So you think Young being out caused the ten goal (64pt) loss against the Dawks!
As opposed to Pitto being out and our only ruck being zero gamer Flynn Riley, who was miles off being able to compete with Meek and Chol?
I'd actually assert that Riley and McKay were probably more opposition to Meek than Young would have been.
No, the one game we didn't win in the last 6 weeks was the draw against the Bulldogs.
Thats not how I saw the game, but I was sitting on a half forward flank on one side of the ground. For mine, I though Ainsworth was the main difference maker early.
I didn't think that Melbourne was on top at any stage. They were certainly on top on the scoreboard in the first quarter but we were playing better footy.
The player who I thought really got us going was Cotters with his link up work. If only he hadn't kept aiming at the posts
I want to also dot point something. The demons finish better they may very well have put the game beyond us early. I know we finished quite poorly ourselves, but they were 4.3 at quarter time to our 1.3, and whilst we bettered them in the second, the third was a knife edge with them kicking 2.4 to our 3.3.
The final quarter was one way traffic, but I didnt really feel comfortable until then due to the fact that we were struggling to generate scores from our posession chains, and the ball was getting turned over on the kick into forward 50.
Once again, Frankie evans was clamped down on, and once again we struggled.
I didnt start calling him the barometer for nothing!
Hollands and Ainsworth deserve additional Kudos as they were swimming against the tide when melbourne were well on top IMHO. Of course, Dean and Weitering were no slouches in this regard, but still sometimes to get going you need a few good soldiers who just keep on keeping on.
I didn't think that Melbourne was on top at any stage. They were certainly on top on the scoreboard in the first quarter but we were playing better footy.
The player who I thought really got us going was Cotters with his link up work. If only he hadn't kept aiming at the posts
And a Q I asked earlier... anyone know the record for a single player hitting the post the most times in a game? Surely 3 has to be close. And number by the team? 5 also seemed a lot.
Reply #57 and reply #60 on pages 4 and 5 of this thread. That's the best we can do I'm afraid.
And a Q I asked earlier... anyone know the record for a single player hitting the post the most times in a game? Surely 3 has to be close. And number by the team? 5 also seemed a lot.
The player who I thought really got us going was Cotters with his link up work. If only he hadn't kept aiming at the posts