Review Freo Squeak Over the Line Against Hawks - Rd 13 Review

[masai tu]

How many Zoomers know Cold Chisel?

Isn’t Khe San + Am I Gunna See Your Face Again, our unofficial national anthems ?.

 

[WaywardSonSon]

Let's hope Brayshaw pips traitor Neale on Brownlow night. Can he do it?

 

[go_the_dockers]

I wouldn’t drop Brodie.

Not suggesting dropping him.

Just saying he is part of the issue as well. Mundy may miss out, like Jones did for Melbourne ;(

 

[go_the_dockers]

"Good job getting on top of that Ballantyne stuff guys" - over the umpire radio right after it

Never forget.

There first two goals came from free kicks and both were soft.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Between Nicholls doing his thing for Hawthorn, them being handed shots at goal by the umps every time they got inside 50, and them clinically slotting every half chance set shot they had, the entire game reminded me of 2013.

I think that's why I felt pretty agitated while watching. Objectively it should probably have been a pretty good game to watch but I didn't enjoy it at all.

nicholls was at the centre of sirengate as well wasn’t he? that didn’t help my mood either

 

[masai tu]

Did anyone notice the Hawks players lobbying the umpires after almost every play? The one that particularly got to me was the Banfield snap to the 2nd O'Driscoll end and they were half calling it touched and half calling it needing a review for actually missing the goals. It was amazing.

Almost like they knew they needed 21 on the field to beat us... and almost did!

Ah yes, that snap they were calling for a review. At no time did the ball go anywhere near a defenders arms, they were miles away.

The complainants should be fined for deception.

 

[masai tu]

Which is fair enough and Shultz didn’t complain.
The complaint then comes from the supporters who see dozens of these toe pokes and they don’t get paid.

Fair rule, but what about the times when players put in a fully fledged fast moving boot to soccer ball ?.

Toe tap is less dangerous than full blown hack.

 

[masai tu]

Enjoyed a couple of times Wingard would play something up and Dave Mundy just looked disappointed with him.

Wingards acting was a number of grades ....... below Sonny’s best.

For such an extremely talented player, he is now a total passenger.

 

[Sweetback]

I actually thought that despite his mistakes Logue still looked good. He has an amazing ability to compete as a small when the ball hits the ground (his pressure is terrific) and as a tall when the balls in the air. He definitely showed some forward inexperience that game but he's providing a lot each week IMO

Yeah he’s three games into the role and doing a good job. If he can keep learning and growing from it, he will no doubt be much better after another nine games

 

[ubiquitous226]

I actually thought that despite his mistakes Logue still looked good. He has an amazing ability to compete as a small when the ball hits the ground (his pressure is terrific) and as a tall when the balls in the air. He definitely showed some forward inexperience that game but he's providing a lot each week IMO

Yeah same, he was definitely schooled by Sicily a few times, you could see him get out-positioned and then think he could get back into the contest but Sicily was just too good.
Overall though he still showed plenty in the role, particularly his second and third efforts. He also got a hand in on some contests he had no right to, which resulted in a couple of goals.

The bit I thought let Logue down yesterday was his marking when he had a clear grab. Like the one he dropped in the middle after Mundy went the corridor.
I'm assuming the ball was a bit slippery, but all of our rucks and forwards struggled with even semi-contested marking.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Not suggesting dropping him.

Just saying he is part of the issue as well. Mundy may miss out, like Jones did for Melbourne ;(

No, Mundy is great and is still one of your most damaging mids. Don't suggest that please.

 

[masai tu]

That’s the point, majority comments were coming Buckley and Gary.

Are the commentators still doing their job from a studio in down town Melbourne ?.

 

[SiempreFreo]

Sicily was immense at times. Stopped us like no-one has for 3 weeks.
Credit where credit is due

True. But also discredit, as wasn't it Sicily who did his best to gouge into Fyfe's injured shoulder? Crap act whoever it was.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Like what?

Kids sport, WAFL, ammo footy.
Plus we so rarely get Saturday afternoon home games that we're just not used to it.

It's better than the awful Sunday afternoon slot, but people are creatures of habit.

 

[chinggis77]

Logue gets to so many contests but last night dropped around 5 marks he should have or could have taken. One day soon it’s all going to click. Second and third efforts are incredible for a forward.


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[FreoRicci]

Not suggesting dropping him.

Just saying he is part of the issue as well. Mundy may miss out, like Jones did for Melbourne ;(

Absolutely not. When Mundy is on, his kicking is important.
Drop Banfield and Mundy can play forward

 

[FreoRicci]

Logue gets to so many contests but last night dropped around 5 marks he should have or could have taken. One day soon it’s all going to click. Second and third efforts are incredible for a forward.


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Get that feeling too. Reminds me of Tabs early on. Got to so many contests but couldn’t stick the marks. Logue goes at everything full throttle.
Once he clunks 5 marks then he ll clunk 10. He’s building.

 

[masai tu]

No, Mundy is great and is still one of your most damaging mids. Don't suggest that please.

Mundy ain’t going nowhere, he just had a below average day. The people forget at times that his average is very good.

The bye will do him the world of good.

 

[gaskin]

Like what?

Kid's sport, amateur football, work.

 

[masai tu]

True. But also discredit, as wasn't it Sicily who did his best to gouge into Fyfe's injured shoulder? Crap act whoever it was.

Sicily is a very good player, but deviates into Steven May territory at times. Steps over the line for “unscrupulous acts”.

 

[SiempreFreo]

That was a tough fought out game as the Hawks are a better team than their ladder position suggests
After our guys getting up mentally and physically for the last two weeks and knocking off the comp leaders I think we relaxed a little but still had the composure to slog out a win.
Its also the first game where I thought some of our guys were a bit gassed in the last quarter - which could be attributed to the last two weeks one would think- good time for the bye.
We’re starting to get some steel in our spines - I like it.

Yes.
Our boys looked a bit flat, depleted after the adrenaline output of the Demons and Lions games. Add in the Fyfey fanfare (and Brodie shuffle) disturbing the order a bit, and I thought we were in for a loss.
But Freo took a collective deep breath and summoned that extra effort. So good to see.

 

[ImperialPurple]

Sicily is a very good player, but deviates into Steven May territory at times. Steps over the line for “unscrupulous acts”.

He’s a bit of a grub. Not as bad now as he was when he was younger pre-injuries, but a grub nonetheless.

 

[SiempreFreo]

Get that feeling too. Reminds me of Tabs early on. Got to so many contests but couldn’t stick the marks. Logue goes at everything full throttle.
Once he clunks 5 marks then he ll clunk 10. He’s building.

Agree. I want JL to persist with him forward. He maybe doesn't quite believe in himself as a forward just yet.
Once his confidence is up - look out!

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Mundy ain’t going nowhere, he just had a below average day. The people forget at times that his average is very good.

The bye will do him the world of good.

Mundy is a star still, it's ridiculous at his age. He is still one of the better kicks in the league let alone at Freo.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

True. But also discredit, as wasn't it Sicily who did his best to gouge into Fyfe's injured shoulder? Crap act whoever it was.

Don't remember this tbh, i do remember Sicily pushing Fyfe after getting him HTB and it went to shittery after that, not entirely sure what i missed after that if it was infact that.