Adam Simpson

We knew they were going to come out hard.

I don't think they took a backward step either.

They were the hunted though.

You can't avoid it when you've got such a good record.

You can't avoid being the hunted and that's what's happening to Brisbane at the moment.

But I thought they managed it well.

really well.

I mean, they were 27 points up at halftime, so they're doing a lot right.

It's just that didn't go away for the Bulldogs, but a little bit of strategy kicked in in the second half.

Obviously, Kennedy does his role on Newcomb.

They get the game, not really played in their front half, but they get some stoppages in their forward 50, and they kick their five goals from that particular play.

They get on top in the centre bounces, so they must have gone to work at halftime there, and they maintain the rage with their matchups, and

And the criticism that they should have changed that role at halftime with Selwood, I heard that on the TV.

I'm not quite sure that was happening.

And watching it, it felt like, no, no, he's not far off.

You know, the Wiz is a great player and it's hard to contain him.

So, yeah, sticking with those plans, but also adapting Kane throughout the game.

I thought they did that really well.

And of course, Hawthorne's numbers all look really good in the second half.

But there's some numbers there that really changed as well from halftime.