Fenwick Snap wrote:
Strangely confident throughout that we were going to run them down.
Could not have said that two years ago, possibly even last year for most of our killer run.
For all the bleating about the controversial finish - yawn...a barely discernible glance of the ball in real time, and a horribly timed dissent decision AFTER we were in front (no guarantee they would've caught us) - Freo, who played keepings off admirably for most of the game, were lucky we didn't nail a few more sitters (Harry! Blake!).
'A' for effort, Freo, but we still deserved the win for magically being a more efficient scoring machine despite poorer disposal. (No, I won't explain myself.)
Weiters huge as usual.
Kudos to the new dad for willing himself into every pack at the end, which successfully released a brilliantly elusive and quick-thinking Williams for the Charlie mark.
I think I left Boyd out of my votes but I liked a lot of his decision making and ball use. He's like a second Saad sometimes.
Was surprised Owies was the sub. I thought he was good last week and I hope it was a 'make a late impact' decision rather than a criticism. He played his part at the pointy end. And I do hope Elijah is okay. He wasn't having a stellar game but he's only warming up.
I wished our disposal was as good as Freo's early on, but I expected their quality to drop off under pressure (just like Bribane's) and thought we'd catch them eventually.
Did we have to wait so long though? Was it for old time's sake? Why hasn't there been more made of this new 'traditional' rivalry?
(And does it really mean anything winning our first game at that ground, as the drivelling heads kept banging on about, when it's not against an Adelaide team?)
Word is Walsh will be ready next week. Onwards and upwards! (Mind your back.)
Like that a lot Snap . Summed things up nicely . Agree with all of that .
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