Injury A fitting end

[portly]

If ollie isnt captain next year ill spew

Eh. Ollie wasn't good tonight!

Needs to switch himself on.

 

[Coobk001]

Eh. Ollie wasn't good tonight!

Needs to switch himself on.

Yep Ollie was taken to the cleaners by Priddis.

 

[portly]

I had a great post for it too.

No composure when it really mattered.

Oh well.

Totally agree with the composure comment. Fits in well with Ken's 'try hard' mantra.

 

[bushwood]

You're welcome to take him off our hands for free. Apparently Hinkley and Parker thought he would be a better player than Matt Crouch.

And we've been gifting him games ever since.

 

[portly]

Right in front of you?
Nah we ****** up.

Why not both!

 

[ozph1870]

People didn't agree when I said Ryder shouldn't be all Australian because when we needed him in the big games he got destroyed...
Happened again.

The young blokes all stood up. We have a good young core.

 

[RossFC]

You're welcome to take him off our hands for free. Apparently Hinkley and Parker thought he would be a better player than Matt Crouch.

It's our very own Richard Tambling pick.

 

[edgie]

My eyes keep seeing the title of this thread as

'Impey - A fitting end'

 

[jdeezy]

2 hours later and I still hate this football club.

Get rid of everyone that played in the 07 grand final please. Chop off the deadwood.

 

[edgie]

2 hours later and I still hate this football club.

Get rid of everyone that played in the 07 grand final please. Chop off the deadwood.

It's pretty much just Boak and Hoff. Think our problems run deeper than that.

 

[1954]

It's pretty much just Boak and Hoff. Think our problems run deeper than that.

Unfortunately though it is possible that last night's result may have created a few more Salopeks and Pettigrews, and they weren't the only two who barely fired a shot after that 2007 gf debacle.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Would've likely given Ryder the chop out he needed and would've beaten Petrie in ruck, and likely would've been able to be a little more competitive against McGovern who took 15 marks.

There's zero doubt not bringing in Trengove was a mistake.

Based on what? The last two blokes Trengove tried to play a defensive role on were Alex Rance and Jake Carlisle and they were both arguably BOG for their clubs on the night.

Trengove certainly wouldn't have offered the defensive pressure or the quick hands in scoring chains that Marshall gave us tonight.

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

Based on what? The last two blokes Trengove tried to play a defensive role on were Alex Rance and Jake Carlisle and they were both arguably BOG for their clubs on the night.

Trengove certainly wouldn't have offered the defensive pressure or the quick hands in scoring chains that Marshall gave us tonight.

Both champs, too.

 

[edgie]

Trengove would have at least been accountable for old man Petrie or wow is he still playing Vardy and allowed us proper flexibility in ruck with Ryder. Hoff had to roam to make up for the short backline, and Dixon was just way too valuable in attack.

As a forward no, but as a defender, there's a case to be made tonight.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

One thing Trengove could have really helped with is the rucking.

But as a forward hell no. There were so many things out there that Marshall did that Trengove would never be able to do.

 

[TeeKray]

Even by West Coast standards, their intercept marking was sky high. No doubt many of those easy pick offs could have been brought to ground by the bigger, stronger body of Trengove. It's hard to tell if that would have made up for the better offensive work of Marshall but it's a perfectly legitimate discussion point.

 

[tribey]

Even by West Coast standards, their intercept marking was sky high. No doubt many of those easy pick offs could have been brought to ground by the bigger, stronger body of Trengove. It's hard to tell if that would have made up for the better offensive work of Marshall but it's a perfectly legitimate discussion point.

I'm currently running a match-sim in my spankbank where Eddy plays instead of Impey.

Do we still lose? Maybe.

Do we play in a manner that isn't akin to trying to nail diarrhoea to a wall? Maybe.

Is what we're currently doing ever going to win us anything? No f*cking way.

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

One thing Trengove could have really helped with is the rucking.

But as a forward hell no. There were so many things out there that Marshall did that Trengove would never be able to do.

Such as?

 

[afl2004]

God just wish Marshall had another 5 til 10 kg of muscle . Him and dixon could be very scary . Which is why i think there ok with jacko going

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

God just wish Marshall had another 5 til 10 kg of muscle . Him and dixon could be very scary . Which is why i think there ok with jacko going

I can't help but think that we'll be a very dangerous side to come up against for at least the next couple seasons.

 

[noddy]

I had a great post for it too.

No composure when it really mattered.

Oh well.

s**t happens mate.

 

[tribey]

Would've likely given Ryder the chop out he needed and would've beaten Petrie in ruck, and likely would've been able to be a little more competitive against McGovern who took 15 marks.

There's zero doubt not bringing in Trengove was a mistake.

If he'd found a way to convince Lobbe to leave when that offer of a first-rounder came in, or not signed him to that bumper contract in the first place (end of 2019, despite Ryder inbound), or Lobbe didn't devolve into an SANFL-standard ruck, he's not forced to shoehorn Trengove into a forward-ruck role he's barely adequate in, leaving the team horribly exposed for genuine tall defenders at the back exactly when he needed them most.

We can talk about hindsight and Lobbe having the right of refusal etc, but this is the very essence of list management. Sniffing out opportunity. Getting your timing and these decisions right.

As it happened, he had $1,000,000+ worth of perfectly healthy tall timber sitting out last night, not injured, but actually unworthy of selection.

Unforgivable.

 

[PJ Power]

The other thing to remember is that we never brought our A game last night.

The other three finals involved a team that dominated by playing at their best when it counted.

Our best, with leaders and stars all playing well from the start, and with players lowering their eyes going forward and converting their chances for goal, should have been enough for a 5-7 goal win. Yet as is always the case against WCE, we didn't come to play or bring our best quality of footy from the first siren.

In retrospect we were so far off the form and quality of the three winning finalists (Adel, Syd and Rich), that we should thank our lucky stars to be put out of misery early in the finals campaign, and thereby avoid a 72 point spanking in an MCG prelim.

 

[Pappagallo]

The other thing to remember is that we never brought our A game last night.

The other three finals involved a team that dominated by playing at their best when it counted.

Our best, with leaders and stars all playing well from the start, and with players lowering their eyes going forward and converting their chances for goal, should have been enough for a 5-7 goal win. Yet as is always the case against WCE, we didn't come to play or bring our best quality of footy from the first siren.

In retrospect we were so far off the form and quality of the three winning finalists (Adel, Syd and Rich), that we should thank our lucky stars to be put out of misery early in the finals campaign, and thereby avoid a 72 point spanking in an MCG prelim.

I really don't care about the possibility of getting spanked in another final. If we want to get anywhere we need to crave the contest, not fear it.

Having said that at least this result puts to bed any assertion that 2017 was just as good/better than 2014. It was clearly worse and all the flat track stat-padding in the world can't change that.

Hopefully this is acknowledged, at least internally, and the K-men kaizen the f@#k out of the entire operation.

On and up.

 

[Interstater]

Last night was 1976 all over again.

Next year has to be 1977.

We have the players.
We have the motivation.
What we don't have is any more excuses.

It must be this.
Those in charge of the club must speak to those in charge back then and then faarken do it.

I don't want to hear a single faarken excuse next year.
I don't want to hear much at all.
I want to see this.
Otherwise last night was for nothing.
If there is any player that isn't motivated after last night, they should just * off now.

Lock your playstations in the cupboard over summer and spend every spare minute practicing 30 metre kicks. Never leave home without a football in your hand.

Any player that is sitting in the SANFL earning more than they deserve needs to think about how they are denying success for their mates and do the honourable thing.
You are out of football a long time.