There should be plenty of people to vote for this week.
Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos:
[1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less.
[2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Cripps)
[3] Three players at least must get a mention.
[4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.
Team C-
Saad 5
McKay 4
Martin 4
Gibbons 2
Sadly, I think there were at least six Collingwood players better than Saad.....
Team C
4 Saad
2 Walsh
2 McKay
2 Martin
2 Gibbons
2 SPS
1 Fisher
Team F
6:Saad
4:Walsh
3:McKay
2:Gibbons
Team D
5. Saad
4. Walsh
2. Fogarty
2. McKay
1.Gibbons
1. Fisher
Team F (insipid effort)
5 Walsh
4 Saad
3 McKay
2 Fogarty
1 Gibbons
Surprised no love for Fogarty. 21 disposals and 4 tackles, plus an important goal and 5 score involvements. I thought he was hard at it and composed with the ball when he had it. Pretty good last week as well I thought but looks like a solid pick up.
Also thought Williams in his first game showed plenty. I love his desperation and effort. Hopefully he will be better for the run.
Team C
5 Martin
4 Walsh
3 Gibbons
2 Saad
1 Fogarty
Fogarty was good and close to a vote with me, Williams faded and I was disappointed in him to be honest. We got him for elite kicking and he started with some nice passes but he dropped back to 20 disposals@50%DE....thats not good enough for a 850-900k a year player especially when the opposing midfield is caning us.
First game back so he gets a pass but will need to improve....
Team - D
5 - Walsh
4 - Saad
2 - Fogerty
2 - Gibbons
2 - McKay
HM: Doc (no votes due to critical clangers), Martin, SPS, Zachery, Williams.
Team: D
5. Weitering
4. McKay
3. Saad
2. Gibbons
1. Martin
Team C
3 Saad
2 Walsh
2 McKay
1 Martin
1 Doc
1 Williams
1 Gibbons
1 SPS
1 Fisher
1 Fogarty
1 Curnow
Team: C-
I can’t give us any more than that. The gestalt of the game makes that seem generous.
Votes:
[3] Sam Walsh
[1.5] Adam Saad
[1.5] Harry McKay
[1.5] Patrick Cripps
[1.5] Jacob Weitering
[1] Lachie Fogarty
[1] Zac Williams
[1] Michael Gibbons
[0.5] Sam Docherty
[0.5] Sam Petrevski-Seton
[0.5] Jack Martin
[0.5] Zac Fisher
Explanations:
[3] Sam Walsh: Our best player, he wanted it more than any other Blue.
[1.5] Adam Saad: An excellent player in defence.
[1.5] Harry McKay: 4 goals is a much better return than last week.
[1.5] Patrick Cripps: Got the clearances, but certainly didn’t dominate.
[1.5] Jacob Weitering: Excellent in defence.
[1] Lachie Fogarty: Very solid for his second game with us. He faded badly, though.
[1] Zac Williams: Showed he could be very good for us.
[1] Michael Gibbons: Not enough of the ball, but he literally dragged us back into the game with his 3 goals. They were classics.
[0.5] Sam Docherty: Doc is getting the ball well enough, but he has to hit more targets.
[0.5] Sam Petrevski-Seton: Solid in defence.
[0.5] Jack Martin Martin had patches of real brilliance but needs to play 4 quarters.
[0.5] Zac Fisher: Deserves a mention, but still not enough to be the match winner we need.
Honourable Mentions:
Ed Curnow: Ed got the ball well enough, but his negative game, the bits that got him into the team, wasn’t on show.
Lachie Plowman: 10 marks in defence.
Marc Pittonet: Tried valiantly but was beaten by Grundy. He needs to win for us to win.
Team C
3 Weiters
2 Saad
2 Harry
2 Fogarty
2 Walsh
1 Crippa
1 Williams
1 Samo
1 Gibbons for owning the pocket
Anyone else want to vote for this game? I do hope so.
D
5 Saad
5 Walsh
3 McKay
2 Fogarty
Team D
5: Walsh
4: Fogarty
3: Saad
2: Weitering
1: McKay
HM'S: Gibbo, Doc, Samo and Crippa
Team: D
5 - Walsh
4 - McKay
3 - Weitering
2 - Saad
1 - Gibbons
HMs to Fogarty, Samo and Cripps for his second half.