Autopsy Derby 49: Too much weights, not enough speed work. - Rd 4, 2019

[Rion]

Good performance ruined by disastrous skills. Really like the games of Mundy and Tabs and I reckon Brayshaw is building into the season nicely. Losing Hamling hurt. Thought the group did a great job putting WC off their game after the first quarter. Obviously a really great spirit around the lads to stand up so well without Fyfe.

In saying all that I'm still worried. Some might argue we're close but our skills aren't going to improve without enormous effort which (so far at least) we don't seem to be willing to put in. Skills aren't just something you can easily add on-top imo. I'll be mighty disappointed if we come out of this rebuild with exactly the same problems that contributed to us sinking into it.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Completely shat the bed in the first quarter and it cost us.

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Pretty much. We looked scared of them early and had no composure at all. The rest of the game we were the better team but butchered it as usual, couldn’t score as usual and 4 points goes begging.
Mundy stood up like a champion.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

What to make of that? What we're trying to do can clearly work; some of the ball movement was great in patches - but the good work is completely undone by bad goalkicking and shitty decision making. We also look inexplicably cooked when the ball goes to ground. Mundy immense, McCarthy, Walters, Brayshaw, Cerra (after an ordinary start), Lobb (ditto) all serviceable.

Structure is where Ross does deserve an absolute bollocking; Hogan in the goalsquare and Tabs at high CHF is clearly the best set-up for us, but we didn't settle on that until it was far too late.

I'm done with Wilson - backline needed a cool head and some greater leadership when Hamling went down and he was nowhere to be seen. Peel next week please.

 

[Deathly]

Thought we were better to watch today than in R2 and R3 despite the skill errors and loss.

 

[Lach72]

Didn’t lose by 10 goals.
The Eagles were massively off.

Our skills are so poor I honestly despair we’ll ever go anywhere.

So mind bogglingly putrid

 

[wayToGo_]

Mundy deserved the medal in a landslide. He was BOG by a mile. 23 contested possies (next best was 14), 10 clearances (next best was 7 and that was Hickey ffs).

 

[Freo Big Fella]

And I'm completely at a loss whether to pat Taberner on the back or maul him for that performance. So frustrating.

 

[Sweetback]

I thought we were good. Lots to like. It’s the kind of season I was at least hoping for – showing enough to feel like we’re progressing with a young list.

 

[Ysaye]

1. I thought Hogan showed signs of getting back to his authoritative best and his attack on the ball was amazing.
2. We ran the game out okay which was good; I thought we would crumble endurance wise in the third quarter.
3. I like what Switkowski does; gets to a lot of contests, tackles and was dangerous although he can clearly be.
4. McCarthy and Taberner still getting on the scoreboard. McCarthy was a bit in and out and Taberner did some kicks that were awful but they weren't the worst.
5. Mundy put in a huge effort at the end, as did A. Pearce and Walters I thought.
6. Five-star effort one-star skill level (FEOSL) medals go to:
-Andy Brayshaw;
-Reece Conca; and
-Ed Langdon.

 

[Lach72]

I'm done with Wilson - backline needed a cool head and some greater leadership when Hamling went down and he was nowhere to be seen. Peel next week please.

So much this.

He’s too loose on his man and he’s soft as butter and his second efforts are non-existent


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[Unique Name]

Tabs............. A few too many brain fades tonight, but still our most dangerous forward. Probably a C+ for the game, cost us a bit too much IMO.

20 disposals
8 marks (3 contested marks - 4 marks i50)
5 tackles
2 goals 3 behinds 2 or 3 complete misses. Should have been at least 4 goals.

 

[westy1]

ill take that
Mundy is possibly in the top 3 dockers ever, definitely top 5 IMHO love the guy
Conca,Hughes and Im sorry but Tabs lack the class to be premiership players,best part is we have ready replacements when fit
Tabs as good as he was tonight, but flag winners kick those goals and take those clutch marks on the attack under pressure when they have to
onwards and upwards

 

[Scham]

Good effort but we need more than that if we want to go anywhere.

Our skills have not been good enough for a long time.

Our forward line is still a shambles and has been for a long time.

We were lucky with the umps.

Mundy was awesome though.

 

[StingBitten]

The first quarter was not the game plan at all, the boys were s**t scared.

The difference was a fully fit Fyfe, accuracy, 22 players on the field and maybe one or two hard tackling pressure nuts that we don't have on our list anymore.

 

[westy1]

So much this.

He’s too loose on his man and he’s soft as butter and his second efforts are non-existent


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been out of sorts this year so far but im not jumping off him just yet

 

[Freo Big Fella]

And as a final petty positive; their full strength side basically struggled to put away what's essentially our reserves while we played like absolute dross.

Flag or not, they're still a mob of downhill skiers; better sides should be able to skewer them if they don't let them play the game on their terms.

 

[Lach72]

Can’t believe Mundy wasn’t the medallist tbh

 

[PintofPale]

Can mods please change the thread title - 'girls' should not be used as a insult

 

[Deathly]

The first quarter was not the game plan at all, the boys were s**t scared.

The difference was a fully fit Fyfe

The difference was a starting midfield of Darcy, Fyfe, Blakley, and SHill

 

[Van_Dyke]

also lol @ complaints about umpiring from some of the Eagles fans “Freo fans should never complain about umpiring again.”

Apparently one game makes up for 15 years of them having by far the most frees...

 

[tonygeeks]

I was almost certain the Eagles would be a bit flat for this after last week and we could jump them , that was miles off unfortunately. We were always going to out up a fight in those conditions that really were made for the team we had in.

All I expect as a fan is to see the boys fight hard so I was happy with that but I wouldn't read too much into it as far as bridging the gap between the 2 sides


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[Lach72]

I can’t understand how we’re getting absolutely towelled in the clearances and Cerra still can’t get a run in there.

 

[jedi mind tricks]

Can’t believe Mundy wasn’t the medallist tbh

It's pretty much and all egirls panel who vote

 

[Taylor]

But for one extra player with clean hands or better kicks...

 

[Unique Name]

Mundy you are a bloody legend and boy are we going to miss you when you do hang up your boots in 5yrs time.

BOG by a mile.