Who stood up?

[Lods]

I thought we'd only get two weeks of "Who stood up?" in a final....silly me :-*
Looks like we'll get at least three weeks so...

Who stood up Week 2

Acres stood up (again)
Cripps stood up (although they tried to knock him down)
Walsh stood up....

[ElwoodBlues1]

I thought we'd only get two weeks of "Who stood up?" in a final....silly me :-*
Looks like we'll get at least three weeks so...

Who stood up Week 2

Acres stood up (again)
Cripps stood up (although they tried to knock him down)
Walsh stood up....

I'll add Weitering, Pittonet and TDK to that trio and all players contributed even the sub Hollands with his little cameo role at the end which was important.

[Lods]

Yep
Add on as many as you'd like.
It gives us an idea of who stands up to finals pressure.

[Thryleon]

After last night the better question is, who didn't. 

Even our worst player stood up.

[Sub-Zero]

Motlop, despite his low stats, with his chasing pressure and tackling, along with two clutch-goals. Newman, the everywhere man. McGovern, got a lot of the ball and had an insane high kick-to-handball ratio, he generally does. Took about all of the 17 kickouts and was near faultless at it. He was also at the contest in the goalsquare, at the other end of the ground, when Acres took the matchwinning mark and goal too.

[tonyo]

Thre great thing is, I don't think we can say that any of the 22 didn't have a dip when their time came.  Some have had more moments than others, but what keeps it all together is the preparedness for each and every player to do their bit.

 If we accept that this has come from the Voss philosophy, it bodes well not just for the next week or two, but several more seasons.

[Lods]

Well it's over...but at some stage through the final series we had lots of players stand up to show they're more than capable finals performers.

Week three...and of course Walsh is there again
I'll add
Marchbank (please stay healthy in 2024) stood up
and
Boyd (good selection) stood up.
There are a few more.
Add them on.

[cookie2]

Well it's over...but at some stage through the final series we had lots of players stand up to show they're more than capable finals performers.

Week three...and of course Walsh is there again
I'll add
Marchbank (please stay healthy in 2024) stood up
and
Boyd (good selection) stood up.
There are a few more.
Add them on.

It was a very brave effort by our boys who never gave in but looked very fatigued by the end.
Boyd was a really pleasing surprise package, for me anyway.
I wouldn't like to point the finger at any one of them for not standing up tbh.

[Lods]

It was a very brave effort by our boys who never gave in but looked very fatigued by the end.
Boyd was a really pleasing surprise package, for me anyway.
I wouldn't like to point the finger at any one of them for not standing up tbh.

Yep
It's not really a case of 'who didn't stand up' though.
It's more about those who showed a bit under finals pressure.
If you don't get a mention you may have work to do, but circumstances also play a part.
Some would suggest Curnow wasn't significant but that could be more about how the ball was delivered, opposition tactics, double and triple teaming.

What we're looking for are players who can not only handle finals pressure but perform at close to their best.
Going forward next year we'll be able to say..."I don't have any doubts he can stand up to the pressure of finals"

[RiverRat]

Well it's over...but at some stage through the final series we had lots of players stand up to show they're more than capable finals performers.

Week three...and of course Walsh is there again
I'll add
Marchbank (please stay healthy in 2024) stood up
and
Boyd (good selection) stood up.
There are a few more.
Add them on.

The selection committee pulled the right strings for a change.