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1 minute ago, pitmaster said:

Responding from afar (have only seen the stats) but six tackles from McAdam suggests he was making a defensive contribution.

Don't think his fitness is quite where it needs to be yet, but definitely a role to persist with a little longer

 
58 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

That's more like it !!

We were a bit scrappy early but  a burst of class in the 3rd quarter did the business . After that, apart from a couple of disappointing junk time goals, we smashed them.

PS . You will never see a better ruckman than Max Gawn !

PPS. That new player, Thommo I think his name is, did ok too.

Max is the best of all time, I'd reckon. Tomlinson and Tom McD both played well today - we must credit their performances with Lever currently restricted. 

 

59 minutes ago, Phil C said:

Tommo great inclusion. Max just huge as always. Petty and McAdam can go in the bin. 

Agree. Hunter is a bit of a waste, compared to Woey who needs the game to hone his offerings.

Watching the replay, tackling pressure 1000% better than last week 

 

Back in the top 4

A game I don't need to see again

Great to see van rooyen snag some & tomlinson and McDonald were great. 

If we could play like we did in the 3rd quarter then we will go alright 


Back in the top 4

A game I don't need to see again

Great to see van rooyen snag some & tomlinson and McDonald were great. 

If we could play like we did in the 3rd quarter then we will go alright .

Disappointed we gave up those late goals 

27 minutes ago, old dee said:

Petty 2 kicks 1 hand ball and 1 mark. Should be at Casey next week.

He can join McAdam.

 
57 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

How old is Max jnr?

He looks pretty big already.

I will check it out next year at Casey training - he should do well there, like his Dad.

39 minutes ago, P-man said:

Enjoyed the awe in Dangerfield’s voice when talking about Gawn. Marshall is meant to be one of the elite rucks going around and Max treated him with disdain.

It shouldn’t get lost that we are watching an all time great every week.

 

38 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

He is approaching GOAT. Without a question .

Not even in the best 50 players to play the game IMHO.


Ross Lyon must be the biggest conman since Arthur Daley was around 

Truly Astounding that he is able to walk into top jobs….

We're so lucky to have Max. I lived overseas for 20 years and never saw Dean Cox play. The only other ruckman I'd rate alongside him is Simon Madden who was a far better forward.  

Lingers to half forward is a genius move. His work rate smashes most half backs. Having Windsor and Hunter/Billings taking the wings enables this. 

Thought he and Max were our best.

TMac and Tomlinson excellent too.

Loving ANB in the midfield, and more CBAs for Koz exciting too.

We reverted to a forward half territory game. Hard to know if St Kilda let us play that way or whether it was us dictating terms. We seemed to be fine with playing a higher defensive set up today.

Be interesting to see which way we go next week.

Rumours of COVID through the camp last week would make a lot of sense.

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42 minutes ago, BDA said:

Reckon we should play as Naarm every week 😁

Really only our second win under that name, we've lost to some [censored] sides, it's a cursed, name


37 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

I'll take the win, but I need medication to get over the first 2.5 quarters of snooze fest.

When we take risks and change the angle of play to come through the corridor, we really are dangerous and exciting. This was the best thing about the 3rd and 4th quarters.  

Great to see Tomlinson play so well. 

The gut run and repeated efforts of Langdon, ANB and Rivers looked top quality today.

I was unconvinced about Billings and I remain unconvinced about McAdam. 

Hated those 3 last quarter goals.

Best game from Oliver Viney and Trac as a trio in some time.

Max Gawn - simply the best.

Best part of today's game was the corridor play, really tried to move the ball quickly and the skills were up to the task for the most part

A pity to miss a few opportunities and leak a few late goals, as we were a 10 goal better side for most of the game

6 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Ross Lyon must be the biggest conman since Arthur Daley was around 

Truly Astounding that he is able to walk into top jobs….

yep his account runs dry and he accepts the job. doesn’t give a rats

Ratten performed far better

59 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

Hope all the Hanrahan’s moaning pre game were happy with that performance 

Are you kidding didn’t you see them on the game day thread, when Saints flooded the back half and just nullified the game in the second quarter. They went quiet for most of the second half but were back posting late with us giving up late goals when the game was done.  Ffs you just can’t help some of these posters

1 hour ago, greenwaves said:

I wouldn't read too much into this game.  St Kilda's pressure and effort was non existent.

I reading 4 points and 5 percent. That's it.


26 minutes ago, Biffen said:

That's all it will be until it isn't.

 

Do you mean we'll get some more if it keeps up?

sam winchester yawn GIF
 

Dees beat Saints on a Sunday afternoon.  Ho hum game to be fair.  Dees did enough and won it through 30-45 minutes of footy.
Third quarter burst was the only time that I saw the glimpse of what we can do.
Last 10 minutes of Second qtr and Last qtr were poor.  

Those wanting Petty out for Jefferson

who takes the gorilla defender?

JVR Jeffo is too young and green. 

 

I wonder if Lever could play smaller and we could keep Tommlinson in? we looked really good in the air 

1 hour ago, Phil C said:

Tommo great inclusion. Max just huge as always. Petty and McAdam can go in the bin. 

What a terrible thing to say about a Demon premiership player.


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