Autopsy Blue beat Cats by 18 points.

[geelong_crazy26]

Disposal and decision making absolutely woeful all game. At least the intensity finally arrived after 3/4.

Clark, Neale and Mullin aren’t AFL players I’m afraid.

Our bottom 4-6 is very inexperienced and mediocre.

Mullin, Clark, Wiltshire, Neale, Henry… very poor and really carrying them.

 

[Wojcinski]

Good: COS, Humph, Smith, Mannagh, Axe

Not great: Stew, Holmes, Bowes

Please stop: Clark, Mullin, Henry

 

[Falconx]

I would seriously consider putting Mannagh in the midfield for the rest of the season. I know everyone is getting annoyed at him getting caught HTB the last couple of games, but I'd rather that happens because he is trying to be first to the ball, trying to move the ball forwards, trying to create something, and if he is not first to the ball he doesn't just stand there and let it waltz out. The upside as we saw in that last quarter is we were actually able to do something in the midfield. He may also be a bit selfish at times, but you need players like that who want to take the responsibility.

 

[Catman]

Oh, and the two free kicks we received after half time really helped us too.

 

[autimcx]

Clark can spend the whole rest of the season in the VFL. He's miles off the pace and has shown absolutely nothing in any of his 20 games at AFL level. People will say he's still young, but 20 games is a big enough sample size (it's close to a full home and away season) to expect to have at least seen flashes of AFL quality, and he hasn't even been able to do that. If he's able to dominate every week in the VFL and (more importantly) show signs of development, then let him see out his contract and have one last crack at it next year. Otherwise, put him on the trade table at the end of the season.

He definitely shows the signs of an AFL player. One would assume he replaced Knevitt, but he didn't get his minutes in the middle. He was nowhere to be seen in the first half, having 0 CBA and having minimal midfield time. Second half he gets 5 CBA's, spends time on the ball and gets involved which is all you can ask of him when that's all he's being given.

It's the same story of every game he's played, and it's extremely confusing what exactly they're trying to do with him in the side. If they're not going to give him sufficient time on the ball then they probably should send him back to the VFL, which you'd expect probably happens when they've got more to select from returning players

 

[Finknottle]

Yeah it was a bizarre decision - he's got one speed.

Would have preferred Clohesy or someone with a bit of toe

What a fcuking dumb decision. Ohenry will never be an impact player as he takes a while to warm up. He is also as slow as a wet week. That decision shows some arrogance, they must have assumed Geelong would already have iced the game.

 

[Seeds]

We were shit mostly.

Jezza kicked 4 I think but was lamentable.

Atkins, Zuthrie, BLitz, SDK, COS, Humphries can hold their heads up high. No issues there.

The rest - need work and a longer time on the training track.

Skills were deplorable basically all game long.

Got belted in the guts too often.

Wont be a good review with a lot to be said I reckon.

Lick the wounds and move on as Pies are 6 days away.

BLues had their GF today.. good on them.

Reckon Stewy is barely 60% right.

GO Catters

Mannagh 26 disposals, 11 tackles amd 7 clearances (second most on the ground 1 behind cripps).

Easily our best. Kept getting us back into it.

Does not need more work.

 

[Mr Meow]

You get beaten by mediocre teams consistently, you might just be mediocre

So are most teams in the comp. 4-3 from these fixtures so far is about par.

 

[frggr]

I would seriously consider putting Mannagh in the midfield for the rest of the season. I know everyone is getting annoyed at him getting caught HTB the last couple of games, but I'd rather that happens because he is trying to be first to the ball, trying to move the ball forwards, trying to create something, and if he is not first to the ball he doesn't just stand there and let it waltz out. The upside as we saw in that last quarter is we were actually able to do something in the midfield. He may also be a bit selfish at times, but you need players like that who want to take the responsibility.

100000%

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

it’s so frustrating getting no reward for tackling.

 

[Strange Cat]

it’s so frustrating getting no reward for tackling.

More frustrating watching our players get blocked or knocked off way off the ball

Filthy umpiring

 

[Mr Meow]

100000%

Mannagh basically already is playing as a midfielder. He sets up at most around the ground stoppages. It's just centrebounces where he starts as a forward.

