Well, today it’s more like the Western Suburbs vs the northern suburbs, but the vibe is still there.
Subi have lost touch perhaps with Subiaco.
Anyway, I always enjoy this fixture. Though losing hurts a bit more. Plus it’s Ladies Day, and you can’t complain about that.
Hopefully the green shoots of last week will still be there.
Yes JL. The side looks pretty much unchanged from last week. Can’t see us getting anywhere near the Tiges unfortunately.
Let’s hope we don’t see another performance like the one’s against Swans and Souths. An honourable loss is better than skulking off with our tails between our legs.
Well at least you’ll find a seat.
That was a really good performance by the boys. In terms of player personnel, we were behind the 8 ball compared to Claremont but the effort was very good nonetheless.
Turnovers coming out of defence hurt us several times and also we weren’t helped by umpire number 8 with the prickle haircut who gifted the Tiges 3 very soft goals. The one where he penalised Mullane for rushing the ball through from 5 meters out from the goal line with a Claremont player right up his arse was probably the worse umpiring decision I’ve seen over the last 10 years. Umpiring didn’t cost us the game, but it didn’t help either.
Impressed with Cooley and the skill he brings, Mayo, Borchet, Clark, Giro and Savigni all good and I like the vigour Braut shows as it makes the opposition a bit nervous when he’s around.
A loss is not ideal. but at least we had a red hot crack this week.
watched a bit of this one
thought Subiaco were pretty honest
and that Claremont were a bit ordinary for big periods
those early last quarter goals won it for them really
Great atmosphere in the rooms tonight. Very hard to get a beer.
Our small forwards need to do more. Golding, Bartlett and Robbins only had 23 disposals, 7 tackles and 1 goal between them which is not enough now that May has gone and we only have two genuine targets in our forward line who take the best defenders each week.
Robbins is worth persevering with but Wardman needs to get tough on the other 2 and send Bartlett away to get fit and Golding lift his game or else drop both of them and elevate a couple of likely colts instead.
It just isn’t a great look when Savigni kicks the same score as those 3 put together.
I thought Bartlett was a good avenue to attack, BC. A good lead up target. He competed well and generally kept the ball in his area.
Braut gives some stability. The defence did well. We just go forward less than other teams. And with less run.
His stats say differently JL with just 8 touches, 1 tackle and no score. I agree with your summation that we go forward less. That’s because we’re struggling in the midfield. 34 to 59 inside 50s says it all.
Well done Subiaco. They certainly seem to have regrouped from a few weeks ago when they basically threw in the towel against Swans. Very important that teams down near the bottom challenge the top 5 teams like Subiaco did to Claremont. Competitive games attract better crowds and its also good for the finals teams to be facing these tough games as it will prepare them for the business end of the season. I am hoping that Swans will really give Perth a hard game at Bassendean next week and make them earn the win if they are good enough
A good effort by Subi against a strong Tigers outfit. At three quarter time, the Lions led by the smallest of margins. They muffed it in the final term with just 1 goal from 3 scoring shots to the Tigers scoring 3 goals from 7 shots. Claremont having 59 Ball disposals Inside 50 to Subiaco’s 34.
Well we certainly put physical pressure on the tiges and they didn’t like it as usual. But they had too much class in the end.
Subi are not playing like their ladder position suggests atm, hopefully we can beat wc in coming weeks and maybe snag an upset somewhere.
May would have been handy the last couple of weeks. May and Blakiston both played today for the bombers in the vfl, both had their moments but look a long way off afl debuts.
Probably just languish in the vfl. They played Blakiston in the backline, they already have a good big ruckman 204cm Visentini.
Speaking of languishing in the vfl, Kentfield got a free right in front for Casey on Saturday when pies backman Glover rushed it through, much like what happened to us on Saturday BC. Fkn pathetic rule
WAG, dont forget the 5 consecutive frees and a 50 at the start of the qtr to the Tiges resulting in a couple of gifted goals whyich killed the game. But if the Tiges had lost, they would have been really pissed as they dominated just about every stat. Bit like we did against Freo the week b4 but kicked ourselves out of the game.
I see Archer May getting a run with the Bombers this week. I don’t like to see our guys get drafted mid year, but it’s not so bad when they actually get a game or two rather than running around in the WAFL or VFL. Good luck young fella.