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Re: Game Day - R12 Western Bulldogs vs Brisbane
We still have a long way to go, but it was nice to see the side trying (for the most part) to get back to their usual style of play.
Murphy was the highlight of the day. Thought he got better as the day went on, exploding in the last quarter. Agree with Griff he's now a better asset down back for us, but at times we'll still need to swing him forward. Possibly against sides like Geelong.
Hall was very good again, but I'm still worried that we look for him a little too much. It works against the lesser sides, but we need to find other avenues to goal. Granted - we should of nailed a lot more shots today than we did so we did create the chances.
Gia was back to his best. Makes a massive difference to our side when he's playing well. Generally makes good decisions with the ball in hand and I believe he ended up having 6 shots at goal. Good effort, need to see it more often.
Cross has had a fantastic couple of weeks. His work rate is phenomenal; players can't keep up with him, and he's always getting handball receives despite the fact we'd rather have the ball in a somebody elses hands. He gets it so much because he works harder than anyone else. Boyd was disappointing for mine - fumbled, turned it over and missed quite a few tackles. Really wish he'd stop trying to kick the ball so hard and flat - it comes off 1/5 times.
Hahn simply needs a spell. He's in woeful form.
Minson had a solid game despite a few turn overs. He gave a good contest and ended up with a couple of goals. Wood did OK as Griff said, weighted a couple of long balls to Hall beautifully. Hill and Stack still a worry. Griffen wasn't at his best today but Cooney ran himself into the ground.
Morris did a great job on Fevola.
Nice win, but we still have plenty of areas we need to improve. Boyd and Hahn are two of our biggest problems at the moment to be honest. Hahn needs to be dropped and Boyd needs to stop playing fancy football and find that defensive edge again.
Also - Williams clutched at his hamstring in the second quarter and didn't re-appear. It didn't look too bad after the game, but I'm not sure the extent of his injury.
We still have a long way to go, but it was nice to see the side trying (for the most part) to get back to their usual style of play.
Murphy was the highlight of the day. Thought he got better as the day went on, exploding in the last quarter. Agree with Griff he's now a better asset down back for us, but at times we'll still need to swing him forward. Possibly against sides like Geelong.
Hall was very good again, but I'm still worried that we look for him a little too much. It works against the lesser sides, but we need to find other avenues to goal. Granted - we should of nailed a lot more shots today than we did so we did create the chances.
Gia was back to his best. Makes a massive difference to our side when he's playing well. Generally makes good decisions with the ball in hand and I believe he ended up having 6 shots at goal. Good effort, need to see it more often.
Cross has had a fantastic couple of weeks. His work rate is phenomenal; players can't keep up with him, and he's always getting handball receives despite the fact we'd rather have the ball in a somebody elses hands. He gets it so much because he works harder than anyone else. Boyd was disappointing for mine - fumbled, turned it over and missed quite a few tackles. Really wish he'd stop trying to kick the ball so hard and flat - it comes off 1/5 times.
Hahn simply needs a spell. He's in woeful form.
Minson had a solid game despite a few turn overs. He gave a good contest and ended up with a couple of goals. Wood did OK as Griff said, weighted a couple of long balls to Hall beautifully. Hill and Stack still a worry. Griffen wasn't at his best today but Cooney ran himself into the ground.
Morris did a great job on Fevola.
Nice win, but we still have plenty of areas we need to improve. Boyd and Hahn are two of our biggest problems at the moment to be honest. Hahn needs to be dropped and Boyd needs to stop playing fancy football and find that defensive edge again.
Also - Williams clutched at his hamstring in the second quarter and didn't re-appear. It didn't look too bad after the game, but I'm not sure the extent of his injury.
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