(07-03-2021, 11:31 PM)kruddler date Wrote:Dow had 6 clearances and 11 touches...... in the first quarter last night.I understand that perspective, but a lot of the peak 1st Qtr highlight is down to chance in the moment, a bounce going the right way, an opponent turning left instead of right.
No way he was going to keep that pace up for the whole game, but that was his best effort.
Last week it was more consistent, but did not dominate like he did in q1 last night.
For me last week's consistency of effort is not about chance, which is why I rate it higher. Last week I thought Dow delivered a 4-Qtr effort and sacrifice, even when he didn't win the ball he was shepherding and sacrificing for players around him, tackling, it's doing the 4-Qtr effort stuff which generates the opportunities to let you dominate when the bounce starts to favour you. When you are hard to play against for 4-Qtrs, your opponents aren't so fresh and eager as to easily stop your momentum when you get it. So last night, for me Dow's major highlight was probably his last quarter, when he dealt himself back into the game after losing momentum! Same for Walsh and Kennedy. It has not been a trait of our club for a long time, we were a one effort team.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"