Sydney v Geelong match thread - Rd13

[i'm-uninformed2]

I'm uninformed2. I totally disagree with you on Grundy as a tap ruckman. That is his strength. Grundy to Heeney by tap, goal. Brilliant tap to Gulden in the last quarter for a very special goal are only a couple. His centre bounce work and taps to advantage and follow ups have been a big part in our improvement. He reminds me of the great tap work by Jason Ball around goal. You could see Gulden set up for the tap just to Grundy's left. Both knew where the ball was going. In most games Grundy has taken his opponent to the cleaners. He gave English a father of a hiding against the Dogs.

Maybe I didn’t explain myself very well. The point of my post wasn’t so much to critique his tap work, though as I said, I thought he was very good last night.

The main point was to praise what he brings to our overall midfield posture and performance. We’ve often lamented on here the defensive set up we’ve deployed in the centre square and at stoppages. But with Grundy’s arrival, we’ve moved to an offensive system that allows us to exploit the elite and explosive mids we have. That’s partly because they have faith that not only will he win a good share of contests, but he’ll halve plenty too and then serve as another big body clearing space, tackling and winning the ball at ground level. That’s before you even account for what he does around the ground. Even look at Rowie this year. He’s gone from a bloke who clung on, tackled and scragged for dear life, to a player who now also has the confidence to hunt the ball. Five centre square clearances last night.

Getting Grundy to the club has been a masterstroke. As our young mids come into their prime and now have the strength and tank to take advantage of their footy ability, Grundy’s presence has given them the added confidence needed to go full bore forward.

Hope that makes better sense.

[Dow]

I'm uninformed2. I totally disagree with you on Grundy as a tap ruckman. That is his strength. Grundy to Heeney by tap, goal. Brilliant tap to Gulden in the last quarter for a very special goal are only a couple. His centre bounce work and taps to advantage and follow ups have been a big part in our improvement. He reminds me of the great tap work by Jason Ball around goal. You could see Gulden set up for the tap just to Grundy's left. Both knew where the ball was going. In most games Grundy has taken his opponent to the cleaners. He gave English a father of a hiding against the Dogs.

What a weird start and amazing finish.

The atmosphere at the ground was electric and I loved how players like Heeney and Warner celebrated with the crowd after their goals. Awesome!

Grundy was superb and I think is our most important player. Melican down back has been a revelation and also good to see Amartey kick straight.

Clearly the usual suspects of Chad, Isaac and Errol were sublime.

Melican can be exposed one on one and Hawkins had his number early but they made a change, when Blakey went off I noticed they sent Cameron in the 50 and Melican struggled with him - but when he gets the right match up he’s effective. Amarty has been a big improver as others have stated and if he’s allowed a run and jump he’s a real weapon - I think that’s the beauty of having so many goal scorers it takes the pressure off and allows everyone to play to their strengths.

[Captain]

What a weird start and amazing finish.

The atmosphere at the ground was electric and I loved how players like Heeney and Warner celebrated with the crowd after their goals. Awesome!

Grundy was superb and I think is our most important player. Melican down back has been a revelation and also good to see Amartey kick straight.

Clearly the usual suspects of Chad, Isaac and Errol were sublime.

[MattW]

That was awesome.
Joel Amartey is really turning into some spearhead, as well.


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Amartey really is. Tremendous high contested mark and has become an excellent, clutch goal kicker. He is quick for a big guy and is getting better at consistently applying defensive pressure in the forward 50. Also running out games better.

A little surprised and very impressed. He's clearly worked hard on his game.

Not a bad return for a second round rookie draft pick!

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[Kafka's Ghost]

Well, that was fun.

That was awesome.
Joel Amartey is really turning into some spearhead, as well.


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