Coaches Votes Round 17 v Demons

[perfectionist]

10 Steven May (MELB)
7 Rowan Marshall (STK)
7 Christian Petracca (MELB)
4 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (STK)
1 Jack Steele (STK)
1 Angus Brayshaw (MELB)

[Scollop]

3 Melbourne players and 3 St Kilda players

That's a fair indication that we had a red hot crack and if circumstances were different we could have had a victory.

If I recall correctly we kicked away to a decent lead early in the game and then the injuries mounted. The team should take some belief out of the game that we can match it with the top teams

[ace]

They don't come any easier to break down
May 5 + 5 = 10
Marshall 4 + 3 = 7
Petracca 3 + 4 = 7
W- Milera 2 +2 = 4
Steel 1 + 0 = 1
Brayshaw 0 +1 = 1

[B.M]

Reasonably accurate

Sinclair a bit stiff…. Brayshaw?

May
Another key defender gets max votes against us

[Scollop]

Steele 31 possessions at 80% disposal efficiency.13 contested, 12 tackles and a goal
Sinclair 33 possessions at 66% DE, 9 contested, 1 tackle and zero goals.
Clearances, inside 50's, score involvements pretty even between Sincs and Steele but Steele had 30 pressure acts and Sinclair had only 13.

Interestingly, Sinclair got 4 clearances in the centre square from only 10 attendances while Steele got zero CC (that's despite Steele being in the centre at virtually all centre bounces). Steele did get 4 stoppage clearances around the ground. Sincs got 1.

Sinclair 620 MG. Steele 470 MG. Steele had 7 intercept possessions and turned it over 3 times. Sinclair had 3 intercept possessions and turned it over 7 times.

[magnifisaint]

I don't understand. I thought Marshall was clearly the best man on the ground. He beat 2 of the better rucks in the game. May had a decent game because St Kilda didn't have a decent key forward to kick to.

[Scollop]

I reckon you're right. Perhaps it's natural to lean towards May because he was instrumental in the final result.

If we actually ended up winning the game you'd have both coaches giving Marshall 5 votes each.

Problem is we didn't

[Sainter_Dad]

I don't understand. I thought Marshall was clearly the best man on the ground. He beat 2 of the better rucks in the game. May had a decent game because St Kilda didn't have a decent key forward to kick to.

And pretty sure he took almost as many marks as May - many were intercepts and in a more damaging area of the ground. However, as someone has said, if it got past Marshall - we were stuffed.

[CURLY]

I don't understand. I thought Marshall was clearly the best man on the ground. He beat 2 of the better rucks in the game. May had a decent game because St Kilda didn't have a decent key forward to kick to.

And pretty sure he took almost as many marks as May - many were intercepts and in a more damaging area of the ground. However, as someone has said, if it got past Marshall - we were stuffed.

Its a bit like Nick Daicos. He get 28 touches its like hes played the greatest game in history. NWM 32 touches barely rates a mention.