Disappointing night for the Dolphins, but it shouldn't be all doom and gloom. Halfway through the third we had them on toast in a tight and tough contest. Werribee couldn't find any space on the tight ground and Frankston's harassment was brilliant. Unfortunately it took one very dubious free in front of goal to break the game open in the wrong direction. Sadly our boys lost composure for 15 minutes and that was all it took for a very good side to put them to the sword.
Sounds like a promising start for both teams. Newman and Fordham are going to be very important for the Dolphs, the drivers of the bus.
Dolphins looked a bit rough around the edges to me. A lot of missed targets and not a lot of system yet, and the trademark high pressure tackling was not there, but you would have to expect they were in need of the hitout after not having their last practice match, so no doubt plenty of improvement to come, but it was still a good performance.
Of the new guys, as AJ said, Bradkte looks very promising - hard to belive he is so athletic and agile for 204cm! Duman looked all class having control of half back in the first half but may have been injured as I dont remember seeing him after that.
Expect Frankston to bounce back and beat GWS this week with Begley and Lambert finding their best form.