Autopsy 2025 Rd 23 Blues power on to their best performance of the year

[TENACIOUS]

It’s amazing how Walsh transforms our midfield. Also watching TDK I get the feeling he’s going to stay.

2026 starting midfield should be:

Cerra - Cripps - Hollands
TDK - Walsh - Lord

HOK
Smith
Williams
Hewett

Moir
Hollands

 

[AndyLucimitis]

HOK will be an absolute gun, his marking and aggression is great he is a beauty, I like that he is versatile

The article on GW in The Age said the club (and I assume GW) see him as a Forward/Ruck rather than Ruck/Forward.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

who is our best?

Williams

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

A huge shoutout to Motts. Played a really team game today. Tackled , pushed it forward and fed.

Missed one he should have kicked, gave away a few more he probably could have kicked himself, workrate and pressure has been great this year…

 

[Sector 7G]

Missed one he should have kicked, gave away a few more he probably could have kicked himself, workrate and pressure has been great this year…

Should have got a
Couple of free directly in front as well

 

[TENACIOUS]

I really hope we learnt today, we can play like that for 4 quarters.

Enjoy the game and play with freedom. The only pressure is what they put on themselves.

The only negative today and something that I’d love Voss to install in them is the killer instinct to want to bury them at the end, not take your foot off the pedal.

 

[Aphrodite]

Welcome back SW18

 

[ZabsBlues]

Ollie's disposal was good today, happy to say my hat was eaten.

 

[Stiffler's Dad]

To all those whinging about the red time goals, we'd already won the game. Why push yourself that little bit extra and suffer an injury. We want this time fit and well to take on the drug cheats next week.

I don't whinge.
I observe, digest, assess and if I were coach where this is a common facet I would punish them on the track so that they bury the habit!

 

[Blueing]

It is clear after today's performance we are missing key personnel.....major change the way we looked with Walsh in.... He makes the whole team look and play different it was good to see Batman have Robin back today!!! Let's see who stays and who goes with the musical chairs trade season this year!!! It still feels really empty we are not featuring in spetermber this year...hoping we completely obliterate Essendon next week to at least finish this crap year with a little bit joy!!!

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Should have got a
Couple of free directly in front as well

Could have kicked 3…

 

[jj1978]

Good game from most. Have to have some tough conversations about Saad and Fog. Weitering a shell of years past.

Want to see Moir get into it a bit more, he has Cowan like agro which is something we lack.

Walsh looks stronger and that was the Walsh we haven’t seen for a long while.

 

[tarczonandjane]

I’m with Tenacious on TDK.

I know everyone says he’s gone. I know everyone is planning on him being gone.

But he looks like he enjoys playing with this team. He looks like he’s enjoying his football.

Maybe he’s realised being the highest paid player in the game isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? Maybe he’s realised he’s being fed snake oil on playing with Marshall? Maybe he’s listening to the list management challenges over there and realising he would be blamed for it?

I don’t know… All I will say is that he’s not looking to me like he’s a man who wants out.

Now to be proven horribly wrong.

 

[My Hat]

Really like this group of youngsters.

I said it in gameday thread but if they all have big pre-seasons and replace the battlers/perenially injured players we’ve carried for years, we can turn it around very quickly.

Lord, O’Keefe, Carroll, Moir, Cowan are all absolutely best 23 material for 2026 if fit & confident.

TBC on Wilson, F. Young and a couple of others.

Agree 100%. Flynn and Billy haven't convinced me yet, but I'm not writing them off yet either. The others you named all look to have what it takes.

 

[Blue and Silver]

I’m with Tenacious on TDK.

I know everyone says he’s gone. I know everyone is planning on him being gone.

But he looks like he enjoys playing with this team. He looks like he’s enjoying his football.

Maybe he’s realised being the highest paid player in the game isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? Maybe he’s realised he’s being fed snake oil on playing with Marshall? Maybe he’s listening to the list management challenges over there and realising he would be blamed for it?

I don’t know… All I will say is that he’s not looking to me like he’s a man who wants out.

Now to be proven horribly wrong.

Funniest outcome.

TDK Stays.

NWM leaves, Marshall leaves because of how the Saints treated them

 

[Stamos]

I also have but one more thing to say.

In the final term, there was a free kick paid against Corey Durdin to Aliir Aliir. He was paid a free kick for making body contact in a marking contest; not high contact, not chopping the arms, not tripping or holding or throwing him out of the way. Durdin might be the sub, might've had a shit of a night in which he kept bombing it forward - he clearly wasn't with the rest of the programme - but he's entitled to fair umpiring.

If Durdin's name was Jamie Elliott, that would not have been a free kick.

He was penalised for better than halving a marking contest against a taller player. No more, no less.

Nah, he was hanging onto Aliir’s arm, it was fair enough.

 

[Gethelred]

Nah, he was hanging onto Aliir’s arm, it was fair enough.

No offense, but horse shit he was.

 

[DangerousD]

Nick Haynes

26

Nick Haynes

Age

33

Ht

192cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.4

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

4.9

4star

M

6.2

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

326.8

4star

D

17.4

4star

K

13.9

5star

HB

3.5

2star

M

8.0

5star

T

1.5

2star

MG

326.8

5star

D

7.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.2

4star

has been everywhere the last two weeks, he looks super fit, he’s strong and smart, has plenty of footy left. Great pick up

 

[DangerousD]

No offense, but horse shit he was.

The very free kick was just on my TV, im watching on delay, Durdin clearly locks Allies arm, imo of course.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

The great Benaly sees good things coming our way…

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I wish Carlton win the next 5 premierships..

 

[The Bighouse]

I’m with Tenacious on TDK.

I know everyone says he’s gone. I know everyone is planning on him being gone.

But he looks like he enjoys playing with this team. He looks like he’s enjoying his football.

Maybe he’s realised being the highest paid player in the game isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? Maybe he’s realised he’s being fed snake oil on playing with Marshall? Maybe he’s listening to the list management challenges over there and realising he would be blamed for it?

I don’t know… All I will say is that he’s not looking to me like he’s a man who wants out.

Now to be proven horribly wrong.

Don’t think we can afford to keep TDK on both S/C allowance & draft pick/s required for HD and drafting/trading.

Agreed however, he’s going to find himself in an unenviable position if he goes to STK on an absurd amount of coin, pressure and potential uneasiness amongst the playing group/supporters.

Did some nice things today. Can HOK take the ruck mantle - showing some promise as a forward.

 

[TheBlueCampaigner]

Funniest outcome.

TDK Stays.

NWM leaves, Marshall leaves because of how the Saints treated them

Even funnier if SOS then gets fired.

 

[El Topo]

Good game from most. Have to have some tough conversations about Saad and Fog. Weitering a shell of years past.

Want to see Moir get into it a bit more, he has Cowan like agro which is something we lack.

Walsh looks stronger and that was the Walsh we haven’t seen for a long while.

Weiters is playing like he's been scammed again

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Hitouts are a weird stat, thought we demolished them in the ruck but apparently Sweet had the vast majority of the hitouts

Thought TDK’s taps to advantage were very good today, whether it directly hit a teammate or was to their advantage,,,

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Don’t think we can afford to keep TDK on both S/C allowance & draft pick/s required for HD and drafting/trading

We'll manage if we have to.