My 3 word player analysis V The Flies

[joeboy 3,164]

Bell - maintaining the rage

Carroll - aggressive and reliable

Holland - was da man

Ward - tight and attacking

Bizzell - back to General

Johnstone - missed the flair

Bate - becoming so dependable

McDonald - prolific and dedicated

Davey - unusually unreliable disposal

Bruce - kicking was disgraceful

Sylvia - has finally arrived

McLean - everything one expects

Neitz - gave team direction

Robertson - loved centre stage

White - shared rucking honours

Johnson - gives us hope

Petterd - calm and assured

Frawley - suspect under pressure

Green - match saving mark

Jones - classy and aggressive

Wheatley - wonderful field kicking

Godfrey - disciplined and reliable

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Godfrey - disciplined and reliable

Godfrey - Deadly right foot

[Jonesy is the next captain 0]

Best on ground = Robbo

[sylvinator 96]

Godfrey - Deadly right foot

people have always bagged godfreys kicking because people didnt realize that he is a right footer...his right foot is fantastic and his left (his weaker side) is average...haha

[classy dees 42]

Green - match saving mark

that really was a fantastic mark, he was very good in the last 5 minutes

[Bay Riffin 1,472]

here are mine...

Bell - almost very good

Carroll - tight and reliable

Holland - clearly wins again

Ward - bad kicking early

Bizzell - reliable all day

Johnstone - injury early unlucky

Bate - very good early

McDonald - engine room again

Davey - kicking radar awry

Bruce - even worse kicking

Sylvia - excellent all class

McLean - bordering on elite

Neitz - damn injured knee

Robertson - best on ground

White - honest not dangerous

Johnson - very good skills

Petterd - mixed game today

Frawley - good defensively early

Green - two saving marks

Jones - bull like game

Wheatley - wonderful field kicking

Godfrey - right foot goal

[Adzman 2,154]

Bell - becoming very valuable

Carroll - did his job

Holland - murdered big rocca

Ward - provided good run

Bizzell - the glue holding the backline together

Johnstone - fading into average, needs to bounce back

Bate - very handy playmaker, strong mark,

McDonald - consistent jmac again

Davey - bloody woeful game, needs to shake this.

Bruce - broken foot, or flat footy?

Sylvia - hard working forward

McLean - HE IS BACK!

Neitz - just another game

Robertson - coleman like domination

White - still got game

Johnson - rounding into a player

Petterd - a raw gun

Frawley - needs more time

Green - stood up when needed

Jones - gave us strength at stoppages

Wheatley - provides penetrating drive

Godfrey - homebrand version of judd

[WonnaJurah 5]

holland- roccas worst enemy

neitz- cant stop him

[sylvinator 96]

Davey - bloody woeful game, needs to shake this.

[Little Goffy 14,454]

I thought Davey was pretty quiet for a lot of the match but improve as it went on.

Poor Bruce... what a dog of a day for him.

ROBBO!! ROBBO!! ROBBO!!

More good performances from our younger squad, Bate, Sylvia, Bell, Mclean, Petterd, Paul Johnson (who took some very fine overhead marks, you may recall) all had pretty good days out.

How satisfying was it to see first Sylvia and Mclean just burst through people to set up goals, one after the other?

And special mention for No. 2. I never had the priviledge of watching Robbie Flower play, but that little re-enactment by Jones of the swivel-around-the-man move that must be Flower's most replayed highlight was something special.

Loved Holland's scragging of Rocca. too. Spare a thought for all the poor buggers who had Rocca in their dream team.

And finally, a big special mention to the defenders coming back from wretched injury runs. A lot of us, myself included, were getting the feeling we might have seen the last of both Bizzell and Wheatley at AFL level. Bizzell was good all day with a tough job to do, Wheatley was just priceless. For once I enjoyed some daft commentator chat when they started talking about Wheatley's 'Big Weapon'. (The booming kick, I'm fairly sure)

[Roger Mellie 3,977]

Bell - Didak to bench

Ward - unusually hit targets

PJ - Better than White

White - Down on confidence

Jones - Leaps and bounds

Holland - The Gorilla Keeper

Frawley - Would prefer Warnock (but that will change in time)

Chook - Gun at 70% fitness

Rocca - Threw in towel

[deesrock 0]

Never thought we would see these 3 words next to Daniel Ward's name...........

