The Moment: Rnd 23, 2019 vs Adelaide

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

The moment, the best, most courageous moment that caught your eye in today's game against GWS Was it the moment that told you 'we've got this' or 'we lost this one right here'? Or was it the moment that you went 'wow....that is crazy courage.'

[bulldogtragic]

When the final siren went. A dream of playing finals became a reality of playing finals.

[ledge]

Actually the whole first qtr . We blew them away and from them on it was catch up footy.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Actually the whole first qtr . We blew them away and from them on it was catch up footy.

Totally agree. Any idea we were going to be nervous and give off any 'ripe for the picking' vibes were well and truly stomped on. Our pressure was withering, our ball use sublime and for the most of that first quarter our finishing told Adelaide that they weren't going to cause an upset today.

[Eastdog]

Actually the whole first qtr . We blew them away and from them on it was catch up footy.

I’ll take this one as well. Yep total domination in the first quarter which set up the game.

[Go_Dogs]

Bont delivering to a fast leading Dale. Pick any of the three or four times it happened, but probably the first goal inside the first minute - set the tone.

[Mutz]

Not game breakers but 2 amazing demonstrations of skill:
1. Naughton tumbling and stumbling to keep the ball just inside the boundary then finishing with a neat handball to West.
2. Suckling's dexterous foot scoop to Crozier.

[Twodogs]

Not game breakers but 2 amazing demonstrations of skill:
1. Naughton tumbling and stumbling to keep the ball just inside the boundary then finishing with a neat handball to West.
2. Suckling's dexterous foot scoop to Crozier.

That was a ripper. A bit like Matty Boyd to JJ in the prelim but more controlled.

[Happy Days]

That was a ripper. A bit like Matty Boyd to JJ in the prelim but more controlled.

Goes without saying - I don't think it would be possible to kick it with less control than Boyd did.

[bulldogtragic]

Not game breakers but 2 amazing demonstrations of skill:
1. Naughton tumbling and stumbling to keep the ball just inside the boundary then finishing with a neat handball to West.
2. Suckling's dexterous foot scoop to Crozier.

Just seen the replay of both. When West gets Naughton’s handball, West gives a look away handball to McLean to release him.

Some of the stuff just needed the Harlem Globetrotters music.

[The bulldog tragician]

The look of deadly intent from Bont in the first qtr which said: I need to be the Man, I AM the Man. He revelled in that responsibility and ensured that we would have the fast start that was needed

[Vred]

The look of deadly intent from Bont in the first qtr which said: I need to be the Man, I AM the Man. He revelled in that responsibility and ensured that we would have the fast start that was needed

This this and this.

Bont's swagger in the first quarter was enough for me to know that we'd be alright

[westdog54]

Not game breakers but 2 amazing demonstrations of skill:
1. Naughton tumbling and stumbling to keep the ball just inside the boundary then finishing with a neat handball to West.
2. Suckling's dexterous foot scoop to Crozier.

I love watching the little things get done brilliantly, to the point where they change the game. Great nominations.

[whythelongface]

I reckon that there were two moments even before the game commenced that were "we've got this" moments. These were:

1. Hawthorn winning - effectively killed off any chance adelaide had of winning. Playing for pride, the Coach etc. doesn't stack up against a team that is playing for finals and has momentum;
2. Our mindset - reckon the coaching team would have really spelled it out to the playing group that we need to dominate right from the opening bounce. This is in our hands, don't let it slip.

[bornadog]

I would like to nominate Dunks backing up and taking a mark under extreme pressure and being crunched. That must have really hurt