Dogs caught off-guard by a rare free going against them. They must have assumed (Pavlov's rule applies) they had the free and could play on. Not so all the time I'm afraid puppies.
Gutsy call from the ARC. Could easily have squibbed that without visual evidence of a touch, but to base it off the deviation is correct. Massive moment.
UMPS: "Doggies get frees cause they're first to the ball."
L. NEALE: "Oh Ok, let me try to gather this loose ball and stand up."
UMPS: "#FreeKickBulldogs"
Mitch Robinson is looking very dangerous around the ground. Basically the only Lion trying to do something to push the ball forward with some speed. Gets the goal there, but has led a lot of dangerous forays forward that his teammates have squibbed in this quarter.
Not sure how Grant Birchall is still getting an AFL game. Surely the Lions have a home grown player who has reasonable disposal and is actually in shape who can play his role?
Small sample size. Getting on top of the Melbourne defence is basically impossible. Let's see what he can do for this quarter and the rest of the game.
This game is a lot like the Dees/Lions game from last week so far, except the Lions are scoring more in a high-scoring game where Melbourne was able to keep ahead of the highest scoring team last week.
Lions are clearly a better matchup for us than the Dogs, and possibly Port (though the headless chook delivery into the forward line that Port sometimes does suits us). Hope Brisbane can go all the way tonight and next week as they're the team I think we're best placed to beat should we meet.
They're good enough to do it for sure.
Is it 15 metres as the crow flies per bounce, or 15 metres travelled in any direction? I've never quite known the rule but I always thought it was the former.
Any experts out there?