Re: Rd 19: Carlton vs Freo: Post Match Pain Again
Reply #76 –
I'm not too disappointed in the end result as the boys stuck to their guns. In the end an absolute champ in Fyfe refuses to let his season die and drags his team with him over the line. In contrast, on 4 occassions we made bad mistakes in the dying moments, we don't bork out 1 and we win. Good signs IMO.
The difference was our champ is 31 got his ankle smashed otherwise we win.
How far has Murphy come along? Gibbs is getting Kouta like in the forward 50 stoppages where you half expect him to snaffle a sausage whenever he is there.
Ridiculous how tough and hard Murphy has become in the last 2 months. There was one stoppage where Crowley was holding on to him the ball came their way and Murphy ripped it off him and broke the tackle then in heavy traffic smashed through a couple and then dummied another. He got caught in the end but the contested effort was amazing. Reminded me of Judd in his heyday, taking on each contest like it was his last.
I was ready to fly over to WA myself to put Thomas down and out of our collective misery but very strong finish. If he finishes the year off with that form, I'll be a little bit less grumpy about the signing
Me I thought he was just okay, he got a lot of touches when we switched the ball and they were marks out wide on the wing. He made two awful errors in the last quarter turning it over under no pressure and then the spilled mark inside defensive 50m. Still, he did get plenty of touches so at least he was in the game for once. Kicking still a massive issue.