Autopsy AFL 2018 R21: Liked, Hated, Learnt

[Rioli magic]

Learnt-
Geelong will have a big say come finals time.

What happened on the weekend that made you “learn” this?

 

[dean33]

Liked: Blues were competitive

Hated: Ablett doing a Rance

Learnt: Richmond deserve to win the flag again because they play a great team game, and they're the best team this year. I couldn't begrudge them

Will Ablett get fined? I’ll put my left nut on the fact he won’t. Happy that Rance got fined as long as they are consistent, however they never are.

 

[who_let_the_dogs_out]

Liked: Heeney's mark
Dogs winning to possibly end North's season

Hated: Johnson's knee. Like Clay Smith, the game can be a cruel bitch. I wish him all the best.

Learned: To never tip against Hawthorn at the G again. Unless its against Richmond.

 

[blckcaviar]

What happened on the weekend that made you “learn” this?

Chris Scott did the ladder predictor and it said so

 

[SSSSSS]

Liked: Ending the Bombers season a week before and putting the Cats season in temporary jeopardy.

Hated: GAJ diving. North and Melbourne's lack of mental fortitude putting the Cats season out of temporary jeopardy.

Learnt: It's Richmond >>> Daylight >>> GWS/WC >>> Daylight >>> The rest.

 

[WesCoSeagulls]

Liked Liam Flyin' Ryans mark and goal. Heeney and Ah Chees too.
Reivolts 10.
Eagles So entertaining this year. It's had it all.
Big injuries( nic nat, ryan, darling, kennedy)
suspensions (nic nat, gaff)
signings (gov, gaff?)
losses (Essendon)
historical wins (Collingwood) coaches bailing(mitchell)
after siren repeats(Port Adelaide)
sitting #2 given no chance in 2018
new stadium
Add a premiership and I'll need all cricket season to recover

Learnt Essendon are building a culture of winning at all costs.Friday night No interchange rotations due to injuries for a fair bit of the game. Flog St Kilda.
Im predicting a rise from the ashes for the New Bombers. Love watching Tippa too.

Hated the use of the term dissapointing. All I've heard all year, from football media to players. Lighten up. Been a cracker season if you think about it. Injuries are getting out of control though and our game is becoming really dangerous so put your resources into that, AFL, media etc

 

[gavaniacono]

Loved: jack. Always have always will. A good lad. And cotch. And my 3rd child.
Liked: want an even comp? We have it. Dont underestimate hawks or pies. Big chance. Nor giants or wce. Very open and edgy.
Hated: myself for self-pleasing every other day after the cats win.
Learnt: footys in good shape as is that bird next door asleep against the wheel of her ford escort.

 

[KermitJagger]

Liked: Getting the win over Geelong
Hated: The pure inability of any umpire to call HTB against Dangerfield. He's immune.
Alex Johnson's knees.
Learnt: We won't just be making up the numbers!

 

[Captivating]

Liked: Brisbane's game plan. Backing themselves to run, score and win rather than playing a boring as batshit lock down defensive style.

Hated: Every other contender except Richmond loses more players.

Learnt: Melbourne are this year's flat track bullies.

 

[Unknown Identity]

Liked:

WC getting it done after the siren missing Gaff, Nic Nat and JJK.
The way Alex Johnson's team mates got around him and their genuine grief for their mate, moving stuff.

Hated:

Alex Johnson's knee, deserves better.

Learnt:

Not sure anyone can win the flag other than Tigers, all guns blazing at the pointy end, in better form at the moment than this time last year.

 

[Glenn_]

Liked: Sydney winning when down two players for Three Quarters of the game.
Learnt: Melbourne have benefited from a incredibly soft draw.
Hated: Injury to AJ , how much bad luck can one person have?

 

[WCE Wizard]

Liked - Winning the game

Learnt - We cannot go deep in September without Josh Kennedy

Hated - Alex Johnson another knee, just cannot believe it poor bugger, wish him and his family well

 

[Blackhawk42]

Liked: beating Geelong twice this year.
James Worpel going harder and lower than Joel Selwood making him look foolish.
Heeny mark of the year.
The play no one is talking about. Bontempelli had 3 possessions from a centre clearance resulting in a goal. Only 4 possessions total in the chain. Was like watching local footy when the best player in the league comes back from an injury and play reserves and absolutely dominates. Loved it.

