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Gawn

Rivers 

Langdon

Bowey 

Sparrow 

Fritch 

 

6 Langdon - busted his gut all night.

5 Gawn - solid all-round performance.

4 Rivers - our only classy midfielder.

3 Fritsch - accurate goalkicking but still lazy.

2 McDonald - mix of good and bad.

1 McVee - seldom rattled under constant pressure.

 

6 - Max Gawn

5 - Trent Rivers

4 - Ed Langdon

3 - Tom Sparrow 

2 - Judd McVee

1 - Jake Bowie

Dogs had most of the guns tonight, played like a well oiled machine, extracted some revenge.


6 - Max Gawn

5 - Trent Rivers

4 - Ed Langdon

3 - Tom Sparrow 

2 - Judd McVee

1 - Alex Neal-Bullen

6. Gawn

5. Langdon

4. Rivers

3. McVee

2. Sparrow

1. McDonald

Just back and watched Gawny go pretty much one out against the Doggies and only lose by 51.

6. Captain Max. Outstanding game, massive hit out to advantage numbers, 9 marks, 12 contested, a goal and did it everywhere.  Schooled last years AA ruck.

5. Langdon put in something resembling an acceptable effort and never stopped running.

4. Rivers had pretty good numbers but was largely irrelevant as the dogs mids did as they pleased. Still, at least he tried.

3. Sparrow appeared a bit interested until the last quarter but was still substantially better than most.

2. McVee was unobtrusive but didn't make many mistakes.

1. Fritsch kicked a couple, took a nice mark.

As for pretty much everyone else, hope you enjoyed watching the game.

The Dogs are a genuinely good team.  Well done to them on the way they have recovered their season.

 
59 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

6 - Max Gawn

5 - Trent Rivers

4 - Ed Langdon

3 - Tom Sparrow 

2 - Judd McVee

1 - Jake Bowie

Dogs had most of the guns tonight, played like a well oiled machine, extracted some revenge.

They did but I would sooner have the flag.


6. Rivers

5. Langdon

4. Gawn

3. Sparrow

2. McVee

1. Fritta

Sadly, none of our boys were in the top half dozen on the ground, but they deserve some recognition on here.
My take on the better Dees:
6.   Rivers  -  did nothing to harm the plaudits he’s earning as a future high quality mid in the competition.  Needed more support.
5.   Gawn  -  on one leg, but attitude and leadership under duress were testament to what we’ve come to expect from Max.
4.   Langdon  -  busted a gut, and ran up and down the wing providing options all night.  We needed more like him. 
3.   McVee   -  again showed plenty of composure and touches of class under pressure.
2.   JVR  -  showed enough to confirm why he’s widely regarded as a future star KPF and back-up ruck.
1.   Sparrow. -  solid return to the ‘big time’.  Dulled the influence the Bont in the second half.

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6 Gawn - I was a bit worried that his calf injury would render him insipid and when he didn't even jump for the first ball-up my fears seemed reality. But to Maxy's credit he lifted and got on top of English in the centre bounces and he also moved fairly swiftly around the ground and took a beauty and goaled in the second term. Definitely in the best six on ground and definitely still in mix for AA.

5 Bowey - Like many here, I've been really disappointed with Bowzer after a super pre-season. This was the first game that he actually provided run and his confident play up middle in third was our best passage for night. Gees I hope we try him in the middle one day.

4 Rivers - He's still not delivering with his disposal but he really looks the part as a tall midfielder. 

3 Langdon - the running man has had a great few weeks since being allowed to go back to his favoured wing.

2 Van Rooyen - I think it was the second term when May realised JVR was way out on the opposite wing by himself against a smaller opponent and it was just so good to see our man just be so strong in the contest. He's really come a long way this season and is one reason why we don't have to keep looking for the full-forward any more.

1 Sparrow - After being dropped last week he came back and really applied himself with more confidence. Was sent to Bont in the second and worked hard on him but the Bont is the Bont.

On 03/08/2024 at 08:23, Elwood 3184 said:

 

 

6. Max Gawn 

5. Jake Bowey 

4. Trent Rivers 

3. Tom Sparrow 

2. Ed Langdon 

1. Jacob van Rooyen

Roo you must be joking

0 Kossi

10 Maxy for a great game by himself

8 May for half game better than some for whole game

7 Langdon a machine all night

1 for the rest just because they at least turned up

2 hours ago, forever demons said:

0 Kossi

10 Maxy for a great game by himself

8 May for half game better than some for whole game

7 Langdon a machine all night

1 for the rest just because they at least turned up

Harsh on Rivers and McVee.  Definitely showed up and had good games.  Agree and rated others as 2/10 and 3/10.  Lots of passengers 

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1 GAWN Max.png Max Gawn 183
2 MAY Steven.png Steven May 104
3 RIVERS Trent.png Trent Rivers 102
4 PETRACCA Christian.png Christian Petracca 97
5 VINEY Jack.png Jack Viney 94
6 NEAL BULLEN Alex.png Alex Neal-Bullen 85
7 LANGDON Ed.png Ed Langdon 69
8 OLIVER Clayton.png Clayton Oliver 65
9 PICKETT Kysaiah.png Kysaiah Pickett 60
10 VAN ROOYEN Jacob.png Jacob van Rooyen 56
11 MCVEE Judd.png Judd McVee 49
12 SALEM Christian.png Christian Salem 44
13 LEVER Jake.png Jake Lever 43
14 MCDONALD Tom.png Tom McDonald 35
15 FRITSCH Bayley.png Bayley Fritsch 31
=16 SPARROW Tom.png Tom Sparrow 25
=16 WINDSOR Caleb.png Caleb Windsor 25
18 CHANDLER Kade.png Kade Chandler 19
19 PETTY Harrison.png Harry Petty 14
20 BILLINGS Jack.png Jack Billings 12
=21 HOWES Blake.png Blake Howes 11
=21 TURNER Daniel.png Daniel Turner 11
23 BOWEY Jake.png Jake Bowey 10
24 TOMLINSON Adam.png Adam Tomlinson 9
=25 MELKSHAM Jake.png Jake Melksham 2
=25 MONIZ-WAKEFIELD Andy.png Andy Moniz-Wakefield 2

I believe that means Max can't be passed now. Unless we somehow have a deep September run. Congratulations to him.  Another wonderful season from the legend!

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