Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

[Twodogs]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

Does this mean we get to contest the Foxtel Cup next year?

[azabob]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

Does this mean we get to contest the Foxtel Cup next year?

Great question.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

Does this mean we get to contest the Foxtel Cup next year?

Did they axe it after the final?

Watching the replay of the GF taped overnight on the ABC. I hope the result stays the same.

[Twodogs]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

Did they axe it after the final?

Watching the replay of the GF taped overnight on the ABC. I hope the result stays the same.

Dammit I think you are right. BRING IT BACK! I love winning things.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

Finished watching the replay. Awesome viewing.

Jarrod Grant played so, so much better than I recall. If he'd kicked straight he might have been best on.

Cicely smashed the shite out of Jong at the end for the 50. Lin got up smiling. Smiling!!

[Bornadog]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

Finished watching the replay. Awesome viewing.

Jarrod Grant played so, so much better than I recall. If he'd kicked straight he might have been best on.

Cicely smashed the shite out of Jong at the end for the 50. Lin got up smiling. Smiling!!

Not many on this board gave Grant praise, but he was very good, probably his best game for the year with 20 disposals. Really should have had 5 goals, but what I liked was he was consistent throughout the 4 quarters.

[Ozza]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

Not many on this board gave Grant praise, but he was very good, probably his best game for the year with 20 disposals. Really should have had 5 goals, but what I likes was he was consistent throughout the 4 quarters.

But he didn't have 5 goals!!! If he'd have kicked the goals then Box Hill wouldn't have been in the game!
Don't underestimate how costly bad kicking is to a teams chances of winning.

[Bornadog]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

But he didn't have 5 goals!!! If he'd have kicked the goals then Box Hill wouldn't have been in the game!
Don't underestimate how costly bad kicking is to a teams chances of winning.

You don't get the point, he had 20 disposals and was very creative and got himself in a position that 5 goals was a possibility.

I am not saying he was BOG, I am just saying he played a good game.

[Missing-Dog]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

Ted Ballieu's ancestor jumped ship in Queenscliff, swam to Portsea and they've been there ever since. Tom Williams, not Jarred Grant also jumped into the hostile waters without reckoning if the bay was smaller than Hobsons. I still hope Jarred can rise again to be who his true self is.

The last time Grant went near hostile waters he came off second best to a sting ray.

[Ozza]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

You don't get the point, he had 20 disposals and was very creative and got himself in a position that 5 goals was a possibility.

I am not saying he was BOG, I am just saying he played a good game.

I'm quite sure I do get the point. I'm disagreeing with you, but I do get the point.
I'm not saying he was awful - but 'what if's' don't really count for much. Its fine to say 'he could have kicked 5' - but the scoreboard says he kicked one. And I won't be petty and highlight how he got that goal - because a goal is a goal. But missing those pretty easy shots enabled Box hill to not only stay in the game - but they actually got to a point where they probably should have won, but for running out of bench and legs, and a spirited fightback led by Jong, Jones and Dickson.

He hung out the back of some contests and got some opportunities, which is probably fine at VFL level, but you get badly exposed for doing the same at AFL level.

Apologies for being negative on a celebratory thread. I just get very very frustrated with the numerous players on our list who don't take their opportunities in front of goal. It cost us games during the year, it cost Port a grand final berth last week.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

You don't get the point, he had 20 disposals and was very creative and got himself in a position that 5 goals was a possibility.

I am not saying he was BOG, I am just saying he played a good game.

There is little point in getting 20 touches if as a forward your disposal is so poor. There was one brief period where Grant had 3 shots on goal and even though they were all easy shots he didn't look like scoring due to a technique that simply isn't up to standard.

[Twodogs]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

There is little point in getting 20 touches if as a forward your disposal is so poor. There was one brief period where Grant had 3 shots on goal and even though they were all easy shots he didn't look like scoring due to a technique that simply isn't up to standard.

I think he tends to kick across his body or off the wrong foot when he has given himself plenty of time to straighten up when shooting for goal.

FWIW I thought his field kicking on Sunday was good on the whole. He made a couple of clangers but he hit his targets for the most part. His goalkicking ws pretty average. He kicks for goal like Peter Hudson but not with the same accuracy.

[G-Mo77]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

I'll have to watch it again. Apart from the 3 misses Grant had in the first quarter I thought he was pretty solid.

[Bornadog]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

I'll have to watch it again. Apart from the 3 misses Grant had in the first quarter I thought he was pretty solid.

That is exactly the point was making. I thought he played a pretty good consistent 4 quarters

[Before I Die]

Re: Grand Final thread. Footscray v. ... @Etihad. Sunday 21 September 2014

5.0 for Grant instead of 1.3 and one out of bounds would have been nicer, but there was still another 15 disposals in there that were mostly effective. That still puts him in our top 5 contributors for the game.