Huge game by Tippett and Sinclair. All week, every footy program on air carried the crushing tackle by Mumford yet these two looked anything but intimidated. They were fierce in contested balls even after Tippett copped a serve in the first quarter. Great effort over the entire match and gives me real confidence in this pairing.
Thought Shiel was outstanding for GWS as was Shaw and we need to acknowledge that we were in a genuine contest last night. The fact that some of our younger players were down slightly in no way undermines their continued improvement.
Hewitt will be a better player for having watched how Shaw was able to work off him and generate space and drive. Mills learned a lesson from Palmer in the NAB game and came out and played his best match so far, Papley got the worst of the umpiring but continued to press and made a difference. Robinson was outstanding on Whitfield clearly taking the points, not bad for a kid from Mosman Swans against a first round draft pick. While Lloyd held Scully a million dollar recruit well throughout the night.
Meanwhile, Heeney looked to be carrying a injury late in the game, his pace is definitely down and he looked in pain possibly from acting as a mattress for Parker.
Bookmarks