Autopsy 2024 Rd 5 Blundering Blues give game away to Crows
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10% of our list Marchbank, Martin, McGov and Cunners are perennially injured. Followed by Mirkov and Akusi who will never play in the ones. Then Doc with his knees and cancer. Walsh’s back (and Hewetts) that can flare up any moment. And Cerra is looking to have a soft tissue problem now too.
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I thought he was pretty good but we look a better balanced team with 1 ruck + McKay, both in the midfield and with how our f50 operates
Our centre bounce clearance work was abysmal today and is a big concern.
Neither Pitto or TDK were that effective at the centre bounces, and the few occasions our midfielders got their hands on the ball it was taken away by the Crows.
Neither Pitto or TDK were that effective at the centre bounces, and the few occasions our midfielders got their hands on the ball it was taken away by the Crows.
They did last year, they haven't this year. He has to be dropped on the back of that performance.
Need to be able to stick tackles. 4 of the worst broken tackles you'll ever see in a game of footy, including the one that ultimately cost us the game. Had the Crows player dead to rights with minutes to go and just bounced completely off him. Crows player bombs it long, Kemp drops the mark and the rest is history.
Not as black and white as we are where we should be.
We're just scraping over the line against teams we should be putting away by 4-5 goals minimum and now we've lost a game against a team we also should've put away.
Along with that we have a sizeable injury list ( a quarter of the list) 5 games into a 23 game season and we've already had a bye.
Things are not going well imo.
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Yep the defenders in particular were already cooked early on, due to having to work overtime last week.
Because we have won games doesn't mask the underlying issues about the way we're playing. Tough 5 weeks coming up and injuries galore.
I agree tdk got absolutely hammered pitto was good and anyone who says otherwise doesn’t know footy .. overrated tdk
Probably the most frustrating part is that Boyd is for mine under-utilised in this sense…
He is a relative unknown in AFL circles, if I was coach I would be directing us to get the ball in Boyd’s hands at every opportunity. But often just seems to be handed a minor defensive role.
McGovern is also an elite kick but when you see Boyd effortlessly delivering bullets like that, you realise that blokes like Newman (for all his good qualities) are so far off the pace in that regard. Neat kicks don’t hurt the opposition.
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It's perfectly reasonable to be disappointed after a loss
It's perfectly reasonable to point out reasons (perceived, opinion or fact) why we lost
You can disagree but this is a community and we welcome a broad range of opinion, not just positive ones.
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That was hardly worth the reply. Why is it so hard to acknowledge that we haven't been anywhere near our best this season? I know other teams have lost games, but there are several who have shown far better form than us. One of them we are facing next week.
I know we are capable and we see glimpses game to game, but I just don't know what it is about this team that we can't string it together.
Part of an autopsy thread, especially after a loss, is to dissect what has happened and what can be improved on. Doing the whole 'nothing to see here' every week, isn't helpful. It's not like I'm posting hysterically.
Agree not sure why we went back to Pitto today made zero sense.
He is too one dimensional, we need to find that 2nd ruck option behind TDK and it is not Pittonet.
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Yeah have we forgotten last year already? Bad loss but no need to declare season over already
I want to see boyd fwd for a game
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Because you troll everyone on there, make a bad name for all our supporters, then don't front up to take the well deserved stick that is coming your way.
Again, state a position rather than analysis after a loss
I had us 13-16 wins for the year.
Where do you see our range?
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Their mids showed up ours big time today (and last year for that matter)...
it was like adults against kids...
not only are they faster but they appeared to be stronger as well
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Serious Question…
Based on the first 5 games…
Are we really as good as we think we are?
Based on the first 5 games…
Are we really as good as we think we are?
Replacing Cerra with Pittonet is a fairly arrogant call to make. No respect to the opposition
And on Pitto, what on earth do they see in him?
I really hope that was the "loss we needed" because there's a lot of complacency out there right now.
Our small forwards are lazy and ineffective. Allowed their men to waltz past them in attack all night. Horrid
And on Pitto, what on earth do they see in him?
I really hope that was the "loss we needed" because there's a lot of complacency out there right now.
Our small forwards are lazy and ineffective. Allowed their men to waltz past them in attack all night. Horrid
Weitering was poor, as were the rest of our defence, but problem was tactical. We were set up for the long ball, but Crows refused to do it all game.
They took the short kick every time and constantly found players in space. We failed to adjust until late into the second half but damage was done. Lacked pressure at the source, gave up the corridor and the short kick too easily, and we paid for it.
Walker is far too good a player to give that much space without pressure up the field, nevermind Rachele and Rankine.
They took the short kick every time and constantly found players in space. We failed to adjust until late into the second half but damage was done. Lacked pressure at the source, gave up the corridor and the short kick too easily, and we paid for it.
Walker is far too good a player to give that much space without pressure up the field, nevermind Rachele and Rankine.
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