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Observations from the ground:
Wagner absolutely torched Amiss, twice, by foot on those long run and kicks inside fifty. Picking out the Gold Coast player when Jye had worked to be completely free of his opponent for a shot in front in the first quarter - if Wagner had made those kicks and Jye had kicked straight it could have been a totally different game.
Josh Treacy continuing to be a team player. I'm sure you all noticed when Brayshaw marked in front that Josh gave up contesting the ball and tangled himself up in the defenders coming to smash Andrew. It was only a matter of moments but his ability to see the best outcome for the team, react and execute the interference to protect his team mate was top notch.
Not to mention the obvious strong performance forward.
Sean Darcy pulled Witt's pants down today and Witts is the exact sort of ruck who would normally have Darcy fairly even, a brute - but Sean was winning the taps and then getting dangerous. Lead the entire game for clearances taking the ball out of the ruck himself. Witts losing that contest by that much is what won Fremantle the game. Gold Coast started on the back foot and any ANY clean possession outside of the bounce was ending in GC marking and shooting for goal. Needed Darcy to dominate and he did.
Switta was tagging the butt off whoever Gold Coast had roaming just outside the fifty when they tried to move the ball, other players zoned off but he stuck with Anderson or Miller, Noah was particularly frustrated by it. Simple little game plan to slow ball movement but effective.
Davies let himself get out of position quite a lot, sometimes he was worked out of position to be fair but I think his vision this week during review will be focused on keeping his opponent better placed. Good competitive nature.
Chapman makes us a much better side.
Wagner absolutely torched Amiss, twice, by foot on those long run and kicks inside fifty. Picking out the Gold Coast player when Jye had worked to be completely free of his opponent for a shot in front in the first quarter - if Wagner had made those kicks and Jye had kicked straight it could have been a totally different game.
Josh Treacy continuing to be a team player. I'm sure you all noticed when Brayshaw marked in front that Josh gave up contesting the ball and tangled himself up in the defenders coming to smash Andrew. It was only a matter of moments but his ability to see the best outcome for the team, react and execute the interference to protect his team mate was top notch.
Not to mention the obvious strong performance forward.
Sean Darcy pulled Witt's pants down today and Witts is the exact sort of ruck who would normally have Darcy fairly even, a brute - but Sean was winning the taps and then getting dangerous. Lead the entire game for clearances taking the ball out of the ruck himself. Witts losing that contest by that much is what won Fremantle the game. Gold Coast started on the back foot and any ANY clean possession outside of the bounce was ending in GC marking and shooting for goal. Needed Darcy to dominate and he did.
Switta was tagging the butt off whoever Gold Coast had roaming just outside the fifty when they tried to move the ball, other players zoned off but he stuck with Anderson or Miller, Noah was particularly frustrated by it. Simple little game plan to slow ball movement but effective.
Davies let himself get out of position quite a lot, sometimes he was worked out of position to be fair but I think his vision this week during review will be focused on keeping his opponent better placed. Good competitive nature.
Chapman makes us a much better side.
Very talented..
Very young..
Still learning what they can actually do individually, let alone what it means to be a battle hardened consistent package.
Travelling well!
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Now that's realism!
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I was exactly the same.
Put an edit in the MVP to reflect the difference in watching live v the replay.
Differences here already from last week.
Travelling nicely.
I know there are a bunch of guys close to the 50 and 100 milestone, but it feels like it is taking forever to not be young anymore. Marginally older and more experienced than North this round (essentially the same) who are allegedly at ground zero.
Sonny out takes a lot off our average. It’s why it infuriates me that we never get the same “young team” acknowledgments that hawks and north etc get
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I think that’s driven by JL to an extent, he said at the start of the year he didn’t want that used as an excuse anymore.
Even more than that, 4 of our 6 oldest players are now just bottom 8 roleplayers - Fyfe, Walters, JOM, Aish. It's only AP and Ryan that we get a lot out of the 28+ brigade.
The main reason we don't get it is because the media is **** at their job and the footy landscape is the biggest piece of groupthink going.
I'm glad the club isn't using it as an excuse, that doesn't stop the media using their brains and doing some research though.
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GC are stacked. They do not need anymore handouts.
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What was the comparison with GC this game?
Josh is definitely Captain material.
When discussing Captaincy prospects we mostly lean towards possessions leaders like Caleb and Andrew but Josh Treacy has more of something else, selflessness. It’s been said of him at training how he is always urging on , encouraging and giving advice to teammates.
Let’s face facts, Josh is really the only brute force player in the side; An enforcer if you prefer and a talented one.
He is the consummate leader.
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Not sure about his communication style tbh.. on field he is very vocal but if you listen to him speak off field even with the latest down back podcast he is quite softly spoken
Dean Laidley rating Heath Chapman 6.
He is a tough judge then. How he rated Switta, Johnson, Jackson and Pearce higher is confusing.
Did he watch the game on tv in Melbourne ?
I agree with his brief on everyone else , in particular Nat Fyfe.
He is a tough judge then. How he rated Switta, Johnson, Jackson and Pearce higher is confusing.
Did he watch the game on tv in Melbourne ?
I agree with his brief on everyone else , in particular Nat Fyfe.
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It went on all day Fred and there were several blatant holding the ball frees which weren’t given to us as well.
I liked Wagner’s run through the corridor. He is proving to be an excellent link man.
Time and place for everything. Why would he shout on a podcast ?
Communication is more than vocal. Watch how he runs to celebrate players’ on ground achievements.
The passage of play Taylor mentioned with Andy and what josh did to assist was followed up with Josh having a quick word to Andy in encouragement.
We could do a lot worse than having this bloke as our next captain.
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I keep seeing the thread title, and thinking of dim sum.
I sit in block 128 so the infringements on Luke were only at the western end. It stands to reason it was happening
At the other end of the ground also.
I thought Jackson played okay, pretty much a sacrificial role yesterday on Mac Andrew.
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Ffs stop being so precious and use her correct pronouns. Join the rest of us in 2024.
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