Who stood up?

[shawny]

Mrs G2C loves Kempy and Hollands. Kemp's blemish on Fri was one of few for him this year, he has been mighty and has a very long and bright future.

Yep agree. Kemp has poise and backs himself in to take defensive marks which for young player is a massive tick. Teams very well with Weitering and they play as if they have played 100 games together. Allows Weitering to play his intercepting role and hard to believe the kid is yet to notch up 25 games! Looks every bit of a 200 game player.

Cottrell is a manic player who is dangerous round goal and similar to Motlop has that ability to really lift the team. Very happy with him.

[kruddler]

Pity about the error that gave up a goal, but everyone has those moments.

I was 7 rows back from where that mistake happened.

What wasn't really shown on TV was when Kemp handballed to....TDK IIRC, he pointed long telling TDK to clear the 50 with the kick, instead TDK handballed it back to him (when he wasn't ready) and thats why he fumbled (because his arm was outstretched pointing down the line).
Now i'm not blaming TDK for handballing it back to him (thats what rucks should be doing) but had TDK shoved it on the boot like instructed there wouldn't have been the issue.
Of course the blame should probably go to Kemp who should've kicked it first, rather than handball to a ruck in tight space.

But hey, its an anomaly and all is forgiven.

[LoveNavy]

Cottrell
Acres
Martin
Weiters (if there's a step above the top step!)
Walsh
Cerra

[DJC]

I was 7 rows back from where that mistake happened.

What wasn't really shown on TV was when Kemp handballed to....TDK IIRC, he pointed long telling TDK to clear the 50 with the kick, instead TDK handballed it back to him (when he wasn't ready) and thats why he fumbled (because his arm was outstretched pointing down the line).
Now i'm not blaming TDK for handballing it back to him (thats what rucks should be doing) but had TDK shoved it on the boot like instructed there wouldn't have been the issue.
Of course the blame should probably go to Kemp who should've kicked it first, rather than handball to a ruck in tight space.

But hey, its an anomaly and all is forgiven.

That’s footy!

Our defence is usually such a well-oiled machine that the odd mistake, like Newy’s kick that missed Marchy, stands out like dog’s balls.

And, that brings me to  Caleb, who certainly stood up on Friday night.  A very underrated player is Marchy.

[Thryleon]

De koning stood up too.

[dodge]

Walsh's spoil in the last quarter deep in defence was amazing.  Longer vision shows how much ground he covered to get there.  Sydney player wouldn't have thought he was under pressure.

[kruddler]

That’s footy!

Our defence is usually such a well-oiled machine that the odd mistake, like Newy’s kick that missed Marchy, stands out like dog’s balls.

And, that brings me to  Caleb, who certainly stood up on Friday night.  A very underrated player is Marchy.

I'm a fan of Marchy, but that was his fault, not Newmans.

Marchy was waiting for the ball to get to him (or even going back slightly) rather than going to meet the ball. The Sydney player attacked the ball by coming to meet it and thus got the turnover.
Newman could have found a better option, sure. But Marchbank could've stopped the turnover by meeting the ball too

[LP]

I'm a fan of Marchy, but that was his fault, not Newmans.

Marchy was waiting for the ball to get to him (or even going back slightly) rather than going to meet the ball. The Sydney player attacked the ball by coming to meet it and thus got the turnover.
Newman could have found a better option, sure. But Marchbank could've stopped the turnover by meeting the ball too

Yep, 100% agree.

The media and BT slammed Newman, I hear BT even grilled Newman about it post match, but it was a stupid call because the kick wasn't that bad it was the player waiting for the footy and not attacking it that caused the turnover. Coaches would be absolutely livid with what Marchbank did and 100% fine with the Newman kick, in fact they would tell Newman to keep doing it because it's that type of kick that pulls apart the opposition setup.

There is no waiting for the footy to come to you especially in finals, the fact that there should be no waiting for the footy to come to you in AFL at any time, which just reinforces the idea that waiting / hesitating creates an opportunity for somebody else to step in!

I noted Owies did the same at one stage, squatted to give birth rather than run at the footy, that stuff does my head in because it let's a defender float back into the space free of fear and without hesitation. Which raises another issue, "H" went off injured, in that contest it should not have been "H" being escorted off, his problem was he didn't hit the player dropping in the hole hard enough. "H" needs to spend some time watching Johnno Brown, if players like McCartin are going to float in front of him they need to pay a price.

[Thryleon]

Was a risky kick that didnt pay off.

Hard to pay out on either, but occasionally you will make an option without expecting the ball to come your way (we were kicking it to the wing on the Olympic stand side almost exclusively during the game, and so were Sydney. 

Marchbank should have come to meet the ball once the kick came to him, but he wouldnt be the first player to think it would make it to him, without knowing his opponent was that close. 

Once the guy with the footy elects to take a risky kick, he cant absolve himself of the outcome of any adverse actions.

[LP]

Once the guy with the footy elects to take a risky kick, he cant absolve himself of the outcome of any adverse actions.

If they stop taking risks it's a loss by a thousand cuts, you can't win by being risk adverse.