Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

[GVGjr]

For those who aren't familiar with the Slaps and Sledges thread:

A slap on the back for a job well done by 2 players. (not to be confused with the Woof Player Awards)
This can be a passage of player or a spirited effort.

A sledge to two players that let down the team. Try and make this constructive critique and not just overly critical.

Provide us with your thoughts on today's game against Fremantle.

[GVGjr]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Anyone game to start this?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Cal Ward - Hero
Dale Morris - dominated Ballentine

Sledges
Roughy - With the form he is in, and Minson's, wouldn't be disappointed to see a swap.
Cooney - What the hell happened to his goal kicking? should have slotted 4 today

[LostDoggy]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Anyone game to start this?

I will.

SLEDGE:

Stack. Ruined one of his best games for the club by manufacturing Fremantle victory when we were seven points up. Brutally hard to pick on one turnover in a game of turnovers, but that passage of play was the difference between us winning the game and losing it.

Cooney. Bloody awful from beginning to end. Not just the goals he missed but the times he failed to make the right decision.

Boyd. If he had have found his teammates and not the opposition tonight then he would have played one of the best games of all time. But he didn't. Again and again and again.

[SonofScray]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

SLAP

Higgins' last quarter was exactly what I expect from him. Was happy that he was able to deliver.

Sherman, played a ripping game. Showed what he has to offer and I felt he really injected some venom to the attack.

Boyd, lead the way with an impeccable work rate and some dangerous touches.

SLEDGE

Roughead, terrible performance. In the last 5 minutes he gave it a real good go but on the whole it was a poor effort.

Grant, needs to work harder. Just a disappointing effort. Glad he slotted that late goal though, suggests he has some real steel in him.

Cooney, could have put them to the sword but his disposal was dismal. Missed 3 "match winning" opportunities. Field kicking was atrocious. he is a star and needs to start taking the game on and getting the result on the board.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Slaps
- Shermanator. Tackled hard, looked desperate, and converted chances.
- Picken, for much of the same. He just never gives up.
Honourable mention to Morris for his job on Ballantyne.


Sledges
- Cooney. Either he's sick, hurt or needs to step into the roomful of mirrors.
- Grant. Get thee to Williamstown, post-haste. And try to look interested there.

Dishonourable mentions to Stack, Boyd (45 touches, but how many to advantage?)

[comrade]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Slap to Higgins' last quarter was amazing after a fairly sloppy performance in the first 3.

Sledge to Cooney. How can someone so talented continuously butcher the ball?

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Slap:

* Sherman: Our best. His effort was great. His intensity first class. We had several players running through the motions at times, but Sherman was fierce from beginning to end.

* Higgins' last quarter. Showed he has some ticker and stood up.

Sledge:

* Hudson and Roughead were crap. Hudson tried hard but made so many errors. Basic errors. Roughead spent more time on the ground than anywhere else. Extremely disappointed with these two.

* Cooney lost us the game. Murphy not far behind.

[ReLoad]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

I will.

SLEDGE:

Stack. Ruined one of his best games for the club by manufacturing Fremantle victory when we were seven points up. Brutally hard to pick on one turnover in a game of turnovers, but that passage of play was the difference between us winning the game and losing it.

Cooney. Bloody awful from beginning to end. Not just the goals he missed but the times he failed to make the right decision.

Boyd. If he had have found his teammates and not the opposition tonight then he would have played one of the best games of all time. But he didn't. Again and again and again.

Boyd was sensational today, you picked the wrong guy to sledge there.

Likewise Stack, he was very serviceable tonight, and I was impressed by his endavour, Dont have a crack at him about the turnover, how about Cooney for missing goals that Hazel Smith my 89 year old in a scooter grandmother would have kicked. Did some very good jobs, that run for 30 yards to punch out of bounds saved a goal. good stuff.

Sledges go to Grant, you got 2 goals you didnt work for, you didnt run or chase, and if tommy didnt have a dodgy hammy you should have been subbed off. A month in Willy for you, dont come back unless you average 8 tackles a game. Forward pressure is everything.

A huge sledge to Cooney, stop reading you own press mate, you were a gun because you worked your ass off, your not working to even 20% of it right now.

[Sedat]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Slap to Morris for owning Ballantyne's ass and handing it back to him on a platter

Sledge to Cooney for his appalling finishing and, unusually, his poor decision-making

[comrade]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Big ups to Picken who put the clamps on Hill and ended up with 8 tackles.

Love him.

[EasternWest]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Slap: Morris. Gun.
Picken. Thanks TCD.

[GVGjr]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Slap
Picken and Morris for their jobs on dangerous opponents.

Sledge
Hudson's decision making and skill errors and Grant for just not putting in hard enough in the first half.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Slap:

Boyd: 45 touches. Never stops working.
Sherman: 4 goals. Took his chances and good pressure.

Sledge:

Cooney: 11 kicks is not good enough for an elite mid. Could have sealed the game.
Hall: Deplorable. No where to be seen tonight.

[The Coon Dog]

Re: Round #5 - Slaps and Sledges

Slaps - Like others, Picken & Morris for blanketing Hill & Ballantyne.

Sledge - Dropped marks! Nearly sent me over the edge watching tonight.