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smokey wrote:

Stand the Test wrote: Entire forward line had 10 marks between them.

Agree STT. Garstone and Dennis dropped simple marks today. Not good enough. Hardly sighted Cary.
Mickey Magic is all we got. One of his goals was unbelievable. But even he could be doing more.
Trouble is, who else have we got? Perhaps time to give Johnson and Scotney a try.
This is a problem that sooner or later is going to bite us on the proverbial.

After 5 games Perth’s leading Goal Scorers

Bennell 14 goals
Byrne, Garstone, Rogers 7 goals
Edmonds, Ninyette 6 goals

Cary has 4, Langdon 1 and Dennis 1

Byrne and Edmonds playing on the midfield.

You’d have to think at least 1 change to the forward line to come.

gtrxuone wrote: Next two matches are WP+EF.Should be playing Subi round 8 both sides 7-0.Go D's.

Followed by your team again gtr at home before Subiaco away. Both teams need to be 8 - 0 so I can use the heading Someones 0 has to go! Lol wishful thinking. Pity the Black Ducks couldn't hang on yesterday. Now that would have been a sight none of us would have thought we would see, Perth sitting on top unbeaten. For now let's be satisfied with what we have achieved but we can't afford to drop off. WP is another bogey team, actually i reckon we've had more wins over Subi over the past 5 - 10 years than WP.

Our strength is our tackling pressure and our defence. Yesterday Claremont (Bolton in particular) absolutely killed us out of the centre bounces. Eyresy battled hard as always but the Claremont bloke got first hands on nearly every time. Claremont aren't as good as I thought they were but I think they've got a bit more depth to come in. As others have touched on already our forward line is not really firing so there is a lot of work to do. Matt Thompson booted 4 in the ressies and is a big bodied medium tall who might be worth a look at.

Not sure about Matt Thompson DD.
He does not look as fit as others.
Kicking 4 in ressies is a far cry from 4 at league level.

Demon Strate, we just don't have genuine leading forwards other than Bennell.
Yes, Garstone and Langdon lead but usually under pressure. They either drop the mark or are outpointed in the contest.
IMO they are lazy leaders. They do not work hard enough. Where are the second and third leads?
Ok your lead is not honoured in favour of a handball or short pass downfield. Lead again boys. Keep giving options,
Lead back towards goal and lead forward again,work hard and grab the ball when it is given to you.
More importantly...when you do get a shot on goal make it worth 6 points.
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Spot on DF. He tries hard but no better than the guys ahead of him IMHO.

Listened on radio it sounded like a tough encounter and dammit Sinclair getting up because he seemed to be the difference in the end, him and Giblett seemed to be impassable. The loss of form defender Martinis hurt us and sounded very worrying, I hope the boy’s alright.
Pity Tom Lee missed what seemed a pretty easy shot at goal in the last 5minutes to put us within a kick.

When was the last time perth started the season so well

1978

Watched a replay of SD vs Subi at Bassendean.
I am really looking forward to that test.

Subi didn't play particularly well on Saturday DF...or should I say Swans didn't let them play well compared to the week before against Peel when my mob were outstanding...so I guess it depends on which Subi shows up. In saying that, I agree it should be a cracker.