Hated: Johnson's knee.
Melbourne losing.
Love the Dogs, but North losing. Keeping Geelong right in the hunt.
Gawn as Supercoach captain.
St.Kildas effort against a depleted Bombers in the last quarter.

Learnt: We can contend because our kids believe and our top end talent are playing incredible football. Smith, Gunston and Bruest were bigger superstars than we all realised. Just needed Hodge, Mitch and Lewis to leave first.
Bad kicking is bad football (Melb).
I was right about Port Adelaide. Overrated recruits. Had them missing finals this year and looks like a real possibility.
Collingwood get some stars back and they are a real threat.

 

[Cold Sober]

What happened on the weekend that made you “learn” this?

What happened on the weekend that made your boyfriend jump the side fence and sleep with the neighbors husband ?

 

[freddy mercury]

Liked, north losing.

Hated, Alex Johnsons knee injury.

Learned, north are a one trick pony.

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Liked Brad Scotts presser
Lerant the AFL new rules are a pointless waste of effort
Hated nothing to hate when you win

 

[PhatBoy]

Will Ablett get fined? I’ll put my left nut on the fact he won’t. Happy that Rance got fined as long as they are consistent, however they never are.

Genuine question not a facetious one, how many times did it happen before Rance got fined?

 

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

Liked: 4 points for us.

Learnt: Finals performances remain a mystery until they happen. I'm quietly confident if we can hold up for the next two weeks though. We've evolved as a team and are no longer the team of talented youth that needed on-field coaching from the likes of Heater and Stevie J, albeit we will miss Heaters playing ability.
This year we can afford to use those spots on the twin terriers in Langdon and Danieks to add the defensive forward pressure that improves our structure a lot.
The playing group has played 5 finals in two years and is now battle hardened.
Doesn't mean we'll win cos there are some excellent sides, particularly WC and the Tigers, but we wont be easy beats.

Hated: This time of the year is always a bit sad as some teams drop out if the finals race. It's the nature of the competition though.

Injuries, but I dont want to dwell on that, the good teams will cope and the lucky teams wont have to.

 

[hawksalltheway]

liked: selwood out-toughed by a 7 gamer....eyes on the ball


learnt: the cup is Richmond's to lose


hated: disappointing from a true great of the game...

 

[winty]

hated: disappointing from a true great of the game...

Bit rich calling Isaac Smith a true great of the game.

 

[St Plugger]

Learnt; saints and Gold Coast are in more trouble than Carlton

This, unfortunately to true.
With free agency sucking the life blood out of the comp and destroying the effectiveness of the draft, the "Battler" clubs have little or no hope of getting off the lower rungs of the ladder.

 

[hawksalltheway]

Bit rich calling Isaac Smith a true great of the game.

ha ha , i dunno, Izzy has a pretty good list of achievements, more premierships than Gaz for a start!

but seriously, people trying to justify this flop are kidding themselves...nice elbow to the jaw as well

 

[juss]

Liked: Jack's 10 and Coleman medal contention

Learnt: GWS are the biggest threat to the Tigers by far, and with the pre-finals bye they will freshen up and be a serious flag contender.

Hated: The Demons being the Demons, genuinely want them to get some September action, their fans deserve it.

 

[Simon_Says]

This, unfortunately is true

Oh sorry clarifying, the only reason i thought the saints were in trouble was just the teams goalkicking on Friday night.

Didnt matter either Where the setshot was or who was kicking it, they found a way to utensil it up.
Easy set shot?
Id rather snap, an easy drop punt.

Not sure whats wrong with the players in the comps rational that thinks it gives then a better chance to get the goal.

Kick the drop punt lads.

 

[winty]

ha ha , i dunno, Izzy has a pretty good list of achievements, more premierships than Gaz for a start!

but seriously, people trying to justify this flop are kidding themselves...nice elbow to the jaw as well

Hard to see from the camera angle as Scott Selwood is obscuring the view, but are we sure Ablett didn't just trip over Narkle's feet when he was back-pedalling, which caused him to fall over?