Stuart Dew charges Noah Anderson’s recreation sense nearly as good as any AFL participant he is coached and is assured Gold Coast’s near-miss towards Melbourne will not be in useless.
The Suns have been lacking Touk Miller however an Anderson exhibition helped them edge Melbourne’s midfield in a gutting five-point house loss on Saturday.
Anderson did as he happy with 36 disposals, half of them contested, 10 clearances and a superb purpose late within the fourth quarter because the hosts surged for an upset towards the facet that moved again to the highest of the ladder.
The Suns coach stated these numbers alone did not do the midfielder justice.
“He was doing this last year and I feel everyone’s just a bit slow to the party,” Dew stated of the 2019 No.2 draft decide behind teammate Matt Rowell, who had 5 first-quarter clearances to set the tone.
“His footy IQ, ability to find space, read the game, it’s as good as I’ve seen in coaching at a couple of different clubs.
“It’s exhausting to place phrases on it, exhausting to measure as a result of plenty of it’s off the ball.
“He found holes and the good players do; Scott Pendlebury we’ve seen him do it for about 15 years.
“Those gamers are a pleasure to observe, generally you are only a spectator.”
Melbourne’s midfield of Christian Petracca, Clayton Oliver and Angus Brayshaw were statistically outplayed early at the stoppages.
Ruckmen Brodie Grundy and Max Gawn kicked two goals each on trips forward, while Petracca produced a brilliant snap from deep in the pocket to begin the fourth quarter.
“It was an actual battle,” Demons coach Simon Goodwin stated.
“They have been actually influential across the ball … however to have an effect like that, he is (Petracca) a particular participant.”
Dew said the message was clear ahead of a trip to Perth to face the battling West Coast.
“I simply stated if you aren’t getting confidence from a efficiency like that … come and see me should you do not consider it I’ll straighten you up,” he stated.
“That’s a critical contender we performed and pushed proper to the road.
“But I don’t need to convince them after tonight; I could feel something in the rooms.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
