Autopsy AFL 2023 Round 5 Gather Round - Cats v Eagles Sun April 16th 1:10pm AEST (AO)

[Walter H White]

I feel like Dermot still really loves Isaac Smith

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Isaac Smith

Age

35

Ht

188cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

13.0

5star

HB

8.4

5star

M

5.5

5star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.7

4star

D

19.4

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.3

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.5

3star

CL

1.3

4star

D

19.2

5star

K

10.6

4star

HB

8.6

5star

M

7.6

5star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.6

3star

, even after leaving the Hawks.

 

[JohnZ]

“All teams should merge” hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Okay, which BigFooty poster was that? There is no way that guy is not an active poster here

No one. It's a shitty gambling ad

 

[BringFevBack2021]

I don’t mean this in a dickhead way because I like him as a bloke and a player but I wonder how Tim Kelly feels about all this at the moment.

Who knows what would have happened if he stayed because we basically got Cameron for him but he’s basically resigned himself to being an A-grader in a c-grade side until at best the tail end of his career. Would be tough for him being on the end of this as well as seeing his old side win a flag last year

You don’t come off as a dickhead in saying this, I just reckon he thought the Eagles were closer than they actually were. They’ve had two consecutive years where they’ve been hammered by injury and covid and it’s expedited their downfall.

Just wrong place wrong time. He would be spewing in one aspect but at least he’s being paid handsomely and is around his family - which as an indigenous man is more important than a white fella like me could ever comprehend.

 

[Hoops]

35min quarter

 

[Generalissimo]

35min quater

Torrent of goals will do that.

 

[RU_]

You don’t come off as a dickhead in saying this, I just reckon he thought the Eagles were closer than they actually were. They’ve had two consecutive years where they’ve been hammered by injury and covid and it’s expedited their downfall.

Just wrong place wrong time. He would be spewing in one aspect but at least he’s being paid handsomely and is around his family - which as an indigenous man is more important than a white fella like me could ever comprehend.

I think you hit the nail on the head here

 

[largebus]

Possible broken wrist/hand for Stengle. It got slammed underneath him in the tackle

 

[10Dulkar]

35min quater

It's a term apparently now. Sounds like a school.

 

[PhatBoy]

You don’t come off as a dickhead in saying this, I just reckon he thought the Eagles were closer than they actually were. They’ve had two consecutive years where they’ve been hammered by injury and covid and it’s expedited their downfall.

Just wrong place wrong time. He would be spewing in one aspect but at least he’s being paid handsomely and is around his family - which as an indigenous man is more important than a white fella like me could ever comprehend.

Completely - I had no issue with him going and Absolutely sympathised with his reasons and I was pretty disappointed with some of the things that were said about it when he left. I just wonder what he would do if he had his time again just for another 3-4 years even.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

I don’t mean this in a dickhead way because I like him as a bloke and a player but I wonder how Tim Kelly feels about all this at the moment.

Who knows what would have happened if he stayed because we basically got Cameron for him but he’s basically resigned himself to being an A-grader in a c-grade side until at best the tail end of his career. Would be tough for him being on the end of this as well as seeing his old side win a flag last year

He would have been expecting the Eagles to be at least as good a chance to win a premiership as Geelong when he left. So, of course it hasn't gone how he would have planned, but he went for family reasons after all. If he'd publicly done it to win a premiership then sure, he'd probably feel a bit silly.

At the end of the day, he's a good player and a great person. He was all class and a true professional in what was a tough situation during his last 12 months at Geelong and I wish him nothing but the best.

 

[ROYAL EAGLE]

I like Ginbey, but I thought he had a good bit of speed ?.

Seems to be struggling to put his pedal to the metal. Players running away from him.

Was very sore going into game was touch and go to play

 

[Macca18]

Adam Simpson would even be more grateful, 5 years on, that Don Sheed kicked that match winner in the 2018 GF.

Without that? Surely he’d be gone?

 

[Cyber_punk]

Hard to believe WCE eagles won 5 years ago, sure it's so hard to keep stay competitive, but a significant drop off like this is unfathomable.

They weren't a particularly dominant flag side though. They were lucky Richmond shat the bed against Collingwood.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

I feel like Dermot still really loves Isaac Smith, even after leaving the Hawks.

He loves anyone that he's met or knows personally, couldn't get him to shut up about anyone on GWS's list a few years back after he spent a few weeks there as a specialist coach.

George Burbury was perhaps Derm's most random love child for half a season or so after he interviewed him once on SEN.

 

[Jimmy Yamazaki]

Hopefully not too bad for Stengle.

 

[Sttew]

Hopefully not too bad for Stengle.

Didn’t look good the way he was cradling his arm

 

[Generalissimo]

George Burbury

Shame about that facial fracture. I reckon Burbury could have made it- he had some skills.

 

[YouBeauty]

No disrespect to Geelong but west coast are a ******* disgrace. I've seen much worse teams perform more competitively. Surely you sack the coach and try something else because they are not playing for him.

 

[fnerd]

Adam Simpson would even be more grateful, 5 years on, that Don Sheed kicked that match winner in the 2018 GF.

Without that? Surely he’d be gone?

Luckiest coach in the AFL

 

[Jimmy Yamazaki]

Didn’t look good the way he was cradling his arm

Yeah hoping it's just a sprain.

 

[fnerd]

No disrespect to Geelong but west coast are a ******* disgrace. I've seen much worse teams perform more competitively. Surely you sack the coach and try something else because they are not playing for him.

The only time they’ve really tried was the derby - played like their lives depended on it .
Proceeded to cop a heap of injuries because of it and now back to their putrid selves

 

[CakeEater]

The only time they’ve really tried was the derby - played like their lives depended on it .
Proceeded to cop a heap of injuries because of it and now back to their putrid selves

Well the derby is their grand final.

 

[Macca180]

my god that was bs nothing free kick to waterman in front of goal

no way that gets paid if if the game is close

so soft

 

[PhatBoy]

Hawkins looks a million per cent better in the last 2 weeks. Obviously the quality of the opposition impacts that but physically looks much closer to his best

 

[CrowToon]

They have a really bad injury list like the start of last year. They were competitive when they got players back but the concern would be relying too heavily on their senior players for good performances and maintaining standards/culture

Yeah I get that but we also need to remember a lot of their best players are older so yes a couple of injury-ravaged years but in a side that didn't really have that time to lose.