Bad start, terrible skills early, but what a finish. Walsh, Jagga, Weiters, Pitto take a bow.Bad becasue of skills not because we were outplayed, we must always look at the game on it's merit and not focus on the outcome, I thought we had more footy than the Dees despite not finishing.
Just as well Pickett was busy being a show pony - flying for big marks and trying to kick goals whenever he was inside the 50 metre arc - we might have been behind at 3/4 time if he had managed to kick some of the goals
Young did his job but could still be omitted for Derksen next week - Wonder if Hayward and/or Newman might be available next week.
Bad start, terrible skills early, but what a finish. Walsh, Jagga, Weiters, Pitto take a bow.
I agree, on average it's ordinary, when it's done well it's electric.
We sort of judge the style based on outcome, convert a few of those late behinds it would have swayed fan opinion, because we failed to finish a lot of good work it loses some gloss, but I feel we were quite dominant all game, even when we were four goals down I said as much to @Thryleon in the coaches thread.
Some of the gloss comes off because of umpiring variability, but it must be very difficult to umpire the chaos. We've talked about in danger, was any paid tonight, and how many times did players run with the footy get caught and not penalised, it's inconsistent at best and that inconsistency can determine the outcome.
IMO (and this is a separate issue), the AFL's desire for supersonic footy is making the game unwatchable. The skills errors in this game were appalling.