joeboy

Jones - willed the win

Jetta - some incredible plays

Frost - steady and important 

Hibberd - desperation was vital 

O. McDonald - seemingly no errors

Fritsch - versatile and calm

Melksham - was always dangerous 

Hannan - perfect opportunist’s game

T.McDonald - great both ends

Weideman - career best game

Harmes - wonderful all game 

Kent - better than Garlett 

Brayshaw - wonderful in close

VandenBerg - was important early

Neal-Bullen - great grunt work

Gawn - was our catalyst

Lewis - slow but professional 

Oliver - was supreme throughout

Petracca - true team game

Salem - disposal was precise

Spargo - out of depth

Tyson - regularly slowed momentum 

Swallow my pride and overlook his wastefulness during the year by describing Tyson’s game as:

prolific, and valuable

111-3

Gus’s uncle Razor Ray feels sympathy for us 20 minutes into the last quarter and begrudgingly awards us 3 consecutive frees in the back line

Jones - often diabolical disposal

Jetta - brave but ineffective 

Frost - probably broke even

O.McDonald - slow but useful

Salem - suspect when pressured

Pedersen - had little influence 

T. McDonald - was disappointing again

Hogan - same as Tom

Garlett - seemingly didn’t care

Petracca - too easily sidetracked 

Oliver - met his match

Spargo - played schoolboy football

Tyson - prolific , rarely hurt

Brayshaw - continued to excel 

Fritsch - hit a wall 

Gawn - dominated , didn’t hurt

Harmes - tough and tried

Hunt . just a shadow

Kennedy - Harris - little to enthuse

Lewis - slowness often exposed

Neal - Bullen - no obvious role

VanDenBerg - took his chances

Forget Gawn , Oliver , Hogan, and Tom. Our most important player today is Frost.. if he holds Franklin to less than 3, we win

Jones - an outstanding game

Hogan - prolific and valuable

Harmes - continued great form

Garlett - enjoyed the freedom

Oliver - best afield again

Petracca - regularly outmanoeuvred opponents

Neal- Bullen - hard ball gets

Spargo - did just enough

Brayshaw - dynamic and creative

Salem - safe and steady

T.McDonald - was surprisingly limited

Fritsch - continues to impress

VanDenBerg - finding his feet

Frost - confident and convincing 

Gawn - not his best

Jetta - impressive when required

Kennedy - Harris - a borderline pass

Lewis - a standard game

O.McDonald - was rarely required

Smith - history repeats itself

Tyson - impressive ,rarely wasteful

Vince - was never assured

6 - Oliver ( possibly his best game for the club )

5 - Gawn ( dominated the centre )

4 - Harmes ( continued his impressive tagging role )

3 - Petracca ( used the ball beautifully and often )

2 - Brayshaw  ( some important possessions and impressive gut running)

1 - T. McDonald ( was always a presence )

Jones - better on ball

T.McDonald - had a presence

Melksham - a limited impact 

Fritsch - versatile and smart

Lewis - steady all game

Garlett - just some cameos

Kennedy-Harris - justified his place

Neal-Bullen - run and pressure

Hogan - very little involvement 

Harmes - wonderful tagging game

Petracca - continued improved involvement 

Tyson - had a go

Brayshaw - becoming a gun

Frost - confident and important 

Gawn - set the tone

Jetta - was rarely sighted

O.McDonald - fortunately rarely required

Oliver - a class above

Salem - important but iffy

Smith - some important touches

Spargo - tried but overwhelmed 

Vince - just a game

Seriously, if all the talk pre season and during season about ‘hurting’ after last year’s debacles and last week’s heartbreaking loss, doesn’t amount to a life or death performance tonight, nothing EVER will

Stupid idea to move Hogan to defense this late into the season.. he wouldn’t have a clue about manning up nor being accountable.

It’s the leggy blonde bit that’s surprising 

3AW Rumour File 

No names mentioned but a report this morning that a certain midfielder who left training early with a quad strain was sighted not long later at the new Mission Impossible movie with a leggy blonde?

Fwiw , a few years ago I left the Cattery early after another obvious loss was looming and I provided some sort of retribution for myself by adhering some Demon stickers to cars that were obviously owned by opposition supporters.

6 hours ago, Micksdemons said:

Had another look - counted 6 players who may have won their spots ,made a difference or played well ( according to your 3 word summary )  - and we lost by 2 points ! Your three word summary is not worth 3 words - two will do - mostly crap! /

Why don’t YOU give us all the benefit of your totally cool, calm and rational 3 word analysis? 

Jones - becoming a liability

Jetta - little to commend

O.McDonald - was comprehensively destroyed

Smith - has limited skills

Lewis - slow but important 

Vince - a momentum killer

Frost - some impressive touches

Fritsch - needed more urgency

Gawn - had limited impact

Oliver - prolific but tired

Brayshaw - sacrificed to tag

Harmes - wonderful tagging game

Hogan - gave us little

T. McDonald - always looked dangerous 

Spargo - disappeared second half

Garlett - disappeared whole game

Neal Bullen - just lacks class

Kennedy Harris - out of depth

Melksham - was hardly sighted

Petracca - was almost terrific 

Tyson - never play again

Salem - just a game 

The conspiracy theorists will be out and about if Razor Ray umpires and hands out the first free of the day to his best mate Brayshaw

I was at the game and watched the full replay twice, and I don’t retreat from my initial description of his performance.

And for whomever it was that claimed I have an anti OMac bias, I think you’ll find that more often than not, I give him positive reviews .

Except he was taken apart by his opponent who took a team high 8 marks against him, which was 1 less than Hogan took in a forward line that was inundated with entries

Definitely what I saw. There was an obvious exponential will to take the game on quicker and more directly, from my observations 

Jones - not his best

Hogan - great second half

T.McDonald - versatile and important 

Garlett - clever but limited

Neal-Bullen - scoreboard pressure only

Spargo - energy and anticipation 

Hannan - little to excite

Lewis - some important touches

Melksham - better second half

Oliver - genius at work

Petracca - quicker ball delivery

Fritsch - rarely wastes possessions

Vince - played his part

Brayshaw - career best game

Frost - confident and strong

Gawn - dominated the air

Harmes - playing important roles

Hibberd - safe and important 

Jetta - was rarely sighted

Kennedy -Harris - deserves another game

O.McDonald - loose and unconvincing

Salem - rebounded with aplomb

Out : Smith

In : Baker

The only issue in dropping him is that there are many others who are less value to the team and equally as unproductive: Hannan, Neal Bullen,Vince, Tyson, etc, etc. Where do you draw the line?

I’m pretty sure our ‘saviour’ Jackson left Essendon under acrimonious circumstances... that obviously didn’t impinge on the results he’s achieved with us

Fritsch<>Brad Green

- both left footers

- both strong overhead

- both mercurial around goals

- both have meticulously groomed hair

I believe McCartin will suffer from the same syndrome our own John Fidge did about 30 years back.

He came to us as a man-mountain of a 17 year old who'd dominated schoolboy football because..he could, but either through lack of desire or lack of appropriate coaching for a precociously talented junior, he failed to rise to any heights and was eventually shafted to Brisbane and ignominy.