Oppo Camp The Non-North Footy Discussion & Matchday Chat Thread (NNFD&MCT) VIII

[giantroo]

 

[Disco Dew]

Nasty. Poor bloke

 

[The Talent Scout]

Winless Lions at the Gabba next up for 'pies, not an easy job, ha ha.

While the Lions are winless, from what I've seen so far they will decapitate the Pies at the Gabba and the "champs" will be under the pump a little bit, not because they could be 0-3 but because apart from "patches" here and there, they are not playing good football. There positioning, lack of structure and their champion defence is to put it nicely not coping very well at all. Make no bones about it the Lions will be ready to take the Pies out and prove that they were lucky to win the Grand Final last year.

 

[ferball]

Higgins goal was 100% out of bounds. Wasnt even close.
Shocking umpiring. (Still is prior to making contact, so ball travelled even further out)
View attachment 1935100
Decent kick though.

I dunno if the ball is out in that image.

 

[ferball]

Ball was not OOB at that point. Draw a vertical line from the outer edge of the boundary line opposite Higgin's foot and some of the ball is still inbounds.

Yep, perspective is fooling people.

 

[Cyber_punk]

While the Lions are winless, from what I've seen so far they will decapitate the Pies at the Gabba and the "champs" will be under the pump a little bit, not because they could be 0-3 but because apart from "patches" here and there, they are not playing good football. There positioning, lack of structure and their champion defence is to put it nicely not coping very well at all. Make no bones about it the Lions will be ready to take the Pies out and prove that they were lucky to win the Grand Final last year.

Season over for the loser

 

[Billy Not Really]

That’s honestly a lucky outcome for him.

He straight up landed on the back of his neck with that one, he could’ve been paralyzed or suffered a broken neck.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Maybe jimmy csucker Webster can replace him

Oh wait….

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Ball was not OOB at that point. Draw a vertical line from the outer edge of the boundary line opposite Higgin's foot and some of the ball is still inbounds.

Ignoring the part where I said he hadnt made contact yet and the ball moved further out.

 

[Masked Avenger]

That’s honestly a lucky outcome for him.

He straight up landed on the back of his neck with that one, he could’ve been paralyzed or suffered a broken neck.

The other small blessing for him is that he will have plenty of time to recover from what appeared to be a pretty heavy concussion.

 

[The acurate one]

Sheesh some harsh thoughts on last night's two combatants, on here I do mean.
What stood out for me was both sides ability to take contested marks across the ground and their respective crumbing forwards. Loving what Henry is doing, wish we had him.

 

[Mixed Results]

I wanted to go early on this call after round zero, but it looks like the ancient trio of Mitchell, Sidebottom, and Pendlebury have all lost a step. You throw in them losing Taylor Adams

3

Taylor Adams

Age

30

Ht

181cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.9

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

11.4

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

4.8

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

20.4

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

5.9

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

18.2

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

, and suddenly it's a pretty mediocre-looking Collingwood side. Especially through the middle.

It's not a bold call to make about an 0-3 side, but you would think that they should miss finals from here.

 

[Sphynx]

I wanted to go early on this call after round zero, but it looks like the ancient trio of Mitchell, Sidebottom, and Pendlebury have all lost a step. You throw in them losing Taylor Adams, and suddenly it's a pretty mediocre-looking Collingwood side. Especially through the middle.

It's not a bold call to make about an 0-3 side, but you would think that they should miss finals from here.

Freo has their first pick also and they don't have a Nick Daicos F/S to bail them out this time.

If the cliff has in fact come for their senior core, the below is a very skinny group of young best 22 players for the future. A bunch of them are solid role players.

You aren't building a side around Bobby Hill. It's pretty much Daicos x 2 and Quaynor. Moore, Maynard and DeGoey wont last a rebuild.

Could be West Coast all over again tbh, or at best Richmond of the last few years.

 

[ToxicMegaPunts]

Ignoring the part where I said he hadnt made contact yet and the ball moved further out.

But you cannot state definitively that the ball was OOB prior to Higgins kicking it as there is no frame which shows the whole ball to be completely over the line. You are just guessing that the ball must have completely crossed the line prior to being kicked.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Pies need some creative accounting to get out of this slump... I know just the bloke:

 

[ferball]

Sheesh some harsh thoughts on last night's two combatants, on here I do mean.
What stood out for me was both sides ability to take contested marks across the ground and their respective crumbing forwards. Loving what Henry is doing, wish we had him.

