Autopsy Round 9, 2025: Positives and Negatives vs Richmond

[DorothyG]

• he continues to play Reid who needs to find a better groove in the WAFL given he is just a step off it

18 disposals (75%), 7 I50, 1 goal

Stop looking at just his fantasy points. We all know he gets unfairly umped which affect his score negativity

 

[unty11]

The club is too nice. We need to be more mean. I don't just mean on field but off field as well in dropping players, going after free agent talent, drafting etc... We gotta stop this good bloke shit and start behaving like we want to win a ship again instead of looking like we are just happy to be out there. It's not enough.

 

[Cuzz09]

One game closer to being less useless again [twitches]

 

[Coasters7]

We weren’t great but it’s becoming increasingly hard to take any interest in this competition. It’s clear the AFL are in the entertainment business and the integrity of the game is a distant second place to that.

 

[domad33]

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18 disposals (75%), 7 I50, 1 goal

Stop looking at just his fantasy points. We all know he gets unfairly umped which affect his score negativity

He probably meant Archer

 

[DorothyG]

He probably meant Archer

Fair

 

[Barrybran]

That was an unenjoyable game due to the cocktease nature of it. I am rarely this dejected after a loss tbh.

I expected us to lose by 40+ so I should be pleased, but I’m really not.

I couldn't get excited until the last minute. Despite being in the contest all day, we still did a lot of dumb things to go with the many good things we did, many of which won't hold up against better opposition.

 

[Godfather32]

I love how Gross can't possibly make it through the whole game as a mid so rather than rotate him through the middle with Kelly, Hewett etc etc we build his tank up by playing him 10 minutes a game.
And Graham is trash, people can carry on about his tackling and pressure all they want but he is a massive liability in virtually every other way and he's not as great defensively as people think. He 100% picks and chooses when to go.
Archer Reid might be the future but the kid needs to go back to the WAFL for a bit, Jack Williams plays today and he has a much bigger impact and we probably win.
Other than that I thought Harley Reid had a good game, as long as you take away the free kicks against him from the blatantly unfair umpiring he cops.

 

[THE A5]

The way umpires treat Harley is beyond a joke and it’s gone extremely far the other way from what it was early last season. It’s blatantly time the club and the knob jockeys in the media kick up a stink about it.

 

[cacik]

POS:
-3rd quarter was great just didn't get the rewards
-reids big goal from 55, brilliant

• Graham baker and Hough were gritty
• Ryan hit the stoppage at speed at times

NEG:

• Flynn was like a wacky wailing inflatable man at times, could of fought harder with the BJW chop out
• maric is a cat in the air
• hewwy had to chance to half an aerial contest down the line 1v1 early in the 4th and he didn't put the body on the line (Another aerial cat moment) that would have really inspired the boys... tsk

-TK
-sub grossy earlier pls mini

Played well enough to win. Ahhh well I'm basically desensitized.
Hope you have a lovely week fellas

 

[Smeagle_WC]

Went to the game. Absolutely gutted after that one. Biggest negative is the team missing that winning feeling, if we had pinched it at the end there would have been massive for everyone. Away from home, at the G. Now I feel it's going to be harder to get the boys up for next week. A win can do amazing things for confidence.

Positive for me was Harley looked great and influential. But can someone please tell me what the free kick was for when he stiff armed some Richmond flog? At the game it was impossible to tell. And no one around me could tell me, someone said high fend off? The umpires on him are ridiculous. That 50m penalty was absolute trash and you know it.

Thought ryan was really good, I hope he doesn't leave. Hmm Duggan frustrating, missed opportunities always come back to bite us. Hewett quiet in last 1/4 was hoping he and Harley magic would get us over the line.

 

[cacik]

The way umpires treat Harley is beyond a joke and it’s gone extremely far the other way from what it was early last season. It’s blatantly time the club and the knob jockeys in the media kick up a stink about it.

He cops it bad,
Umpires consider him weak and staging when he gets belted and then he's the biggest bully when opponents flop to this touch

 

[Coasters7]

The way umpires treat Harley is beyond a joke and it’s gone extremely far the other way from what it was early last season. It’s blatantly time the club and the knob jockeys in the media kick up a stink about it.

The issue is calling it out will probably do more harm than good.

Most of them are probably there to the letter of the law so it’s hard to argue against it, but I haven’t seen anybody get pulled up on such trivial shit every time he’s near the ball. The stuff he gets pinged for happens thousands of times a game.

 

[THE A5]

Went to the game. Absolutely gutted after that one. Biggest negative is the team missing that winning feeling, if we had pinched it at the end there would have been massive for everyone. Away from home, at the G. Now I feel it's going to be harder to get the boys up for next week. A win can do amazing things for confidence.

Positive for me was Harley looked great and influential. But can someone please tell me what the free kick was for when he stiff armed some Richmond flog? At the game it was impossible to tell. And no one around me could tell me, someone said high fend off? The umpires on him are ridiculous. That 50m penalty was absolute trash and you know it.

