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Gawn - an Herculean performanceĀ 

Viney - blood and gutsĀ 

Lever - incredible under duressĀ 

Neal Bullen - almost career best

Windsor - the real deal

Petracca - powerful, and importantĀ 

Langdon - form has returnedĀ 

McDonald - form of old

Petty - needed more involvementĀ 

Rivers - some vital interceptionsĀ 

vanRooyen - tried but overwhelmedĀ 

Brown - some pivotal momentsĀ 

Fritsch - almost an onlookerĀ 

Chandler - courageous and clever

Pickett - had limited involvementĀ 

Howes - calm under pressureĀ 

Oliver - great in last

Salem - not his best

Sparrow - great tagging game

Hore - limited but impressiveĀ 

Woewodin - some important touches

Billings - a disappointing performanceĀ 

McVee - loose too often

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Van Rooyen totally overated!

36 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Van Rooyen totally overated!

At this stage PF but let's give him some time.


12 minutes ago, Docs Demons said:

At this stage PF but let's give him some time.

C'mon man, he was kicking at 72% accuracy at goal last season... Give the kid a break. He is working harder now being the 2nd ruck.

12 minutes ago, Docs Demons said:

At this stage PF but let's give him some time.

Yeah I get that... but Watching Jefferson today... He has a serious pair of Mits!

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GawnĀ - Hail to the King. Huge game. Ā 10/10

Viney - Tough Ā Ferocious Ā Brave Ā a special night Ā 9/10

Lever - busy with fumbles and stumbles and punches and intercepts and spoils and tackles 7/10

Neal Bullen - All round best game ever Ā Tackled Ā Ran hard 24 disposals 2 goals Ā 10/10

Windsor - young gun Ā run and run Ā contested play also great goal in last quarter 8/10

Petracca - powerful, strong, determined, battles sore knee 8/10’

Langdon - had a great return form Ā run and run and battled and tackled 8/10

McDonald - another return to form Ā tough night on Dixon but broke even Ā 7/10

Petty - battling night as forward and back Ā not quite as effective across both 6/10’

Rivers - huge night of run and rebound and tackles everywhere 9/10Ā 

vanRooyen - dropped 6-7 marks and it was a nearly night Ā battled as 2nd ruck 3/10Ā 

Brown - can’t run but can mark and kick straight Ā three crucial goals 8/10Ā 

Fritsch - mostly quiet but got angry and kicked two crucial goals 5/10

Chandler - chin chin is a battler Ā got in and under and linked up 6/10’

Pickett - ran in circles and missed tackled and fumbled Ā  2/10Ā 

Howes - calm under pressure even in game four Ā a very useful addition to back six defenders 6/10

Oliver - quiet first half then got to work and was in and under so many contests Ā had a great last quarter 7/10’

Salem - very quiet night 4/10Ā 

Sparrow - great tagging game with strong play at the contest 6/10Ā 

Hore - caught out most of the night and gave away three frees and goals 3/10’

Woewodin - some important touches in last 15 minutesĀ 

Billings - a disappointing performance and missed crucial chance from 10 metre square 2/10’

McVee - good rebound and contested hard all night 6/10’

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Van Rooyen, not a ruckman, poor hands, Billings, not his type of game.

joeboy -Ā tripping night fantasticĀ some inspired triplets tonight. Some Milton would be proud of or are sword and sandal movies being revived in Rundleland?

eg.Ā 
Gawn - an Herculean performance Ā so aptĀ 
Chandler -Ā courageous and cleverĀ Ā bandages flapping in the breeze gives that ambulant epic look.

Viney-Ā blood and gutsĀ now that was an Epic!Ā 

El Langdon watch; yes young Ed is very much on track covering post to post.

Just slightly perplexed by;

Hore -Ā limited but impressiveĀ Ā skills wise or ToG%? Definitely not lacking ticker.

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Well done JB.

The only exception is Fritta kicked two important goals.

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9 hours ago, picket fence said:

Van Rooyen totally overated!

You have my vote pf.Ā 

9 hours ago, picket fence said:

Yeah I get that... but Watching Jefferson today... He has a serious pair of Mits!

Told ya about Jeffo. Had a rare off day with his accuracy but marked at will.

With JVR he is being made to ruck at 193 cms which is pretty hard for starters and then when he is forward, the ball is again being kicked high to a pack, hence his high flying miracle attempts.

When he is given some decent passes, combined with his accuracy at goal kicking, he will produce some very good performances.

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12 hours ago, picket fence said:

Van Rooyen totally overated!

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2 hours ago, old dee said:

You have my vote pf.Ā 

Give the young kid some space. Ā When not required to do so much ruck work , like last year, he made some great leads, clunked some strong mark and kicked some super goals

He is going through a rough spot and needs support not Ā mockeryĀ 

23 minutes ago, monoccular said:

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Give the young kid some space. Ā When not required to do so much ruck work , like last year, he made some great leads, clunked some strong mark and kicked some super goals

He is going through a rough spot and needs support not Ā mockeryĀ 

I am not mocking him. Just saying I think he is overrated.Ā 

JVR will be a top shelfer. Some of you clowns were seeing the compensation pick as a win win if we lost Viney to geelong fo free agency in pre 2021. So I interpret what a number of you think about football as though I was picking up my dogs feaces off your front lawn to be honest when it comes to knowing our players.Ā Ā 

Would be an interesting thread to dig up

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3 hours ago, Redleg said:

Told ya about Jeffo. Had a rare off day with his accuracy but marked at will.

With JVR he is being made to ruck at 193 cms which is pretty hard for starters and then when he is forward, the ball is again being kicked high to a pack, hence his high flying miracle attempts.

When he is given some decent passes, combined with his accuracy at goal kicking, he will produce some very good performances.

He also provides defensive efforts. Last night he got a key contested mark with 2 minutes on the clock and Port just bombing into our 50. Those can be game winning one percenters.

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14 hours ago, Wizard of Koz said:

JVR will be a top shelfer. Some of you clowns were seeing the compensation pick as a win win if we lost Viney to geelong fo free agency in pre 2021. So I interpret what a number of you think about football as though I was picking up my dogs feaces off your front lawn to be honest when it comes to knowing our players.Ā Ā 

Would be an interesting thread to dig up

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See what I mean below. Case in Point. All re: Jack Viney staying or going in sep 20. He was always our same Jack.Ā  Some people orĀ  just thick. And on that premise I will not buy the JVR is over rated or no good.

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5 hours ago, Wizard of Koz said:

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See what I mean below. Case in Point. All re: Jack Viney staying or going in sep 20. He was always our same Jack.Ā  Some people orĀ  just thick. And on that premise I will not buy the JVR is over rated or no good.

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That’s DL for ya.Ā 
Flip flopping is common around here.

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