viney 

3. James Jordan 

2. Clayton Oliver 

1. Christian Salem

6. Gawn

5. Brayshaw

4. Oliver

3. Viney

2. Jordon

1. Petty

6 Max Gawn

5 Angus Brayshaw

4 Jack Viney

3 Clayton Oliver

2 Christian Salem

1 Bayley Fritsch

Honourable mentions;

Harrison Petty

Adjudication

 Helter skelter.

Opposition hyperbole watch;

Tom Papley;  shameless self promoting skite on steroids. Save it for the bathroom mirror son. Get a real job as a sideshow spruiker. Honestly.

Broadcast;

Channel 7 have an unsavory fetish for frequent throws to John Longmire in the coaches box. It’s supposedly a sport broadcast. Absurd.

Best they could do of Simon was an out of focus boundary shot. Reflected the team performance.

Overall Performance;

Like Icarus we Demons have flown to close to the Sun. Only to find our wings clipped and the team fabric unwaxed. Need to pull out of this dive quickly or the plummet could be painful.

Edited June 4, 20223 yr by Tarax Club
strictly catharsis

GAWNIUS MAXIMUS

GUS

CLARRIE

JORDON

LANGDON

BOWEY

Special mentions to Harry Petty for battling on on one leg, and to Kozzie for some incredible solo pressure efforts that lead directly to a couple of our  early gaols.

 

6 - Gawn
5 - Petty
4 - Jordon
3 - Oliver
2 - Fritsch
1 - Brayshaw

6 Gawn his best game ever

5 Viney

4 Jordon

3 Brayshaw

2 Fritsch

1 Petty

Gawn

Oliver

ANB

Brayshaw

Fritta

Jordon

The bottom 3 could be in any order I couldn’t split them. 

6 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

6 Gawn

5 Viney

4 Brayshaw

3 Jordon

2 Oliver

1 Fritsch 

Yep, agree.

 

6 Gawn  great leader 

daylight

5 Brayshaw  always around

4 Fritsch  only effective forward

3 Viney huge heart 

2 Jordon  part of best 18

1 Oliver ( polarizating game… he was good but I’m expecting great) handballs far too much 

9 hours ago, Tarax Club said:

Opposition hyperbole watch;

Tom Papley;  shameless self promoting skite on steroids. Save it for the bathroom mirror son. Get a real job as a sideshow spruiker. Honestly.

 

This ⬆️ What a tool!

6 Gawn

5 Viney

4 Jordon

3 Petty

2 Brayshaw

1 Fritsch

Edited June 4, 20223 yr by Roger Mellie

6 Max

5 Gawn

4 Number 11

3 Captain

2 Jordan

1 Brayshaw

 

 

6. Gawn

5. Brayshaw

4. Viney

3. Jordon

2. Oliver

1. Salem

And a Purple Heart medal for Petty.

I'm astounded at the love for Fritsch. Three goals is nice, but that's just a cameo. He needs to be exerting pressure when he hasn't got the ball and just isn't doing enough. 

 

Clarrie has a solid lead now …

137. Clayton Oliver 

93. Christian Petracca 

84. Max Gawn

65. Angus Brayshaw Steven May

52. Jack Viney 

50. Ed Langdon 

37. James Jordon

26. Luke Jackson

22. Jake Bowey

18. James Harmes 

17. Kysaiah Pickett 

15. Tom Sparrow

13. Ben Brown Bayley Fritsch

11. Alex Neal-Bullen 

8. Tom McDonald

6. Sam Weideman 

5. Jayden Hunt Jake Lever Harry Petty Charlie Spargo

3. Joel Smith

1. Christian Salem

6 Gawn, has a Ruckman ever had more contested possessions, played his heart out. 

5 Viney, brilliant game.

4 Brayshaw, reliable has not lost an ounce of courage.

3 Oliver, did a power of work in defense. 

2 Jordon,  smooth moves, looked assured.

1 ANB, one clanger but a lot of good work too, improved out of sight on his couple of down games.

 

Petty - Brave heart award

7 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

 

I'm astounded at the love for Fritsch. Three goals is nice, but that's just a cameo. He needs to be exerting pressure when he hasn't got the ball and just isn't doing enough. 

 

To kick three and should have been four when he was double and tripled teamed all day was a great performance.

I would dispute your opinion that Brayshaw was Melb's second best. Defensively he was very poor.

13 hours ago, DEE fence said:

6 Gawn, has a Ruckman ever had more contested possessions, played his heart out. 

5 Viney, brilliant game.

4 Brayshaw, reliable has not lost an ounce of courage.

3 Oliver, did a power of work in defense. 

2 Jordon,  smooth moves, looked assured.

1 ANB, one clanger but a lot of good work too, improved out of sight on his couple of down games.

 

Petty - Brave heart award

I agree ANB was better but I’m still not happy with ANB and Spargo.  They contribute barely enough and very very low direct scoreboard impact.  

On 6/4/2022 at 6:16 PM, KingDingAling said:

Gawn

Oliver

ANB

Brayshaw

Fritta

Jordon

The bottom 3 could be in any order I couldn’t split them. 

Not potting you, just genuinely curious, what didn't you rate about Viney, happy to hear another POV?

On 6/6/2022 at 6:16 PM, DEE fence said:

Not potting you, just genuinely curious, what didn't you rate about Viney, happy to hear another POV?

Lack of execution. Viney needs to start lowering his eyes and hitting targets again, otherwise he is a liability. Gets it a lot and doesn’t utilize it as well as he should/can. I get he is hard at it, and I admire his will to win the footy, but unless he’s hitting targets, then I cannot have him in my votes. Jack once adapted his game, many years ago. Harnessed his aggression and when he did - he started lowering his eyes more. He is actually really good user of the footy (if poised), also has a pretty snappy side step. He needs to get back to that player. He is one of my favorites so if I could’ve fit him in the votes I would’ve. He’s certainly having a ripping year.

Edited June 7, 20223 yr by KingDingAling