Autopsy AFL 2025 Round 5 - Pies v Swans Fri April 11th 7:40pm AEST (AO)

[Pistol Night]

Bitter...so bitter.

Comparing him to the best mid this century isn't the sick burn he thinks it is

 

[Nvent]

Because the Pies have a very even top 25, after Daicos.

Not sure that’s true but it’s a nowhere conversation.

 

[Pistol Night]

Not sure that’s true but it’s a nowhere conversation.

That you created

 

[Nvent]

That you created

Not sure I did. Posters suggested Sydney had no depth. I posted what teams cant cover that many outs let alone top end.

Salary caps and list numbers don’t allow it.

 

[Fadge]

 

[beerbandit]

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Off the subs and into the middle.

Some may say he is part of our ‘cavalry’!

 

[Fadge]

Off the subs and into the middle.

Some may say he is part of our ‘cavalry’!

What does he do for our 'average age' though?

 

[Pistol Night]

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[SBD Gonzalez]

The Saints letting Membrey walk seemed...silly.

Not to mention the Swans letting him go to St Kilda.

 

[Nvent]

Not to mention the Swans letting him go to St Kilda.

Wouldn’t be playing seniors at StKilda

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

Please. The Pies are bog average. We’re nothing special ourselves but we’ll beat them by about 8 goals

Swans bog average. Won't make the 8 this season.
9-12 finish.

The duality of man.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Wouldn’t be playing seniors at StKilda

With King out?

How could he be good enough to get a game every week with the Pies, but not the Saints?

 

[Downhill Skier]

We need Logan McDonald to do a a Riley Thilthorpe and mature overnight because our whole forward line is full of rocks or diamonds players .

 

[Osho]

Have to be impressed by Pies' discipline and game plan, and pretty even contributions. Special mentions to Cameron, who is brilliant and effective, SideBottom who looked like a teen gleefully running around predicting where the ball would be, Elliot for his skills and space creation even when he doesn't get the ball, and the coaching crew who made Swans look a one trick pony.

Only poor goal kicking kept Swans in with a sniff.

I don't think Pies are are flag faves, but still can't shake 2011 Cats vibes when watching them.

I don't want to talk about injuries. RFC won a flag without the best defender in the competition not so long ago, and another with their 2nd best defender ko'd in the 1st qtr of a GF. So don't start with that nancyboy rubbish.

 

[Nvent]

With King out?

How could he be good enough to get a game every week with the Pies, but not the Saints?

Not sure he would be happy waiting for an injury to play.

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

With King out?

How could he be good enough to get a game every week with the Pies, but not the Saints?

Devil's advocate, but St Kilda actually have a heavy concentration of young guys who are 190cm+ marking forwards, so they'd rather put games into Owens, Sharman, Caminiti, Philippou and others as potential future partners with Max King.

I understand it from an age perspective - Teams make calls like this every year.

 

[The 747]

It's disappointing that the happy gnome and his team keep winning football games.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Devil's advocate, but St Kilda actually have a heavy concentration of young guys who are 190cm+ marking forwards, so they'd rather put games into Owens, Sharman, Caminiti, Philippou and others as potential future partners with Max King.

I understand it from an age perspective - Teams make calls like this every year.

fair enough

 

[No SPIN]

Who has cover for 3 of their best 5?

Seven of best 22

No inclusions would have over come the tactical superiority of Coll - Swans had no way of countering Coll set up even with 7 inclusions.
Swan are one dimensional.

 

[No SPIN]

Gulden and J Mac out hurt Sydney a lot. For all the credit Warner and Heeney get, Gulden is Sydney's best and most important player.

Sidebottom clamped Gulden last game - so he would not have made much difference.

 

[No SPIN]

Yawn. The football world were really forgiving of the Pies who played most of last year with no key forwards and 8 of their best 23 missing most weeks. We were just a big disappointment and having a let down after the flag. Poor Swannies have some injuries.

19 injuries at one point and still just missed finals

 

[Mibie]

It was a free, the decision was correct. It was just paid to the wrong team. The ball being hit out on the full in a ruck contest is treated the same as a ball that is kicked out on the full. Decision was correct, umpire just got the player that hit it out wrong and paid the free the wrong way

I must admit to not knowing the rule

 

[Carringbush2010]

What hurt Sydney was their appalling ground level ball contest. Sydney couldnt get their hands on the ball ..if they did they dropped or fumbled it

This is not an effort problem, ask any footy analyst and they'll tell you the Pies are one the best contest teams in it.

But every?? contest Collingwood seemed to (did) get the ball away to a team mate. Too quick?

This team has been training this for some time now, the speed of the game in the phone box has gone up another level over the last 3 years.

It was just uncanny and unbelievable looked like most of them were throws not handballs (great umpiring in favour of Collingwood).

Watch the game again, and then if you're still convinced the Pies threw instead of hanball in close, then go to spec savers.

omg shut down Steele ####bottom and Pendlebury (go play basketball) Whats changed… a few new additions but they are not the whole team..

Yeah sure, tag em both, let naicos off the chain. See what happens then.

You can't just 'shut em down' on a wish.

 

[Carringbush2010]

Not sure I did. Posters suggested Sydney had no depth. I posted what teams cant cover that many outs let alone top end.

Salary caps and list numbers don’t allow it.

Link?

 

[Carringbush2010]

What does he do for our 'average age' though?

No longer the oldest most experienced list. Can't win it now, look to pre season now.