VOTES: Rd 17 vs Geelong

[Earl Hood 6,086]

6 Viney

5 Brayshaw

4 Lever

3 Petracca

2 Oliver

1 Petty

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,794]

6. Viney (even though he kept getting caught with the ball)

5. Brayshaw

4. Lever

3. Petracca

2. Langdon

1. Harmes

Also thought about giving Hibberd votes, too.

[Deespicable 2,726]

Sorry but my votes are quite a bit different to most of you.

6 Brayshaw - the only Dee that was clean by hand and foot all night, even if he slipped into just going down the left-hand side like his teammates after half time.

5 Harmes - our only midfielder who took the game on, or at least was permitted to take it on, and significantly it was when he was on the ball it coincided with our best chances. As hard and tough as Viney and Oliver were, they weren't able to get any run or clearances going for much of the night.

4 Petty - did a commendable job mainly on Cameron, who has been their best forward this year.

3 Neal-Bullen - our only small forward to touch it more than six times and to lay more than a couple of tackles. 

2 Oliver - after a slow start had a super second term, but shouldn't have been allowed to come back on after his thumb injury.

1 Viney - another gutsy display but aside from his lovely pass to Fritter early, didn't really provide the link-up play.

Unlucky Trac - yes clearly was dangerous with his three goals, but not enough bullocking or tackling work done by him and part of our beaten midfield clearance group, even though he spent chunks of game down forward.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,845]

6) Viney

5) Petracca

4) Brayshaw

3) Oliver

2) Lever

1) Hibberd

Special dishonorable mention to Max and the $1.5 million man who took 1 mark between them while their much less heralded counterpart ruck combination in Stanley and Blicvas managed 5.

 

[Deeoldfart 8,033]

6.  Brayshaw

5.  Viney

4.  Petty

3.  Petracca

2.  Oliver

1.  Langdon

[Stiff Arm 4,419]

11 hours ago, Roger Mellie said:

Sorry, but May and Salem were ordinary tonight

Yet May's direct opponent Hawkins kick only one late goal and was largely ineffective. Yes May was very clumsy and his disposal was poor, but he nullified one of the best kpf in the competition 

[DeeZone 9,854]

1 hour ago, Stiff Arm said:

Yet May's direct opponent Hawkins kick only one late goal and was largely ineffective. Yes May was very clumsy and his disposal was poor, but he nullified one of the best kpf in the competition 

Thanks SA we missed the game last night so looking at the stats May must have had the worst 26 disposal game of his life and Rick must have had his best 13 disposal game he has played. If May held Tommahawk to 1 late goal he did his job better than a lot of his compatriots. I sense a bit of bias against Steven.!!

[Tarax Club 3,916]

Honourable mentions only;

6 Jack Viney

5 Christian Petracca

4 Clayton Oliver

3 Angus Brayshaw

2 Jake Lever

1 Harrison Petty

(Inverse order is probably more reflective of team performance)

Adjudication;

No complaints really, Hawkins must have the 'invisibility mode' switched on when May was tackled 3rd quarter without ball just prior to to his sole goal.

Broadcast;

Ran silent here after half time probably reflected state of game rather than quality of commentary.

Opposition Hyperbole watch;

No BS got hammered around the packs.

Overall Comment;

See above

[Stiff Arm 4,419]

2 hours ago, DeeZone said:

Thanks SA we missed the game last night so looking at the stats May must have had the worst 26 disposal game of his life and Rick must have had his best 13 disposal game he has played. If May held Tommahawk to 1 late goal he did his job better than a lot of his compatriots. I sense a bit of bias against Steven.!!

However DZ, and as others have noted, May's stats included kick out play ons

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,794]

4 hours ago, Deespicable said:

Sorry but my votes are quite a bit different to most of you.

6 Brayshaw - the only Dee that was clean by hand and foot all night, even if he slipped into just going down the left-hand side like his teammates after half time.

5 Harmes - our only midfielder who took the game on, or at least was permitted to take it on, and significantly it was when he was on the ball it coincided with our best chances. As hard and tough as Viney and Oliver were, they weren't able to get any run or clearances going for much of the night.

4 Petty - did a commendable job mainly on Cameron, who has been their best forward this year.

3 Neal-Bullen - our only small forward to touch it more than six times and to lay more than a couple of tackles. 

2 Oliver - after a slow start had a super second term, but shouldn't have been allowed to come back on after his thumb injury.

1 Viney - another gutsy display but aside from his lovely pass to Fritter early, didn't really provide the link-up play.

Unlucky Trac - yes clearly was dangerous with his three goals, but not enough bullocking or tackling work done by him and part of our beaten midfield clearance group, even though he spent chunks of game down forward.

I also thought about giving ANB votes. It seemed to me Geelong's strategy was to play our play makers close and not let them get any easy disposals. And within that strategy it seemed that most emphasis was placed on closing down Viney, ANB and perhaps Harmes more than any other players. They weren't allowed to run amok and hence got caught with the ball or had to dispose under pressure. It was well executed by Geelong and even under this pressure Viney, Harmes and ANB were our better players. However, without them doing their thing, others who rely on them couldn't get into the game (ie, Bedford, Spargo, Fritsch, etc).

[DeeZone 9,854]

1 hour ago, Stiff Arm said:

However DZ, and as others have noted, May's stats included kick out play ons

Thanks SA I thought about that about an hour ago, little light went on in the brain, particularly if he took all 19 kick-ins. Maybe we need to go back to Salem doing the kick-ins. I remember last year that they utilised Langdon for the first target a lot. Ha ha.!!

[jnrmac 20,093]

19 hours ago, Chelly said:

6. Jack Viney 

5. Christian Petracca 

4. Clayton Oliver 

3. Steven May 

2. Angus Brayshaw 

1. Christian Salem

May? I must have watched a different game.

Edited July 8, 2022 by jnrmac

[Demonland 72,216]

Clarrie will miss next week but will still be well in front at the end of the game.
 

187. Clayton Oliver 

129. Christian Petracca 

97. Angus Brayshaw 

94. Jack Viney

84. Max Gawn 

71. Steven May 

63. Ed Langdon 

48. James Jordon

31. Luke Jackson 

27. Jake Lever

25 James Harmes 

22. Jake Bowey 

18. Harry Petty

17. Kysaiah Pickett 

15. Tom Sparrow

13. Ben Brown Bayley Fritsch 

12. Michael Hibberd 

11. Alex Neal-Bullen 

8. Tom McDonald 

6. Sam Weideman 

5. Jayden Hunt Charlie Spargo 

4. Christian Salem 

3. Joel Smith