Dogs Owned By Cats Yet Again - 94-66 Loss

[Leon]

That was ****ing terrible.

 

[ReservoirDog]

This thread will be a hoot.

 

[Sentinel]

Richards BOG for us by a country mile. Libba good. Bont great early then completely disappeared. No one else seemed to do much.

Just ridiculous how much we can drop off. We look like millionaires when it's going our way but could be wooden spoon contenders when teams get a run on. How can that not have been addressed already? It wasn't just the 3rd quarter, we stopped halfway through the 2nd and didn't restart until the final minutes when the heat was gone.

Cats are clearly flag faves, a very good team and use the ball so well. No weaknesses.

 

[Bulldogs85]

In- Sam Darcy
Out - Bruce he can find form in the VFL

 

[pappy]

No physicality or toughness about The team. Just get beaten up when the pressure is on.

 

[fitzroybowiedog]

I don't really know what we expected

 

[Chicago1]

Should have gone with the fish and chips tonight. I knew it. I apologise.

 

[random__hero]

 

[ossie_21]

McComb, Hannan and Bruce cannot play next week.

 

[Struggle]

How hard is it to occasionally set up defensively in the middle and force a secondary stoppage when they're getting a run on.

All our clearances are backwards and sideways while we allow them to go direct down the middle. The system is broken, there's no way the collection of names we have should continuously get smoked like that

 

[Astro_]

Get the fundamentals right, starting with the structure. How a coach is allowed to mess with it so much is beyond me.

Where is the accountability?

How can your brain actually think Hannan to the backline could improve the team, and who allows this to be implemented?

 

[Kermit]

So sick of playing them down there. If we play them once, it’s almost always down there. And we always play them there if we play them twice. Yet other teams never have to play there. Sucks

 

[Brass Dog]

Richards BOG for us by a country mile. Libba good. Bont great early then completely disappeared. No one else seemed to do much.

Just ridiculous how much we can drop off. We look like millionaires when it's going our way but could be wooden spoon contenders when teams get a run on. How can that not have been addressed already? It wasn't just the 3rd quarter, we stopped halfway through the 2nd and didn't restart until the final minutes when the heat was gone.

Cats are clearly flag faves, a very good team and use the ball so well. No weaknesses.

Gardner played well considering the heat on the the ball coming in after half time

 

[WAbulldog]

Disappointed but expected too be honest, such a good start and then do f all for the remainder of the game.

 

[Chicago1]

Poor bresker

 

[Al dente]

credit to geelong, but gee when the pressure goes on, this team folds very quickly now, its beyond a pattern, its a trademark/dna. We need to admit theres a problem or we wont fix it. Bevo will still be in denial, blaming a poor third quarter.

Turning momentum around and stopping an opposition run starts in the ruck, English is just so weak, i really have come to dislike him, id trade his brilliance and 20 odd possessions when he's on for some aggression all day long

 

[Doggies_13]

Soft insipid and total lack of leadership and character in that performance.

We buckle under pressure continually.

Our midfield has a very down hill skier flavour to them.

Too many plodders in the team (McComb and Hannan)

Wasn’t proud to support this club tonight

Positives:
Richards year continues to be outstanding
Garcia continues to show signs
JUH is finding his feet more and more
Epl starts next weekend

 

[hlnbidoffer]

Bruce needs a spell.

Robbie McComb is just not up to AFL standard; turnover king.

Can we please end the Hannan defence experiment...

2nd half just like 2021 grand final, smashed in clearances and we just have no answer.

 

[Fossie 32]

 

[Struggle]

Get the fundamentals right, starting with the structure. How a coach is allowed to mess with it so much is beyond me.

Where is the accountability?

How can your brain actually think Hannan to the backline could improve the team, and who allows this to be implemented?

What do you mean, he's poor aerially, not great in a contest, not clean with a ground ball, has suspect skills and even worse decision making.

Sounds like a perfect defender to me.

 

[The Inbetweener]

No shame in losing to a better side, and you could forgive it if it was a one off, but there is now plenty of evidence of sides putting on big scores in bursts. Good sides don’t allow that to happen.

 

[0utsider]

Positive: Richards was incredible tonight. Best player out there

 

[stefoid]

Shout out to Ed Richards

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Ed Richards

Age

24

Ht

188cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.4

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.4

4star

MG

201.4

3star

D

11.3

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.3

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

2.5

3star

MG

198.3

3star

D

14.6

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

4.8

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

232.4

4star

who was great.

We had too many liabilities out there with underdone players and hacks. Wont bother to name them.

Once again smashed at the center clearances and routed.

Until we fix our stoppages and run from behind, we arent doing anything, and thats on bev

 

[Mr. Walker]

Sarcasm alert

Forget about Keath not playing, why didn’t we play Naughton??????

Seriously the difference between his best and his worst is too great. Has too much talent to not find a way to impose himself somehow when things are not going his way.

 

[StringyDog]

Week after week teams getting run on waltzing out front of stoppages and nothing changes to address it.

Daniel shouldn't have played, Hannan and McComb would have to be two of the worst in league who get near unconditional games.

The good, Richards continues to flourish down back.