Patrick Dangerfield plays one of the finest games of his career, alongside Bailey Smith and Jeremy Cameron
However, the story was not just the quality and scale of Dangerfield’s work. When and where he did.
As the gold and brown attack regressed, he booted the first goal for cats (from the free kick), and then in the second quarter, he directed the accusation that Geelong had taken this gap to a point because he followed Bailey Smith, Tom Atkins, Mark Blicavs and other nuclear weapons, Jeremy Cameron.
Hawthorn faded against this counter attack.
The cats were cleaned in the third quarter when the acceleration from the midfield became like a rock descending downhill. Five out of seven targets in this period came from stops – a measure of how Smith, Dangerfield and Atkins direct the hawks.
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For Hawthorn, this last reiterates what he knew-Will Day is a weapon midfielder and two shy premiere patterns when the day is grounded. Zach Merrett’s quest is based on this sub -line.
Dangerfield said to this Masthead, “I am really proud of our men walking after a flawed beginning,” Dangerfield said to this Masthead.
“Them [Hawthorn] They were playing well, they were doing well-but some of them did not use the ball in particular. We understood this in the second place [and] I cleaned our competition a little. “
Stewart’s tremor was the other big lower graph from this final; When he passed – he wondered that cats could not meet the loss of losses when he was combined with Henry’s ankle (which looked worse).
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Until the end of the game, the narrative had shifted to the loss of Stewart – no one who watched this final would not doubt Geelong would meet Stewart next weekend.
“Still very raw, Dan Dangerfield said, his friend Stewart’s shaking.
“Because we determine ourselves … There are individual goals and collective goals. And he’s a very important part of our team and also a friend.
“Absolutely difficult to swallow.”
Dangerfield’s finals are close to the Norm Smith Medal in Swans’s 2022 Grand Final Massacre. In Richmond’s Zenith, Dusty Martin held the title of final artist Nonpareil; On this occasion, he attracted more than 90,000 fans-the “danger” produced the best time that could be and a half.
I wanted him to evaluate his long career.
“To be honest, it’s just the next.” He said. “When you come to my age, the only thing that matters is the next. And if you look too forward or reflective, then you forget to live at the moment.
“So, this morning I had to catch myself, I was really nervous, I got up, [I] My children walked to school and sit at home and sit at home and I’m like ‘a little nervous here’, and myself, just a perspective, ‘Dude, enjoy the moment’. And you don’t know when the next opportunity will be.
“A beautiful game, a bloody hard game, and you never know when to get up.
“This morning this morning he would have a beautiful self -esteem, you’re going, ‘friend, don’t take yourself very seriously’.
“So it was about buying a swing tonight, and you’re not a child – it’s not like you play without anything to lose.”
Of course there was a lot to lose. However, 35 -year -old refused to allow the defeat of the 35 team. He didn’t just live at that moment.
He had them.
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