Autopsy Flat Cats go down by 30 to Port

[cats_09]

3 minutes into the match we've kicked 2 goals while Port had only registered a single disposal. We then kicked our 3rd just before the 10 minute mark and were looking switched on

But then things turned - Blicavs takes the ball out of the ruck, and when getting his kick away is run into by Butters with the resulting knee injury seeing an early end to his night... And from there we started to slowly unravel and lose our way

Jezza kicked our 4th for the night at the 20 minute mark of the first quarter and then it become Ports night as we had to struggle for every play going forward and kicking just 6 further goals. Meanwhile, Port kicked 12.14 to run away with the match and one that may feel a touch unlucky to win by only 30

Not too many winners for us, but plenty of questions that will arise from tonight regarding where some players exactly are in terms of form, fitness and intensity at the contest

Losing sucks, but let's keep our head with discussion

 

[CoolCat75]

I won’t judge anyone for having a passionate or a motive response to such a crappy performance. Have at it, that’s what these forums allow. Every year you tend to have a Mulligan, but I’m very concerned we’ve had two Mulligans in the first seven rounds. I’m usually levelheaded after a loss but despite that I have some observations that have been building all year.

Still not convinced about Edwards. I think he’s taken one mark all year, offers nothing around the ground, both big concerns. I have no doubt that by the end of the year our first choice ruck will be Stanley. OHenry is shell of 2023/24, he’s shot, probably for good. When he gets the ball inside 50, he never looks for teammates, he just has a snap from anywhere. Worpel : a fringe player who doesn’t improve our midfield. Close : gone. I have concerns that Stewart and JHenry have regressed.

We couldn’t create hardly any forward half turnovers tonight, usually averaging about 25. Conversely we couldn’t transition fluently at all. The “why” is what the coaches need to sort out.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

The best thing about tonight is Stengle in the rooms after the game

 

[Grimoz]

Lucky it was only 30 thats all ill say

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Jack Henry

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Jack Henry

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27

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192cm

Wt

96kg

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Def

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10.3

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

2.9

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

142.6

2star

D

8.6

2star

K

6.7

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.1

3star

MG

142.6

3star

D

9.6

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.6

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

4star

Cats pressure.



Making Durdin look like a footballer



O.Henry, Close, Mannagh, Worpel, Atkins, Martin, Dangerfield and O'Connor.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Pfft
That was shit.

 

[winty]

Let's never talk of that game again.

 

[Grimoz]

The best thing about tonight is Stengle in the rooms after the game

Sadly that means nothing, its apparently the AFL that are stopping him playing

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

See what they dish up next week.

North will be a challenge.

 

[frggr]

Well, we have the smallest loss of the round (so far).

Mullin played well, I thought.

Game lost at selection - strategy and effort totally missing.

Blicavs out was the nail in the coffin.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

So what will Scotty say about this game?


"We don't look at the tape on Monday and we won't discuss the game just played whatsoever. What we will do is stick to our structures and trust in our gameplan."

 

[Munich]

Butters the dirty dog did that on purpose.

 

[Turkey Tom]

Even when we were up early I thought we looked to be only going half paced and Port players didn't seem to have opponents. Things didn't improve.

 

[year of the cat]

Spiritless, lethargic, and unprofessional. Big questions now as to where we are at. Forget flags. Miles off it. To be not even be competitive with a bottom 6 team is an absolute embarrassment.

 

[Cursed Cat]

Despite a strong recent record at the Adelaide Oval and a bright start on the back of some clean centre clearances, there were some troubling signs as the 1st quarter wore on.

Mitch Georgiades

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Mitch Georgiades

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24

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192cm

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92kg

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Fwd

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11.0

3star

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8.0

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3.0

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3.0

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2.0

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2.0

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11.0

3star

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8.0

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3.0

2star

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3.0

3star

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2.0

3star

G

2.0

5star

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11.0

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8.0

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3.0

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3.0

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2.0

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2.0

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was running rings around the returning Jack Henry

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Jack Henry

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27

Ht

192cm

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96kg

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Def

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10.3

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7.3

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2.9

3star

M

4.0

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2.2

4star

MG

142.6

2star

D

8.6

2star

K

6.7

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.1

3star

MG

142.6

3star

D

9.6

3star

K

7.0

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HB

2.6

3star

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3.6

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2.0

4star

, and our pronounced early ruck advantage was wrenched away on the back of injuries to both Mark Blicavs

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Mark Blicavs

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35

Ht

198cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

D/M

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14.5

4star

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6.6

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7.9

5star

M

4.1

4star

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4.2

5star

MG

114.1

2star

D

11.1

3star

K

7.1

3star

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4.0

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.9

3star

MG

114.1

2star

D

8.6

3star

K

2.0

1star

HB

6.6

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.6

4star

and Mitch Edwards.
A sense of complancency emerged; Max Holmes with a terrible turnover should have cost us a goal - we were fortunate that Port’s goalkicking prevented them from taking a bigger lead into quarter time.

