A great start to the game by Ibbo and Taz. Pav and Solly were great all the way through, too.

But again, when the game was there to be won, our midfield gets smashed. We hardly got a kick in the last quarter until about the 20min mark because our midfielders couldn't get their hands on the footy. The corollary, of course, is that Melbourne had the ball all the time. Fourteen goals to four in the second half tells the story.

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Q1: [F,F,F,F], (-F,-) Freo 5, Melbourne 0
Q2: [F,M,F], (F,-), [M,-,M,M]. Freo 3, Melbourne 4
Q3: [-.F.M.-], (-), M,F,F]. Freo 3, Melbourne 2
Q4: [-,m,M,F,F,M,F,-,M,-,M], {-}. Freo 3, Melbourne 6

Totals: Freo 14, Melbourne 12, No advantage 9
Melbourne had one centre free (m) where the ball wasn't bounced.
Freo scored directly following a centre clearance 4 times.
Melbourne scored directly following a centre clearance 9 times, five of these scores came in the last quarter.

[Sandi]: Won 12, Lost 12
(Gilmore): Won 2, Lost 0
{Michael Johnson}: Won 0, Lost 0