Land of the Giants
Premiership Player
Don’t despair, everyone. We’re still very much alive in the premiership race.
Those first three quarters we put on were amongst the best played by any team this year, where it all came together. We showed we could match it with the minor premiers on their turf, and almost held on when they threw everything at us in the last quarter.
Losing hurts, but there’s an old saying “What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger”. Kingsley will make sure the players learn from last night and emerge better for the experience.
Going into yesterday, I always thought we’d need at least one of our lesser lights to shine, and that was James Peatling, who was probably our BOG. James even ensured we didn’t hear from Australian Crawl during the match. Thank you, James, we need you to keep playing like that.
On to the Semi-Final next Saturday against Brisbane. Here's the probable line-up:
FB [27] Harry Himmelberg, [15] Sam Taylor, [39] Connor Idun
HB [6] Lachie Whitfield, [44] Jack Buckley, [36] Harry Perryman
C [17] Finn Callaghan, [12] Tom Green, [22] Josh Kelly
HF [16] Brent Daniels, [5] Aaron Cadman, [13] Isaac Cumming
FF [2] Darcy Jones, [23] Jesse Hogan, [4] Toby Greene
FOL [32] Kieren Briggs, [3] Stephen Coniglio, [20] James Peatling
IC [8] Callan Ward, [7] Lachie Ash, [31] Toby McMullin, [25] Lachlan Keeffe
Replace McMullin with Bedford, and that’s Kingsley’s team if we play Sydney in the Grand Final, and perhaps until then if we make it.
As expected, the Lions won last night, keeping Carlton scoreless until the 25th minute of the second quarter. We were without Briggs, Coniglio, and Cumming at the Gabba in Round 22, replacing them with Thomas, Gruzewski and X. I think Thomas might be recalled as the sub, given he played in both winning games this year against Brisbane. Even if certain players were quiet against the Swans I can’t see the point in making any other changes, unless there are unknown injuries as of writing.
We’ve got the game plan and the players, Giants, so keep believing in yourselves, because we do.
Get the job done against the Lions.
Those first three quarters we put on were amongst the best played by any team this year, where it all came together. We showed we could match it with the minor premiers on their turf, and almost held on when they threw everything at us in the last quarter.
Losing hurts, but there’s an old saying “What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger”. Kingsley will make sure the players learn from last night and emerge better for the experience.
Going into yesterday, I always thought we’d need at least one of our lesser lights to shine, and that was James Peatling, who was probably our BOG. James even ensured we didn’t hear from Australian Crawl during the match. Thank you, James, we need you to keep playing like that.
On to the Semi-Final next Saturday against Brisbane. Here's the probable line-up:
FB [27] Harry Himmelberg, [15] Sam Taylor, [39] Connor Idun
HB [6] Lachie Whitfield, [44] Jack Buckley, [36] Harry Perryman
C [17] Finn Callaghan, [12] Tom Green, [22] Josh Kelly
HF [16] Brent Daniels, [5] Aaron Cadman, [13] Isaac Cumming
FF [2] Darcy Jones, [23] Jesse Hogan, [4] Toby Greene
FOL [32] Kieren Briggs, [3] Stephen Coniglio, [20] James Peatling
IC [8] Callan Ward, [7] Lachie Ash, [31] Toby McMullin, [25] Lachlan Keeffe
Replace McMullin with Bedford, and that’s Kingsley’s team if we play Sydney in the Grand Final, and perhaps until then if we make it.
As expected, the Lions won last night, keeping Carlton scoreless until the 25th minute of the second quarter. We were without Briggs, Coniglio, and Cumming at the Gabba in Round 22, replacing them with Thomas, Gruzewski and X. I think Thomas might be recalled as the sub, given he played in both winning games this year against Brisbane. Even if certain players were quiet against the Swans I can’t see the point in making any other changes, unless there are unknown injuries as of writing.
We’ve got the game plan and the players, Giants, so keep believing in yourselves, because we do.
Get the job done against the Lions.
