Game day thread - R17 v Brisbane

[Fighting Fury]

very proud of our boys. Never-say-die attitude. I thought we tackled hard and tough especially early. The usual skill errors let us down. We would be fantastic if we stopped gifting the ball to the opposition.

Good fightback and gutsy final effort to get the points. We would have lost that game earlier in the year.

Looked so much better attacking in those final minutes, instead of that pussycat football.

 

[velo]

We need Tuck's grunt in the middle.

 

[WesternTiger]

ANd for those who have bagged TW for the "icing of the clock" we have done in past during the last, the footage of him in the box late in that last tonight certainly gave the impression he wanted us to attack!

 

[Bunnerz]

Just got home. Awesome. Awesome effort. The dome was loud.

Still to much stupid football. Jordy and Newman chopped up the ball by hand and foot.

yeah good call, it was loud in the last term....
and alot of stupid footy.
I actaully thought tambling coughed it up heaps and didnt chase at times....hmm i spose i must have missed alot of the good things

 

[WesternTiger]

yeah good call, it was loud in the last term....
and alot of stupid footy.
I actaully thought tambling coughed it up heaps and didnt chase at times....hmm i spose i must have missed alot of the good things

You certainly did bunnerz.

 

[Ridley]

Just got home. Awesome. Awesome effort. The dome was loud.

Still to much stupid football. Jordy and Newman chopped up the ball by hand and foot.

Yeah good post Scoop. Great effort to come back from the despised weekly 3rd quarter snooze fest and great effort to win after hitting the front in the last quarter, then losing the lead. Well done to Richo and particularly Bowden for keeping cool and slotting the goals in the dying minutes.

On the negative way too much dumb football at crucial times. Stupid decisions exacerbated by poor skills.

But a great win overall.

 

[BiddiscombeSkills]

Though Schulz was important tonight. Put his body on the line time and again, ran hard both ways, and kicked straight when it mattered.

Jackson was interesting to watch. You could tell he wasn't used to the pace of the seniors, evidenced by the number of times he was caught. But he did some good stuff, his delivery by foot is more often than not both creative and accurate. Worth persisting with for another season, I reckon - there's something there.

There was an interesting period when Richo was off, and both ruckmen were on. Simmo in the ruck, Patto at CHF. It worked pretty well, with Patto providing a hit up target, bringing the ball to ground, and gathering and dishing off as though he were a foot shorter. It was only five minutes or so, but maybe Patto's not the one-trick pony some would make him out to be.


McMahon should never be allowed to take another kickout as long as he lives. McGuane should be instructed to run in and spear-tackle him if he so much as makes a move towards the basket of footies after a behind is kicked. I mean, seriously, what the *smile*.

Newman deserves to be dropped on the back of his performance. Every time he touched the ball, something went horribly wrong. It's like he looked for the player most under pressure to send a hospital handpass too... seriously, a protected species if ever there was one.

Edwards didn't do much either, at least not enough to keep someone else out of his spot in the team. Johnson got kaned (ha ha) for that handball inside 50 in the last quarter, but what about Edwards' disgraceful effort earlier in the game? Needs to play the percentages a bit more I think, there'll be plenty of time later on for the party tricks.

Best game I saw Joel play for a long time. My favourite passage of play was where he set Kane up beautifully, Kane *smile* it royally, and Joel followed up by showing him how a leader plays footy with an awesome tackle that resulted in a free kick and goal. I like it when Joel gets desperate, he's a different player.

So anyway, Meyer and Collins in for Newman and Edwards. Meyer for his form against the kittens, and Collins in because I hear he's the dogs nuts.

Yee-hah grandma.

 

[Dyer'ere]

You make me out to be a lot older than I am, SCOOP. ld :hihi

Though Schulz was important tonight. Put his body on the line time and again, ran hard both ways, and kicked straight when it mattered.

Jackson was interesting to watch. You could tell he wasn't used to the pace of the seniors, evidenced by the number of times he was caught. But he did some good stuff, his delivery by foot is more often than not both creative and accurate. Worth persisting with for another season, I reckon - there's something there.

There was an interesting period when Richo was off, and both ruckmen were on. Simmo in the ruck, Patto at CHF. It worked pretty well, with Patto providing a hit up target, bringing the ball to ground, and gathering and dishing off as though he were a foot shorter. It was only five minutes or so, but maybe Patto's not the one-trick pony some would make him out to be.


McMahon should never be allowed to take another kickout as long as he lives. McGuane should be instructed to run in and spear-tackle him if he so much as makes a move towards the basket of footies after a behind is kicked. I mean, seriously, what the *smile*.

Newman deserves to be dropped on the back of his performance. Every time he touched the ball, something went horribly wrong. It's like he looked for the player most under pressure to send a hospital handpass too... seriously, a protected species if ever there was one.

