by Felch » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:07 am
The Portland vs Fitzroy game was a great game of footy. Both times they have played this year, the matches have been decided by under a kick. I think both sides play a similar bash-and-crash style, and are very evenly matched. Coulter played ok, without dominating. He will only get better though, as he gets used to the grade. Kicked a great goal in the last quarter to almost seal it for Fitzroy. Both sides failed to find a clear, winning forward most of the day.
Something i noticed with the best players in the paper - Foley was best for Fitzroy (and rightly so) but his man kicked 4, and the winning goal. Likewise for us, Gein was listed as 2nd best - he played on Neate, who also kicked 4, and kicked Fitzroy's last goal to put them in front very late.
Both defenders played very well though for their respective teams.
As for the timekeeping issue, its a non-issue really. I had a good chat with the Fitzroy bloke who was keeping time for them (in a non-official capacity) and he was the first to admit that they should have had an official timekeeper with our bloke. Our timekeeper is adament he is correct, and hes the only one who counts on the day. There was a bit of angst after the game from a few Fitzroy supporters, but it was a very close game all day, with plenty at stake for both sides. After everyone had calmed down, common sense prevailed over a couple of beers in the clubrooms.
On the Ressies Roaring Lion, the bye a couple of weeks back has certainly helped us. A few of our guys seem to have pulled their fingers out. We have Mitcham this week at their ground so we need to keep that intensity going.
