Hey I am showing a friend around town and didn't have a chance to go to the game. Can some of the esteemed members of this board tell me who starred and who plodded and also how Corey Ellis and Broad went? Also do people thing Miles would have allowed us to dominate more?
Thanks in advance
I was at the game so haven't seen stats or replay, this is based purely on how I saw it firsthand.
Broad was solid defensively BUT turned it over by foot 3 or 4 times early in dangerous positions. I think he'll make way for Bachar next week. I like Broad and like the flexibility he offers, need to get more games into him to see if we persevere.
Ellis didn't get a lot of it, think he had 1 touch halfway through the second qtr. I'm not a fan but he did show a couple of classy flashes, however I'd drop him next week.
Soldo competes well in the ruck but is a potato around the ground, absolutely nowhere near ready yet.
First qtr giants structure was much better than ours, they played 2 spare me behind the ball and spread harder so seemed to be outnumbering us everywhere, I actually counted all their players bc i was sure they had more than 18 men.. Once we switched to man on man in the second qtr, the game changed. We looked quicker, harder and hungrier.
Best players for us were:
Martin
Rance
Cotch
Floss(especially early, was one of our few winners in the first qtr)
Astbury
Grimes
