That was a very satisfying win. Good win to bank too.
A solid game where the pressure was on, some stand out performances - Dusty as usual, Bakes is splendid, Balta is one hell of a key back, Shai owning the midfield, plenty more too.
I thought Brisbane had better chances to kick goals than in the QF. We really forced them wide and a long way out in the QF, but they were still getting low quality shots on goal. I'm sure there are those at Brisbane who realise this, but they certainly don't have the forwards to change it.
The umpiring, hmm, worse than usual which is saying something. The soft 50m penalties, including one to us, were just embarrassing. Those 2 deliberate out of bounds in the 2nd? quarter, a joke. The whole holding the ball clusterf***, they seriously have to fix that, it truly has become a complete farce. Why would you attempt to gather the ball with the way they are interpreting it, then again, if you run at the ball and get tackled you get pinged at the moment. Seriously it has become a blight on the game. Hope Clarko is happy now, 'cos everyone else is just embarrassed.
DS