Post Match. Pies bounce Bombers. All comments please.

[bokka]

[the fuzz]

I was in disbelief at some of the things Grundy did tonight.
He is such a star. I agree that we shouldn’t sign him for 7 years.....we should sign him for 8!!
And Scotty Pendlebury. He just seems to get better. What a champion.
Let’s hope we turn it on for his 300th next game!
Great games also by Mihocek, Billy, Treloar and Crisp. The back line was solid.
Roughy was a good target again, and was handy in the ruck. I assume he will go back in the first final.

[bokka]

[PyreneesPie]

[PyreneesPie]

One thing that has been quite clear to me is that we've had far more success since Tay and the Wombat have been in the team. Those two tough nuts have made such a huge difference, for reasons already well described here on Nick's. May they stay injury free for the remainder of the season!!!

[VicParkTragic]

[Magpietothemax]

[bally12]

I'm gutted for Darcy. Feels like a loss to be honest. It's his left hamstring, the one that he first did in the VFL before his debut and tore off the bone and got operated on. My guess is there's scar tissue there and it won't heal for years, if ever.
The only thing he can do is to strengthen the muscle and associated muscle groups by training in the right way. Also make sure his running mechanics are good. Who knows. I hope the club can consult some other experts, and get more opinions. I'm really doubting our medical/fitness staff at the moment. From the outside looking in we can't really comment too much. Afer all the club gives us no insights or details into what they are doing with injuries. Lies and subterfuge is what it's all about. And then they tell put a banner up to thank the 85 thousand members, but they think it's ok to lie to them. As long as the money comes in I guess. Do something about it Eddie, it's a joke.

[bokka]

[bokka]

More relief than anything. IT was tense all game and I had a terrible feeling we were gonna lose. that lost opp with varcoe's pass over the head when he could have kicked easy goal himself, I was fearing that could come back to haunt us when they won by less than a goal. Esp because they are experts at winning close ones and coming back from behind at the end.
Looks like Sidey is pretty pivotal to the side, but good that midfield got it together to dominate without him in last half.
And as a couple already said, Wills has also become pivotal to the midfield, a great unexpected bonus when we really needed some luck. Looked like probably career over before he got that opportunity. Just shows that even injury crises have a good side.

[Streak]

Positives:

1. We won!

2. I was running late for work, so I watched the game at 4x speed and the scoreline didn't change quickly, so I was able to keep up.

3. Billy seems to be dropping into a rich vein of form, just in time.

4. I think we're a better side with Cox playing, but I am starting to think Checkers plays better without Cox in the side; the long balls to Cox that end up on the ground? Those are marks for Checkers now.

[Raw Hammer]

Dominant, but as usual, don’t have the composure, smarts or skill to kick a score vs half decent teams.

Still lack reliable goal kickers on the run from 45m+. Still lack players who can snag goals from 40m out from nothing (all kicks drop short off one step or around body: Brown, Thomas, Treloar, Adams, WHE... Just no bail-out goals or cheap goals to stamp our authority on a game. Until JDG and Stephenson come back, will continue to be a massive issue.

Solid players like Phillips will do good things then come unstuck with stupid ‘millionaire’ type hand balls to players under pressure...turnover. When we want players to play the percentages they attempt the miracle. When we want run and spread, we go backwards and play it safe.

I don’t know what to make of this team. Need our best players on the park to have any sort of chance this September. Not too dissimilar to most seasons and most premiership fancies. No secret that Brisbane have 1-2 on their injury list, Geelong just a few, as well as WCE and Richmond. Also no secret that the next teams (Collingwood, GWS and Essendon) have been hit hard by injuries.

Fingers crossed we can sneak into 3-4 on the ladder and play some players into match fitness and form, regardless of the result.

In this one, 7.15 to 4.3 (or 22 shots to 7, after Essendon opened with an 8-shot opening quarter) says we’re capable (we have the second best defence this season, statistically-speaking, despite the injuries to key players), but we need to keep the scoreboard ticking over otherwise we’re just making up the numbers.

[K]

AMT plays well against bad oppo & disappears against good oppo, so it was a bit disturbing what happened tonight. Or has AMT broken the AMT Curse?

[bally12]

AMT seriously killed us. You can't tackle him because he drops his knees and does the shoulder shrug trick and gets the high tackle free every time.

McKernan and the Irish guy also did some damage. We need to put some more work into these 3 if we get them in the EF.

[K]