Review Good/Bad vs West Coast, R24 2023

[SellarStardom]

Laird. 2 position versatility

What 2 positions??

He is middle now or nothing. Unless he puts his hand up for small defender, his time at HB is gone according to many, and to be honest seeing Milera, Hinge and Michaelanney at HB I now have to agree.

He night be defensive but his skills cost us plenty so we end up defending more than we should

 

[MsTopG]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

Laird.

 

[Twist_of_Lemon]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

Asteroid.

 

[MsTopG]

Should probably finish on the fourth highest percentage if GWS gets up tomorrow so it's highly unusual to miss finals. Bad umpiring, one of the hardest draws in the league, poor kicking for goal, coming up against some teams that played considerably better than their average performance, losing key defenders (two to acl's) and finishing 9th in scores against has led to us missing finals. I feel we are a better team than
3-4 teams in the top 8 so it's a bitter pill to swallow. We need to improve in the ruck, midfield and defence.

Good
Soligo Walker Dawson Rachele Hinge

Bad
Goal kicking at times.
Borlase and Parnell dont seem up to it.
ROB. Terrible ruck. Would trade him out and go for pretty much anyone that's better.

Ugly
The AFL. Corrupt pricks.

 

[kirky]

If GWS don't win, then we would have made finals had the umps got it right last week. Oof.

And if Sydney don’t beat Melbourne we would have been 7th. First up final against the Saints.

What a ******* waste of a year!

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Good

Tex put together a legendary season, sad he doesn’t get a chance to play finals this year

Soligo is the future - class moments all night and showed a bit more zip and agility than I thought he had

Rachele finished season strong

Gollant has a future and is AFL , can also pinch hit in ruck

Bad

ROB was poor in his 100th, not handballing to Rankine was the last straw

Still trying to work out why/how the selectors dropped Nank then brought in Parnell and not Nank , real head scratcher

Some of our inaccuracy is fatigue , some of it is being selfish at times and not finding best option . It needs fixing as priority or we will cough up more games

Fogarty had a shocker last 3 games and looked devoid of confidence again , unable to break shackles and run to present to good spots . Hopefully can play a full season next year ; comp for spots will be high

 

[thebirdman 24]

17 goals 21 behinds sums up our season.

Tex also carried us all year. Once he starts dipping we are screwed.

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[thebirdman 24]

Also, how good was Soligo? He was our only midfielder really progressing the ball forward.

Crouch and Laird keep getting stuck in an infinite loop where they kept handballing to each other on their non prefered kicking sides.

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[StonesThrow]

Elite: Dawson's hard ball get on the forward flank, burst through the oppo and hitting up Gollant near the goal square.

 

[StonesThrow]

Knew it wouldn't take long to start bashing Crouch again.

He was a beast inside again last night. I think he's playing even better than 2017 which is hard to believe.

Laird was also pretty good.

Crouch playing at that level with Dawson and laird is a better midfield than we've had for a while. Same problem as always though in that it's one paced. Much more rotation from Pedlar, Rachele, Soligo and Rankine next year is required.

 

[cleanhands]

Good:

2nd half, Tex’s 2nd half, Milera excellent, Soligo in last 3 quarters, Rachele kicking set shots.

Bad:

Inaccuracy. Should have been a 12-15 goal win.

Ugly:

1st half was totally unwatchable. 52% efficiency by foot. That’s Div. 8 Ammos standard.

So you obviously watched it

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Soligo MUST play permanent midfield next year. Looked clean and classy all night.

Get rock hard fit over summer, get rid of those sideburns/mullett thing and be the jet midfielder we need.

 

[cleanhands]

Soligo MUST play permanent midfield next year. Looked clean and classy all night.

Get rock hard fit over summer, get rid of those sideburns/mullett thing and be the jet midfielder we need.

Yeh have been a fan

 

[FR0GGY]

Richmond winning tomorrow somehow would be a fantastic result in two ways. Wishful thinking I know

Richmond will get smashed

 

[Crow_Magnon]

If GWS don't win, then we would have made finals had the umps got it right last week. Oof.

Remember also that Sydney would've also had to win today against Melbourne to stay in....

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Knew it wouldn't take long to start bashing Crouch again.

He was a beast inside again last night. I think he's playing even better than 2017 which is hard to believe.

Laird was also pretty good.

Crouch playing at that level with Dawson and laird is a better midfield than we've had for a while. Same problem as always though in that it's one paced. Much more rotation from Pedlar, Rachele, Soligo and Rankine next year is required.

Where is the Crouching bashing coming from. He had a top match last night. Some may want to watch the game in replay mode again. I can't recall any clangers of significance but the possession and disposal to advantage were many.

 

[FR0GGY]

Remember also that Sydney would've also had to win today against Melbourne to stay in....

There’s no real incentive for Melbourne to win today.
They’ll get a home final against the pies at home if they lose or go to Brisbane if they win and port lose

 

[UcantCme]

FFS over summer we need to practice goal kicking in match like conditions.

You can practice goal kicking, but its hard to replicate match like conditions


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[Geoffa32]

Laird or Crouch

Pick one. Who are you taking?

Crouch. He is a better inside mid. Hus distribution by hand to outside players is great. He is a 360 degree player.

Laird is really just a straightline player shoehorned into an inside mid.


Push Laird outside and keep Crouch inside.

No Sloane and keep Keays at HF.

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[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Crouch playing at that level with Dawson and laird is a better midfield than we've had for a while. Same problem as always though in that it's one paced. Much more rotation from Pedlar, Rachele, Soligo and Rankine next year is required.

Interesting looking at our CBAs in the early rounds of this season

Were spread over a lot more players. Seemed a welcome philosophical change and perfect for a developing midfield.

However... that was pre-Dawson the midfielder.

Was the "philosophical change" more a case that we simply didn't have a standout preferred group of 4 mids to soak up all the centre bounces?

But over the season we've headed back to our preferred set up

 

[The Perfect Stranger]

In two minds about Crouch. He has easily been in our best 3 since coming back and has looked really good. Would prefer him in the midfield rather than Laird and definitely Sloane. Sloane resigning may have cost him his AFC career.

 

[FR0GGY]

53 handballs, 15 kicks for laird and crouch.
Wowee, but I guess it’s their job to get it out to people who can kick.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Our previous 5 matches. Win one of the losses and finals. A few similar results earlier in the year.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

53 handballs, 15 kicks for laird and crouch.
Wowee, but I guess it’s their job to get it out to people who can kick.

I would suggest most of the handballs were to our advantage.

 

[Geoffa32]

Our previous 5 matches. Win one of the losses and finals. A few similar results earlier in the year.


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The Essendon game is the one that stings.

They blitzed us early, but we are a better team.

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