Thought ryan was really good, I hope he doesn't leave. Hmm Duggan frustrating, missed opportunities always come back to bite us. Hewett quiet in last 1/4 was hoping he and Harley magic would get us over the line.

Pretty sure it was for umpire contact and someone else made it.

 

[Smeagle_WC]

The way umpires treat Harley is beyond a joke and it’s gone extremely far the other way from what it was early last season. It’s blatantly time the club and the knob jockeys in the media kick up a stink about it.

I actually agree with this 100%. Been saying it to friends and family for weeks now. It's mental. That 50m penalty was absurd. I still don't know what the other one was for when he fended off someone.

 

[Wce17]

- Thought after a down patch in the 3rd Maric came back strongly & finished the game well.

- Everytime Hewitt touches is something good generally happens.

- Brockman looked great in the middle. Chased well, looked damaging & actually looks like he has some composure. A lot to build on.

- After a shaky start Brock built into it nicely & I think there’s a lot to work with.

 

[ukurrie]

The positive is stepping back and looking at the bigger picture. We’re now in games longer than we used to be. We should have won today and it’s been a while since we could say that.

It’s a softer draw now, for sure, but that hasn’t meant much in prior years. And it’s very hard to learn a new system at the same time that you’re getting smashed, so doing it against equivalent teams is the way to build and get confidence in it.

 

[Balls In]

Shouldn't lose sleep over the loss - we had a serious crack and should have won. It was a good performance for the most part, especially in the midfield.

Today was a tale of two clubs, Richmond made hard decisions to trade OUT a bunch of their senior players to deliver a draft bounty last year still beat us and have three wins for the season against our zero.

Baker, who we traded IN for our top draft pick is delivering exactly as promised (with all the positives and negatives that go with that), but is now half a year older and winless.

 

[THE A5]

The issue is calling it out will probably do more harm than good.

Most of them are probably there to the letter of the law so it’s hard to argue against it, but I haven’t seen anybody get pulled up on such trivial shit every time he’s near the ball. The stuff he gets pinged for happens thousands of times a game.

Oppo seems to also get away with things on him that other players earn a free from. Extremely harsh. Problem is that Harley has no friends in the media too. Ideally it’s time the WA media start writing about it and hope some other can. This just can’t go on like this and it’s absolutely a joke. He was never an umpires pet but bow it’s as if they hate the kid

 

[Coasters7]

Oppo seems to also get away with things on him that other players earn a free from. Extremely harsh. Problem is that Harley has no friends in the media too. Ideally it’s time the WA media start writing about it and hope some other can. This just can’t go on like this and it’s absolutely a joke. He was never an umpires pet but bow it’s as if they hate the kid

Yeah the WA media get zero respect though, us West Aussies don’t even respect them. So we’re up against it trying to create a narrative to swing it the other way without looking like sooks

 

[DorothyG]

Today was a tale of two clubs, Richmond made hard decisions to trade out a bunch of their senior players to deliver a draft bounty last year still beat us and have three wins for the season against our zero.

Baker, who we traded in FOR our top draft pick is delivering exactly as promised with all the positives and negatives that go with that, but is now half a year older and winless.

Baker asked to leave
Bolton asked to leave
Rioli asked to leave.
Martin retired
Grimes retired

More likes rats jumping off the sinking ship than hard discisions from the club.

What you can give them credit for is being able to extra overs value for these players

 

[WCEswift]

Anyone blaming Gross is a grub, jack graham

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Jack Graham

Age

27

Ht

181cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.8

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

6.3

5star

CL

1.8

4star

D

11.8

3star

K

5.3

2star

HB

6.5

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

4.2

5star

CL

1.2

4star

D

14.0

4star

K

6.0

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

7.0

5star

CL

3.2

5star

sent him just as he got his handball receive, pointed told him to go. Kelly was useless, Gross out worked him in his 15 minutes

 

[THE A5]

Today was a tale of two clubs, Richmond made hard decisions to trade OUT a bunch of their senior players to deliver a draft bounty last year still beat us and have three wins for the season against our zero.

Baker, who we traded IN for our top draft pick is delivering exactly as promised (with all the positives and negatives that go with that), but is now half a year older and winless.

What this year has highlighted is that it’s isn’t just experienced seniors we’ve lacked but quality experienced mids. We’ve lost Yeo and TK decided not even try. We’d actually been alot more competitive and won a game or two by now had we had we brought in one semi decent mid.

 

[THE A5]

Anyone blaming Gross is a grub, jack graham sent him just as he got his handball receive, pointed told him to go. Kelly was useless, Gross out worked him in his 15 minutes

Gross had a mare but the fact that he wasble able to get himself into the game in the heat of the battle in that 10 mins is quite incredible as a lot of kids do struggle in that situation. Really hope this doesn’t dent his confidence

 

[Monocle]

Positive - great to feel so bad after a loss again.
Improving, wheat for chaff is slowly coming clearer.

Those that can or have the experience to know hat is needed didn't