A seven-goal to nothing final quarter has helped Melbourne stretch its winning streak to five with a blistering 75-point victory over an undisciplined Hawthorn at the MCG on Friday night.
Hawthorn 9. 7. (61) def. by Melbourne 20. 16. (136)
Post Match:
• The win demonstrated we are maturing as a team.
• It was fantastic that our skipper David Neitz was able to kick 6 goals and break the late & great Norm Smith’s goal kicking record. It would make his Testimonial Dinner on Saturday night all that more enjoyable. He also contributed strongly in the 1%er areas with several strong contests and some great tackles. There is no doubting his importance to our team.
• Although the stats say that Hodge, Mitchell & Crawford had a bit of the ball it would be fair to say that their influence on the game was minimal. The jobs done by Brucey, James McDonald, Simon Godfrey & Clint Bartram to keep these guys under pressure was excellent as was the competitiveness of Jeff White & Mark Jamar in the ruck. Spider Everitt wasn’t able to dominate as he has in previous encounters. Nathan Carroll performed exceptionally well on Mark Williams which was also critical to the outcome of the game.
• Our ability to finish games strongly in 2006 has been a highlight. We have won 7 out of 8 final quarters which is a credit to the determination of our playing group and reflects positively on the work done by our Fitness Department – Glenn Turner , Brentan Parsons & Adam Paulo to prepare our players.
• Very pleased with the spirit and togetherness of our team at the moment. We play for each other and have become increasingly team orientated over the past 6 weeks. For the second week in a row we had 10 goal kickers and this shows just how much we share the load and don’t rely on individual players to get us across the line. Maintaining this approach is essential as we take on West Coast at Subiaco next Sunday.
Source : Neale Daniher
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
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