AFL Autopsy Done by the dogs

[ghostdog]

He was avg at best

Every dick and harry can kick the ball sideways 12m for an efficient disposal

He isnt spearing them, theyre super slow and cutting under the ball

There were some nice neat pulled kicks along boundary

But i thought he was an excellent user until this season, been horrendous

Agree to disagree, you look at the % and stats

Of those mighty 37 he had 4 CP, f****in 4, ...... 4 - its shit football. He will be lucky to get 2 coaches votes from scott

Please answer Vindicater's question. Roberts' MG was the most for the game, beating Prior in second by more than 200. Please explain.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Not upset at all. Threatened to be a massacre but we rallied.

Good stuff

 

[Happyskeret]

Not upset at all. Threatened to be a massacre but we rallied.

Good stuff

Definitely could have been worse

 

[Keystone agony]

Please answer Vindicater's question. Roberts' MG was the most for the game, beating Prior in second by more than 200. Please explain.

How does he rack up 700m gained kicking a ball sideways 12m.

By doing both

Blasting balls forward from the kick in 50 metres or frees from the boundary abd a few times in general play

Collingwoods number 5 starting with M and Harry Obrein use to do the same

Your kick is also considered efficient if it goes a certain distance even if it doesnt land in our hands ie 50m bombs


Edit; Maxwell

Edit; 8 turnovers

 

[jctrout]

We lost by 34 points.

someone remind him that WCE got pumped by 130 odd this weekend and have been that bad for 7 years

 

[Happyskeret]

someone remind him that WCE got pumped by 130 odd this weekend and have been that bad for 7 years

Yep and then there is Carlton

 

[bombersim]

What are we doing with Duursma? he looks completely lost.

Seems to be played out of position.

He’s completely out of form, and we’ve decided to ask one of our few elite kicks of the football to stop kicking, and start mostly handballing… and he’s very slow so it looks bad.
Ban him from handballing and you’re 3/4 of the way to fixing him.

 

[Old Campaigner]

There’s no tantrum. Winning organisations don’t embrace mediocrity like we all have become attuned to do. It’s actually quite informative reading this thread and seeing just the lengths our fan base are willing to go to at the moment to defend the club.

A loss is a loss. A 17th loss in a row is genuinely diabolical, irrespective of the “expected result”

Realistically with the upcoming fixture it could be quite some time before we win a game as well. Dark days, very dark days but if it helps people survive to bury their heads in the hand then so be it. I tried it for a while and we just keep getting shitter and worse

I would simply tell the players their mediocrity is not acceptable, that should fix it right?

 

[nipst@r]

Really impressed with merret.
Great effort.

Wright also competed really well, goid game. Edwards is proving me wrong.

I like the injection with kako on ball amd blakiston down back as soon as English injured.

Farrow has a lot of composure.

Unfortunately parish, caldwell and durham should really be complimentary mids not in your top 4.

 

[MiguelM]

Really impressed with merret.
Great effort.

Wright also competed really well, goid game. Edwards is proving me wrong.

I like the injection with kako on ball amd blakiston down back as soon as English injured.

Farrow has a lot of composure.

Unfortunately parish, caldwell and durham should really be complimentary mids not in your top 4.

I thought Durham came good after half time.

 

[bomberlegend2007]

Certainly not the optimism being shown here, it’s another smashing by a side that was missing two of their best midfielders and our 17th loss in a row.

That’s not rebuilding areas, that’s genuine cellar dweller areas.

Mate, when there is 17 losses in a row, people on here are going to look at the positives.

There is plenty of shit, let the media do that. If you’ve reached this stage of supporting, perhaps you’re the one that needs to walk away.

 

[mike14]

Just need to petition the AFL to make all top-8 teams play with two less players for a half when they play us

 

[Keystone agony]

We lost by 34 points.

We were down by 35 at qtr time

Were all speaking from the 18th best team perspective which we basically are

 

[ghostdog]

By doing both

Blasting balls forward from the kick in 50 metres or frees from the boundary abd a few times in general play

Collingwoods number 5 starting with M and Harry Obrein use to do the same

Your kick is also considered efficient if it goes a certain distance even if it doesnt land in our hands ie 50m bombs


Edit; Maxwell

Edit; 8 turnovers

That's fine, but your criticism was that he'd forgotten how to kick. So again;
29 kicks out of 37 touches, at 87% and 700m gained.

So what are you saying exactly?

 

[raskolnikov]

What was the difference in the second half? Just the Bulldogs taking their foot off a bit or did something click?

 

[Milanista28]

What was the difference in the second half? Just the Bulldogs taking their foot off a bit or did something click?

I think we tried harder, that's it. The half time break must have had some hard truths told.

 

[Blind Turn]

The whole footy world hates our club. We should fully embrace this fact and use that hatred energy to fuel our rise again. If we become an irresistible force even the umpires will be left wondering what else they can do to deny our undeniable will.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

I think ruck this season has become so much more influential this season with new rucks rules. Saw the impact for us when Wright was rucking but also how much English’s injury affected the Dogs.

That’s why I think getting Bryan back will be huge

 

[Blind Turn]

Prior - Amazing, maybe winning our BnF right now, been brilliant

Huh? This guy makes so many basic errors. ‘Brilliant’ is definitely not how I’m seeing it.

 

[7zark7]

Well, the standard has been set. No excuses not to play with the same effort or better next week. Tightened up through the middle of the ground and it made all the difference. Impressed by Farrow and Reid. May will only get better. Solid outing. Roberts is going to be a 200 game player. Just looks so comfortable.

Was really good to see Scott actually make some moves in game for once. Giving Caldwell the job on Bont at 1/4 time worked really well, and gave Caldwell a way to be involved. Swapping Wright and Blakiston not as successful, but Wright really worked hard around the ground when the switch was made.

Good to see Merrett pull his finger out.

I'd still rather see Tsatas than Parish. He went missing a bit tonight, as did Durham and Kako.

Thought Duursma, Johnson, McGrath, SEH and Edwards tried hard.

Out: Parish, Guelfi, Perkins
In: Tsatas, Unwin, Robey

Unwin did absolutely nothing in the VFL. Definitely doesn't deserve a game

 

[Calthorpe14]

Certainly not the optimism being shown here, it’s another smashing by a side that was missing two of their best midfielders and our 17th loss in a row.

That’s not rebuilding areas, that’s genuine cellar dweller areas.

Wait a minute. Did you think this was a winnable game then?

 

[7zark7]

That's fine, but your criticism was that he'd forgotten how to kick. So again;
29 kicks out of 37 touches, at 87% and 700m gained.

So what are you saying exactly?

Bloke has no idea. Also said Prior is winning our B and F. Sounds dumber than Grant off Lunchtime catchup

 

[Squeaky]

I thought Durham came good after half time.

Umpires didn't like him...

 

[katana]

Unwin did absolutely nothing in the VFL. Definitely doesn't deserve a game

got guelfi into the team didn't it? vfl form should and typically is taken with a grain of salt. if we think unwin is a quick small forward who can pressure the opposition defenders he should be in the team.

 

[ghostdog]

Unwin did absolutely nothing in the VFL. Definitely doesn't deserve a game

Yeah, I've rethought this since learning Guelfi kept a check on Bailey Dale. I still want to see Unwin in the side but maybe another week in VFL.