08-16-2020, 12:29 AM
All things considered, I will take this. Winners are grinners and we won against adversity, with a large portion of our 'better'players in the stands, not on the field.
[1] The deliberate out of bounds was there. That idiot just tapped the ball towards the line. Free Kick in any game.
[2] Brayshaw crashes into Docherty. The commentators can complain to Satan if they wish, but that is a free. He was taken down after he kicked the ball. Free down the field.
Docherty was lucky as that kick of his was a shocker and went on the full.
End of story on that.
Some of the other frees, especially those given early in the game, were pretty dubious. The frees to Taberner and Lobb in particular were shockers. I could go through others.
Since we've been in Perth we've been up against it. We've played with generally hostile crowds. The weather has not helped us. We generally play better when it is drier, especially our indigenous players. In the old days Eddie was usually at his quietest in the rain. We have so many of our name players unavailable and were down our 2 better ruckmen.
This was our first TV game win in more than 2 years.
Accept it and move on. Time to learn from it before we play the Gold Coast.
[1] The deliberate out of bounds was there. That idiot just tapped the ball towards the line. Free Kick in any game.
[2] Brayshaw crashes into Docherty. The commentators can complain to Satan if they wish, but that is a free. He was taken down after he kicked the ball. Free down the field.
Docherty was lucky as that kick of his was a shocker and went on the full.
End of story on that.
Some of the other frees, especially those given early in the game, were pretty dubious. The frees to Taberner and Lobb in particular were shockers. I could go through others.
Since we've been in Perth we've been up against it. We've played with generally hostile crowds. The weather has not helped us. We generally play better when it is drier, especially our indigenous players. In the old days Eddie was usually at his quietest in the rain. We have so many of our name players unavailable and were down our 2 better ruckmen.
This was our first TV game win in more than 2 years.
Accept it and move on. Time to learn from it before we play the Gold Coast.
Live Long and Prosper!