Review Rnd 3: Gold Coast vs Essendon @ Metricon.

[oozeboss]

Jetta's magic will win it for the Bombers, but what a mighty effort by the Suns.

This game may be slipping away, but the GCFC will know how to win their next game that is in this situation.

Kudos, Suns.

 

[Old Skool]

Good effort.

You had them shitting their pants for much of that match.

Replace Fraser in the forward line with someone that can hold a few marks, find a key defender to allow Brennan to move further up the ground, and you will be well on your way.

 

[Tazwegian]

Massive improvement. They put in 100% tonight. I don't think anyone can question their effort.

G. Ablett - 3 votes.

 

[tjpeg_44]

Awesome effort tonight! Ablett is an absolute champion.

 

[Kaiser Powser]

Great respect shown from the suns to Fletch there with the line up cheer off.

We may have escaped with the points, but you guys were fantastic, and will be able to run these sort of games out in no time.

 

[Sunny_]

So proud of them! Young boys just ran out of legs. What we got tonight is all we could ask for from them I think.

Brennan hot and cold. Caddy playing sometimes that he was already a Bomber. Warnock fabtastic effort. Tape too! Weller a little off still.

 

[Runk]

Epic effort Suns. Respect.

 

[SandyToes]

Just back from Metricon
Ran out of legs in the last quarter

Just a footnote ...umpires 5 and 10..you were disgraceful..and the worse you were the worse you got.

And to Seb Tape...great game

 

[daz17]

Umps were terrible. Gifted us a lot of unnecessary frees.
Great signs by you guys though.
Going to upset a few teams this year no doubt.

 

[SandyToes]

Umps were terrible. Gifted us a lot of unnecessary frees.
Great signs by you guys though.
Going to upset a few teams this year no doubt.

Thanks
It's one of those things you live with as a new club with young players
It seems the 50:50's don't ever fall our way
But we have to be happy with the effort
Great to see contested ball
I hope the guys now know what intensity is needed every week to become a top flight team and beat established clubs

 

[Tassieboy]

Great game guys. Had me shitting 'em. All the best

 

[exile]

About to hit the hay, mainly to cool down. Umpires were a ****ing disgrace tonight, I'm glad everyone else thought so on the gameday thread on the main board. The 3 main ones should NOT umpire next week. So pissed off. Good on fletcher for reaching 350 games, but the umpires shouldn't be influenced by milestones, it's pathetic.

Will watch the game again in the morning, so I'll reserve my player and overall judgements until then. Two things are for certain though; Ablett is unbelievable, and Hunt was close to second-best on ground for us tonight.

 

[SandyToes]

Ablett is unbelievable, and Hunt was close to second-best on ground for us tonight.

Exxy,, Special's starting to learn that GAJ will lead him to the ball and he was really using his strength to create space for his team-mates
Wouldn't be surprised if we had a major down next week..but just loved the intensity tonight
It felt like we were watching a real footy team for the first time

 

[TheSunGod]

Exxy,, Special's starting to learn that GAJ will lead him to the ball and he was really using his strength to create space for his team-mates
Wouldn't be surprised if we had a major down next week..but just loved the intensity tonight
It felt like we were watching a real footy team for the first time

 

[exile]

oh and lol @ reimers. such a downhill skier. 6 touches for the night, no influence at all.

really pleased how we played, such a turn around from our last encounter.

 

[Big Red Machine]

Got to agree with everyone gripes about the umpiring, I wasn't so sure if I was just bitter about losing one we should of won but now after seeing the posts on here and on facebook it's quite obvious that my first instinct was right about the quality of officiating.

I'm still kind of green when it comes to knowing what's good when it comes to how someone plays and some of the rules (Makes it harder when the Refs/Umps are very hot and cold when it comes to enforcing some of them) and biased opposition fans don't help either. Ablett of course is a superstar and Hunt played one of his better games and his err... Hip Check? Hit looked pretty clean to me and was awesome.

I'm just hoping that this makes some of our more "Want results now" fans lay off of Bluey's back for a bit, Getting rid of him before he's even had a chance to get things going is stupid, Suns fans should know from day 1 that we aren't going to be in the finals until another good 5-7 years.

That said, Sitting in the middle of a section of mostly Bombers fans while we were up going into the 4th was maybe one of the best feelings i've had in my short time as a part time AFL fan, Shouldn't probably get tickets in that section next time we play one of the Victorian teams, I might get lynched one of these nights the way the Suns are playing.

 

[Tambu]

Awesome effort guys. Suns looked really good!

 

[harmesy 37]

About to hit the hay, mainly to cool down. Umpires were a ****ing disgrace tonight, I'm glad everyone else thought so on the gameday thread on the main board. The 3 main ones should NOT umpire next week. So pissed off. Good on fletcher for reaching 350 games, but the umpires shouldn't be influenced by milestones, it's pathetic.

Will watch the game again in the morning, so I'll reserve my player and overall judgements until then. Two things are for certain though; Ablett is unbelievable, and Hunt was close to second-best on ground for us tonight.

Thought the umpiring was abysmal. It is a contact sport.. and I think the umpires umpire as if it is soccer or volleyball or something and as soon as there is physical contact - free kick. One of them was given because a Gold Coast player contested a ball from another angle. Some of the ones given in the last quarter were beyond dubious and without a doubt had a role in Essendon's win.

Saying that, Jared Brennan needs to be a bit more disciplined in his actions...and gave away a lot of unnecessary frees for incidental contact in the first 3 quarters. Josh Caddy was impressive and Harbrow was good in bits. Like that McKenzie reverse torp on the run. How difficult is that to do?

 

[vWestCoast]

Terrific game Suns Your boys really did play like men last night and it was great to see. I think Bluey needed to back the change of putting Lynch forward a lot earlier though. He was dog tired and ended up costing you guys a few goals. Personally would of gone Bock back and him forward.

Still great viewing and hope you fellas can pinch one sooner rather than later

 

[exile]

Hunt was even better after watching the replay with BT screaming his name with enthusiasm every time he went near it haha.

Thought Tape was really really good last night! Really pleased for him.

 

[camtheman]

knowing how close we can come to winning against a good team like essendon next week should be easy..

 

[mick7]

Thought the suns played with real heart and determination (LOOK AT THIS MELBOURNE) and agree with the comments that you will upset a few teams this year. Chins up GC!

 

[bruski]

Wow, I could not believe I was watching the same team! Guys like Fraser and Bock made a big difference and all the other guys standing up to the plate just complimented that.

Big Zac Smith had his best game of the year, Lynch actually looks pretty good when down back and our attack on the Bomber players when they had the ball was superb.

The other thing I noticed was us slowing the play down, this was a great sign. Our disposals were also hitting targets, all of a sudden it looks like we may have discovered our niche style...

Will be interesting to see how we go against the hapless Lions next week.

Oh, BTW: Hunt!!!!! We have seen signs of this all year, particularly the first game this season. Spectacular in tight!!

 

[Thermo]

Fraser was a good inclusion. Always brings the ball to the ground in a marking contest, Hickey and Smith can't do it consistently yet.

 

[supernova_]

Hunt was excellent last night, Gary was amazing and it seems such a privilege to have him at our club.

I think the Lynch defence experiment is good still, and don't mind him there.

How much better do we look when we hit targets?!