Looks like the #2s gave up a good 3/4 time lead by letting the Roos kick on in the final quarter.
Sam Wicks 28 touches and 3 goals. Who’d’ve thought.
Well, I'm happy. Six goal win, into 4th on the ladder, no injuries.
Forward line looks better with McDonald in it. I'm an Amartey fan, but McDonald covers more ground and has better ground level skills, Amartey seems to have a skill set more suited to being the primary target.
Also Hickey looked as good as he has all year.
Anyway, some question marks over a couple of players, but I would prefer no changes for next week. Lets build continuity.
Gjuz - who’d take that on!
I’ve gotta admit, I secretly enjoy the banter (but it does get tedious at times).
I’m loving watching JRB improving each week. Some 2nd & 3rd efforts today were outstanding. Don’t want to mention the war, but he is becoming one of my favourite players. Still a bit dodgy on some of his kicks, but I am super impressed with the effort and is so much tougher than he looks.
+1.
North haven’t been bad over the last few weeks, and are the No. 1 clearance team in the comp over that time. They were up for it today, and we switched off for the last 10 minutes. Otherwise a solid win, no injuries, and we stay in 4th spot.
Gesendet von iPad mit Tapatalk
Great game from Hickey, back to his best form and it adds something to our team.
Defence wasn't that good today, need to be sharp next week.
Norf have some talent LDU looks a gun
A factor that I forgot about until a little while ago and another reason we really needed to kick on and jump Melbourne is that we own there 1st round draft pick for this year! We need to do our best to push past them and hope they fall outside the top 4 as it may be extremely valuable for us this off season if they drop off.
Disappointing we didn't get it done in the last today.
Sent from my SM-G998B using Tapatalk
Although I agree with Ludwig's comments, my glass is half full:
We won
Improved our percentage
No injuries
We beat the best clearance side 43 - 37 and matched them 16 - 16 in the centre
They brought a high level of pressure, which will be good preparation for next week's game
Hickey seems to be on the mend
Good signs from McDonald
Given the 1996 celebration etc, North were really up for this game
Next week our season is on the line. Take the 4 points and start preparing.
It was a very satisfying result for me as I was at the 96 Granny and was so devoed that we didn’t get the win that day.
After the arm wrestle early, the boys did well to pull away.
Awesome result.
Yes, on reflection this is a good way to look at the game. Still plenty of positives.
I was a little disappointed that they could not get the percentage advantage, and I do wonder how it is that North get smashed by many other teams yet are competitive against us: the match-ups, the scheduling, the Blakey insider knowledge?
But at the end of the day a solid enough win, and good to get tested before next week.
Last edited by neilfws; 8th August 2022 at 10:41 AM.
Bookmarks