Autopsy Round 3, 2024: Essendon v St.Kilda

[Diehard Saint]

Moral of the story…

Sincs, grow that bloody mullet again.
You’re just not the same without it.

 

[SaintJunior]

I humbly retract my crouch comments, haven’t seen that he was so badly injured.

I think we’re on the same page, the midfield was terrible against a very ordinary side.

In total agreement about midfield .

But not surprising as thought we poor in practice matches and vs Geelong

 

[HunterClarksHeadband]

What a sh*t game. You could just see from 3qtr time what was coming. Weekend ruiner.

 

[kernelT]

50/50 going in, yes. But once the game starts that's in the past. They led for about 4 minutes.

They also looked like a genuine bottom 4 side that we couldn’t quite kick away from.

 

[Daniels2Heatley]

For a 'go-to' player Bonner's decision making is atrocious man

17 turnovers wtf lol

After his supposedly impressive off season I asked my Port supporter mate why he got delisted. His response was straight to the point "he's weak as f**king piss and turns to over with any pressure". Besides that courageous mark he took I think third quarter, pretty much everything else today confirmed those comments

 

[LennyHayes77]

You could tell we panicked in the last. Slowed it down when we should have gone quick and went quick when we should have slowed it down. That'll come with more experience from our young core.

I said it before and I'll say it again. Making a debutant come into the game in the 4th quarter, especially in a tight game, (see Collard/Hastie) is the wrong move. He didn't look too bad, but you could tell the game was a bit quick for him. Give our debutants 3 quarters to build into the game.

Windhager a bit too defensive this week. Needed to show the flair he did against the pies.

Owens needs to hire Harry McKay

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Harry Mckay

Age

26

Ht

200cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

2.4

2star

M

5.5

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.4

5star

D

6.6

1star

K

4.6

2star

HB

2.0

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

2star

G

1.4

5star

D

8.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.0

2star

M

4.4

4star

T

0.8

3star

G

2.0

5star

's goal kicking coach, he's turned it around this year. If he's going to be getting several set shots a game he needs to nail them!

 

[tomjoad]

I am so proud of the strides our club is taken toward a new era. new talent, better gameplan and we're in pretty much every game.

Crouch being out made the decision around our midfield fairly simple in the short term...but the question around Steele is still there.

Can he lead us in the way we need him to? When the game closes up, who can we count on?
It's a consistent question, and it hasn't been answered yet.

This, 100%
I don't think, and haven't thought for quite some time, that he is up to it.
A leader, perhaps...
Captain, No.

 

[okeydoke7]

Lots of talk about the points we kicked. But that’s completely overlooking the 4-5 shots which didn’t even score.

Bonner has become a whipping boy, and whip I will. Disgraceful blazing away.

Without King, we are rudderless ahead of the ball and our inside 50s turn to crap.

That’s as disappointing a loss as there comes. They bite you by the end of the season.

It was always a danger given how many young players we were playing, but to lose in that fashion is so disappointing.

And we deserved to lose after that horrible last quarter.

 

[paddygunner]

Owen’s really burnt his captain in the last qtr.. streaming through i50 unmarked.

 

[kernelT]

Phillipou topping the pressure acts, 6 tackles & 8 score involvements is pleasing.

 

[kernelT]

How did max get a week and banjo Draper not get one for his ugly shite?

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Butler may have been an obvious selection, but it was a safe selection. He has more experience but is underdone and not in form. I don't think he impacted today's game at all. Collard and Hastie have been sent into a cauldron for one quarter each, but I believe (based on this year so far) that Collard, Garcia, Hastie or even Arie would've given more over a full game than what Butler gave today.

Look at the start of last year, the kids carried us for the first month or so.

It's a bit like Crouch in round 1, sometimes the safe option can backfire. I'd rather be brave and stuff up than be safe and get the same result.

Those guys are barely even noticeable at VFL level.
We'll never know the answer, but i think your wrong.

 

[stfan]

Glad we got rid of Ratts

Would have beena 50 point thumping under Ratts.

 

[Diehard Saint]

If the umps did their job, oh God man you need to get a grip, I'm guessing you will give me a week off for this

I’m usually one of the first to blame the umps, but tbh don’t think they had all that much of a say. Did miss some, but probably both ways.

 

[tomjoad]

As I feared at half time those Webster and King suspensions probably cost us a win, with them in the team we probably win that game.

They have a lot to make up for when they return, King needs to kick Plugger style bags and Webster needs to play like a peak Luke Hodge.

I can cop injuries, that's not those players fault but getting suspended when we are short on numbers in unforgiveable.

I'll give you Webster's uncharacteristic hit, that was an epic brain fart; and made JWeb look stupid, but King's suspension was just knee jerk shite by that ex Magpie tool, and the tribunal. At most it should have been a fine.

 

[Saint Shags]

Well at least I got the tip right.

Can have all the speed in the world but you need blokes who can use the ball and put their head over the ball and not worry about contact.
Would have been nice had we not fluffed around with it.
We seem to like to burn/ignore our young blokes when free. It was Wilson's turn this week. Made plenty of runs into space and not utilised at all!

 

[stfan]

I know Bonner is the scapegoat but he had plenty of mates.

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Three quarters of our team were poor today.

Roma could have been BOG, but butchered the ball all game.

If there was one piece of play that summed up our game, it was Roma's Banana Kick at goal. Since when he is a Banana Kick Maestro?

He should have just gone back and slotted it like normal.


That bit of play was what three quarters of our team just dished up all night. Poor decisions, poor execution, fumbles and general lack of team play. It was like they were all out for a lark.

 

[ScrappyDo]

Anyone missing Dougal yet?

Nope.

 

[The Boar]

We were f**king awful, I hope RTB blow torches every player out there.

Struggling for any positivity outside of Marshall. We generally lose to Essendon, this was par for the course

 

[StPiper]

Would have beena 50 point thumping under Ratts.

 

[Joffaboy]

We are miles off it I reckon.

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[gubby88]

We are miles off it I reckon.

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I don't think so, we were missing arguably 7 best today. Last week we played far better.

 

[Miha]

We are miles off it I reckon.

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The exploration continues I reckon

 

[stfan]

I read an article this week that's us going after a quality mid through free agency in the next 18 months is a priority.

Problem is we are most unlikely to land such a player. History has them picking other clubs.

 

[BrutThough]

Can't play a debutant as sub again.

Hastie looked like he had some legs but struggled to impact. Not fair on the team or Angus.

We had no other options, unless we made Campbell the sub.

We are down to only kids who haven't played a game or didn't have a disposal in the game they played.