Our team kept Melbourne to their 2nd lowest score in their winning streak
Lowest was in WA
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Lowest was in WA
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Welcome Josh Gibcus
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Besides his marking, best play of the night was when Melb surged forward, he stopped chasing oppo, turned and took an intercepting mark.
Won't happen. For a team that won 3 of 4 flags with youth around, we never win it.
Spot on - our issues are 1. midfield quality/depth/class (fix that first) & 2. Forwards - hard to properly asses as midfield delivery is so poor.
I think there scoring was as a result of pressure.
An injury or two to Melbourne at the end of the year will change there outlook. They are now the hunted.
An injury or two to Melbourne at the end of the year will change there outlook. They are now the hunted.
As good as he is Scoop, hes still only had 18 years for his bones, muscles and tendons to grow, fuse and strengthen
We want him winning The Cox Plate,
Not the Golden Slipper.
They did kick 23 behinds, but bear in mind they have 16 of 33 shots kicked from the pocket. You could kind of see this from the tv images, they constantly were kicking on wider angles than us. Thats good defence and Gibcus was a part of that. We only had 3 from 15 kicked from the pockets, but it was sheer weight of numbers in the end but doesn't take away from the fact that our defence played well. Midfield is easily still our issue.
Fair point. If Petracca, Oliver and Gawn are missing, things will get much more difficult. Melbourne are beneftting from all their good players not missing.
Then rest him at round 15 not 5. We squibbed it at selection with Vlastuin coming back and got it wrong.
If he has another four weeks like this you reckon he gets rested? Not on your life.
Caesar said he didn't train that week so he may have been injured or something. Agree that if he played in front of Miller we would have won that game.
Yeah I remember that, then say he’s out sore, has a calf, has gastro, severe gout just not managed.
He towers over Howe at 196 cm. That’s McGovern’s height - and junior reports say he was a similar kind of markologist. But I’ll take your point about the athletic skillset, as he’s in a different universe to Treacle McGovern there.
I’m penciling him in as McGovern with Howe’s hops.
If the medicos see data that says he rests, he rests.
Its that simple.
the medicos are pros
Theyre like chris waller for humans
Except at essendon, theyre more angus armenassco
Think he benefitted from the week off against the Crows. Maybe we didn't.
Extremely impressed.
Extremely impressed.
Not because he's a Tiger but Gibcus is a much more rounded players and will eventually surpass Weitering by a fair margin. Weitering has strength and is a good negator. Gibcus has it all. Athleticism. Reads the play. Can mark. Can kick. Can spoil. Has composure.
Kind of how it works though when you are winning flags. Without Martin we simply do not win the 2020 flag. Our injury run was as good as can be expected when we were winning flags. Without it you simply cannot compete for years at a top level.
Look i really do not like the Dees but you have to give them credit for their recruiting and trading. Got it spot on and are now reaping the rewards.
Due to equalisation, keeping a playing list's conditioning in check is the single most important component of giving a club a shot at a premiership. Without a near injury free list, its almost impossible to win a flag
