06-30-2024, 01:23 PM
(06-30-2024, 01:00 PM)LordLucifer link Wrote:The second quarter was atrocious, we got a few up and then put the cue in the rack, they got a sniff and took it up to us.Thought Nankervis played well and controlled the ruck duals, Pittonet was handy and tried but its a tough bar to reach when comparing him to TDK and it was probably a good game to rest him in given the Tigers mids are ok on paper but in reality have been ordinary this season and even with a winning ruck were unable to have much impact.
Thank god they flicked the switch in the third, after Ess, Coll & Syd getting rolled, the door was wide open for us on the ladder. Now we are 6 points clear of 3rd and only 2 games from top so we have some buffers either side of us.
2nd place may be the right spot to finish this year.
I didn't like Pittonet's game but he did have a strong last quarter. Fantasia, who is one of my whipping boys, bobbed up with 4 good goals but that is his job so its not like he went above and beyond.
A lot of our B-Graders were excellent today, they weren't afraid to get their hands dirty regardless of the potential harm that may come their way.
FFS, can someone brainwash Curnow so he can perform some second efforts, it was embarrassing at times.
I got really angry with the umpiring when Kotzichke took an overheard mark and goaled. Weitering was held out of the marking contest twice by Taranto, it was so obvious that one of the commentators made mention of it too.
Winning form is good form so there isn't a lot to complain about really.
Miller played well on Charlie plus teams like the Tigers are throwing men behind the ball and clogging up the leading laneways making it a ugly game hoping to blunt our two key forwards.
Agree our B graders did well and reminded me of how Collingwood played last season and spread the workload amongst their forwards rather than relying on a couple of players only kicking big bags.