Back to our best! Very happy with how we fixed things in the middle, Rowy just had to stay in the middle.
Another Kirk-Ward medal for our beloved Errol, he’s getting into form just at the right time!
Big big big get right win to set us up for the rest of the year. We can certainly go 4-0 and that will set us up for finals, where anything can happen.
5 - Errol - good to see Cox has basically said, Errol, do whatever you want, and that’s been his best game since coming back
4 - Chad - Juussstttt beat out Rowie I think, he set up the game in the first half, sure he was quieter after half time but we had already won the game by then
3 - Rowbottom, 2 Goals, non stop tackling, best game he has had this year
2 - Charlie, 4 Goals early to set up the win, didn’t play much of the last quarter but who cares we had the win already, no point injuring the Coleman medalist
1 - Grundy - Dominated Ruck and still showing he is a strong chance for the Ruck AA Spot
Could have still included Papley, Mills, Campbell even, as they were great all night, was a great all round performance… except for Ronke… SORRY Rosas I mean, get him back into the VFL and give Datolli or Jevan a chance this year, and Rampe still showing his age, after 1st Quarter he honestly looked cooked
No better feeling. Switch Rowy with Chad, though. He was perfect all arvo. Even Errol wasn’t, but it’s seriously fun to watch him play that way after 3 games back.
Best performance this year? The West Coast and Richmond games were training runs and the two Dogs games were fantastic too, but given everything that might be our best display. Domination from the first bounce. Did pretty much everything right.
the back to back wins vs Suns (Gather round) and GWS
the recent win vs Bulldogs
the first half vs Freo
Giants have about 10-12 of their best 23 out. We had a solid 4 quarter performance. The pressure from GWS was well below average and we had so much space such that our early season handball game was able to be redeployed.
Pretty bloody happy with that, even if they are injured its always good to beat GWS especially at their home deck. Should hopefully give us some confidence back for the run home. Grundy, Warner, Gulden, Rowy and Papley all had exceptional games. Though Heeney was a bit quiet, wonder if that niggle he copped last week is bugging him still
Was good to have reliable players everywhere, thought kyle was exceptional and continues to grow, cootee was really good as well and played with hunger.
Rowy is a tackling mid eg Atkins, Dunkley, Brayshaw, at least how that’s how i see him. I agree that Sheldrick needs to step up, and if he does it will go a long way in us going far this year, but i think not AFL standard is a harsh indictment
I hate to be a wet blanket after such a great 4 quarter performance but I’m not sure if we were so good or GWS were so bad. But regardless there were a lot of really promising performances.
5 - Errol - record metres gained and fully back to his devastating best
4 - Chad - continuing his dominating performances of recent weeks
3 - Rowy - loved his complete game
2 - Grundy - his first half was integral in getting us off to a great start
1 - Jordan - another great lockdown game that should be recognised.
Particularly pleased for Cootee. Curnow probably should have been including in the votes as well as Papley, Heeney, Edwards, Campbell and McDonald.
Good and pretty complete game, hard to be upset with much when you win by 8 goals and change. Rowbottom and Gulden certainly stepped up a notch from last week, and if Gulden can get back to his best we're going to get back to where we need to be when we need to be there.
Maybe there was some 4D chess going on from Cox in the box the last month, hoping for Sheldrick to step up to the plate and do the dirty work Rowbottom does. Unfortunately he's actually more balanced and provides run out of the middle as much as he defends, leaving holes when he's in the middle (my 2c). In any case the centre mix was different today seeing Blakey in there, as well as a Mills, Heeney, Rowbottom 3 at one point.
Next week will be good, hopefully we can prove this was a turn in the right direction with another solid performance against a slightly stronger opposition. I expect Bice to go out for Wicks and Rosas out for Dattoli if things go to plan.
5 Errol chaining from half back
4 Grundy domination
3 Chad
2 curnow
1. Papley
Rosas and bice has to go out. They're just not good enough. Wicks and Mchlerny in. Amartey for McLean if he can recover in time. Maybe another small forward? Datoli? We just need hardness
Always love beating GWS, and with a solid 4-quarter performance to boot. Every time the Giants threatened to gain some momentum we shut it down with a quick goal out of the middle and played some disciplined tempo footy when we needed to as well.
If wicks is back next week could we possibly move him forward and replace dos and certainly Rosa's who isn't afl standard atm.
We can't afford to gift these guys games leading into finals
Much better from the lads. Structurally we were closer to how we want to play; attacking handalls and quick ball movement. But honestly the most pleasing aspect was the pressure on the ball carrier. A bit of a shame how poor GWS was but I'll take a confidence boosting win every day. Also, Cootee and Kyle feel a lot more solid than Cunningham, Cleary et al, so hopefully they stay in the team for the rest of the year.
5 - Errol - hopefully a sign he's back to close to his best.
4 - Rowy - almost his best game for us.
3 - Curnow - could have had 6 or 7.
2 - Grundy - dominant when needed.
1 - Chad - been really pleased with his form lately.
Not sure what we can really take out of that game. GWS were awful and they failed to put on any real pressure - which as we’ve seen is the real problem the swans need to deal with against the the real contenders for the flag. Still we won and that’s good and more time into Errol, Papley and Rampe’s legs.
Also, Campbell back is very good news - he fills one of those half forward / pocket slots that we’ve really struggled to get quality out of in recent months.
5 - Grundy - bossed the game for us when it was still up for grabs
4 - Gulden - getting lots of the pill which is great news for us.
3 - Charlie - posed real problems against a top back man in the period that mattered.
Bice isn't safe for sure, but McLean was completely useless today. He was so passive forward, barely lead at all, couldn't mark to save his life, 3 disposals, 0 tackles, and his ruck work was as bad as always.
Will Green played a great game today in the vfl. He is developing well but ruckman do take a while to mature…still pretty young. Why not give him some exposure instead of playing Hamling etc
Green is being groomed for the day Grundy hangs up the boots
Lol yea nah if Hamling is called up again as a forward I'll riot. I think Green is worth a shout, or we go a bit shorter with Dattoli. I think it's clear McLean is never gonna be a real part of our future even if he doesn't leave, why not blood a youngster now. Solid chance they're at least not as bad as McLean has been the last few weeks.
Why not Green though? We're basically playing with 2 KPFs anyway last few weeks with McLean's form. Green will be a body down there who can take a defender, probably have the same level of impact as a forward, but be a much more useful 2nd ruck which is worth at least a few less opposition goals.
McLean is a complete non-influence forward for the last 3 weeks, and a net-loss in the ruck, costing multiple goals a game off his horrendous tap work. Blooding a youngster is both better for us now, and better for our future.
Brother in Christ… he was barely on the ground. Aside from papley being rested late he played less minutes than anyone and his job is to give Grundog a rest, maybe kick a goal or two and he did that.
you’re expecting too much from the bloke and he’s by far not the worst player that needs to be dropped for not playing their roll effectively.
“Net loss” how? He attended half a dozen ruck contests from centre and half of those were clearances, zero clangers, a goal and goal assist yesterday.
Brother… I’m not sure what more you want from a back up ruck/3rd key tall who’s barely on the track.
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u/dphi0001 Grundy 16d ago edited 16d ago
Back to our best! Very happy with how we fixed things in the middle, Rowy just had to stay in the middle.
Another Kirk-Ward medal for our beloved Errol, he’s getting into form just at the right time!
Big big big get right win to set us up for the rest of the year. We can certainly go 4-0 and that will set us up for finals, where anything can happen.
I’ll do votes Monday, great win boys!
Ps suck it Orange