 

[Seeds]

Stewart's best days are behind him. Has lost pace and his body not holding up. Luckily O'Sullivan is picking up the slack. Our backline is the least of our problems.

Unless ofcourse his knee issues arent age related and he has just had one of those pre seasons.

Still had some great plays today despite his injury problems.

 

[frggr]

More frustrating watching our players get blocked or knocked off way off the ball

Filthy umpiring

That one where Bowes got hammered into the ground during a ruck contest and absolutely no acknowledgement of it

 

[Lana]

Very illuminating loss. Shows where our list is at. Our top 6 and bottom 6 weren't really competitive

They tactically shut us out. And we couldn't quality our way out of it. Our last disposal out of congestition kept failing us, allowing them to cut us open on the outside at the worst point, after we brought the ball out into the open just as we start front running on the counter. Time and again.

A sign that our team isn't good enough to move the ball the way we wanted to. Which hurts since we couldn't win it at the contest, in the air.

The last two games has shown that we can be forced to play inside the opposing team web and our quality deficit will make us struggle. A bunch of our guys have hit a wall and just can't dominate like they used to. We have too many ball users who either can't break lines or hit an unsafe option under any pressure.

Teams will start pressing us each week if we don't find a solution fast

 

[Play it Sam]

I actually saw signs in Clark today. Some of the decision making and the defensive intent is clearly afl standard. But he's got to be able to play higher minutes and fix his tank this TOG is not sustainable.
Mullin probably will never be an afl player.
Neale could be but urgently needs a sports psychologist. That contest where he created the spill for the close goal is what he didn't do all day and has to do every time. It's not his fault Henry and Cameron aren't reliable in aerial contests but he needs to be or we need to find another answer. Someone needs to have a real talk with him.

I'd volunteer and won't diagnose from afar, but to me it looks like lack of skill and inability to read where the ball is on the ground and where it's going in the air. Simply too slow a big man, and uncoordinated. Can't fix that with a psych session.

 

[patience]

Anyone who thinks we should trade Lawson is nuts.

 

[Baudolino]

He definitely shows the signs of an AFL player. One would assume he replaced Knevitt, but he didn't get his minutes in the middle. He was nowhere to be seen in the first half, having 0 CBA and having minimal midfield time. Second half he gets 5 CBA's, spends time on the ball and gets involved which is all you can ask of him when that's all he's being given.

It's the same story of every game he's played, and it's extremely confusing what exactly they're trying to do with him in the side. If they're not going to give him sufficient time on the ball then they probably should send him back to the VFL, which you'd expect probably happens when they've got more to select from returning players

Meh. I don't see it at all with Clark. I want to be wrong on this, so I hope you're right. Has he really shown more than failures of yesteryear like Horlin-Smith or Lang or Narkle? I'm not convinced.

 

[Munich]

Yuk. Is there anything worse than losing to this degenerate club.

At least I told a few Carlton fans to stfu.

 

[cats_09]

Yuk. Is there anything worse than losing to this degenerate club.

At least I told a few Carlton fans to stfu.

Losing to a Ross Lyon coached team...

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Too small.

Recruiting staff really should have been onto that.

It's not size per se (though more strength would help him). It's thesedays with capped rotations you can't have an afl mid who can only play 60 % of the game unless they have a 2nd position (if he could be a good small forward when not in MF that would be different but I don't think he has that). He has the football brain but he needs a Sam menegola style running and biking program to improve his endurance. That's his best (and possibly only) chance.

 

[winty]

it’s so frustrating getting no reward for tackling.

The one that wasn't paid against Saad was ridiculous.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Losing to a Ross Lyon coached team...

Uggh.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

The one that wasn't paid against Saad was ridiculous.

That and the mullin on mckay one.

 

[standupand]

Missed the game today but now figure I might avoid the replay. Sounds like a repeat of every single home and away loss against average opposition for the past 5 years. Bruise-free, intensity-free football for 3 or more quarters with a brief moment of flying the flag in the last? I've seen that before.
How did Oli Wiltshire go?