Autopsy R4 Fremantle v Essendon - Positives and Negatives

[bomberman500]

Why didn't you guys play Thurlow? I would have thought with Paddy out he was a logical replacement.

dont take notice of the VFL enough but maybe bomber considers him not ready (even though any recognised ruckmen would have been better against sadi and clarke), as good as he is hopefully going to be watching sandi destroy joe derp in the ruck just had me shaking my head.

also not to sure on how the rookie promotion system works but I dont think we have anybody on the long term injury list to be able to upgrade a rookie. Ryder will be back next week and TBC is 2-3 away I think

 

[Okinakashi]

Not sure how I forgot...

Huge Positive - I got to shake hands with THE Keplar Bradley...

then a nearly 10 goal win - does a day get any better than that!??

 

[Parasite]

Pav kicking goals from 60+ out sailing over the goal umpires head.

 

[Dark Wee]

+ I was busy yesterday and get to go home and watch this game for the first time.

 

[MrBomb]

by your own player?

I meant that as the negative, that Mundy got sniped by friendly fire.

 

[Randomizor]

Pav kicking goals from 60+ out sailing over the goal umpires head.

That was an incredible kick. Even Essendon fans were secretly in awe

 

[Beetlebum]

Positives:
The form of Hilly and DPearce.
The 3rd quarter goal blitz.
Sandilands putting in a big shift in hot conditions, while Lethal's favourite ruckman played like a spud down at Geelong on his big day.
Having ZacD back in defence allowed McPharlin, Duffman and Johnson to do what they do best.
A good spread of goal kickers, yet again, not just leaving it to a few.

Negatives:
Can't find many really, Mundy getting sniped by friendly fire is about it.
Little Josh didn't get the goal his performance deserved.

 

[PantaloonRazorblade]

A couple of times we had Hill, PearceD and Simpson starting outside the centre square on the wings.

Saw Sutcliffe (?) holding Hill's opponent at arm's length allowing Hill to get space and run into space.

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[The Anchorite]

Don't get technical...

It was strange, normally its McPharlin getting taken out. With Ryder not playing he must have subconsciously felt something was missing.

 

[go_the_dockers]

A couple of times we had Hill, PearceD and Simpson starting outside the centre square on the wings.

Saw Sutcliffe (?) holding Hill's opponent at arm's length allowing Hill to get space and run into space.

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That is great to see.

 

[Purple Suit]

Hope it doesn't get looked at. We are freo

It better not get looked at as it was just a high tackle that occurs 20 times a game. It was a free kick but it was only high since Sandi is a giant. He was trying to get low and had a lot of speed up but just couldn't get down. Coyler also turned to protect his vital organs, so it was in his back too.

Lucky McPharlin took out Mundy as he would probably be get a week off or two if it was an Essendon player out of the game with concussion. Can't wait till they change the rule next year and all contact with any player's head gets looked at. It's a slippery slope and we've started going down the slide already.

 

[pavsbootlace]

I was trying to work this out the other day. does he seem to be getting the hard tag he's got in the past?

Not so far, however he hasn't come up against teams known for running a hard tag on him (or hard tags in general).

Geelong and Sydney have done this before. As have West Coast. But in my opinion he is reaching the point where he is now untaggable.

Hocking was following Hill for the remainder of the game after Mundy went off. Hill didn't get as much of the footy with Hocking on his tail but interestingly, that was when he kicked his two goals. Generally seems to have had a longer leash this year.

Western Bulldogs tagged him pretty hard in the NAB cup (if that's worth mentioning).

EDIT - just rewatched the third quarter and Hocking isn't tagging Hill.

2nd Edit - Hocking only following Hill sporadically in the final quarter.

 

[pavsbootlace]

I really enjoyed watching Lachie Neale at the stoppages. He put a lot of work into keeping Hocking away from Mundy (and later on Hill), as well as winning a stack of clearances himself.

 

[FreoRicci]

Another positives: D. Pearce seems to know better about his own abilities. Think he tried to weave freakish magic a bit too often last year, mostly in front of goals. Doing it only when highly likely to be successful this year which makes him a better player.

4 more goals and will equal the total he kicked in all of 25 games last year..

 

[BenBenTheDegen]

This is a positive.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

My girlfriend loves Zac Clarke - a bit too much for a lesbian tbh. But then again if Zac's her kind of man... then I can totally see why she's a lesbian.

When all is said and done it is a total waste.

 

[Simmofreo]

Just finished watching the game again. I love Clarke up forward. They should have played him closer to goal. He has great strong hands, and needs to kick some like the one he kicked in that last quarter.

Tabs actually did better than I thought. He almost took about 5 more contested marks and had his arm illegally chopped on 4 of those occasions. All were 20metres out. Much different discussion if he had got those frees he deserved.

And Simpson looks Silky. Hope we keep playing him because he can only get better!!! Bring on the swans

 

[scon]

Possibly not from all points of view Fred.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

Congrats on the win, proved the doubters wrong after the hawks game...
A perfect example to show people who dont believe in the importance of ruckmen in todays game.
Pressure unbelievable.
I think the outs from both teams cancelled each other out in the end (prob only us having no ruckmen really hurt us)
hopefully we see you in september... hopefully at etihad!!

That would be acceptable to us unless there is another ground that Demetriou thinks you may have a better chance at.

 

[Simmofreo]

That would be acceptable to us unless there is another ground that Demetriou thinks you may have a better chance at.

Tassy

 

[ImperialPurple]

When all is said and done it is a total waste.

Not from my point of view, it's not at all. I view many straight women as a 'total waste'... Poor them - they know not what they are missing.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

Not from my point of view, it's not at all. I view many attractive straight women as a 'total waste' - and I often even pity them... for they know not what they are missing. But that's a whole other story.

Do not know what to say to that, really.

 

[Ripper]

Well , my wife is bi sexual , She has sex twice a year.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

Well , my wife is bi sexual , She has sex twice a year.

Could be worse . It could be Bi annual .

 

[greatgatsby]

Not from my point of view, it's not at all. I view many straight women as a 'total waste'... Poor them - they know not what they are missing.

Too right ... don't spread the word though