RudeBoy wrote:That was our best win of the season, because of the quality and fierceness of our opposition - on their home ground and under conditions which don't suit our game style. An absolutely fuken brilliant victory.
100% mate; I'd conceded defeat at 3/4-time but wasn't despondent at all.
The effort was there, but their mids seemed more skilled in the conditions.
Was more interested in how the coach and players were going to fight it out under such diversity; getting over them was the bonus in itself.
In conditions such as those, it often pays just to hack the ball forward, as ugly as that it is, it is often most effective until the ball can be secured around F50.
RudeBoy wrote:What a game by Murphy! BOG by a country mile. Our defence was under supreme pressure all night, but we held up due to our collective defence, led by Murphy but with fantastic support from Maynard, IQ and Moore.
Tell ya what - Murphy must hate Adelaide Oval [Moron Park mk.II]; every time he plays here, some cowardly DOG snipes him; 3/3 times in 2023!
The boys are certainly starting to gel, and Noble who didn't have a great night, let a few tackles slip, still kept working at the process until the tide turned. The Tsar was handy again when subbed-in.
RudeBoy wrote:Sure we got well beaten in the midfield, but I put this mainly down to JDG still recovering from a heavy virus.
We couldn't get any more fumblier [is that a word even?!], but still found a way. Butters, Rosey, Wines and Sam Peppar-Pig are just guns though.
Great learning curve for Nick Daicos; A-grade lesson on how to deal with a tag from a parasite like Drew, and a get-out-of-jail-card win as a reward.
RudeBoy wrote:I want it on the record that I've been sceptical of McStays value, from the day we recruited him, but after last night I now understand his value. His strong powerful leads and pressure will be a force on the G in September.
And took some solid grabs for a bloke with a damaged finger; epic.
Ash Johnson got dropped for kicking 3 goals last week - for the life of me I CANNOT recall that ever happening before, for any team... perhaps B.T.'s 2 goals in the final term of the 1990QF draw?
RudeBoy wrote:And what about some of the courageous elders of our team in Sidey, Pendles and Tay? They were each magnificent.
Some of Pendle's disposals in first half were Gawd-awful, but it was the wet conditions and physical pressure from Port causing those.
Sidey's form and disposal standard since 2022 has been circa 2010-2011 effective. Tay was just Tay; slaughtered some pill, but wasn't alone tonight, excellent 200th!
RudeBoy wrote:And then there's Jamie Elliott.....nuff said. He deserves a fuken statue outside our headquarters.
The Iceman himself. He would have been most handy in that 2018 grand final, along with Moore, and even a young J.Daicos couldn't get a regular game back then. Pinch a flag in 2023, and he just might get one...
RudeBoy wrote:If we thought the blues game was going to be big.... well it's just got a whole lot bigger. Bring it on. Go Pies!
This one could be 95K+, that's 80s/90s type crowds we used to pull back in the day against the filth; hope this all comes full circle!