Autopsy Round 23, 2019: Sydney v St.Kilda *2019 PRIDE GAME*

[Pardon me]

3/22!
Sorry, not in the mood to be cheered up, too busy “enjoying” my sulk.
Maybe tomorrow!

Add Steele, so 4!
I understand how you feel mate, but a number of results this year would be markedly different with straight goal kicking.
We aren’t as far off as many are lamenting - before people start up: I’m not saying our issues don’t run deep, especially with personnel and skills - but straight kicking will dramatically increase your chances of winning.

 

[bergholt]

He wasn’t on his pat.

Well, he kinda was - every player on the ground had more touches than he did.

 

[plugger66]

Mentally weak.

Training and development.

Boring

 

[plugger66]

Well, he kinda was - every player on the ground had more touches than he did.

Plenty went missing though

 

[Noidenous]

Plenty went missing though

And that makes it all okay.

 

[DavyRed]

Guys, I just wanted to congratulate your club, players and officials on the way they conducted themselves today in what was obviously a very emotional day for the Swans. Very classy and respectful from all involved.

 

[Noidenous]

Boring

But realistic.

 

[plugger66]

Dixon is an incompetent tool. Hired because he himself was a reasonable kick at goal. Doesn't mean he can teach others.Clearly he can't.

Another exanple of a club believing that just because someone played at the highest level they are qualified to do the job. Elshaug made a career out of that false premise until he ran into Satan.

Good way of getting elshaug into it. Seriously

 

[NarklesHelmet]

It doesn't, but apparently our recruiters deliberately seek players with said lack of skill.

That’s the problem with people who just point to the players as the whole problem because they “lack skill.”

In a draft based competition like ours, it is impossible to draft a whole list of unskilled players. And when I mean impossible, I mean it almost literally: even the world’s most incompetent recruiting staff couldn’t possibly comprise a list of players completely lacking in skill like so many in our list appear to be.

Lack of skill (under pressure or not) across a whole playing list - especially one with the same head coach and many coaches for a number of years - falls at the feet of the coaches mainly. It’s just not logical to think that we, against all probability, managed to draft so many poorly skilled players.

They were trained to value certain things like tackling, headless chook pressure and being “strong in the contest” over composure and skill for many years. What we see now is just the fruit of this poor coaching and development.

 

[The_Steadier]

Anything goes this trade period
No sentimental faves

So you're onboard with my marshall out, goldy and taranto in idea then?

 

[Premium]

Just felt to me a few players know they are finished at the club.

 

[plugger66]

So you're onboard with my marshall out, goldy and taranto in idea then?

As in the tv show almost anything goes. That would be as stupid as recruiting Rowe again next season

 

[Noidenous]

Just felt to me a few players know they are finished at the club.

So they should.

 

[plugger66]

Just felt to me a few players know they are finished at the club.

Looked like the last game of the season to me. Seen many like that over the years.

 

[Premium]

Any truth in the story that Brown is retired.

 

[The_Steadier]

As in the tv show almost anything goes. That would be as stupid as recruiting Rowe again next season

Our problem is players pluggs- you believe this.
How many years away are we from assembling a top 4 best 22 do you think?

 

[Saintos The ITK]

So you're onboard with my marshall out, goldy and taranto in idea then?

If it makes the Saints better and a shot at a premiership I don’t give a *

 

[StCicatriz]

And the sooner you get off that hobby horse the better. We lose today. Finnis fault. We build a fantastic facility. Well done players.

Thank christ we are a construction company then hey...

Where your job is to build fantastic infrastructure.

 

[kernelT]

Any truth in the story that Brown is retired.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Hope not

 

[StCicatriz]

Any truth in the story that Brown is retired.

I'd rather retire carlisle tbh

 

[plugger66]

Thank christ we are a construction company then hey...

Where your job is to build fantastic infrastructure.

No apparently it’s his job to fix the skills of the players. See it’s easy to change to words to make comments look silly

 

[BrutThough]

That's not bad luck, if you allow your opponent to take shots from easier spots than other sides… they'll have better accuracy.

I paraphrased it a bit, but part of it was our opposition kicked above their expected accuracy than if they were taking those exact same shots in other games. This includes large amounts of shots taken from angles and distances they weren't expected to kick it from and from spots on other games they didn't kick the goal from.

So this wasn't about them getting shots from easier spots but about them kicking more accurately from that same spot in games against us than in every other game this year.

 

[plugger66]

Our problem is players pluggs- you believe this.
How many years away are we from assembling a top 4 best 22 do you think?

Between 2 and infinity

 

[kernelT]

Well, he kinda was - every player on the ground had more touches than he did.

I think long needs a year at sandy playing as a mid and learning how to hunt the footy... probably Parker too, we can’t be competitive with a player getting 6 touches and 1 or 2 tackles every second week.

What made it worse today was that he spent time at half back where the ball is easiest to find.