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Lever

BBB

Sparrow

Spargo 

Rivers

No one else

Lever

Brown

Oliver (surprisingly after his first half effort)

Rivers

Hunter

Bowey

 

 


 

Clarry 37 possesions 15 comtested an 9 tackles sheesch leading player on ground in 3 areas hnmmmm

6. Lever

5. Bowey

4. Clarry

3. Brown

2. Hunter

1. Spargo


I was at the game and maybe you see different things on TV, but I thought Grundy put in a solid effort and that Bowey and Spargo were very average. Hunter was really good, Lever and Brown good, and Oliver just never gives up.

6 Hunter

5 Lever

4 Oliver

3 Brown

2 Rivers

1 Grundy

Our bottom six were very poor.

6 Lever - steady and reliable all night 

5 Hunter - very damaging with the footy, smart and creative 

4 Ben Brown - played CHF and key forward  and kicked good goals

3 Grundy - battled hard against two opponents and reminded off his ruck craft  

2 Oliver - battled and battled as a warrior all night but fumbles and turnovers were costly (and some defensive switch offs were costly) 

1 Bowey- got less of the footy than others but disposal efficiency were effective and created 3 goals and intercepted well 

6.  Lever

5.  Hunter

4.  BBB

3.  Sparrow

2.  Clarry

1.  Bowey

I wonder what they are going to do with McDonald hasn't got going if van Rooyen plays well in the 2's he could be in trouble.

47 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Clarry 37 possesions 15 comtested an 9 tackles sheesch leading player on ground in 3 areas hnmmmm

Yep best Melbourne player all night long

What’s he supposed to do!!!!!


6.  Lever

5.  Hunter

4.  Grundy

3.  BBB

2.  Bowey

1.  Sparrow

Oliver (9 x tackles)

hunter

grundy (45 x hit outs n 5 x tackles)

BBB 

Trac (6 x tackles) 

Fritta

 

Edited by Nicko

5 hours ago, picket fence said:

Clarry 37 possesions 15 comtested an 9 tackles sheesch leading player on ground in 3 areas hnmmmm

 

4 hours ago, Billy said:

Yep best Melbourne player all night long

What’s he supposed to do!!!!!

People will say "poor disposal, despite getting a lot of it".

But Oliver went at 62% DE. Last week everyone gushed over Petracca's game and he went at 50%.

Edited by deanox

4 hours ago, Nicko said:

Oliver (9 x tackles)

hunter

grundy (45 x hit outs n 5 x tackles)

BBB 

Trac (6 x tackles) 

Fritta

 

With respect Nicko the votes are not a    1,2, and 3 "best in Show"  (or On Ground) tacklefest. 

Yes some players did not look like they were up for a tackle inc. Fritta. Tackled poorly. Still earns his 3 goals to prove his class. 


1 hour ago, deanox said:

 

People will say "poor disposal, despite getting a lot of it".

But Oliver went at 62% DE. Last week everyone gushed over Petracca's game and he went at 50%.

The DE stat is often overrated and sometimes underrated.  And often a poor guide.  To be honest, it's a confusing stat especially when looking at the output of Petracca last week.  He was dominant yet his DE percentage indicated otherwise

The eye test is more pertinent and even that's subjective

Brayshaw went at 63% last night and had 27 possessions.  Sure, he was a bit wasteful as Oliver was but many of our players just didn't get enough of the ball and were largely invisible.  That's a much bigger concern

We had at least 12 players who underperformed in terms of actual possessions.  Didn't get near it

 

 
2 hours ago, 58er said:

With respect Nicko the votes are not a    1,2, and 3 "best in Show"  (or On Ground) tacklefest. 

Yes some players did not look like they were up for a tackle inc. Fritta. Tackled poorly. Still earns his 3 goals to prove his class. 

At times Fritta may look lackadaisical but at one point last night he never gave up  defending and laid 3 tackles from memory  within seconds in one passage of play-he never gave up putting on the pressure. Credit where credit is due. Does anyone know exactly when this happened-will try to re watch it on  replay. 3rd or 4th quarter.

Edited by Demons3031

Lever

Hunter

Oliver

Brown

Fritsch

Bowey - more because he tried to take the game on


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