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Mixed emotions. Relieved, happy for Charlie, good % boost, need to build a temporary hospital ward at PP FFS.

The rest were ordinary.

It’s interesting to compare Dow and Hollands;  the latter seems to have plenty of time to pick the best option and hit the target by hand or foot.  Dow probably spends more time in heavy traffic but seems to be rushed with his decision making and execution.

Solid games from both today.

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A solid win and the loss of momentum was understandable give the injuries through the game having an effect on rotations.
Some of them actually looked a bit buggered at half time so they obviously went hell for leather for the first bit and had the game essentially over at quarter time.

The concern will be the injuries both pre and post game and how players come up.............

How good was Hollands q3 left foot bullet  to Charlie for his 8th...

Agree, went to the game and Paddy was disappointing imo.Butchered the ball often when he was well clear and his defensive work was ordinary.
Injuries aside I wasn't that thrilled after half time with our general play with the exception of Charlie who was a class above anyone else on the ground and playing at a different level.
Honey is another who had the chance to impress but didn't ....

Flag is in the bag?

Honey appeared to be working harder today, but he just isn't getting enough of the pill. And when he does get it, he doesn't do enough with it. It will be a miracle if he is on our list next year. Pity, but that is how it is.

Cowan was also pretty quiet today, but he'll get better. Not sure he'll be in next week, though.

Dow did some really nice things, but he just doesn't hurt teams with his disposal often enough.

Cincotta didn't have a big game, but he did some really nice things. His pressure was excellent. Coming back on and doing well, that says it all.

Walsh would have had 40 possessions had been been on the ground all day. he was inspired in that first quarter and a bit.
The same could be said of Motlop; his first 2 quarters were excellent.
Even Jack was playing brilliantly until he was hurt.

I saw a stat earlier today that showed Walsh had the 4th most all time consecutive games with 20+ disposals 63 and counting. Only other active was Jack mcrae 68 in 2nd all time.

This ends that streak.

A couple of Dow's i50's were pinpoint.

How good was Hollands q3 left foot bullet  to Charlie for his 8th...

Charlie appears to be about the team and the Club. He could be anything.

I thought that we relaxed a little in the second half and just did enough to maintain our lead … and get Charlie to 10 goals.  We still had some great individual efforts and chains of possession though.

I was disappointed with Honey today.  It was the perfect opportunity to step up and take advantage of a weakened opposition but he went MIA.

The cupboard’s pretty bare but Binns and, if fit, Owies and Fisher would have more of a crack than Honey did today.

One of the things I noticed today was the flexibility/versatility of some of our players.  After a goal had been scored, Kemp came off the bench and headed to the defensive 50 while signalling to Newman.  Newman ran to the wing and signalled to Hollands who then ran to the forward 50 and took up a position as high half forward.

The other thing that caught my eye was our forward 50 set up for centre bounces.  We had one player in the square (usually Charlie), one player about 25m from goal (Motlop or Silvagni until injured) and four players just inside the 50m arc.  At times Ed Curnow would start in a true half forward flank position about 40m out and 20m from the boundary.  I’d not really noticed that setup before.

Could have almost grabbed the Dow goal, to claim a 'cheapie' but let it roll through.