I thought Paul Curtis' crumbing was excellent last week. Could do with some mates tho.

 

[ferball]

But you cannot state definitively that the ball was OOB prior to Higgins kicking it as there is no frame which shows the whole ball to be completely over the line. You are just guessing that the ball must have completely crossed the line prior to being kicked.

His foot is cm from making contact with the ball and moving alot faster than the ball. I agree you can't say definitely but I reckon it would still be in when he kicked it.

 

[Harris 10]

I thought Paul Curtis' crumbing was excellent last week. Could do with some mates tho.

If he gets another 6 or so touches this week it will just about get us over the line.

One thing that was missed in his game last week was after the first 1/4 and a bit he was very important in being 3rd man up and getting the ball to ground. We still got slaughtered in the air but without curtis I reckon they would've taken another 15 intercept marks.

 

[andana]

Andrew Gaff

3

Andrew Gaff

Age

31

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.6

5star

K

15.9

5star

HB

10.7

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.0

4star

CL

2.5

4star

D

24.5

5star

K

15.6

5star

HB

8.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.0

3star

CL

2.5

4star

D

11.2

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.6

3star

CL

0.6

3star

is staring his football mortality in the face.

The West Coast Eagles midfielder, who will be 32 in June, was pulled from his side's losing effort against Port Adelaide early in the third quarter on Sunday. He'd had four touches.

Speaking on Channel 7, Eagles coach Adam Simpson said he did not believe Gaff's AFL decline was terminal, but flagged he would be playing for West Coast's reserves in a WAFL practice match this weekend.

"He didn't have a good day," Simpson said.

 

[krakouers]

Andrew Gaff is staring his football mortality in the face.

The West Coast Eagles midfielder, who will be 32 in June, was pulled from his side's losing effort against Port Adelaide early in the third quarter on Sunday. He'd had four touches.

Speaking on Channel 7, Eagles coach Adam Simpson said he did not believe Gaff's AFL decline was terminal, but flagged he would be playing for West Coast's reserves in a WAFL practice match this weekend.

"He didn't have a good day," Simpson said.

Reckon he’s getting the tap on the shoulder this year… we won’t want to play all year in the WAFL

 

[andana]

Reckon he’s getting the tap on the shoulder this year… we won’t want to play all year in the WAFL

He and Darling and probably others. Amateur team management not helped by giving up all those picks for Kelly

 

[disco_cowboy]

Sheesh some harsh thoughts on last night's two combatants, on here I do mean.
What stood out for me was both sides ability to take contested marks across the ground and their respective crumbing forwards. Loving what Henry is doing, wish we had him.

We will get someone like him - need to show something first.

 

[Farthers]

Freo has their first pick also and they don't have a Nick Daicos F/S to bail them out this time.

If the cliff has in fact come for their senior core, the below is a very skinny group of young best 22 players for the future. A bunch of them are solid role players.

You aren't building a side around Bobby Hill. It's pretty much Daicos x 2 and Quaynor. Moore, Maynard and DeGoey wont last a rebuild.

Could be West Coast all over again tbh, or at best Richmond of the last few years.

View attachment 1935424

Pies went from having the 12th oldest list in 2022 to the oldest this year.

 

[Only Forwards]

Andrew Gaff is staring his football mortality in the face.

The West Coast Eagles midfielder, who will be 32 in June, was pulled from his side's losing effort against Port Adelaide early in the third quarter on Sunday. He'd had four touches.

Speaking on Channel 7, Eagles coach Adam Simpson said he did not believe Gaff's AFL decline was terminal, but flagged he would be playing for West Coast's reserves in a WAFL practice match this weekend.

"He didn't have a good day," Simpson said.

Thankfully the footy gods spared us this millstone from around our necks.

 

[Shermanator]

He and Darling and probably others. Amateur team management not helped by giving up all those picks for Kelly

Yeah and WCE supporters are the first to say we shouldn't get PP's because we did this to ourselves.

Their list management has been diabolical, but they will absolutely have their hands out at seasons end to scoop up some PP's.