Game Day Round 1: GWS v Essendon, Sydney Showgrounds, Sunday 24/3/19, 3.20pm

[Vindicater]

I wonder if they did any skills work over the summer?

From watching other games I don't think anyone did any skills work over summer.

 

[Its Manbearpig]

We are reaaaally bad.. hope weve saved alot of energy doing nothing in the first half

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Bunch of losers.

 

[Gabe251]

some of the worst, fumbling football i've seen us play in a couple of years.

 

[scyth]

We’re a joke.

It’s like no one’s touched a football since August.

It’s a loss. Onto the Saints.

 

[dnbassador]

Nothings changed from last year [emoji31]

 

[DapperDon]

Another red time shot due to our non existent defensive running.

Time to make some big calls, not based off names, if you aren't prepared to run both ways you can play in the reserves. Applies from captain down to rookie spot player on 32k a year.

If the coach isn't prepared to make the tough calls, we get one who is.

Sorry Hepp, i'm sick of waiting no more ****ing patience here.

 

[quotemokc]

can't, or haven't?

Both

 

[Stopher]

Murphy's ****ing law atm. Been competitive for stretches but nothing going right. Some real tough calls against too.

Long way back from here but still a half to play.

 

[Andronicus]

Let's look at the positives.......

 

[quotemokc]

Murphy's ******* law atm. Been competitive for stretches but nothing going right. Some real tough calls against too.

Long way back from here but still a half to play.

Where have we been competitive?

 

[puntingdude22]

Don't play francis legit can't run

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Did anyone hear what Heppel said before the bounce "We just win the ball and get it forward"

You then hear Davis and he's all like "We are going to crack in hard"

 

[ghostdog]

17 points to half time is a joke. We're clearly not up to standard. Not sure who's responsible for conditioning and I can accept needing to blow the cobwebs out, but to be struggling to even get to the ball is unacceptable. I hzven't seen our Round 1 from looking this poor for years. And we somehow think we're finals bound. What a f****** joke.

 

[citizen-erased]

We can't kick, we can't tackle, we can't run..... we can't do anything

We give free away pretty well

Give too much space to opposition, dont make our own, jog far too much, second to the ball, or we dont want it in contested situations
Garbage fwd line that we dont kick to either
Just no intensity yet again
Francis, Ridley, McGrath, Smith and tippa the only ones really showing anything.

 

[Andronicus]

........ but still a half to play.

Unfortunately.

 

[Cup_o_Jobe]

It's one thing to watch the team get beaten by a better mob. Quite another to watch the team look disinterested, half-hearted, timid. Just disgusting to watch. No one playing for each other.

 

[Gabe251]

Let's look at the positives.......

The riddler looks good?

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

If he keeps this up, he will deserve his place along side Nick Gill, Trent Hentschel, Jarrad Grant, & Patrick McGinnity in below average players kicking a bag against us best 22.

Let’s not forget Blues Matthew Watson

 

[Red Black and Blue]

We need Stringer in the middle badly, our inside kids are softer than a new mattress. Play Laverde, **** off Brown who has no tricks outside of accuracy.

 

[Mercurial89]

Bunch of losers.

So supportive.

 

[Stopher]

Ok. We are ****ing shit. Sack the coach. Start the rebuild already. Saints by 100 next week.

Better?

 

[JDavey]

I hope this is just a blowing off the cobwebs things because we genuinely look bottom 4 contenders based on this game. Heppell, Francis and Fantasia the only ones looking capable of a contested mark. We cannot pick up a ball off the ground, hit a handball target cleanly or kick to player advantage. Seem to be out worked all the way around the ground. The only place we are first to ball is at a stoppage and then we are content to follow.

We don't look conditioned, we don't look skilled and we don't look like we have a good structure. What did we do in our off season?

As an aside what are the umpires doing? Missing throws and letting players drop the ball at the end of tackles. They needed a longer pre season just as bad as us

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

A lot of time, effort, , money spent on this team to see us sitting dead last after round one.

 

[JayJ20]

17 points in a whole half of football is unacceptable. The warning signs were there in the JLT.

After our beginning last year, we're the team that should have been the most prepared for round 1.