Team A+ 2 TDK 2 Cripps 2 Walsh 1 Charlie 1 Harry 1 Williams 1 McGovern 1 Kemp 1 Acres 1 Weitering 1 O. Hollands 1 Cincotta : Special mention here. The only time Butters got a sniff was pretty much when Cinch wasn't on him. HAS TO PLAY ON Merrett next week.
Ffffffin F2Rk#n awesome. Just awesome. Didn't go to sleep in the last 10m and looked like we could have piled on a couple more. From 2 weeks ago when we looked shot physically we are suddenly running out games like a real top 4 side. Gee I don't know whether to start believing?
@rocky Agreed, that was however our worst performance by far. Like you I didn't expect to beat them given how good they are travelling and how many injuries we have. I did think we had a reasonable side on paper and in the first qtr we looked every bit a good side. Once they turned the pressure up we went to water. I expected a better effort than that. On face value, the only one who tried for 4 qtrs was Pitto. I felt the rest were atrocious for 3.5 qtrs. Once again too many (1/2 dozen) out there provided the same effort and contribution as a witch's hat wearing a CFC jumper. Oh and those calling for Pitto to be dropped, he showed why TDK still has L Plates on and needs a licenced driver sitting next to him.
G2C, thought our worst was losing to the crows. We lost Saad that day, but pretty much agree it was very average today. They just looked SO tired. Not sure what's going on. There may be more to the story than we know about?
Have to say I'm a bit surprised at the excessive vitriol over todays effort. Sort of stunned really. Did anyone seriously think we would be anywhere near this mob with what we had at our disposal? Hand on your heart, really? Even when we started so well I was just waiting for the tide to turn. I've said it before and I'll say it again WE HAVE NO DEPTH. we need our best 22 (and I'd suggest we only have 22) on the park at the one time for any chance of victory. Sydney have blokes like Luke Parker waiting in the wings Now if we had Silvagni, Motlop, Cerra, Fogarty, Docherty, Martin, Saad, Cottrell, and as of today, Weitering available, well, you know what, we do better. We don't have to play the likes of Fantasia, Carroll, Durdin, Owies etc. etc. But the truth of the matter is we HAVE to. Make no mistake, barring injuries, Swans will win the big one this year by a country mile. We will be lucky to make the 8 if things don't turn around on the injury front. I'd say we did well this game because we only lost one soldier. Mind you, training this coming week could tip a few more in as has been the case. Oh and anothing thing, we looked well and truly gassed long before the game was over. What's that all about? My only gripe is blokes like Fantasia get chance after chance only to predictably fall over and guys like Binns keep getting overlooked. Who here thought that Fantasia's one shot on goal, 40m out mind you, was going to go through? He didn't even make the distance FFS. AFL standard, I don't think so. But there are plenty more and that's the cold hard fact. It will be like this for a while yet until we get our BEST 22 on the park. God help us next week against the rampaging Suns
OK, so it's gameday. For me the key is Gawn. Has to be the number one target for us to nullify. I'd be reviewing the tape when Sydney played them and use the same tactics Grundy did way back then. Pitt doesn't have to get off the ground just use his bulk. Work him over as much as possible. I mean really work him over (legally). Intersperse that with the TDK leaping over the top of him and really finish him off. Crucial we get that right tonight for any chance of a win.
WIth no Doc/JSOS available, this is almost our best 23 with probably Motlop and Fogarty as the only ones to come in....and maybe Williams if in form. If Marchbank could stay on the park I could see him being the second key defender.
On paper, both teams look very evenly matched. We've probably got the two better key forwards, but they've got arguably the best key defender combo in the game. Midfields are probably pretty even although Gawn probably gives them a slight edge...but we have two ruckmen compared to Gawn and Van Rooyen as backup.
You've forgotten about another bloke who could be useful right about now in Saad! Will be good to get him back
Not sure what to say after that. Horrific story and I was hoping there was a happy ending coming but it never did. Very courageous of you Mantis. I hope you've had some professional help along the way.
You can add the Pendlebury goal and the goose who didnt pick him up which didnt require much effort given he moves in slow motion these days.....I would have dragged his opponent and sprayed him even if it was Cripps.
