I was there. I haven’t seen the replay yet but these thoughts have been in my mind since Friday:
Burgoyne was so good that he must play and that means others will have to be moved. Burton, Burgoyne, Houston with Aliir and Jonas are the locks in defence. DBJ is not in my best 22 but seems to be in the coaches’. That makes 6 with another tall needed. McKenzie was better than Clurey but either are very capable. Farrell is squeezed out but a perfect sub.
Jones is also squeezed out of defence but showed signs as a midfielder. Jones is a player who is probably just outside our best 22 at the moment but almost certainly a key contributor to our next premiership tilt and probably as a midfielder. A midfield of Wines, Rozee, Butters, Drew, Jones and Sinn over the next 10 years is mouthwatering. The Jones experiment must be persisted with for the greater good. There is a real squeeze on in the midfield with Mead, Drew, Bergman and Duursma all impressing on Friday.
Chad was correct about the game being scrappy and the transition from defence was poor. That is probably par for the course but with the sounds of 0-5 ringing in our ears and a tough first month, we need to start executing better in Perth. The Probables ought to be embarrassed by how well the White team played and how close they got.
Burgoyne was so good that he must play and that means others will have to be moved. Burton, Burgoyne, Houston with Aliir and Jonas are the locks in defence. DBJ is not in my best 22 but seems to be in the coaches’. That makes 6 with another tall needed. McKenzie was better than Clurey but either are very capable. Farrell is squeezed out but a perfect sub.
Jones is also squeezed out of defence but showed signs as a midfielder. Jones is a player who is probably just outside our best 22 at the moment but almost certainly a key contributor to our next premiership tilt and probably as a midfielder. A midfield of Wines, Rozee, Butters, Drew, Jones and Sinn over the next 10 years is mouthwatering. The Jones experiment must be persisted with for the greater good. There is a real squeeze on in the midfield with Mead, Drew, Bergman and Duursma all impressing on Friday.
Chad was correct about the game being scrappy and the transition from defence was poor. That is probably par for the course but with the sounds of 0-5 ringing in our ears and a tough first month, we need to start executing better in Perth. The Probables ought to be embarrassed by how well the White team played and how close they got.