Careyg, we stuck our tackles, just didn't get the free kicks when the ball was dropped or thrown. Players kicking the ball from a meter outside the boundary doesn't help, marks not paid when they are clearly taken, 3 Freo players pinged for contact in a contest, Ryan gets a knee through his back from a player who had no intent for the footy, play on.
The free kick count in the last quarter by my count was 6 or 7 to none, no wonder Freo could not sustain their comeback. We also need desperately to play our key forward in the forward line. Ruckman are a dime a dozen, key forwards are gold, treat them as such. The times we looked good going forward our players were leading at the footy, not running away from the kicker. The same applied to GWS, they made sure they had forwards in place more often. Surely even blind freddy Ross can see this.
