Greg Clark was incredible yesterday, makes you wonder how he didn’t crack it at the Eagles. If he keeps that form going he should get another opportunity at AFL level.
Agree DD but he had to carry too many passengers yesterday, your mob looked very good, real pace and aggression.
Clark didn’t make it because Simpson and his selectors only gave him the odd game on a wing.
He was never given an opportunity to play as an inside mid for a few games to find his feet.
Their loss.
At 195cm and 95kegs he’s the prototype big mid so why would you play him on a wing Mr Simpson, made no sense.
Thats the same size at guys like Cripps, Fyfe and the Bont … not saying he’s in that same class tho’
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SS, Germo has a few more tools at his disposal this year and a few more levers to pull plus a few not available yet. Last year his hands were tied with no levers to pull. I too thought your ruckman Eaton was good, if the budget is correct he was conceding 8cm to our ruckman Edwards but I thought he won most taps. Has a very good leap on him.
I see Kara Antonio has left the club and taken up an assistants position at Freo sheila’s team. She didn’t exactly set the world on fire at Subi as the forwards coach as they were dysfunctional for a large part of last year.
Snadden in, Jordan Faraone out.
FF 33 Malakai CHAMPION 14 Ryan BORCHET 32 Jacob EVITT
HF 9 Leigh KITCHIN 59 Lachlan HENDERSON 16 Joshua ROBBINS
C 15 Wil HICKMOTT 13 Liam HICKMOTT 56 Judd KELMAN
HB 28 Connor FARAONE 11 Marlin CORBETT 35 Drew ROHDE
FB 8 Angus DEWAR 31 Henry BERENGER 2 Galen SAVIGNI
FOLLOWERS
41 Kody EATON
3 Taj SCHOFIELD
39 Jaimon ALONE
INTERCHANGE
44 Corey BELLOUARD
5 Jordan SNADDEN
19 Rory MURISON
18 Ben SOKOL
Apart from that one change the teams the same as last week. Thought they did ok against Swans who are unbeaten in their last 9 outings and we have some key players out, none more important than the skipper. Perth have got a few of their imports back so will be strengthened by that. Perfect day for footy tomorrow if a little warm (25deg) for this time of year, should be a really competitive game.
Big game for the ressies who need to win to keep EF at bay and hold onto 2nd spot, EF play Swans who beat our ressies last week, but our ressies have been weakened due to the injuries in the league recently.
I didn’t see that last quarter coming. IMO Perth were the better side for 2 1/2 qtrs until we started to get a bit of momentum late in the third. We were in it mainly due to straight kicking but continued to work hard to get centre clearances from mid third term on, although we did ok at around the ground stoppages throughout the game.
For better players, I thought Schofield had a blinder for the first quarter and a bit until Germo put a hard tag on him. He still played well but didn’t get as much of it finishing with 18 touches. Kitch was superb and I really hope he goes around again next year as his toughness and leadership is invaluable.
Liam Hickmott was prolific, Corbett got his hands on it but his disposal lets him down at times. I also really liked the games of Alone, Robbins and Bellouard who is very composed in heavy traffic could all become top flight WAFL footballers if they continue to develop.
The Champ is a super talent but what I really enjoy about his game is his unselfish attitude. It’s easy for small forwards to take the miracle shot at goal as they only get a few chances, but the Champ is happy to share the ball with team mates in a better position. That’s a real asset for someone so young.
Wardman switched Gus and Lachy Henderson during the third I think it was, which was a good move as both were all at sea up until then and it worked much better in terms of structures with Gus adding grunt down back and Henderson kicking a goal and contributing in the F50. Savigni good but made a couple of blues and Rohde the rock as usual with Borch and Sok efficient in the front half.
A good win so let’s keep it going next week against the Jerkers. Also, great to see a big crowd in the social premises for Ladies Day
What a strange match this was.
I thought Perth would go on with it after their half time lead. Eleven scoring shots to Subiaco’s 6 for the first 2 quarters.
That is where Perth stopped with only scoring ten points for the entire second half.
Subi scoring eleven goals from their fourteen second half scoring shots.
Big atmosphere in the club rooms. Ladies day was very successful. Agree with all the above points about the game. My main observation was that Perth looked like a better team but ran out of puff. That was disappointing for them given our own inability to run out a game this year. The 3/4 time huddle vibe was that Perth are cooked. Constable and Clark impressed, otherwise for them.
Shaky start, looked like we were in for a long day, but the boys stepped up in the last 10 mins of the 1st qtr to be right in the game. Perth had a solid breeze in the first which all but disappeared in the 2nd, we kept with them and were 15 down at the half. We owned the second half due to a big increase in intensity at the footy and the man, our tackling vastly improved so there was much more pressure on the D’s players who appeared to over use the footy at times. Gus going back where he belongs made a big difference putting the stops on a very good Aaron Clarke. Perth stopped to a walk in the last and it was almost a training run with 8 goals to zip, still running hard at the end.
Liam Hickmont was again our best with 30 disposals and 2 goals, he will surely win our F & B by a mile, Corbett was good despite a few brain farts with disposal, Bellouard and Murison are certainly part of the team going forward, both played with great maturity, Kitch as usual gave 100% and his intensity was infectious, Taj was classy as usual, Snadden continues some long overdue good form, plus Borch and Sok worked well together for 6 goals and the Champ continues to impress. 10 goal scorers was good to see as well.
Good effort with so many 1st pick players out, Wardman mentioned 10 in a post game interview. Watched the replay yesterday and JT mentioned several times that Gus will hang up his boots at the end of the season, great servant of the club that will be hard to replace , but guys like Mullane, when fit, can slide into that role next season. Some real thought needs to be done by our recruiters, obviously a quality ruck is the prime target along with a tall key back and another experienced mid given Kitch is likely to retire as well. If we can keep our best 22 on the paddock on a regular basis, we should be there abouts the top 5 next year.
Good summary SS. Yes, I agree with your comment about Perth overusing the footy to a certain extent, although not as bad as Swans the week before. They were 42 disposals per goal compared to our 20 which either says they threw it around too much or just didn’t kick enough goals or a combination of both.
Brilliant article on the WAFL website about the Champ. He’s certainly done it tough in his short life and hope he makes it. Based on what I’ve seen so far, reckon he’s a real chance to get drafted.
[quote=“BC post=237182 userid=892”]Brilliant article on the WAFL website about the Champ. He’s certainly done it tough in his short life and hope he makes it. Based on what I’ve seen so far, reckon he’s a real chance to get drafted.
Cheers BC a really good read, a lot to deal with there. He will get drafted imo
Good work to turn things around like that, alot of the players are finding some form, hopefully we can finish the season strong and with a few additions set us up for a run at the 5 next year as SS said