Paul Roos gone so break rule 1

[Nico]

I'd put more blame on Mattner.
3rd term
He received a terrible hand pass from Bradshaw, manage to real it in, evaded one tackler, and had a trio of swans in fron of him waiting for the handball, only for him to be run down from behind.
Dogs, free and eventuated in a goal. This would've broken their momentum, and instead they found themselves only a goal or so down!!
Turining point of the game for me.

Yet the week before that was in the back every day, every time and the only one who disagreed was Mooney.

[ScottH]

Gee, that is harsh. More blame than the missed shots (Bradshaw, Goodes, and even the unfit O'Keefe who for the second week in a row could not snap the distance from 40 metres when clear), or are you taking a sarcastic jab at those who blame the loss on single incidents?

I thought Mattner had a very good game all in all.

Of course there were lots of single incidents that cost us dearly in that game (but that is football): Kennelly trying to win the game, spinning out of one tackle but getting caught from behind; Goodes mark just outside 50 and kicking it high and behind to Kirk who was running open inside 40; Shaw kicking from defence long and high to poor overhead options in Eski and Smith (who were also outnumbered) Grundy's dropped marks, etc.

The entire list of single acts is probably quite long (and each could have affected momentum and changed the course of the game).

I'm not blaming him entirely Matty. It was just a passage of play at a critical time in the game where we had a huge chance to stem the flow, and it failed. 2 goal turn around.
As people were blaming missed shots and other criteria, for me, this was a turning point in the game.
Had we scored at that time, who knows what the rest of the night may have held.

[ScottH]

Yet the week before that was in the back every day, every time and the only one who disagreed was Mooney.

Yes, it's a fine line between tackle and ITB!!
Many confusing rulings out there that night.