16 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

I didn't walk away from that thinking Fremantle were awful. I think they played OK enough, but that for once we were on the right side of the pressure and tactical side of things.

Freo's offense was very good and their chains of possession from half back or the wing was very good as well. And when they switched play they looked dangerous.

Also, they missed a few they should have got. But we missed a few as well

A day later and T-Mac's game looks even better. He was like a general down back and repelled a number of their attacks

But they just ran into a better team on the day (us)

I thought the game was of a high standard. Maybe not worthy of a final, but close

An excellent win as Freo are no mug team

It's only one win but it was a good win

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1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

I didn't walk away from that thinking Fremantle were awful. I think they played OK enough, but that for once we were on the right side of the pressure and tactical side of things.

I agree, much better effort in all aspects.

Forward entries still a big concern for me. We went top of the goal square almost every time but our players were better positioned to take advantage and the ball came in faster so it was harder to defend. But we only had 7 marks inside 50 which is not good at all and barely even tried to hit up easy targets in the forwardline.

On 19/04/2025 at 16:09, picket fence said:

Still far from convinced, not a lot changes but a great result today

Maybe you needed to be at the MCG to feel the full effect of the result and effort put in by all the players coaches and a very loud and enthusiastic crowd that all will back up again on Thursday with hopefully another 20,000 Dees fans and 30/25 Tigers as well.

After Last night the game deserves 60/65,000 plus now.

PS Picket Whatever were you thinking going to Casey and not the G? Almost too afraid to see us lose in another Freo onslaught? Really get some b….s Ypu handle those snakes well what about adversity?

Sorry you got what you deserved missing out on one of our better wins under Goody and maybe an era changing day for the future of the Vlub plus Kossie Maxy JV and all others put in to the new plan.

9 hours ago, darkhorse72 said:

Much better performance but he team, I had to say from the efforts form he coaching team. They need to back it up while painting the style of play they want.
Wre we much better or Freo just having a really off day, given our last 2 encounters with them.

We have 2 winnable games coming up, thought the tigers are looking more of a danger game.

Can you rewrite that.

1 hour ago, 58er said:

Maybe you needed to be at the MCG to feel the full effect of the result and effort put in by all the players coaches and a very loud and enthusiastic crowd that all will back up again on Thursday with hopefully another 20,000 Dees fans and 30/25 Tigers as well.

After Last night the game deserves 60/65,000 plus now.

PS Picket Whatever were you thinking going to Casey and not the G? Almost too afraid to see us lose in another Freo onslaught? Really get some b….s Ypu handle those snakes well what about adversity?

Sorry you got what you deserved missing out on one of our better wins under Goody and maybe an era changing day for the future of the Vlub plus Kossie Maxy JV and all others put in to the new plan.

Are u a psychologist?

8 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

Forward entries still a big concern for me. We went top of the goal square almost every time but our players were better positioned to take advantage and the ball came in faster so it was harder to defend. But we only had 7 marks inside 50 which is not good at all and barely even tried to hit up easy targets in the forwardline.

Exactly. Most of our goals, in the first half in particular, were the result of individual brilliance rather than great ball use. Long shots sailing through, great snaps or goals from the goal square. Importantly, as you said, it wasnt to an outnumber which gave us a chance. That was pleasing.

7 marks from 50+ inside 50s is bog ordinary. Almost every premier (since ever) has been in the top 4 of the league average, usually north of 12. Sometime you win the way we won on the weekend, amazing conversion, good team pressure and some individuals match winners. But as a system, forward entries were really only marginally better than the rest of the year.

It was a small step in the right direction though, until we can get 10-12 marks a week inside 50 regularly, we wont be the real deal.

9 minutes ago, Jjrogan said:

It was a small step in the right direction though, until we can get 10-12 marks a week inside 50 regularly, we wont be the real deal.

We also received a few frees in our forward line (simply by playing in front) Not marks, but as good as

And I thought Saturday was a big step in the right direction but again, we've got a long way to go. Still too many dump kicks forward but the number was well down on previous weeks

We should be aiming at taking up to 15 marks in the forward 50 and that can happen with lightening ball movement further afield along with the forwards making multiple leads and gaining seperation ... along with other mids following up and dropping into space inside the forward 50

But we need to become more adept at creating that space in our forward line for marks to occur ... that one extra handpass on attack is often needed

Another furphy that needs explanation ... the pace of our ball movement forward before Saturday was ranked 3rd in the league??? ... well, that's going to happen when long kicks forward are the order of the day (the ball travels quicker through the air as opposed to multiple possessions on attack)

So that's another flawed stat. I'd say before Saturday our ball movement forward in terms of a string of possessions would have been in the bottom 4 (pace of movement)