They soon remedied this by gaining ascendancy in the centre, Zak Butters

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Zak Butters

Age

25

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

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D

14.3

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.8

3star

D

14.7

4star

K

8.9

4star

HB

5.9

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.1

3star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

crafty and quick with his decision-making.
Oisin Mullin fought hard and was by no means disgraced, but Butters influence was obvious.

Our forward line, so potent last week, was completely incapable of locking the ball in and unable to affect Port’s rebound. Patrick Dangerfield kicked the 1st goal of the match and then was completely anonymous for the rest of the match. His defensive work, never a strength, was sub-par. Ollie Henry much the same, not quite as poor though.
Shannon Neale was pressed into backing up a ginger Edwards in the ruck, while Jeremy Cameron

5

Jeremy Cameron

Age

33

Ht

196cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

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12.5

3star

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9.0

3star

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3.4

3star

M

5.4

5star

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1.6

4star

G

2.6

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

2.9

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

2.0

5star

was clearly in nice goalkicking touch but didn’t get enough clean looks to drag us back into the contest.

In one tear-your-hair-out moment, a terrible mistake by Tom Atkins

30

Tom Atkins

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30

Ht

180cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

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11.5

3star

K

5.0

2star

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6.5

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

4.3

5star

CL

1.3

3star

D

6.5

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.5

2star

M

0.8

1star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.5

3star

D

11.6

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

4.8

5star

CL

1.2

4star

on the wing caused us to fluff a golden opportunity with a wide-open forward line and our forwards with a 3-2 numbers advantage. Holmes continued to struggle to hit his targets by foot.
Port had their tails up, and looked quick through the middle of the ground; perhaps I hoped James Worpel

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James Worpel

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

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D

23.5

5star

K

12.2

5star

HB

11.3

5star

M

2.9

3star

T

4.5

5star

CL

5.1

5star

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D

15.6

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

9.4

5star

M

1.0

1star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.8

4star

might have shown a little more defensive nous and starch but he had little impact at all.

Georgiades should have had half a dozen to half time.

20 points down early in the 2nd half, and with a sense of disconnectedness all over the ground, things were looking grim. Even the always energetic Bailey Smith

3

Bailey Smith

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25

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

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M/F

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18.3

5star

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8.5

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9.8

5star

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2.3

2star

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3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

looked short of ideas.

The fact that the coaching team were either unable or unwilling to give Patrick Dangerfield even a 5-minute burst in the middle was telling.

A Shannon Neale snap narrowed the margin, but we never looked as though we were making any real inroads - 23 scoring shots to 9 was more reflective of the gap between the two teams than the 18-point margin.
An indecisive Worpel had an opportunity to either lock a contested loose ball up or even better move it on to a teammate late in the 3rd quarter but he did neither and his opponents did what he could not; willing the ball forward for another Port goal and a 24-point margin at the final change.
It felt as though it should have been a 7-8 goal gap, but we were theoretically still some sort of chance.

An early Horne-Francis goal effectively put the game to bed.

The very early centre square aptitude we’d shown completely dried up,

Dangerfield dropped a mark in the F50, failed to butter up despite a clear path and Port rebounded the length of the ground for a Jase Burgoyne goal. He cut us up all night long.

A real reality check against a pretty average Port side; comprehensively beaten and a few worrying signs for the longer term; our captain looks to be playing on fumes and our biggest ball-winners are iffy by foot.

 

[kickazz]

Amazing how quickly things change, couple of weeks ago we were worry about how to squeeze them all in, now we have Stengle and Miers out, and a few senior players looking unfit.

 

[SkittleCats]

Super excited for next week as we roll out the majority of our VFL team to play against North in the seniors. Based on how tonights thread has gone im not sure we have enough players to cover for the ones we "need" to drop after that.

 

[Pollywaffle]

Jack Henry

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Cats pressure.

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Making Durdin look like a footballer

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O.Henry, Close, Mannagh, Worpel, Atkins, Martin, Dangerfield and O'Connor.

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Jack is a shadow of his previous self. Hopefully just slow to get going this year.

 

[you pick one]

It wasn't the 119 point flogging they were on the end of in 2007 but it was as comprehensive they cut us to ribbons.We have work to do.

 

[catempire]

Not a Premiership threat.

 

[kickazz]

Someone described Bowes' game as comedic. It kind of is, I'm a fan overall, he does a lot of good, some bad. Always looks confident doing it though!

 

[catters_28]

I don't even rate Jhye Clark but get him in ahead of Worpel for God sake

 

[winty]

Clearances were 14-5 our way at quarter time.

In the last 3 quarters we were smashed 41-14.

Port ended up with 70 more possessions, yet still had more tackles. The only 2 stats we won on the night were rebounds from 50 and free kicks.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

So guessing Paddy is ‘managed’ next week? Has a sense that he’s gone on a year to many, only 4 touches tonight, what do we do with him? He struggles to string a few games together.

Only round 7 but he looks cooked to me.

 

[#cats2021]

The amount of passengers we are carrying week to week this year is alarming.

Bruhn needs way more burn in the middle. What are we doing??

We have far too many downhill skiers. Soft, one way, conditional efforts. I don't need to name them, we all know who they are.