07-05-2022, 03:47 AM
(07-05-2022, 01:42 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:I had Motlop as our one winner on the day.I thought Young did the job on King who kicked a couple of junk goals only and was another winner for us.
He ran hard, and pressured hard too. Kicked 3.1. Surprised to only see 1 tackle registered to his name, but I guess it only counts a completed tackle on the stats sheet, because I saw him lay 3 tackles in on sequence with little reward given the Saints were able to get out of trouble because he was one of the lone hands pressuring multiple opponents.
FWIW, Shaun Higgins, and Dan Butler had very similar stats and both ended up with 2 goals 1 each and only registered a tackle each, but they also were quite menacing with their pressure.
Anyway, I could pick a handful of players who made pivotal issues on the day.
See my thoughts on Motlop in my other post, no doubting his talent he just needs more games and education for when he doesnt have the ball and when his opponents do, I thought Stkilda ran the ball out of defense a bit too easy which was a group issue rather than Motlop specifically but as I suggested I think Owies gives us a point of difference in that area.