Autopsy AFL 2021 Round 4 - Saints v Eagles Sat April 10th 4:35pm EST (Marvel) Eagles Plodcast Link in OP!

[Always Ballin]

It was only 33 points -- calm the hell down. Huddo and Dunstall need to drop it down a level.

 

[HarryZLA]

It was only 33 points -- calm the hell down. Huddo and Dunstall need to drop it down a level.

ONLY 33 points, and swung to +20. Yikes.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

West Coast is just soft as butter without Shuey and Yeo let alone neither.

 

[Rubber Snake]

I love it when I’m wrong !!

 

[Roobs321]

Eagles away, getting dark in twilight game, and it being 10-11 degrees right now in Melbourne (something they didn't get exposed to much in 2020), maybe had a little bit to do with it. But these fadeouts have always been a latent feature of this squad, going back to Woosha's last year. Liam Ryan

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Liam Ryan

Age

27

Ht

181cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.3

5star

D

9.9

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

1.6

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.6

5star

for example looked very lacking in energy to me at times last week, something didn't seem right with him.

 

[freddy mercury]

Looks like Saints are premiers again. What an amazing side with amazing history.

 

[Scotland]

Are West Coast fans seriously blaming the umpires for that? Embarrassing and pathetic.

West Coast lost because they were mentally weak and got thoroughly outplayed by the better team. Liam Duggan sh*tting his pants and dropping an easy mark was as soft as it gets.

No. West Coast 100% deserved to lose. Pathetic performance.

Go back and read the first few pages. Endless whinging about free kicks paid to WC, who in all honestly weren't even that good in the first half. Defensive intensity was atrocious for most of the game, and we repeatedly made soft turnovers under no pressure to gift St Kilda goals. We efficiently converted a small number of inside 50s to build a lead.

The umpiring in the second half was still a joke.

 

[Pusswah]

Is Caroline Wilson going to write 20 articles about the concussed player staying on?

I reckon someone should.
It's the same old thing with the player that was laid out on the ground for a good minute shakes off the doc and he just trundled off to the boundary.
The player was very obviously not right and should have been taken away immediately.

People will say we have to trust the doctors and we shouldn't question them. The reason they're not supposed to be questioned is they're expected to make the hard, correct call, it's their duty and responsibility.

 

[Rich01]

West Coast is just soft as butter without Shuey and Yeo let alone neither.

Yep. Kelly, Sheed and Redden weren’t there when the game was there to be won. Kelly particularly disappointing as you would expect more from him.

Nic Nat also should have dominated against a limp opposition. Doesn’t seem to be covering ground so well at the moment.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

Yep. Kelly, Sheed and Redden weren’t there when the game was there to be won. Kelly particularly disappointing as you would expect more from him.

Nic Nat also should have dominated against a limp opposition. Doesn’t seem to be covering ground so well at the moment.

You forgot about Gaff.

 

[cactuscall]

That was just...

 

[Rich01]

You forgot about Gaff.

I thought he had a Gaff like game. He’s great when the team is up and running and less noticeable when they are struggling.

The stadium blunts his style somewhat but I didn’t expect him to get in and win the game for you. Gaff is great when the others do the hard work in the middle and he can utilise his run. He didn’t get that service today.

 

[g_TRAIN]

Great coaching by Rattan I think as well.. it was clear we changed the way we were playing after half time.

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[Roobs321]

They had a tough game against the Suns R1 in mid 30s temp which they needed to win in the last. Then the Bulldogs thriller. Then their first half against Port. Since then, their tickets look spent. Couple that with the Saints getting smashed last week and being down a couple in the second half this week and therefore being hyper-motivated. Congrats to the Saints for finding a way, exposing vulnerabilities and taking over like they did. A loss like that where you get overrun by 9 goals can be worth more than one loss down the road.

 

[Scotland]

If the Saints had kicked defensively inside 50 to prioritise stoppages or throw-ins over marks they would've won by 10 goals.

 

[gangsta deluxe]

One of the biggest bed shits I’ve seen

 

[marcus1232]

Quite a few Saints players appear to be a little scared of physical contact. Just an observation.

This post aged well

 

[Dancing Dougy]

What excuse this week Sweet Jesus ?

 

[aussierulesrules]

If the Saints had kicked defensively inside 50 to prioritise stoppages or throw-ins over marks they would've won by 10 goals.

Or if we didn’t waste so many shots for goal.

 

[Sweet Jesus]

What excuse this week Sweet Jesus ?

I don't recall making excuses.

 

[Dancing Dougy]

I don't recall making excuses.

It's easier that way huh.

 

[Scotland]

Or if we didn’t waste so many shots for goal.

15.12 isn't bad. A lot of very easy shots in the first half courtesy of dumb WC turnovers. If we are going to kick to your players 60m out under no pressure then it makes like easy for King to lead to 30 out straight in front and take easy marks.

Issue was that we were picking off the Saints inside 50s easily because you were going long and high. When the ball went wide or low and flat to a contest or was scrubbed in along the ground we had nothing. Tackles inside 50 were 18-6 for the game.

 

[Stan Van Gundy]

That was sublime from the Saints in the 3rd/4th...honestly bullied the Eagles. About as good a standard of football as I've seen.

 

[Andronicus]

Saints you beautiful bastards.

 

[westie]

This post aged well

Exactly the post that I would expect from the hairpiece.