Autopsy Round 19, 2025: Positives and Negatives vs Richmond

[MeltMan]

Inside forward 50 delivery.
Inside back 50 switches.
Duggan.
Owies.

Liam Ryan

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Liam Ryan

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.3

5star

D

9.9

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

1.6

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.6

5star

goal was all right...
I wouldn't know I only get to listen to this crap on the radio.

Oh and Harley is pretty good...
But he might leave

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Absolutely ****ing putrid.

Heads should roll but at most Kelly might get a week off or something.

 

[Bender_]

Me reacting to my Mrs after she heard a crash and came into the lounge to see my phone lodged in the TV screen:

 

[bzparkes]

#calvesoutfordarksharks

 

[MeltMan]

At least Dark Sharks might get some hanky panky tonight.

 

[BG__]

Sad reacts only

 

[KBLT]

 

[Kegs15]

Most disappointed with

Owies (just such a limp performance, cannot be that bad in the set shots and his general presence is non-existent).

Kelly (shouldn't play again this year, if he's genuinely going back to the WAFL to build in the midfield let him sit there, his head just isn't right atm)

Maric (massive defender of him all this season but again just limp today)

Bazzo I want to give a lot of allowances for but just slow, ineffectual and not enough aggro. Got beaten badly.

Wasn't Flynn's worst game ever but am genuinely more comfortable with Bailey in there, he can at least get back up and provide a presence at ground if he loses the hitout. Nank absolutely destroyed Flynn at ground level today, would always be there to lay the tackle while Flynn was still getting back up and figuring out where the ball was.

And despite all the disposals Duggan just doesn't have it. Wasn't McCarthy's day but next year would definitely want all those touches Duggan gets given to him or anyone else - our captain is up there with who I trust least with the ball.

Harry and Reid good.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Positive:
Harley is pumping his trade value to the stratosphere.

 

[isthiswhereitype]

Tough to see a path to finals from here

 

[TY24]

A few players played well. Most didn’t.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

That's it for me for the year, lads. I'm only coming back to post AFLW Eagles stuff but as far as the mens side goes I'm scorched.

Catch everyone come finals time

 

[Godfather32]

I tell you what, I'd almost (almost) take Mitch Brown in the forward pocket over this f**kshow

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

 

[random260]

The soul of the club died after the trade period last year.

Gambled on sugar hits recruitment to raise the floor. Instead of backing up with high picks for the mids. Gambled our future

No tunnel of hope for our mids for future except pick 1 and 2 to be recruited to add onto harley.

I mean sad.

 

[eaglespremiers]

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Consistency, at last.

 

[Pwani Magharibi]

 

[UseR2006]

This is the first game this year where I have been genuinely angry at this team.
I've been frustrated, annoyed, mystified, but not angry.

This loss is purely on work rate and effort.
Poor work rate to close up space
Players getting sucked into the contest instead of holding width and ensuring the Tigers players didn't have open space
Poor work rate to close down exits from our f50.
Piss poor tackling efforts.

TK coming back in as a Mid and only getting 15 touches and having no real impact on the contest at all as a mid.

We couldn't hit a forward in the 50 to save ourselves.

If i'm Mini i'm ripping the players to shreds in the post match. This one is 100% on the playing group.

For Positives i'll keep it short. - Harley Reid.
27 Touches @ 74%DE, 2 Goals, 455 meters gained, 7 i50s, 4 Score involvements Huge night and kept the umpiring to a minimum which was great to see. One of his best games for the club tonight.

 

[mitchzz]

I think it's absolutely no coincidence we looked okay with Owies on the sidelines and look ****ing pathetic with him in

 

[Balls In]

You have to make Harley Captain and trust he leads us out. Most of everything else in this club is dysfunctional. The AFL also has to step up as an empty stadium in Perth against the 17th team is not good for football.

 

[wce_all_da_way]

I can't see Owies and Cripps play together again. No pressure.

Positives: the numbness set in very early and has shielded me from a lot of darker emotions.

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

Owies, is a complete down hill skier. Get rid for Gross or Long! Absolute momentum killer, can't make distance from 40 out on angle.

Jack Williams needs to he ruck/fwd, get ride of B.Williams

 

[DanWCE]

Well that can get in the bin. Taken the young bloke to Norf last year, Tigers this year, both occasions the Eagles forgot they had to play footy.

Worse this time being stuck in the Tigers section. At least their supporters were well behaved which was pleasing.

Cant wait for the boys to bring a bit of that top team on the road form back home to Optus

 

[thebutterflyeffect]

Negatives:
Not sure if we can recover from the mental scarring we've experienced the past 3 years
We have a young midfield...not by choice, it's through bad list management

Positives:
Harley
Edwards
Ginbey

 

[stallon]

The soul of the club died after the trade period last year.

Gambled on sugar hits recruitment to raise the floor. Instead of backing up with high picks for the mids. Gambled our future

No tunnel out our mids of the future except pick 1 and 2 to be recruited to add onto harley.

I mean sad.

We gained Baker and Graham, but lost Waterman, Allen, Gov, Kelly and Yeo from our best 22

Far more went out than came in.