Watched the whole game. I won't repeat what has already been offered. Melbourne controlled the game. The incident referred to re Yze was not backing into the pack, he led into the pocket for an overhead mark and dropped his head, then dropped the mark. It looked bad. He then made ammends (obviously felt a goose!) by tackling and hunting in the packs like we haven't seen for five years. Soon after, laid a tackle, got the ball to Davey who turned on his left and slotted a great goal. That got the Tiger fans off his back for a while. The Melbourne fans have longer memories. Bate was very good, running in packs with pace and played a very strong second half. Jones was exciting but that has already been mentioned. Bruce was excellent in the first half and later in the second half. Frawley was very good late in the game. One dash out of the backline where he turned back to the corridor then kicked long to White, allowed White to gather on the left and kick a low ball through for full points. CJ and Bell (first half) were very good. Jamar jumps too early in the centre and couldn't take the big grab up forward, serviceable but not as effective as White (who spent large slices of time on the bench). Fergy did not appear at all in the first half and only got a decent run late in the game. He played in typical fashion when given a run. Biz was excellent in the first quarter and was the ball carrier out of defence. At this stage Rivers wasn't required to do much. Rivers played a better game in the second half. Wheels was also good early then got a lot of time on the pine. McDonald was effective and hard working. Robbo was out of sorts but tried. Miller had a very ordinary afternoon. Dunn did one excellent bit of tackling and chasing down about five Tiges in the second half but was largely ineffective. Green slotted a long goal and did some nice things but isn't clean when under pressure. The Skipper was very good whenever near the ball, splitting packs, contesting and finishing off. Johnno was cruising and after one terrible turnover worked hard to redeem himself (and did!). Moloney pumped several long balls into the arc and added some physical pressure in the clinches. All in all, a handy work out for most of our list. Miller seemed to cramp late in the game but no other injuries noticed. Hot day at Princes Park and I heard Daniher direct the fitness guys to get them off the ground as soon as they could after the game (the Dees stayed on after the final siren to do their warm down amongst the kids kicking footies around, Dunny even fetched an errant kick from my son and returned it to its owner... Ahhh, suburban football!)
