10-09-2023, 02:39 AM
(10-09-2023, 02:08 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:I said it before.
In a grand final like the one we saw, Jarrod Berry's 2 50 metre penalty brain fades had more to do with the result than any other factor.
Even so, had Bailey not played advantage in that last minute and a half of bedlam, and Brisbane kicked another goal the result flips, we talk about a brisbane premiership, and how Collingwoods decision to play Billy Frampton as a purely defensive forward cost them the game.
Or, Nathan Murphy's concussion becomes the difference.
The match was won and lost in so many little moments of people switching off at the wrong time, that team balance being "the reason" is completely irrelevant.
Yes, Bonehead Berry's brain fade was as costly as it get. Can even go back to the QF and Maynard's hit on Brayshaw cost Melbourne the game. If it wasn't for the hit putting Brayshaw out of the game the Pies may well have been out week 2.