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Ive ben following port since the 60's i never have turned of my TV at all watching their games.
I reckon i have turned it of more times under hinkley than i can remember. This guy is a sorry sight
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Maybe it was the same day travel, but the team looked lethargic throughout. Still, good teams find a way to be competitive in a loss.
That was dog s**t bad last night. The effort, energy, & desire that’s required at elite level just wasn’t there...it was piss weak & unacceptable.
One of the more infuriating things supporters are forced to swallow, is watching Ken continually look like a 90 year old Alzheimer patient when his team is literally getting torn apart before his very eyes in another uncompetitive effort.
A ruthless Coach would have immediately dragged Hammer off the ground after his undisciplined act & read him the riot act. Instead, we get a timid, deer in the headlights like stare into nothingness.
That was dog s**t bad last night. The effort, energy, & desire that’s required at elite level just wasn’t there...it was piss weak & unacceptable.
One of the more infuriating things supporters are forced to swallow, is watching Ken continually look like a 90 year old Alzheimer patient when his team is literally getting torn apart before his very eyes in another uncompetitive effort.
A ruthless Coach would have immediately dragged Hammer off the ground after his undisciplined act & read him the riot act. Instead, we get a timid, deer in the headlights like stare into nothingness.
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When Marshall was slow getting up in the first quarter (think he copped one on the nose) I immediately thought of this.
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The team apparently thought we were playing Sunday as well…..they never turned up!!
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I was always a "stay to the bitter end" type, and love to share a chuckle at the Crow supporters rushing to the exits at 3/4 time. I couldn't stomach last night though just because of the inevitability of what was to come. The only change to the script is we didn't make it a little more respectable in the last, perhaps that's a good thing.
If you'd told me at the end that we'd had more i50s, and two of our midfield had almost 70 between them, I'd have assumed we'd won respectably, not been thrashed.
Dermott & Healy together suck the life out of a call until it feels like a game of lawn bowls.
FishingRick04
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I don’t mind dermie Healy urgh
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Good game preparation pathetic this s**t happens
FishingRick04
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Probably the AFL mandated charter. I didn’t think flights left until 6am?
They didn't have to walk to Brisbane. I do understand that it's far from ideal having to travel on the same day but we were doing it early last season with no problem.
yeah, that's just ridiculous.
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Don't no mate should be over their at least 24 hours before hand
If this happened you're getting out of bed at around 2.30-3.00am And that's even if you managed to get to sleep at all with the anxiety causing your brain to run at a million miles per hour.
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No excuses but that's right we were literally walking zombies
When did we arrive in Perth?
FishingRick04
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I don’t think Perth was same day travel. A poster yesterday said we had to travel same day, AFL require due to Covid outbreak at the airport
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We need to be mindful that we are 5-2 with an equal record to what we were last year when we finished top when comparing the corresponding fixtures from last season. So all is not lost.
That being said, we also need to be astutely aware that what we dished up last night was nothing short of unacceptable. I'm glad the Magpies had such a convincing win today because that should put pressure on a few players for spots in the Showdown.
I didn't think we were flat in terms of running - the Telstra Tracker numbers are consistent with what other teams have produced on the Gabba this season. My concern comes from simply not being willing to play to the conditions. The Gabba is notoriously a quick end to end oval, and it is always dewy and slippery at night time. It is a wet weather game at night even in dry conditions if that makes sense. And yet, we always seem to play there at night as if we are trying to play at Marvel stadium on a perfect dry crisp oval. I also think we came in too tall in the forward line in hindsight. Take a guy like Marshall for instance. He was getting in all the right places, but every single time when the game was on the line in the first half, he fumbled, dropped an easy mark, or turned the ball over. Our big men are no where near as clean with the ball as our small brigade, but even then a guy like Motlop for instance has consistently shown he's not a wet weather specialist, neither is Woodcock, and when you're trying to carry so many players, you're left with a pretty insipid performance like the one we saw last night.
The lack of contested ball along with a lack of tackles is somewhat disturbing. It also is extremely uncharacteristic, so it's not something I'm going to say is a worrying trend (because it isn't). But it's something to keep an eye out for in coming weeks and should be an internal focus so it doesn't become a trend going forward.
The league has never been so volatile in terms of performance variance, so dare I say I won't be surprised if we see another one or two of these types of games from us this season either.
That being said, we also need to be astutely aware that what we dished up last night was nothing short of unacceptable. I'm glad the Magpies had such a convincing win today because that should put pressure on a few players for spots in the Showdown.
I didn't think we were flat in terms of running - the Telstra Tracker numbers are consistent with what other teams have produced on the Gabba this season. My concern comes from simply not being willing to play to the conditions. The Gabba is notoriously a quick end to end oval, and it is always dewy and slippery at night time. It is a wet weather game at night even in dry conditions if that makes sense. And yet, we always seem to play there at night as if we are trying to play at Marvel stadium on a perfect dry crisp oval. I also think we came in too tall in the forward line in hindsight. Take a guy like Marshall for instance. He was getting in all the right places, but every single time when the game was on the line in the first half, he fumbled, dropped an easy mark, or turned the ball over. Our big men are no where near as clean with the ball as our small brigade, but even then a guy like Motlop for instance has consistently shown he's not a wet weather specialist, neither is Woodcock, and when you're trying to carry so many players, you're left with a pretty insipid performance like the one we saw last night.
The lack of contested ball along with a lack of tackles is somewhat disturbing. It also is extremely uncharacteristic, so it's not something I'm going to say is a worrying trend (because it isn't). But it's something to keep an eye out for in coming weeks and should be an internal focus so it doesn't become a trend going forward.
The league has never been so volatile in terms of performance variance, so dare I say I won't be surprised if we see another one or two of these types of games from us this season either.
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Who did you hear that from? Bassett said on Friday they were going to leave at 8:30 saturday morning.
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Like John Aloisi telling Mark Schwarzer which side his Uruguayan clubmates place their penalties, except the shirt stays on.
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TheBrownDog
Please don't make me sit through that fixture again
Stop trying to hang our hats on the Richmond game. They have so few games outside Victoria they don’t care too much about them during the Hone & away. Like last year if we somehow get Richmond at home during finals they’ll be a different proposition. We are 0 from 2 away against decent opponents. With vaccinations underway we aren’t somehow getting the GF at AO so we actually will have to win at least one (and given our losses more likely 3) games away against quality opposition. We’ve shown so far this year we are not anywhere near being able to do this.
