AFL Autopsy 1 point (technical) win vs the Weagles

[faible]

If youve got Bryan in your ruck, you arent doing anything

He’s incredibly young for a ruckman. Like playing an 18 year old midfielder and calling them no good.

 

[windyhill]

Called 30K on the crowd, had a good win on that (dinner and drinks,nice)
That was ****ing embarrassing, but as I said in the preview thread, don’t go expecting a pumping hey andleanback .
We will pump norf next week. Just the way Essendon works.

 

[Keystone agony]

He’s incredibly young for a ruckman. Like playing an 18 year old midfielder and calling them no good.

Are you saying i called him no good?

 

[jannissary]

If youve got Bryan in your ruck, you arent doing anything

i disagree. maybe today wasn’t his best but he’s done well since the injury

 

[andleanback]

If youve got Bryan in your ruck, you arent doing anything

Bryan’s tap work was actually pretty good today. He’s far from our biggest issue

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

Yep lets * off Scott.

Maybe when we go through another 7 coaches we'll realize our list boss is the problem.

The last of our cancers still remains. Dodo.

 

[Keystone agony]

Because not caring about the wins is how the team has looked for the last decade, playing for draft picks over winning is rubbish, we’ve pretty much been in the bottom half for how long now? Hows those draft picks been working out with our teams s**t lack of effort?
Im ok with losing if it’s seeing the backs of players who aren’t apart of the future of this team and getting games into possible future having a crack

This issue has been winning games that mean nothing and ending up middle of the road club

The teams showed as much effort as any other side around us till this week

 

[BrunoV]

We will know after the first third of next season whether Scott is another woosha….returning to grow his retirement assets. Driven by money not desire to win. It’s hard to resurrect any career. The team has completely lost the structure of the first half. Maybe Lloyd’s right. Constantly talking about the long term doesn’t work. Got to hurt if you don’t win or don’t try. Get ready for board to extend Scott’s contract after one average win next year. Woosha repeats. I hope Scott’s still got it. I’m not giving up yet but Baldwins absence again today raises alone of many questions question.

I don't think the desire is the issue.

He has miscalculated and fed all of the bad habits of the team. He has applied principles in a vacuum rather than tailoring to fit the self satisfied front running culture at Essendon.

Everyone expected him to come in and make a mark. The players were intimidated by him, in a good way.

He could have used year 1 as the dictator everyone thought they were getting to make some harsh calls. To blow results up to actually set standards for the world class football program (he is so good at talking about).

He has squandered the opportunity to make that mark for a sugar hit, to have a look at the list by playing a best 22 each week. It's young because there is no one else. He has been extremely conservative within the framework he has inherited.

You can make all of the excuses in the world: got the job too late, needed to have a look, etc.

But we're still where we are, conceding record rebound 50 scores to the worst side in 25 years.

He should have spent time watching replays to catch up. The only thing we have achieved this year is that Perkins, Hobbs, Caldwell and a few others are a season closer to being able to carry us out of this mire on their shoulders.

The one thing Scott has been amazing at is rebranding the same old shit.

 

[tandino]

Were they all out on the piss with Lloyd and the Haileybury kids?

 

[Yoda_]

Its the first time ever in my life this year where I have (almost) given up hope of my football club ever being good.

I look at so many other "big 4" teams who have been shit, rebuilt, won finals, competed, won flags, bottomed out, gone again

all whilst my pathetic football club meanders around mediocrity year on year.

It almost doesn't hurt any more as the years go by knowing we are not going to win anyways

 

[Keystone agony]

You cant expect to have the youngest side in the comp for the last half and expect to be winning finals

 

[Tassieboy]

We have completely stopped. Defence is in disarray. Wright can’t hold a mark. We can’t hit a target forward of centre to save ourselves.

Ironically, if we fluke a performance against Collingwood or GWS we are staring down the genuine possibility of scrapping into 8th and getting reamed once again in an Elimination Final.

 

[andleanback]

Also can we stop using inexperienced players as the sub. They struggle to get into the game and have no impact.

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

Its the first time ever in my life this year where I have (almost) given up hope of my football club ever being good.

I look at so many other "big 4" teams who have been s**t, rebuilt, won finals, competed, won flags, bottomed out, gone again

all whilst my pathetic football club meanders around mediocrity year on year.

