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My 3 word player analysis V Essendon

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Viney - dynamic under duress

Rivers - outstanding first half

May - loved big stage

Langdon - great running game

Oliver - had some moments 

McVee - all Australian performance 

Tholstrup - energetic and confident 

Neal-Bullen -great tagging game

Lever - an important ingredient 

Pickett - skills were sublime 

Melksham - experience was vital

Windsor - rising star favourite 

Turner - sublime goal kicking

vanRooyen - real time maturity

Fritsch - limited but important 

Salem - not always convincing

Moniz-Wakefield - conditions didn’t suit

Sparrow - something seems amiss

Chandler - had limited involvement 

Bowey - iffy under pressure 

McDonald - all Australian possibility 

Petty - tried but failed

Woewodin - had limited opportunity 

 

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    3 minutes ago, joeboy said:

    Viney - dynamic under duress

    Rivers - outstanding first half

    May - loved big stage

    Langdon - great running game

    Oliver - had some moments 

    McVee - all Australian performance 

    Tholstrup - energetic and confident 

    Neal-Bullen -great tagging game

    Lever - an important ingredient 

    Pickett - skills were sublime 

    Melksham - experience was vital

    Windsor - rising star favourite 

    Turner - sublime goal kicking

    vanRooyen - real time maturity

    Fritsch - limited but important 

    Salem - not always convincing

    Moniz-Wakefield - conditions didn’t suit

    Sparrow - something seems amiss

    Chandler - had limited involvement 

    Bowey - iffy under pressure 

    McDonald - all Australian possibility 

    Petty - tried but failed

    Woewodin - had limited opportunity 

     

    Not your best.

    Still much love.

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    Langdon - Run Forrest Run 🏃🏻‍➡️🏃🏻‍➡️🏃🏻‍➡️

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    joeboy, joeboy, joeboy - ying and yang

    Ed Langdon watch - got magnificent mojo

    Clayton Olivier - season defining bravo

    Alex Neal-Bullen - performance showed Merrit

    Andy Moniz-Wakefield - question activation decision

    Jake Bowey - never found matchup

    Harrison Petty - swingman experiment over

    Simon Goodwin - Roo master move

    MFC - wet weather specialists

    EFC - Elephant falling culpability

    Nathan Williamson - place in chains

     

     

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    The kids are allright.

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    Sparrow - Twenty Pressure Acts

    The highest were ANB and Chandler with 22 (not exactly “limited involvement”), but Sparrow is consistently high in this stat. I think Goodwin has him playing a pretty unglamorous role this year, and I’m sure the coaches aren’t as down on him as a few posters have been lately. 

    Oh and also worth mentioning, the other player in the top four for pressure acts was Harrison Petty, also with 20. 

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    22 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    Salem - contest work underrated

    Put his body on the line repeatedly tonight.

    Yes he didn’t star but did what was needed.  Improvement still to be seen and he has a key role over the next 6 games. 

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    On 14/07/2024 at 17:56, samcantstandya said:

    They should give him a game next week, maybe rest Moniz-Wakefled.

    Why in the world would AMW need a “rest”?  He ain’t Joe Biden 😴

    23 hours ago, Mel Bourne said:

    Sparrow - Twenty Pressure Acts

    The highest were ANB and Chandler with 22 (not exactly “limited involvement”), but Sparrow is consistently high in this stat. I think Goodwin has him playing a pretty unglamorous role this year, and I’m sure the coaches aren’t as down on him as a few posters have been lately. 

    Oh and also worth mentioning, the other player in the top four for pressure acts was Harrison Petty, also with 20. 

    Thanks Mel.  These pressure acts are mostly unseen by the fans at the ground - many of whom still want “kick it long” - but are incredibly important in the structure of the team.

    Looking forward to binman’s stats analysis tonight. 

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    46 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    Why in the world would AMW need a “rest”?  He ain’t Joe Biden

    Surprised when he was ‘rested’ during the final qt Saturday night. Certainly was fully invested in the team performance prior to that. May not have the finesse of Salem or Bowey but his combative, take no prisoners attitude has been noticed. Mentioned in dispatches by the Channel 7 commentary and didn’t take a backward step in the contretemps V Jake Stringer.

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    My 3 bobs worth

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    Just want to say how important it was that Max was out and i don't know why?

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    10 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Yes he didn’t star but did what was needed.  Improvement still to be seen and he has a key role over the next 6 games. 

    It seems like sacrifice acts &  pressure acts are back the last 2 weeks.  Very enjoyable

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    3 hours ago, monoccular said:

    Why in the world would AMW need a “rest”?  He ain’t Joe Biden 😴

    Thanks Mel.  These pressure acts are mostly unseen by the fans at the ground - many of whom still want “kick it long” - but are incredibly important in the structure of the team.

    Looking forward to binman’s stats analysis tonight. 

    Joe Biden - I think he plays for the Cats.

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    On 13/07/2024 at 23:32, Tarax Club said:

    Nathan Williamson - place in chains

    As much as I don't like umpire 22, I thank the lord he's no Dean Margetts.

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    1 hour ago, In Harmes Way said:

    As much as I don't like umpire 22, I thank the lord he's no Dean Margetts.

    Pontius Pilate would do a better job 'crucified' Tim Smith.

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    Good assessment JB.

    I thought Oliver was very quiet in the first half and on the bench longer than he should have been.

    But he can alive as Oliver of old in the second and it was heart warming tuff.

    He Langers, Melksham and Nibbler were back to their sublime best.

    Rivers and kozzie in the guts too were fantastic.

    I've argued all year our midfield has been down on impact this year but it seems to have turned the corner.

    Despite having no ruck we won the clearances in the wet when we have lost a lot of games on these conditions.

    As mentioned numerous times Melksham in or fwd line makes it go from average to dynamic.

    He is a super hard matchup for others and we now have an easy 100 point kicking  fwd line.

    Apart from his sliding smart goal to a vacant goal square, his kick to Turner was pinpoint accurate such that Disco didn't have to break stride.

    Can't wait until Max is back and Jvr gets to play fwd with the others and not so much ruck work.

    As good as Kozzie is in the middle I'd like him fwd as much as we can spare him.

     

     

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