Game Day Match Discussion - RD 22 vs. Hawthorn. Thur 07/08 @ 7:30pm (MCG)

[Cousin of Daicos]

Makes you wonder if we would have won the Gold Coast and freo games if we had bobby hill.

We probably would have won both those games if we didn’t rest the players we rested in both those games

It was stupid knowing Richmond was coming up

 

[JoinDate]

Pack your bags Bobby, and thanks for derailing our season.

This is shithouse posting.

 

[Pies_10]

The continuous changing of this team with resting players has derailed any momentum we had and can't get it back.

 

[Monco Matt]

After tonight some serious questions need to be asked, this is alarm bells right here. We are getting out numbered everywhere on the ground. There is no pack hunting, no support, no f*****g nothing anymore. What happened to Side By Side guys, you are anything but on the field lately.

 

[gouki88]

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How aren’t they getting their hands on the ball? Not tackling either.

Given they're mostly forwards, pretty evident that we have been smashed in the territory battle

 

[BigVic]

We are cursed

 

[frizzle]

In fairness, he was sub!

But also our midfield is getting monstered. Mitchell has contributed more, but Jack Ginnivan currently has more clearances than our whole midfield except Pendles.

He was on after 90 seconds. No excuses. He has been put on notice by making him sub & he hasn’t responded in any way shape or form.

 

[Finnishpie]

A ghost has more presence

Lipinski is playing in the shadow realm. You see him but it's a different dimension.

 

[upnsmoke]

Adelaide licking their lips for a 100 point win next week the way the Pies pressure up the middle.... absolutely nil pressure and one hand attempted tackles... it's either intentional or the entire midfield just gave up.

 

[Didak Wine]

Meh, well win it from 5th

 

[Silky23]

Our problem moving forward is we simply have no game breakers in the middle, nobody with power or athleticism, all slow and vanilla or in the back end of their careers, how are we going to fix that? We badly need a Kozzie, NAS type with game and line breaking speed and craft, if you camp on Naicos we turn to absolute butter

 

[Aussie pie]

Sorry to intrude but you guys remind of the blues from last year. Hope you can turn it around.

**** off!!!

 

[nickyds35]

Looks like we have got training loads wrong…players look cooked.

 

[Pies_10]

In fairness, he was sub!

But also our midfield is getting monstered. Mitchell has contributed more, but Jack Ginnivan currently has more clearances than our whole midfield except Pendles.

He was the sub who came on in less than 3 minutes

 

[Soaring Magpie]

Don’t think I’ve been this disappointed in the club for a long time, that’s the worst 1/2 of the McRae era.
Something is not right and it’s costing us the season

 

[gouki88]

Looks like we have got training loads wrong…players look cooked.

It does look as if that gamble has well and truly backfired.

 

[TradeDraft]

How is Lipinski still getting a game? Seriously.

How outside of Nick they keep getting Games?

 

[pablo disco bar]

Trade Houston Barry Mitchell style

Season over lads

Terrible

 

[Bramax]

How did we go from best team in the comp to this

Flirted with form.

 

[Unknown Identity]

In fairness, he was sub!

But also our midfield is getting monstered. Mitchell has contributed more, but Jack Ginnivan currently has more clearances than our whole midfield except Pendles.

Subbed on 5 min into the game haha

 

[partypie]

This second half will dictate the rest of our season. We have to find something in this next hour of football after 5 weeks of not showing anything or we are done.

Any thoughts of us being in the window next season are well and truly gone, so it has to be here and now this season or bust.

I'd also be holding off on signing any of our elder statesmen right now (including Pendles, Sidey, Crisp, and Howe) as this squad may unfortunately be closer to our 2013-14 level than our 2022-23 level, if the monumental slide we've seen unfold before our eyes this past couple of months is any indication.

 

[gouki88]

Don’t think I’ve been this disappointed in the club for a long time, that’s the worst 1/2 of the McRae era.
Something is not right and it’s costing us the season

Find it pretty hard for a half to top that goalless one against Gold Coast, but I guess this one is more consequential

 

[satty]

No more boundary kicks, just go via the corridor. The system can go get stuffed.

Fly always talked about having fun, well it looks like the players are seeing the game as nothing more than a chore. They have checked out mentally, they aren’t even lifting each other up.

Think fly needs to adapt and shelve his goody two shoes, time for a solid bake.

 

[Kes1984]

Jamie’s radar has been off for a while now

Since his last bag. And he was equal Coleman leader briefly.

It all just went to crap when they became arrogant. We fans are allowed to have ourselves playing in the grand final when it’s still June. Coaching staff are meant to manage this sort of thing.

 

[Finnishpie]

We probably would have won both those games if we didn’t rest the players we rested in both those games

It was stupid knowing Richmond was coming up

Maybe. Or maybe we would have gone into decline faster an accrued more injuries. We would have won had Jamie kicked that goal to put us 28 points ahead in the CG game. We would have won had our midfield not gone into complete water-treading phase against Fremantle.