It almost doesn't hurt any more as the years go by knowing we are not going to win anyways

I’m with ya Yoda. I often keep the game on in the background with no sound and spend time with the kids because investing in this shit truck too much brings nothing but disappointment.
And when the issues are chronic, glaring and perpetual it simply becomes an exercise in utter futility.

 

[jmoo wan]

We will know after the first third of next season whether Scott is another woosha….returning to grow his retirement assets. Driven by money not desire to win.

do you reckon he was struggling on his AFL wage?

 

[jannissary]

one thing that’s been most apparent throughout the season, is that our basic skills are ridiculously mediocre. apart from ridley & merrett, who else has minimal skill errors and clangers

 

[DapperDon]

Drop cox (not up to it) bring in Stewart for the back line, Tsatis out snells back in.... oh and Langford back for pitys sake give the back line some strength, Weids chf.

So drop 2 kids we need to get minutes into for a player we'll likely retire in a month, put our best forward down back and bring in an underperforming small and the worst performing tall forward we have played this year.

Other than that, good call.

 

[bommer16]

I missed the whole game. Sounds like I saved my eyes.

 

[jannissary]

I missed the whole game. Sounds like I saved my eyes.

watch the second quarter, only part where we played well

 

[Keystone agony]

I don't think the desire is the issue.

He has miscalculated and fed all of the bad habits of the team. He has applied principles in a vacuum rather than tailoring to fit the self satisfied front running culture at Essendon.

Everyone expected him to come in and make a mark. The players were intimidated by him, in a good way.

He could have used year 1 as the dictator everyone thought they were getting to make some harsh calls. To blow results up to actually set standards for the world class football program (he is so good at talking about).

He has squandered the opportunity to make that mark for a sugar hit, to have a look at the list by playing a best 22 each week. It's young because there is no one else. He has been extremely conservative without the framework he has inherited.

You can make all of the excuses in the world: got the job too late, needed to have a look, etc.

But we're still where we are, conceding record rebound 50 scores to the worst side in 25 years.

He should have spent time watching replays to catch up. The only thing we have achieved this year is that Perkins, Hobbs, Caldwell and a few others are a season closer to being able to carry us out of this mire on their shoulders.

The one thing Scott has been amazing at is rebranding the same old s**t.

This is the biggest load of nonsense ive read

 

[Westlo]

Because not caring about the wins is how the team has looked for the last decade, playing for draft picks over winning is rubbish, we’ve pretty much been in the bottom half for how long now? Hows those draft picks been working out with our teams s**t lack of effort?

Haven't been in the bottom half long enough if you want an honest answer, we're a dead set treadmill team and if we somehow make finals it's going to be.

Make finals get pumped
Miss finals sack coach, sorry I mean coaching handover.
Make finals get pumped
Miss finals sack coach
Make finals get pumped
Miss finals sack Dodo coach?

How's the draft picks pick working out? Pretty shit since we traded away all our high ones from 2017-2019 for players who are just about done. We've had 4 top ten picks in the last 6 drafts and 2 of them are because Daniher and Saad ****ed off.

This club is too happy to make finals and sack a coach the next year when they can't repeat that because they overate a list that hasn't been able to pick up enough elite talent because we're stuck on a treadmill and try and take too many shortcuts.

 

[BrunoV]

You cant expect to have the youngest side in the comp for the last half and expect to be winning finals

Please, enlighten me.

What standards have improved?

 

[MightyDon]

This issue has been winning games that mean nothing and ending up middle of the road club

The teams showed as much effort as any other side around us till this week

Finishing middle of the road is playing and holding onto list cloggers rather than giving some kids a go when seasons are shot, you will lose some more games that senior spuds might have just got you over the line in but at least they have the potential to take the club forward.

 

[rumply]

Drop cox (not up to it) bring in Stewart for the back line, Tsatis out snells back in.... oh and Langford back for pitys sake give the back line some strength, Weids chf.

I know a piss take when I see one...I think...

 

[andleanback]

Drop cox (not up to it) bring in Stewart for the back line, Tsatis out snells back in.... oh and Langford back for pitys sake give the back line some strength, Weids chf.

Wut