Autopsy Autopsy vs Freo - ****

[Pravda Roo]

unfortunately they do have the internet over there.

HAve hird it is still dial up LMAO

 

[Fish Sticks]

Now now you two. Just go have a look at how many 1% he had and how many tackles when we laid the most tackles we have for the year… Powell is a bog average nothing player.

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Powell is second at the club behind Xerri for most tackles in 2025 & 26th overall in the league.

 

[Jasemon]

He's a coward but in space he's actually a lot of fun to watch

“Coward” says the keyboard warrior!

Nobody who gets to AFL level is a coward. Try focusing on some of the positives in this young crop of talented youth coming through as they adjust to game plan, contest and their physical capabilities. RHJ was personally instrumental in setting up 3-4 goals after subbing on. His ability to hit a target compared to the majority of our team was next level. Yet all you can muster up is some embarrassing name calling.

 

[zoomba23]

“Coward” says the keyboard warrior!

Nobody who gets to AFL level is a coward. Try focusing on some of the positives in this young crop of talented youth coming through as they adjust to game plan, contest and their physical capabilities. RHJ was personally instrumental in setting up 3-4 goals after subbing on. His ability to hit a target compared to the majority of our team was next level. Yet all you can muster up is some embarrassing name calling.

Well.... he is a coward. Spade's a spade. I'd bet money that we're here in four weeks or less lamenting his approach to the contest. If he can find a way to stay regularly involved in games though, it won't matter

 

[DuckYeah]

Powell is second at the club behind Xerri for most tackles in 2025 & 26th overall in the league.

Only when the player is in arms length.. he must be second to the ball.

 

[ferball]

Well.... he is a coward. Spade's a spade. I'd bet money that we're here in four weeks or less lamenting his approach to the contest. If he can find a way to stay regularly involved in games though, it won't matter

I would suggest most of the people posting on this board are cowards by some definition or another.

 

[Pravda Roo]

And you wonder why more and more people are sick of you.

Alrighty. Powell was great. Nothing to be concerned about there! What an elite footballer having an elite year!

DOn't question Febel they are all great its why we have one 7% of our games in the last six year's

 

[zoomba23]

I would suggest most of the people posting on this board are cowards by some definition or another.

The two are not exclusive

 

[hilly]

If you can't provide data then you're just making shit up and expecting people to believe you. Genus stuff.

Turn it up, how often do you fact check before posting?

 

[Ether]

Well.... he is a coward. Spade's a spade. I'd bet money that we're here in four weeks or less lamenting his approach to the contest. If he can find a way to stay regularly involved in games though, it won't matter

I don't buy it. I'd bet if you dropped a footy between RHJ and anyone posting here, RHJ would win it roughly 10 times out of 10. I think it's decision making. Hopefully it clicks for him, like it seems to have with Dylan Stephens, who most had written off last year.

 

[ferball]

Turn it up, how often do you fact check before posting?

At least 2/3 of the time.

But i didn't fact check this.

 

[ferball]

DOn't question Febel they are all great its why we have one 7% of our games in the last six year's

Yes Zonder, whatever you reckon.

 

[DuckYeah]

This is what Phillips does in the VFL.

In recent weeks Powell has run down Harley Reid, the "fend off king" (lol) in open play and copped a sketchy free for it. I think he did the same to Jack Williams. (Yep fact checked for hilly.) Sullivan or O'Sullivan against the Pies, ran him down on their HFF. He stuck a tackle against Darcy Cameron in the same game and that wasn't at a stoppage either. O'Sullivan (again?) later after chasing and pressuring WHE inside their back 50.

Against Freo he made several tackles that could be considered weak however most of them resulted in turnovers to us because of the pressure he put on opposition disposals - either interupting them or turning them into poorly directed disposals that were turned over.

I wouldn't call him a superstar by any means but that's the reason he cops so much shit on here. He's not Caleb Serong just a hard working mid. He works hard and plays his role and he's still young enough that his game will continue to develop.

One thing he isn't is a turnstile defensively, despite what Chad has claimed repeatedly all year.

Btw Chad it took me ten minutes with the AFL app to check on this. So when you post stuff like this to defend not checking your biases:



... its laughable.

Nah, B- grader that offers nothing. He doesn’t chase. You provided random examples that could be correct. I do t remember, but he doesn’t do what you are suggesting. His disposal is awful, worse than Jy, Jy ****s up because he bites off more than he can chew, if he kept it simple like Powell does he’d be a good kick.. yet Tommy Toe Poker doesn’t offer anything and butchers the footy And is soft.

 

[ferball]

Nah, B- grader that offers nothing. He doesn’t chase. You provided random examples that could be correct. I do t remember, but he doesn’t do what you are suggesting. His disposal is awful, worse than Jy, Jy ****s up because he bites off more than he can chew, if he kept it simple like Powell does he’d be a good kick.. yet Tommy Toe Poker doesn’t offer anything and butchers the footy And is soft.

And yet you showed me a pic from his stat page that showed he had one turnover for the game, lol, bro your confirmation bias is as bad as Chads.