Daniel Ward - pin point pass

Have a look at the 53 second mark of the 2nd qtr - a piece of history! D Ward kicks a beautiful pass directly into Bruce!

I am only 1/2 joshing - I like Wardy.........

[Alan Smithee 0]

Ward - unusually hit targets

Roger, is that usually or unusually. I'm confused. I think Wards kicking is at best average. Today it was poor when it counted. There were a couple of times I was left shaking my head as his actions caused critical turnovers & goals to Cwod.

[Bobby McKenzie 2,383]

Never thought we would see these 3 words next to Daniel Ward's name...........

Daniel Ward - pin point pass

Have a look at the 53 second mark of the 2nd qtr - a piece of history! D Ward kicks a beautiful pass directly into Bruce!

I am only 1/2 joshing - I like Wardy.........

And what about Wardy's brilliant spoil and fierce tackle in that vital 3rd quarter? Get off his back guys!

[deesrock 0]

And what about Wardy's brilliant spoil and fierce tackle in that vital 3rd quarter? Get off his back guys!

I was only half joking - I am not on his back - I think he has been a great servant of our club - I have said it many times before on this board. He gives his all!

Honestly - I am a fan. One of my kids even has Wardy's number on his back and Daniel is always delightful whenever he sees my little bloke - actually remembers him and says it is because there aren't too many kids running around with 10 on their backs.

He played a good game today and I applaud him for that!

[Guest redandbluethruandthru]

ward has a pure red and blue heart, he bleeds for our club and i personally thought his efforts today were excellent. he is a hard running player who tries to always make a contest. A lot of players should follow in his on field work ethic.

[WonnaJurah 5]

in the words of the clash

Robbo-The Magnificant Seven

[deesrock 0]

ward has a pure red and blue heart, he bleeds for our club and i personally thought his efforts today were excellent. he is a hard running player who tries to always make a contest. A lot of players should follow in his on field work ethic.

I echo this!!!! I apologise if my earlier post has caused any angst........

[Gouga 566]

Neitz - just another game

Are you serious?

Neitz was awesome today. He led up and dished off perfectly. He was crucial to us winning in the last quarter. A fantastic gutsy effort. I love McLean, but as long as Neitz is in the team HE IS THE MFC!

There is only one team I like beating more than Collingwood and that is Essendon. Looking forward to round 13 already! (A win against Richmond will be handy too!)

[Tassie Devil 28]

Jones - Rising Star Surely

[deestroy08 0]

Brown - Gotta love him...

http://melbournefc.com.au/Season2007/News/...px?newsId=44859

[Rogue 585]

he played quite well the entire game, except for one terrible kick across goal. that one error doesnt make it a woeful game. other than that was good skills and contributed to many goals...

I was also at the game and can remember Davey making unforced errors by foot around the middle of the ground multiple times, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't just the one error. I wouldn't label it a woeful game, but I also don't think he played quite well & just made the one noticeable error.

[Lord Travis 10,697]

Bell - well rounded game

Carroll - did his job

Holland - shut down boofhead

Ward - traded bodies with davey today. Best kicking Ive ever seen from Ward.

Bizzell - decent defenders game

Johnstone - influential before injury

Bate - vice like hands

McDonald - usual reliable junior

Davey - traded bodies with ward. Worst kicking Ive ever seen from him

Bruce - crap goal shooting

Sylvia - great flankers game (how good was the shrugging opponents and running off them to drill it onto the chest of leading forwards! That passage to Bate was simply magic!)

McLean - another great game

Neitz - is captain courageous

Robertson - robbo of 05

White - average rucking game

Johnson - steadily getting better

Petterd - not as good

Frawley - looked abit lost

Green - quiet, strong mark though

Jones - continues to impress

Wheatley - fantastic field kicking!

Godfrey - what a goal!