I was a little frustrated for large parts of the game at the ground. But afterwards, felt it was a really good win! I think the frustration came from seeing that the much-vaunted Bombers looked really ordinary and wondering why we couldn't finish them off much sooner. There were a few poor decisions too, notably when Jetta ignored an invitation to sprint along the wing and instead just bombed a 70 m kick to nobody at all. A few wasted efforts like that. And a few too many handballs into the corridor to players with 3 opposition on them. But Jetta redeemed himself with the long bomb. And conditions were pretty poor out there.
Had not seen Mitchell play or heard that much about him until tonight. All I can say is - wow. More of him please. Just incredible for a first game. A shame for Walsh who was looking a lot better than his last outing. Pretty good effort from pretty much everyone in the end. Really like how the back line has steadied again, after having to adjust to new personnel. Where do we find these assured young defenders, AJ and now Rampe.
I'll be very happy if we can take Adelaide next week. And if the SCG provide more exits out of Bay 4 than the current one narrow corridor down 2 flights of narrow stairs. Took an age to get out!
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