Those examples are correct. I have hilly on my case now as well so I had to check my facts.

The coathanger he gave Reid was brilliant and more often than not those get paid htb cos you can tackle like that fat cop Joe Rogan took the piss out of these days and get away with it if the player had the ball for 0.1 of a second (most of the time.)

 

[zoomba23]

I don't buy it. I'd bet if you dropped a footy between RHJ and anyone posting here, RHJ would win it roughly 10 times out of 10. I think it's decision making. Hopefully it clicks for him, like it seems to have with Dylan Stephens, who most had written off last year.

We aren't professional footballers though. It's like if a plumber was bad at dealing with poo in his job. You certainly wouldn't be pleased with him if he came to your house and baulked at the blockage you'd summoned him there to deal with.

It might click for him, but, and feel free to accuse me of racism here, there is a tendency amongst some Indigenous players to avoid the contest. Mosquito for Essendon was one. Spicer another. Narrier another. Lewis Jetta another. Brad Hill another. Liam Henry another. I think it's something in their personality/make-up. Usually they're shy, humble blokes who just want to run with the footy and kick it, and sometimes, if the player knows how to receive the ball from teammates, that's enough. Often, if they don't, it isn't.

It's predominantly mental, and we've definitely seen Stephens turn it around, but, and this might veer into dodgy territory again, Stephens doesn't have things within his brain that are hard-wired towards certain footballing attributes. There's a 'type' of Indigenous footballer, generally. And they stay that way their whole career. Stephens has already come on in leaps and bounds, showing that there isn't really an 'archetype' for his style of play.

Just my observations. I'm not trying to stir up shit here, I'm greatly concerned at the drop-off in Indigenous player numbers. Just putting forward my interpretation of what I've observed. I hope to Christ that RHJ can learn to find the ball enough that we're not discussing him as a liability three weeks after he puts in a performance like he just did, because that's exactly what happened after the Melbourne game

 

[ferball]

Those Picketts, Krakouers, Riolis and Longs...

So soft.

 

[zoomba23]

Those Picketts, Krakouers, Riolis and Longs...

So soft.

I never said it was all of them, bro. I said it was a type. The outside Indigenous bloke who wouldn't say boo to a goose, and wouldn't apparently get his own hard ball

 

[ferball]

I never said it was all of them, bro. I said it was a type. The outside Indigenous bloke who wouldn't say boo to a goose, and wouldn't apparently get his own hard ball

Does that type include Sleevo, Ryan Clarke or Josh Williams?

 

[DuckYeah]

And yet you showed me a pic from his stat page that showed he had one turnover for the game, lol, bro your confirmation bias is as bad as Chads.

Those examples are correct. I have hilly on my case now as well so I had to check my facts.

The coathanger he gave Reid was brilliant and more often than not those get paid htb cos you can tackle like that fat cop Joe Rogan took the piss out of these days and get away with it if the player had the ball for 0.1 of a second (most of the time.)

Reid would smash Tommy Toe Poker

 

[zoomba23]

Does that type include Sleevo, Ryan Clarke or Josh Williams?

It would if they were Indigenous. It doesn't mean that there aren't scaredy-cat white players. But there have been enough scaredy-cat Indigenous players now for that contact-averse runner to be a trend. Blokes who've been brought in for pace and explosiveness (commentators love to describe them as mercurial) and they sometimes end up delisted due to their deficiencies in that area. Motlop from Carlton is another. Carlton fans hate him, but he'll no doubt have us on toast this week.

Also, you're referring to tagger Ryan Clarke there. I'm not sure he qualifies

 

[ferball]

It would if they were Indigenous. It doesn't mean that there aren't scaredy-cat white players. But there have been enough scaredy-cat Indigenous players now for that contact-averse runner to be a trend. Blokes who've been brought in for pace and explosiveness (commentators love to describe them as mercurial) and they sometimes end up delisted due to their deficiencies in that area. Motlop from Carlton is another. Carlton fans hate him, but he'll no doubt have us on toast this week.

Also, you're referring to tagger Ryan Clarke there. I'm not sure he qualifies

Ryan Clarke who played for us then the Swans was soft as imo.

Contact averse runner is a trend across AFL generally. Doesn't matter if they're blackfella or whitefella.

 

[zoomba23]

Ryan Clarke who played for us then the Swans was soft as imo.

Contact averse runner is a trend across AFL generally. Doesn't matter if they're blackfella or whitefella.

I reckon percentage-wise, the blackfellas have the whitefellas covered in the contact-averse stakes, but there's no real point in continuing a discussion like this. An AFL without Indigenous players is not one I'd want to watch. I'll cease my piece there

 

[ferball]

Reid would smash Tommy Toe Poker

Like this?

 

[ferball]

I reckon percentage-wise, the blackfellas have the whitefellas covered in the contact-averse stakes, but there's no real point in continuing a discussion like this. An AFL without Indigenous players is not one I'd want to watch. I'll cease my piece there

Cale Morton likes this.

 

[zoomba23]

Cale Morton likes this.

Yeah look. Fair jab :/