Darren Spence – our correspondent in Jakarta
They say that good teams still win when they don’t play well and so it was on Saturday night against the Dockers. At times I thought the yellow sherrin was actually a bar of Palmolive Gold as the players fumbled their way to a comfortable 54 point win.
It should have been much more. The Dees had the ball inside their 50 for 44 minutes and 37 seconds longer than Freo. Just let that sink in for a minute. That is almost 1 and 1/2 quarters!! 50 more times it went inside 50 for a return of only 13.24. Don’t get me wrong I will take the ball inside our front end than an oppositions every day of the week however it is a little concerning about our lack of conversion and our kicking for goal?…Let’s just leave that there.
Garlett has been out of favour most of the year but his forward pressure would have pleased the coaching staff and surely gets him at least another game. I have always thought we look so much more dangerous when he is playing. In his 50th game Oliver was outstanding. Whilst every player was fumbling he basically embarrassed everyone with his clean hands and finished with 35 ‘clean’ touches and 2 goals. Gawn was dominate, Brayshaw not far behind him and it was a welcome back to form for Petracca and Hogan on a night we were expected to win and we did so easily.
This Saturday night we are up against the Doggies. We beat them earlier in the season and we will do so again and remain firmly in the 8.
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