Autopsy Dogs lose to Tigers - Rd 7, 2021

[fronkalicious]

The 6 players I'd have out of our best 22 before the game started, were our 6 worst on the ground. No depth. We need players back.

Our VFL team is on fire. We have depth.


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[bresker]

Nankervis is a man mountain. Yes he destroyed Martin but imagine if Tim was our solo ruck...

West tried to play Billy Big Balls with a premiership midfield & was made to look petulant & arrogant. At least he got stuck in.

Libba seemed to be doing it on his own in the guts

Highlight was Dale’s beautiful kick up the middle which spawned a quick goal. If only footy was always so easy

 

[Bulldogs85]

Thank god that English or Jamarra will come in next week and that big softy Schache is never seen again

 

[Dogsman16]

Well that was ****ing dreadful.

JJ, Schache, Cordy, Lipinski, West can spend about 8 weeks in the twos after that effort.

I bang on about why Schache won't make it in our setup and that was exhibit A. Sweet might not play forward but we need to pick 2 solid ruck options each and every time. Nankervis gave us an absolute towelling.

An absolute shame Johannisen has turned into the footballer he is.

Our midfield was bloody horrific in that 2nd half.

We don't get anywhere near enough from our small forwards.

 

[Doggies_13]

Very poor second half.

Nearly all of our forwards were poor tonight, easily beaten in 1v1s.
Our mids fell away in the second half and Martin cannot ruck one out.
Our defence got exposed.
Forwards disappointed me the most though so non competitive.

English is so much more crucial than anyone realises to our team and structure. Dunkley out has also hurt massively rotating with libba, need someone to pick up that position.

Thought Bont was poor tonight and didn’t stand up when needed.

Schache not up to it, VFL form did not translate to AFL form.
West very selfish player that refuses to give the first option and gets pinned constantly.
Jj and Hannan not impressed at all both unsighted.
Cordy just so slow, when you make Lynch seem quick your in trouble

 

[wayniac]

Demonstrates how much we need Dunkley. We lost in the middle tonight. Our much touted midfield is sorely lacking the grunt that Dunkley brings. Only Libba stood up tonight.

 

[The Inbetweener]

Martin smashed and our midfield effort in the third was horrible.

needed to make more of our 2nd quarter dominance.

ive been a Schache supporter, but I’d be surprised if he played again.

I’d like to hear from the Cordy supporters as I just don’t see anything he does well.

 

[ReservoirDog]

Tiges too hard all over the ground, showed us it takes more than pretty handballs to win. Schache added sweet **** all as usual, really don't want to see him in the side again. Plenty of spots up for grabs for guys in the magoos.

 

[Chicago1]

Colombian food tonight might have been a wiser choice.

 

[x_les_x]

For the sake of sanity can you please never play Schache at AFL level again. Shits himself when he has the ball on the wing and loses 3 straight ruck contests against Pickett

 

[Substance]

Our VFL team is on fire. We have depth.


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Depth that can handle AFL pressure? None tonight.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Positive - We Banked six wins before this loss.

 

[go you pups]

Takeaways on how to beat the system based team that is Richmond


Win the centre stoppages, do not allow them easy inside 50 ball, the carryover effect from allowing them repeat easy forward 50s is their defenders all push up and reset, thus denying easy outlets out of their opponents backline through weight of numbers behind the ball

Don't turn over the bloody ball, they love being second to the ball in certain parts of the ground in order to cause the turnover, thus launching some sort of counter-attack

Do these things all game and you likely beat them easily imo

 

[Bulldogs85]

I've defended her for a long time, but seemed like every howler of a call came from her tonight. Just shocking and all the players just seemed baffled at half her calls

Doesn't change whether we'd lose, just not great seeing her in prime time games

She is shocking every game that she umpires

 

[Norm De Guerre]

What happened in the midfield in the third? Seriously smashed.

 

[badkicking]

This is why you bank easy kills early in the season.

You only need to be a fraction off against a side like the Tigers and they will make you pay.

a couple of father/sons should not be seen again, plus Schache

 

[TedDougChris]

Lots of concerns after that.

Schache very poor against tough opposition.

Cordy woeful with ball in hand, ball in foot, ball in air, ball anywhere.

West trying too much every time and too undisciplined. Needs to give the first option and play smarter football.

Next to no run or movement post half time. Lacking in leadership and grunt.

No plan B. Poor forward setup and structure.

Lots to work on - have another tough test in two weeks time v Port - have we learnt anything by then ???

 

[compact72]

West had a poor game (so did bont etc), but calling for him to be dropped is a bit silly.

Everybody is happy with him in, has a bad game and everybody wants him out

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[Struggle]

Does josh Bruce need glasses? That judgement of the ball in fight was some of the worst I've ever seen

 

[Jeff 1975]

Lack of depth
We really missed Dunkley & English
Libba and Treloar played well but the midfield was way down
Richmond controlled the middle
No answer for the Richmond forwards
Normally good players looked a bit iffy

 

[TedDougChris]

West had a poor game (so did bont etc), but calling for him to be dropped is a bit silly.

Everybody is happy with him in, has a bad game and everybody wants him out

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He was terrible. Gave away silly frees, nearly always took the wrong option and cost a goal not giving it to Naughton and put next to no pressure on (every time he tackled someone - he gave a free away). Deserves to be dropped.

 

[Bulldogs85]

For the sake of sanity can you please never play Schache at AFL level again. Shits himself when he has the ball on the wing and loses 3 straight ruck contests against Pickett

Wouldn’t surprise me if he never plays another game for us again

 

[Struggle]

West had a poor game (so did bont etc), but calling for him to be dropped is a bit silly.

Everybody is happy with him in, has a bad game and everybody wants him out

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He's played too much VFL that he thinks he can break every tackle. The opposote of Lipinski who seemed terrified of contract

 

[Beasley]

And how the f***k does Cordy get a game? Lewis Young was dropped and played a million times better than the rubbish Cordy served up tonight

I’m afraid Lewis Young is the same as Cordy. His game a couple of weeks ago was very Cordy like.

 

[ScragCity]

Our depth really worries me. Hopefully we have a good run with injuries from here or its going to be another finish in the bottom half of the eight.

Richmond were on another level to us tonight but I also don't think we were anywhere near our best.

I wouldn't read too much into one game. We'll learn a lot more over the next two weeks in particular.