That was close to our best game of the season I think. Smashed a reasonable side with yet another top 22 player out. My observations, in no particular order:
* Pyke could play full-forward full-time.
* Pyke again got shafted on the free kicks.
* Brandon Jack's handball was too good for the umpire, he couldn't imagine such a thing so he called it a throw
* Brandon runs the lines incredibly well, he is in the right place, getting the ball (or fumbling it) very often.
* Mumford is awesome, there must be a few clubs after him for next year.
* The back line was impenetrable unless the ball came in quick and low to a leading player.
* K Jack is one hell of a player.
* Dan is (somehow) even better.
* Cunningham did a lot in his 15 mins and looked wonderful.
* Looks like we can rely on White as long as we need him and he could be on the up.
* The young guys drop their eyes and look for leading targets way more than the older players who almost always bomb it as long as they can.
* Brandon looks raw, but Lamb and Mitchell just look like old hands.
* Our ruck duo made the Weagle's ruck stars look ordinary. We currently have the best ruck in the league.
Whoever is training the reserves needs to get a big pay rise and a long contract now! The NEAFL is not the toughest reserve league but these players just keep transitioning smoothly to the firsts. Just think what we got from B Jack, Lamb, Mitchell, Rampe and Cunningham today. Those guys have 36 games between them, it is just nuts how well they are going as a group. Quite a few times today some brilliant piece of play leading to a goal involved only players who started the year in reserves and you could see them get around each other.
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