WB Game Day V Melbourne R11 2021

[macca]

Butler has been really poor. He's a kid I know, but looks a long way off it.

His 50/50 contest in the last few mins sums it up. juggles the ball, gets pushed over, and melbourne play runs away with ball and kicks into their forward line.

He is going to learn the standard required and the ruthless speed of this game.

[comrade]

Their mids gave us a bath. Oliver got most of his possession at full pace and just drove it forward. Bont and Libba in particular were outworked and should be a bit embarrassed.

[kruder]

I reckon we spent too much time during the week thinking about May and Lever, absolutely spooked ourselves.

On a positive, the club managed Timmy well good return indeed.

[Sedat]

53 more touches. Six more inside 50s. 9 more clearances. 9 more tackles.

They just executed their game plan better and turn overs was the difference.

They defend the turnover brilliantly. Best team in the comp by a mile when they don't have the ball.

[merantau]

I am not too dismayed. They led by 32 points at one stage. They were 27 points up at quarter time and won by 28. We played badly and they scored many times from our turnovers which were often made under NO PRESSURE!

Furthermore, many of their hack kicks out of defence landed to advantage.

Good luck to them. They played well. They made few mistakes and we made plenty. We will beat them if we meet them in the finals. Mark my words.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Yeah agree, Jacko's done as much if not more than anyone else.

I don't doubt he tried. He always does. But our mids as a collective unit, exerted ZERO dominance tonight, and that's our one wood. It's the thing that covers our deficiencies down back, and enables us to stop teams getting the ball outside the contest.
Jack wasn't alone, Smith and Libba were ineffective and Bont had to try and create the miracle play way too often, and got caught.
I'm not torching Jack, but the fact remains he got 36 touches and didn't make a lick of difference. If Bont, Libba or Bailey Smith get 36 we're probably doing a lot better.

[bulldogtragic]

I am not too dismayed. They led by 32 points at one stage. They were 27 points up at quarter time and won by 28. We played badly and they scored many times from our turnovers which were often made under NO PRESSURE!

Furthermore, many of their hack kicks out of defence landed to advantage.

Good luck to them. They played well. They made few mistakes and we made plenty. We will beat them if we meet them in the finals. Mark my words.

We play them again in about 6 weeks.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I reckon we spent too much time during the week thinking about May and Lever, absolutely spooked ourselves.

On a positive, the club managed Timmy well good return indeed.

And yet we still let May and Lever gobble it up.
I agree Timmy's return was a positive.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

We play them again in about 6 weeks.

I'm really looking forward to that, hopefully post lockdown. We'll get revenge.

[angelopetraglia]

I am not too dismayed. They led by 32 points at one stage. They were 27 points up at quarter time and won by 28. We played badly and they scored many times from our turnovers which were often made under NO PRESSURE!

Furthermore, many of their hack kicks out of defence landed to advantage.

Good luck to them. They played well. They made few mistakes and we made plenty. We will beat them if we meet them in the finals. Mark my words.

MCG, big crowd. Big game. I would back us in every time if we can get back a few players.

[angelopetraglia]

Highlights how important Martin is to our structure. Sweet a mile away against quality.

[Mantis]

Their mids gave us a bath. Oliver got most of his possession at full pace and just drove it forward. Bont and Libba in particular were outworked and should be a bit embarrassed.

Yet we won the clearances 36-27... so I call bulldust.

Whilst we lost the centre clearances early we got punished by our turnovers.... that was the difference in the game.

Bont worked as hard as anyone on the ground and whilst he did have his usual impact he didn’t stop trying.

[Grantysghost]

We play them again in about 6 weeks.

Too soon.

[Sedat]

Yet we won the clearances 36-27... so I call bulldust.

Whilst we lost the centre clearances early we got punished by our turnovers.... that was the difference in the game.

Bont worked as hard as anyone on the ground and whilst he did have his usual impact he didn’t stop trying.

21 intercept marks were also key. We got it into F50 enough, especially in the 2nd half, but they rebounded with relative ease.

Their scoreboard punishment of our turnovers + their ability to defend D50 from their own turnovers = potent combination.

[angelopetraglia]

I really believe if Naughton kicks that goal to close to two goals when we had all the momentum, it would have been a different game. Really believe that. When you dominate field position and you can’t score it just kills your confidence.