Autopsy AFL 2021 Round 20 - Pies v Eagles Sat July 31st 4:15pm EST (MCG)

[Malifice]

On behalf of Carlton people everywhere, thank you West Coast and Collingwood.

 

[pablo668]

Ok Pies, you can go home now.
No way the Eagles are getting close, even if you're not there.

Eagles, please play like this when you meet Freo next. kthxbai

 

[Falcon27]

Commentators refuse to acknowledge it’s the gameplan for what Eagles are dishing up

 

[wedgetail]

On behalf of Carlton people everywhere, thank you West Coast and Collingwood.

Can we paper / scissor / rock for clarko right now?

 

[Malifice]

Can we paper / scissor / rock for clarko right now?

Gold Coast wants a piece of this.

 

[swanssince2002]

Another team enters the Clarko stakes!

 

[ep2018]

Think this year 7th and 8th get cut off and just make it a top 6. Can’t believe talk of a wildcard weekend where 9th - 10th get a chance as well.

This year we're like North in 2016. Hold onto 8th for dear life and then get thumped in the first week of finals.

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

Should only be a top 6 this year. Everyone else is ******* s**t.

 

[Malifice]

This is the worst defensive effort I've seen all year. It's like the Eagles just dont give s**t.

And Im a Carlton supporter.

 

[BartBart]

This is the worst defensive effort I've seen all year. It's like the Eagles just dont give sh*t.

And Im a Carlton supporter.

That is the style we are told to play these days.

 

[PhatBoy]

If this is indeed the game plan that the Eagles are being asked to play, what then does it say about the onfield group, a group that has largely won a flag together and has a heap of experience, that they can’t look around at what is happening and change their approach.

how you could just put the blame on the coach after what this group has dished up today is beyond me

 

[Royalbeagle]

Simpson helpless! Really? He’s responsible for this non contact, zone off gameplan

someone needs to remind the lot of them that they’re playing football - not netball. Insipid effort.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Commentators refuse to acknowledge it’s the gameplan for what Eagles are dishing up

What fans have noticed for a long time......

 

[kaiserchief13]

If this is indeed the game plan that the Eagles are being asked to play, what then does it say about the onfield group, a group that has largely won a flag together and has a heap of experience, that they can’t look around at what is happening and change their approach.

how you could just put the blame on the coach after what this group has dished up today is beyond me

Because it has happened a number of times this year already. Simpson doesn't change anything and expects different results - he is a putrid afl coach

 

[Belnakor]

Eagles, please play like this when you meet Freo next. kthxbai

No chance. The eagles always plan ahead and play their best game for the year in the derby. They know they aren’t going to be competitive in the finals so they will focus on the derby.

 

[Scotland]

I don’t have any leaning to either of these teams but I actually seriously feel for Eagles fans watching this. This is utterly ******* abysmal

Each to their own but I haven't felt less invested in a WC season for a long time. Which is weird when you consider we are 10-8 and still a chance of finishing 5th or 6th.

The same team that almost beat WB in Melbourne then played Port off the park with a half of footy turns in 'efforts' like this on the reg. I know we've had a lot of injuries but we showed more in the first half of the season than we have since players started coming back. We play a one dimensional, one way brand of footy and have no plan B. We kick backwards and sideways, move the ball slowly, have no overlap run, make fundamental errors under no pressure, we're last in tackles and last in uncontested possessions conceded...

Easy from the cheap seats but we look like a team that is easy to play against and easy to coach against.

 

[BartBart]

If this is indeed the game plan that the Eagles are being asked to play, what then does it say about the onfield group, a group that has largely won a flag together and has a heap of experience, that they can’t look around at what is happening and change their approach.

how you could just put the blame on the coach after what this group has dished up today is beyond me

Because it is the 5th or 6th time this season... which says it is the coaching. The coach could instruct them to play a different way, drop senior players who aren't playing how he wants, etc.

They are playing how Simpsons wants.

You wait... we will hear about disposal issues, "things are never as bad as they seem, and not as good as they seem in wins", etc. and no-one of consequence gets dropped.

 

[PieLebo87]

This game needs more private school boys.

 

[The 747]

Well since you can't really sack all the players, so perhaps have to sack the coach. More than a few times this year the Eagles performance has been flat out unacceptable. Do they have seven AA players out there today?

 

[The 747]

Wait, here they come!

 

[BartBart]

Because it has happened a number of times this year already. Simpson doesn't change anything and expects different results - he is a putrid afl coach

Worsfold never had a Plan B contingency on game day either. It is like we get tunnel visioned as a club.

 

[Malifice]

That is the style we are told to play these days.

Its like the pissweak effort we put in against North last week in the 3rd quarter.

Just for the whole game.

 

[Royalbeagle]

They’ll win the last quarter and Simpson will cite that as a positive. Pressure off. Lol.

 

[PieLebo87]

I’ve never seen someone love their job more than David Rodan

David Rodan

Age

40

Ht

173cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.1

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

3.1

5star

CL

3.9

5star

No current season stats available

D

8.6

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

2.6

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Well since you can't really sack all the players, so perhaps have to sack the coach. More than a few times this year the Eagles performance has been flat out unacceptable. Do they have seven AA players out there today?

McGovern, Gaff, Kelly, Naitanui, Kennedy, Darling, Hurn and Sheppard are all out there. Think they have all been AA at one point at least? So that's 8. Simpson is a joke at this stage...