Old Carlton came to visit - lowered our colours to a lesser team & relied on individual brilliance & too many passengers & bringing in Pitto only weakened TDK (selection table stuff-up) & just too bloody 'cruisy.' Very, very, very undisciplined performance.
Fans will never agree, but for me it's hard evidence that the 24x7 unspectacular and unfashionable stuff that the likes of Cottrell, Owies, Fogarty, Hewett, Kennedy and Cunningham bring is far more valuable than the flash in the pan highlights some others offer.
Fans tend to remember the highlights, the stuff that stands out, without even noticing the grunt work that made it happen.
Not an either/or thing, Spotted One. Successful teams have role players, elite talent and even 'flashy' types. Mix and balance. We love 'em all. And they're all as important as each other.
If I hear that we were 'lucky' again, I'll tear off my own ears! If you want to talk 'lucky', how about Freo getting 66% of their goals from frees... some there, some not. The end.
I'm starting to think Fog might get a fine at best. Binns won't play.
Yep, a real line ball for Fog. His focus was the aggott and that's what he hit with his fist then sliding off the ball, up the arm and into the throat. In his favour is that Fyfe got up and played on unhindered.
Maybe Walsh for E Hollands? If not quite ready, perhaps Binns. Could even be Pitto in!
There is footage from up the ground taken from a phone that shows the ball deflect off Aish's upper arm. In any case, as you said a couple of their 6 frees resulting in goals from the top of the square (the Kemp one I recall) were flat out wrong. We gave away a couple of silly ones trying to take on the tackler deep in defence so they were there. They could not have played any better and we pretty much stayed with them all day. Did we steal the win? Probably. Swings and roundabouts.
I don't think we 'stole' it. When push came to shove at the death knell, the more disciplined side won. In the final analysis, both sides were very disciplined, just one a whisker more than the other... or... one just a whisker less at a critical stage.
I find it disingenuous and simply wrong to see our win labelled as a 'steal', or 'controversial' or 'ridiculous'...
Yes, Freo did compress us and play extremely well. However, we did have more inside 50s (narrowly) and 5 more shots on goal, and Freo did get six goals from frees (most there but a couple were not).
Nothing controversial or wrong with our last two goals. Undisciplined actions from a couple of Freo players gave the umpires no alternative other than awarding the two frees resulting in the last goal. All players know that abusing an umpire, and vehemently questioning a decision will get you nowhere, or worse. As Longmuir admitted in his media conference, we are a well drilled side and you cannot give us any chance.
Yes, Freo seemed the better side, narrowly, for most of the game... but we would not go away - character.
Strong four qtr effort. Love that. Welcome back, Weiters... brought his authority to the backline, and rapt to see him flying the flag when needed. J Carroll coming along nicely. To those on here who suggested Marchbank should have returned via the Magoos - you were right. Lij silenced his doubters. Now to back it up. Hewett - the quiet achiever. Terrific team effort against a willing opponent.
As an aside, typical Clarkson coached side. Anyone else notice the number of spoils that 'accidently' made fist with head contact? H & Ollie particular victims. Then there were the knees in tight contests...
