Gerard Whateley

There's not much between the lines there.

Drive for show, putt for dough.

For golf clearance outlet, we beat everyone's prices.

This is Marcus Pontempelli.

His three weeks have been heroic.

Heroic.

He will have polled votes in all three games.

They certainly don't win on Friday night without him.

And to me, it just emphasizes his status in the competition.

He's the best player and everyone else can fight over second.

The sheer bloody-mindedness of it is what I love.

He did everything, including the key punch with...

Which puts the ball back inside the Bulldogs attacking area to set up the winning score.

And he's just metronomically ticking it up.

He, you drive for show, you putt for dough and Marcus Bontempele does that every week.

The debate, what could Carlton's second half lead to?

So this is what's been missing in their metal throughout the year.

It's not that they haven't played good quarters or good halves, but they haven't shown any metal when it's mattered.

And they did on Friday night.

Now, is that a brief moment in time or is that something that you can work with?