Quote Originally Posted by bulldogsthru&thru View Post
Whilst what you say is true, Lynch kicked 3.5 and took 12 marks. He could have done far more damage on the scoreboard. His marking presence also meant we had extra guys go up for the spoil leaving their smalls to crumb the free ground ball. The lack of a quality KPD certainly wasn't the only reason we lost. Our mids were dominated in the 3rd. But maybe a better KPD option than Cordy could have at least limited the damage somewhat to allow our mids to get back on top.
As much as it pains me to say it Lynch destroyed us. Every time the high ball went in I clenched my butt waiting for Lynch to get hold of it. It was that bad for us. He could (should have kicked 6), and his presence down there gave their mids so much confidence and desire to win the ball and pump it long. It was too easy. Playing an opposition key forward into form is our speciality but we do ourselves no favours playing a guy 9cm shorter and 15kg lighter against him.