Lots of things to like about tonight without even going into individual performances - Our new style of play is quick, attacking and direct - remionds me of - um, oh what's that team who also use that style of play, oh that's right - Collingwood (and I mean Collingwood circa 2010/11 not Collingwood now) We seem to be focusing more on kicking rather than handballing and are creating a contest. Roo took some terrific contested marks and Kosi chipped in with a few too.
We had a terrific spread of goalkickers - 11 in total.
I saw some terrific signs for our future. Rhys Stanley, Jack Steven, Terry Milera, Tom Simpkin, David Armitage, Jarryn Geary - tonight was my first real look at us and I enjoyed watching them play.
OUr usual suspects Roo, Milne and Fisher were quiet, and Hayes was of course brilliant, while Goddard and Joey did a fair bit to help too.
I also love how we haven't forgotten things like our defence and our pressure, its like we've picked the exact right things to focus on and that's why everything is gelling at the moment.
Now, its time for reality because the Bulldogs I thought played worse than Gold Coast last week (certainly worse than Gold Coast this week) - in terms of clangers and ineffective kicks. It almost got to the point where every time the Bulldogs got the ball, I knew we'd end up with it sooner or later - and I was right.
We almost held them to the lowest score at Etihad (which is already against us) when we had them 2.9.21 with five minutes to go. (I put down that last five minutes due to us realising we have another six day break coming right up and trying to preserve ourselves for it - very smart, hope we do similar things in the next two double six day breaks [and one triple] we have coming up later this year)
There was just a lot to like about it and I have faith this team might not be done yet. We showed glimpses tonight of a team that was just prepared to dominate.
Happy to just coast along and see how things go without getting my hopes up but at least we had a terrific win (185 percent is not too shabby after three rounds, with a 1-2 record) and showed some great signs for our future!
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