Autopsy AFL 2020 R2 Pies V Tigers Thursday 11th 7:40pm AEST (MCG) Teams Announced

[TW Sherrin]

It's rare that you see a game without a single noteworthy highlight. Last year was a shocking season for the game across the board, and the short quarters look to have made things even worse.

C'mon don't rob Mayne of his specky.

 

[juss]

There are 2 big winners from tonight:

West Coast & GWS.

Why? That won't be the level those clubs stay at. It was awful, but will improve quickly. The time to play Richmond is always early in the season and particularly we never play that well off extended breaks.

 

[Madness101]

Complaints about umpires … check !

Complaints about the fixture... check !

Comments about the game becoming crap and not what it 'once was'... check!

People from the internet claiming that the modern AFL player has no skill.... check !

God, it is good to have footy back ! I miss this s**t.

 

[Black white]

Yet cost you the win
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Yet you have no brain

 

[Numero Uno]

Has probably been answered in this thread already but when was the last time two teams in the dry scored a total of 72 points or less?

According to Hardwick it was a very wet night

 

[FreeTK]

I'm struggling to see how the Pies kick a good enough score to win this.

Lack of a true KPF leaves their forward structures looking subpar compared to Richmond and the other contenders this year (Eagles, Giants).

In order to win, they will need to be utterly dominant across the entire field to make up for what they are missing in their forward line.

Grundy, De Goey, and Pendlebury will need to be on from the first bounce if the Pies are to walk away with 4 points.

Well, as it turns out I wasn't wrong, per se.

 

[FreeTK]

Why? That won't be the level those clubs stay at. It was awful, but will improve quickly. The time to play Richmond is always early in the season and particularly we never play that well off extended breaks.

Because now the ladder position of West Coast and GWS relative to the Pies and Tigers is now not dependent on percentage.

I could see those 2 points costing either Collingwood or Richmond a top 2/4 spot later down the track.

 

[4THAWN]

Shortened quarters are sh#t.

Richmond had the squeeze on Collingwood all the way through the 3rd and 4th quarters, and would've capitalised in those final 4 minutes of each quarter when fatigue sets in for the Collingwood players.

 

[Towmotar]

Crappy game.

Pies fans should feel justifiably robbed by the umpires after that mark behind the line, and the non hands in the back decision.

 

[CarnTheScray]

Umpires didn't know who to protect this game.

 

[CarnTheScray]

Junk Time Jack looks cooked. He mightnt be best 22 come finals.

They won't get rid of him until they get a key forward who is just as good. Him and Lynch work well together.

 

[Roddy]

Oh man, they need to change the name of this board to 'BIGWHINGE'. The amount crying, sooking, wailing and gnashing of teeth going on in here is simply astonishing. Yet again.

It's a strange season in a deeply strange year. I turn 50 in a few months and I've never seen anything even close to what's been going on in the world. The players played one round and then stopped for weeks and weeks, couldn't train together, had to stay home, now they're playing a significantly shortened game in front of no one. They're human, at least TRY to cut them some slack and adjust.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

How can you blame umps when you didnt even score a goal in the second half?

 

[La Dispute]

Pies need to know how to win. They are good enough. 4 quarter efforts please

Don't currently have enough firepower up forward IMO.

They need DeGoey far closer to goal, and will be much better off with Stephenson back in the team. That will then release Thomas, Daicos etc.

For all the Cameron hyperbole last night Cox would have been a much better choice as a forward/ruck. Cameron is more a ruck/forward, who competed well, but wasn't overly effective forward of the ball.

 

[nahnah]

Once again relying on our backline to bail us out, such an underrated backline.

 

[BBC1967]

Junk Time Jack looks cooked. He mightnt be best 22 come finals.

At least he has two premiership medals.

 

[boncer34]

At least he has two premiership medals hey Bucks?

Uhh he's a West Coast fan, not sure you pointing out Buckley has no flags will hurt him all that much.

 

[BBC1967]

Crappy game.

Pies fans should feel justifiably robbed by the umpires after that mark behind the line, and the non hands in the back decision.

Lynch was scragged all night. Carey highlighted one instance in final quarter.

 

[boncer34]

Cotchin and Martin absolutely butchered the ball last night.

That won't happen again.

 

[BBC1967]

Uhh he's a West Coast fan, not sure you pointing out Buckley has no flags will hurt him all that much.

Got me ouch

 

[nahnah]

Cotchin and Martin absolutely butchered the ball last night.

That won't happen again.

ah well thats an issue for another team, if we play them again it wont be for another 16 weeks at least

 

[Spacedog]

Why the outrage over the game? I thought it was entertaining. People who want shootouts should turn off because you won’t see one this week

 

[HongKongRoo]

I don't have any answers but to produce a rugby type score in an AFL game does not seem to showcase the best of our game by a longshot. I wonder what percentage of scores in regular games comes from later in each quarter?

 

[Farang83150]

It's rare that you see a game without a single noteworthy highlight. Last year was a shocking season for the game across the board, and the short quarters look to have made things even worse.

Higgins mark....taken behind the line though.

 

[Tiger Mopsy]

If you can’t see the whole ball past the goal post, then it hasn’t crossed the line.

Simple really.

Staggering that people dont understand this.