#49 Matt Dea

On his way back to Dea Lux …

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The Moonee Ponds nightclub of choice for David Myers and Corey Del Olio

Was excellent and ran at 88% DE

Getting back to what got him the list spot.

Clearly he didn’t know how to take it when the returning players came back. Now he has the confidence that he belongs and is owning his spot.

This. Agree whole heartedly.
He was very good last year and appears to have found his feet again.

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Absolutely stays in; solid as a rock

That was his best game for us.

Got the match ups right, and Im having a fairly large slice of humble pie after giving a fair bit after the past 2 weeks.

How ■■■■ are Chris Scott & Geelong though, we’re effectively running a 6’1" flanker as a key tall and (even with Stanley forward a fair bit and 2-3 other 190cm ish guys going through there) that they had absolutely no impact from their other forwards

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Probably second to Fark Round 23 last yr

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Provided the ground level intercepting and intercept marking that Marty should have been delivering. His disposal seems to have improved so he was fairly seamless in defence last night.

I’d probably have our ideal back 6 at the moment as

Baguly Hartley Ambrose

Dea Hurley McGrath

With Kelly spending time between mid and there as well as McGrath. Hooker goes back to support late in the quarter or when the opposition set up a strong, sustained press. Don’t need him forward so much when we get out the back and our runners go back up to our forward 50.

Dea seems to be recapturing his form from last year which probably provides more than what Gleeson and McKenna are at the moment.

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I thought he was very poor last week, very good last night.

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Was rapt to see him back to 2016 form last night. Very solid. Might be one of those players who plays better in the 1’s than in the 2’s. Like much of the list he is beginning to build nicely as we gel as a team.

Saw Spike McVeigh there plenty of times breaking curfew too.

He’s best 22, plays small, talls and takes intercept marks

Hardly getting the same role.

Was very good, took some great intercept marks and was Tough as nails in the contests. Hope he can continue this form.

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Struggled in week one but understandable being matched up on Watts, was poor last week on Kersten,though Kersten has been in decent form, and very good against Geelong…

Player gets two games into them suddenly produces football we know they’re capable of

Who’d have thought it.

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Was good against the Cats.

I back him to continue that form for the remainder of the season.