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The lad tackles hard, you know if he tackles you, you'll feel it.

He finds the pill and space well.

And generally uses the ball well. Very good overhead too.

And he's not as 'slow' as many think....

If he can get 20-25 touches a week, that fills a void.

At least our best qtrs were bookends!

Glass half full:
Played with vigour, intensity, passion... and some of the tackling by us was ruthless.
Kennedy brings much needed hardness, work ethic and extroversion.
Speaking of work ethic - SOJ. He would be a real headache for opposition sides.
Whatever Crippa said to the lads at 3/4 time... bravo, they changed momentum which is a strong positive step. Hope they learn from just how they changed the tide, then do it sooner!
Paddy showed what he is capable of, again. With continued faith from the club, confidence, games under the belt he will become a key part of our midfield group.
To a man the backline stood firm with some pretty special efforts from each of them when called on.

Glass half empty:
Give 52 inside 50s/more scoring shots to the better sides and we get pummeled.
When the D1ckers beefed up there midfield in the 2nd we folded and were way too slow to respond.
Meat was a liability for 3 qtrs. Instrumental in the win with his last qtr effort.

The Pussycats will do their homework on us and make changes during the game which will test our ability to not only maintain passion/work rate but also make necessary in-game changes as well.

The TT has to do something about his hair style. Too much like Shemp Howard with that part down the middle!

Kennedy:
The lad tackles hard, you know if he tackles you, you'll feel it. - Very true

He finds the pill and space well. - Finding space is something he does very well and it certainly fits into a desire to retain possession because he is strong enough and tough enough to mark less than ideal passes.

And generally uses the ball well. Very good overhead too. - Very true

And he's not as 'slow' as many think.... - Here I disagree - he is either very slow or lacks the desire to chase - I think he is very slow - - often becomes more competitive in the second half when opponents get slower

I'm not saying he's quick, but not certainly slow.

If he can get 20-25 touches a week, that fills a void. - Very true - IMO the main problem is that he has not been able to provide the midfield clearance role for which he was recruited because when he wins the ball he commonly historically has tended to get caught with it.

Yeah, after last nights effort i've gone off Cerra.
Not worth the ransom they'll demand.

His body of work is nothing to sneeze at.  A straight trade for SPS, it's an easy decision.

Money though is a worry.  Maybe he just wants to come home.  And maybe we have higher priorities.  And if you don't ask, you don't get

No as usual you've taken to asserting an unrealistic non-existent extremist view to try and win an argument that doesn't really exist, it's pointless recidivist behaviour you exhibit here week after week.

You are free to disagree, we are free to disagree, but you shouldn't resort to subterfuge to try and discredit the opinions of other forum members.

Just wait for our development guys to get to work on his kicking ...

Is it my imagination or has Dow, Kennedy and to a lesser extent SPS started to play better and with more freedom and confidence  since Barker “resigned”
Playing in right positions and roles has helped but just maybe just a coincidence

Is it my imagination or has Dow, Kennedy and to a lesser extent SPS started to play better and with more freedom and confidence  since Barker “resigned”
Playing in right positions and roles has helped but just maybe just a coincidence

On a very cold night, all players wore sleeveless jumpers. Normally Plowman, SPS and Silvagni minimum would have sleeves.  A review recommendation or coach directive???

Considering we had a third of our playing list unavailable, last night was a pretty good effort. Freo has been playing well and they had all their good players in. The first quarter and a half we were on top, the next quarter and a half, they were on top and at three quarter time it was all equal. In the last quarter we just wanted it more. Winners win. There seems to be light at the end of the tunnel which isn't an on coming train.
Dow, Kennedy, SPS, Walsh and Stocker all did well. My one knock on Walsh has been that though he gets the ball a lot, and though he is pretty good user of the ball, I felt he hasn't really impacted on the games he is in or changed the direction of the game. I always believed he eventually would. Last night he created the opportunity, took the the opportunity and sealed the game. I believe we will see more of this.
I always worry when Newman, Plowman and Jones have the ball in defence as they will always stuff it up at least once and cost us a goal. Three of Freo's goal came directly form their stuff ups and they got one from a dodgy free kick. Considering they only four other goals for the night, and two of those were rippers, I thought our defence was pretty good.
We have changed our approach going into the forward line from the 'Kick it to Kernahan' (McKay) plan to actually separating out in the forward line and picking the best target. It seems to be working. Who would have thought.
I thought Silvagni was very good, DeKonning competed, Harry took his opportunities and Casboult stood up when counted. I also thought that with Cripps being unable to kick and therefore having to hand pass meant he was far more creative and brought more team mates into the game. It also meant that there were more players around him when he had the ball so he wasn't caught as much. I am also glad we have Saad.
A good win, we just need another six or seven for the year.

I think being in the team would be the biggest factor.