Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 6 - Saints v Dogs Thurs April 18th 7:30pm AEST (Marvel)

[cactuscall]

Maybe Thursday nights outside Victoria and Friday nights in Victoria.

Nah, keep Thursdays in Melbourne. It's a bit of fun seeing how irrelevant footy can be in the home of football, sporting capital of Australia.

 

[CarnTheScray]

26k two Melbourne clubs

Not great

Did you watch the Bulldogs last week, almost as bad as a Kangas game

 

[TheKanga]

Don't see how these two will face each other prime time again unless its a finals match.

Media won't even mention it because it's the saints

If it was a North home game it would get a 20 min expose on footy classified.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Our vanilla squad scared Geelong and GWS who are undefeated at the top of the ladder, we also scared Collingwood so much we beat them.

Pretty much the same depleted Vanilla Squad that the Cats beat by an absolutely massive 8 point blowout on their home deck.


Looking forward to the rematch at Marvel later this year when we get to have more of a full list and you get to sample all the flavours.

I did try telling you before hand.

 

[mick500]

Thursday Night sucks

Not when it's played in Adelaide, Brisbane or Sydney. 26k is s**t no matter how you slice it. Would have been lucky if 10k were there at the end.

 

[zigipop]

So will the ambulance chasers be after Ross tomorrow? Or will he continue to be a protected species?

The Ross phenomenon is a cult of personality. All and sundry in the industry laud his coaching prowess and yet the proof to the contrary is plain to see for those who can look past the bleating syxophants.

 

[Jock1eyemcpie]

Our vanilla squad scared Geelong and GWS who are undefeated at the top of the ladder, we also scared Collingwood so much we beat them.

Leigh fisher also helped

 

[TheKanga]

Did you watch the Bulldogs last week, almost as bad as a Kangas game

Essendon crowd helped

 

[Jock1eyemcpie]

Not when it's played in Adelaide, Brisbane or Sydney. 26k is s**t no matter how you slice it. Would have been lucky if 10k were there at the end.

Yeah but those clubs need the money, most of them survive off handouts.

 

[hutchy31]

The only real talking point to come out of this game is Naughton’s form.

Everything else is clearly just another “a week is a long time”. Last week Bevo on chopping block and Saints nearly stole a win against the league leaders, this week Dogs are back and Saints are back to no man’s land.
I’m sure if Essendon don’t lose tomorrow their next loss will have people convinced they are rubbish.

Give it 2-6 weeks and the Dogs will have a bad loss & the Saints will have a good win and it’ll be flipped again.

Interesting that Naughton had a day out with JUH wasn’t playing, but I think that’s probably more down to how dominant the dogs were - plus straight goal kicking which is incredibly unusual.

To your broader point - good teams have consistency of effort and performance. Neither of these teams do, which is why neither will be at the pointy end even if one or both scrape into finals.

 

[Hawksboy72]

Fox Footy already making excuses for Ross Lyon....

On SM-S918B using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Dan's called it.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Owens is very gifted
Not sure how they are playing him

I think he's physically gifted in terms of his strength and toughness - but he's very lacking in terms of skill.

 

[CarterS]

Dan's called it.

hard to disagree

 

[kozi]

Still kicked their 9 goals so Ross will tick it off. Just didn’t hold them to less

 

[Xtreme]

Did Abbey Holmes just say gusto or gutso ?

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Not when it's played in Adelaide, Brisbane or Sydney. 26k is s**t no matter how you slice it. Would have been lucky if 10k were there at the end.

Round 9 is Dees vs Carlton at the G so ill pay attention to see how far below their average that one is

 

[Plugger35]

Free kicks 21 to 8 in favour of the Bulldogs, also a 5 day break and a lot of injuries.

We did well to keep the margin to 10 goals all things considered.

We will bounce back, write us off at your peril.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

hard to disagree

Yeah that was a shocker. Coach killer.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Lots of excuses as always for St Kilda

What do you mean by excuses?

 

[Mr Meow]

Pretty much the same depleted Vanilla Squad that the Cats beat by an absolutely massive 8 point blowout on their home deck.


Looking forward to the rematch at Marvel later this year when we get to have more of a full list and you get to sample all the flavours.

When is the expected arrival date on these new flavours?

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Free kicks 21 to 8 in favour of the Bulldogs, also a 5 day break and a lot of injuries.

We did well to keep the margin to 10 goals all things considered.

We will bounce back, write us off at your peril.

Bounce back? To what?

They kicked their standard 60-odd points.

I fear that that's about as good as it gets.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

A dozen concussions will do that. If he was Nathan murphys age he wouldve retired by now

Not like you to not fact check...

"I think one needs to be really careful not to conflate shrugging a tackle with concussion, especially if you're using alternative facts to support your argument," he said.

"The idea that Joel's had 10 concussions is just wrong. The number's three."

Triple M's Billy Brownless agreed with the misdiagnosis.

"I know Geelong are not happy, especially the medical staff, with that reported 10 concussions, because it is not (10)," he said.

 

[Mr Meow]

Free kicks 21 to 8 in favour of the Bulldogs, also a 5 day break and a lot of injuries.

We did well to keep the margin to 10 goals all things considered.

We will bounce back, write us off at your peril.

It's always the umpires, isn't it? It's almost refreshing that you at least squeezed another excuse in.

If Bulldogs were ruthless they could've won by 100+ points - in second gear - without Libba and JUH.

 

[Plugger35]

I did try telling you before hand.

Looking forward to seeing how Geelong go against Brisbane at the Gabba, your first proper test, you may not be looking so smug then.