From my under the southern stand standing room perspective it was a very commendable performance. 90 points again compared to under roof score 5km away tickyeah it looked like lairising too me, but I wonder if GWS upped the pressure and turned the globetrotting into liaising?
I suspect that's what happened, and if so,
you're right, we need to be able to switch into grunt mode when that happens.
which I suppose we did, cause we won by 5 goals?
We can't keep saying every team we beat is not a benchmark when they were above us.
Grimes left his fumbling on the Gold Coast, Dave showed why we need him.
Houli Ellis just kept getting it and heading in our direction
Bolton must have gained another dose of confidence. Chol too looking like he belongs.
Lynch in the air but also making second ground level efforts which weren't apparent early in season. He is brutally strong, rag dolled Davis who I rate as elite.
Lambert is close to being elite if not already.
Clearances can always improve
And on the rebound we did make half a dozen poor decisions...eg a couple of times once the ball crossed the F50 the carrier went in board when there were runners free on the boundary side who could have taken ball to as close as 20 ...or just the extra handball when a kick seemed the better option.
Egg probably needs to go back down...but recall Bolton has benefited from a taste and then doing the Gard yards in the twos.
Our best 22 is now 17-18 locks and then 5 or 4 inform players from up to 10 AFL capable ones.