Can we donate our 2 points to the Dogs?

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cos jeez we didn't deserve them.

Perhaps someone is clearer on this than me: was Woosha deliberately persisting with a zoned midfield strategy that got us slapped for most of the game, or was our manning-up impossibly poor?

It just seemed far too easy for the Dogs to find an extra man around the ball while his opposite number was 15m away, possibly trying to fill a hole that wasn't even an option when they had two-on-one pushing forward. What made it worse is that they seemed to be just as able to man up on us at the drop of a hat - and far too often our midfielders looked freaked by the lack of options and stood still rather than at least trying to get moving and maybe draw a man from a teammate.

As for our efforts with the ball...well too many players looked like they were standing off the ball waiting for someone else to pick it up for them, and ditto for when a Doggie had the ball and clearly wasn't about to just hand it over. There was a tackle near the city side 50m line in the last quarter where Braun (or Humm?) actually took a good leap at his opponent. He didn't prevent the ball escaping, but seeing the effort in his tackle made me realise just how little effort it seemed the players were putting into chasing.


(And I think what hurt the most was seeing the turnaround in the last 5 minutes to a more aggro, attacking game that eventually got us the draw, and knowing that there was far more sting in our tail than what we had seen since qtr time)
 

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The writing has been on the wall for a while that we would eventually throw up this kind of performance. The Collingwood game should have been the biggest wake up call. Changes need to be made, and I'm not just talking personnel, I'm talking game-plan.
 

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You deserved them no worries there. We should have won in the end, but the Eagles' spirit brought them home in a tight finish, so well deserved.

That two points may well serve you well at the end of the season, and I won't begrudge you a home final if it happens, either. If this sham of a deal with the MCC prevails again then all hell will break loose.
 

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I'm happy to take the draw as a moral victory. I don't think you can question their will to win. To keep going even in the dying stages of the game is a Worsfold trait.

Still on ladder form, the WC should have belted them. :mad: Then again, The Doggies have been unlucky over the past 3 weeks in not winning at least 2 of the 3.
 

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Originally posted by Goldenblue
I'm happy to take the draw as a moral victory. I don't think you can question their will to win. To keep going even in the dying stages of the game is a Worsfold trait.
Couldn't that will have rocked up a little earlier? Say, BEFORE the dying stages? :)
 

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Originally posted by Mr Eagle
Couldn't that will have rocked up a little earlier? Say, BEFORE the dying stages? :)
True, but in fairness, the Doggies kept the pressure on too by kicking goals till the final siren instead of playing keepings off.
 

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We were up by 30 points midway through the 2nd quarter and then blew it. The thing that has hurt the most is that we haven't been playing as a team unit - not helping each other out in contests, kicking to a 1 on 2 contest, poor disposal into the forward line.

I say we donate our 2 points to Fitzroy.
 

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I thought it was close to our worst performance under Woosha - Look at the facts:

1) We were second in the competition
2) They were last on a 9 game losing streak
3) The game was at home, where we've been near unbeatable
4) We were up by 30 points a quarter and a bit into the game


That situation should result in the leading team (us in this case) winning by 10-15 goals or more.

In all honesty - we fu(ked up!!
 

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Originally posted by Black Thunder
I thought it was close to our worst performance under Woosha - Look at the facts:

1) We were second in the competition
2) They were last on a 9 game losing streak
3) The game was at home, where we've been near unbeatable
4) We were up by 30 points a quarter and a bit into the game


That situation should result in the leading team (us in this case) winning by 10-15 goals or more.

In all honesty - we fu(ked up!!
Without wishing to be even more of a smartarse than I already am, as we take it one game at a time, points 1-3 above are irrelevant.

4 is on the day and I agree we lost our intensity at a crucial time. Let's respect the opponent though - they played great footy.
 

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The Doggies deserved the 4 points more than we did but I thought we did extremely well to force the draw after being down by 13 points with only a couple of minutes left.

No doubt about it, at the moment we are struggling. We fall over the line against Collingwood, just get over Geelong then lose to Essendon and draw with the Dogs. We are in a little funk. BUt one more game and then the break. Regroup and come back out fighting.
 

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Originally posted by Voice of Reason
Without wishing to be even more of a smartarse than I already am, as we take it one game at a time, points 1-3 above are irrelevant.
Surely you would think that form coming into the game should be taken into account.

If Brisbane were in the same situation against the Dogs - I.e. up the top of the ladder, at home, playing against a team that had lost 9 in a row, and in front by 30 points, they'd waltz on to win.

If Hawthorn were playing Brisbane and 30 points up, you wouldn't be so confident they could go on with it.
 
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