Edwards didn't do much either, at least not enough to keep someone else out of his spot in the team. Johnson got kaned (ha ha) for that handball inside 50 in the last quarter, but what about Edwards' disgraceful effort earlier in the game? Needs to play the percentages a bit more I think, there'll be plenty of time later on for the party tricks.

Best game I saw Joel play for a long time. My favourite passage of play was where he set Kane up beautifully, Kane *smile*ed it royally, and Joel followed up by showing him how a leader plays footy with an awesome tackle that resulted in a free kick and goal. I like it when Joel gets desperate, he's a different player.

So anyway, Meyer and Collins in for Newman and Edwards. Meyer for his form against the kittens, and Collins in because I hear he's the dogs nuts.

Yee-hah grandma.

Love it.

 

[BladeTiger]

Though Schulz was important tonight. Put his body on the line time and again, ran hard both ways, and kicked straight when it mattered.

Jackson was interesting to watch. You could tell he wasn't used to the pace of the seniors, evidenced by the number of times he was caught. But he did some good stuff, his delivery by foot is more often than not both creative and accurate. Worth persisting with for another season, I reckon - there's something there.

There was an interesting period when Richo was off, and both ruckmen were on. Simmo in the ruck, Patto at CHF. It worked pretty well, with Patto providing a hit up target, bringing the ball to ground, and gathering and dishing off as though he were a foot shorter. It was only five minutes or so, but maybe Patto's not the one-trick pony some would make him out to be.


McMahon should never be allowed to take another kickout as long as he lives. McGuane should be instructed to run in and spear-tackle him if he so much as makes a move towards the basket of footies after a behind is kicked. I mean, seriously, what the *smile*.

Newman deserves to be dropped on the back of his performance. Every time he touched the ball, something went horribly wrong. It's like he looked for the player most under pressure to send a hospital handpass too... seriously, a protected species if ever there was one.

Edwards didn't do much either, at least not enough to keep someone else out of his spot in the team. Johnson got kaned (ha ha) for that handball inside 50 in the last quarter, but what about Edwards' disgraceful effort earlier in the game? Needs to play the percentages a bit more I think, there'll be plenty of time later on for the party tricks.

Best game I saw Joel play for a long time. My favourite passage of play was where he set Kane up beautifully, Kane *smile*ed it royally, and Joel followed up by showing him how a leader plays footy with an awesome tackle that resulted in a free kick and goal. I like it when Joel gets desperate, he's a different player.

So anyway, Meyer and Collins in for Newman and Edwards. Meyer for his form against the kittens, and Collins in because I hear he's the dogs nuts.

Yee-hah grandma.

Pretty fair assessment. Could add in Tambling with his best game so far which has already been well covered on other threads.

How cool was Sarge's shepherd just before 3 quarter time? Could hear the crunch up in the stands :clap

As Jack would say he was "layin' down the law"

Thought the backline stood up well, especially considering the ease with which Brisbane were waltzing out of our forward line most of the match. Tightening up in the forward line and applying pressure in the last quarter helped turn the game.

For all their shortcomings it is great to see some genuine spirit building within the players.

Special mention for Luke McGuane. Took a heavy hit in the first quarter, got up with rubbery legs and looked like he was gone. Came back and put his body on the line for the rest of the game. Well done.

 

[Eat the rich]

great move by TW to send the runner out and drag joel up into the forward line and send schulz back. At the time I thought it was the make or break move, at that stage in the match, and it turned out to be inspired!!!!!!!!!!! I bet Mathews is reflecting on his comments about Joel during the week, maybe his time would have been better spent planning a defensive match-up eventuality, rather than Joel rushing behinds.
suck it lethal, you can stop pontificating now. Nice one terry, and assistant coaches............???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dyer'ere]

great move by TW to send the runner out and drag joel up into the forward line and send schulz back. At the time I thought it was the make or break move, at that stage in the match, and it turned out to be inspired!!!!!!!!!!! I bet Mathews is reflecting on his comments about Joel during the week, maybe his time would have been better spent planning a defensive match-up eventuality, rather than Joel rushing behinds.
suck it lethal, you can stop pontificating now. Nice one terry, and assistant coaches............???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, it's gold. I'm loving it.

 

[checkside]

Had to laugh at McGuanes bump on Dalziell.

 

[Dyer'ere]

Last week we had 65 I50s to 45. It was a massacre. But we didn't have Richo to bury them under the avalanche of forward leather.

This week we did have Richo. But we didn't play him forward until the death. Some might think that Wallet is an idiot and that he is planning a Richmond forward line where Morton and Jack rotate #1 forward. Or maybe even the Steamee. Nobody is that stupid.

Wallet knows that when the game is on he can swing Richo forward and he'll deliver if we can get the ball in.

But he also knows that our mids are way too dumb when sending it in and that they have to learn to select targets inside 50. So he gets Richo out.

And along the way he teaches the gassed Richo to play from the square as he'll be doing in two years time.

Wallet's use of Richo this year has been inspired.