Autopsy Freo go down to St Kilda

[democritus]

I'll look at the positives:

1. Blakely looks like he'll make it and could be a real midfield weapon. I thought that Langdon or Weller would be the first of the three amigos to put together a complete performance but have been pleasantly surprised with Connor the past two weeks. As his fitness grows expect his impact to be even greater.
2. Langdon & Weller, great in flashes just need to put it all together. Very promising signs and hope they continue to grow.
3. Taberner looks like he can be a serviceable KPF. Bar the brain fade in the last quarter was basically the dominant key forward on the ground. He's not going to be a hall of famer but he's looking like he has a future in the game.
4. Sam Collins looks like he can slot in at full back. A few errors, the kick into the corridor and the kick-in blemished what was otherwise a solid debut.
5. Crozier as a creative half back flanker. Looked so much better than Ibbotson or Sutcliffe. Backed in himself to take the aggressive options and it came off.
6. Neale continues to grow. Has gone from our 4/5th mid to our number one. Kicking needs to be tidied up but can't fault his work-rate or commitment, sign him up!

 

[salim malik]

Cant follow the Hill was crap line. Apart from a miss kick across half back I thought he was solid.Plenty of hard work around the clearances. I don't think the run down and HTB against him was his fault. The ball should never have gone to him. Haven't watched the last but to be honest I thought they all put in . Could not find much to complain about in the last half of the first and second and third quarters.

 

[Scham]

Cant follow the Hill was crap line. Apart from a miss kick across half back I thought he was solid.Plenty of hard work around the clearances. I don't think the run down and HTB against him was his fault. The ball should never have gone to him. Haven't watched the last but to be honest I thought they all put in . Could not find much to complain about in the last half of the first and second and third quarters.

I think you'll find that he went missing in the last? At least that's the way I remember it. He was great in the third and we needed him to continue on but he didn't I don't think. Let's know when you've had a look at it. I also think Blakely slowed down in the last, so too Neale and Walters?

 

[meima]

Cant follow the Hill was crap line. Apart from a miss kick across half back I thought he was solid.Plenty of hard work around the clearances. I don't think the run down and HTB against him was his fault. The ball should never have gone to him. Haven't watched the last but to be honest I thought they all put in . Could not find much to complain about in the last half of the first and second and third quarters.

Stop being too positive ,eventually you run out of option.

 

[meima]

I think you'll find that he went missing in the last? At least that's the way I remember it. He was great in the third and we needed him to continue on but he didn't I don't think. Let's know when you've had a look at it. I also think Blakely slowed down in the last, so too Neale and Walters?

He watching wafl with one eye and didn't want freo match at all .

 

[wehavethepassion]

Positives: Blakely, Collins, Weller, Crozier(has found his spot!!) Tabs(like the use of him as as griff's ruck partner) Langdon

Negatives: Conceding last 9 goals of game, Form of Pav and Ballas

Hilly and Sony poor games and their skils were no up to A Grade status

Barlow only fired in second and third Q's If Fyfe, Bennell and Mundy fully fit in 2017 and with Neale and Blakely in midfield where does Mickey fit?

Will these players really be around when our next window opens? Ibbo, Suban, de Boer, Spurr and Sutcliffe(still young but should have played at peel fro more weeks to overcome is turnover rate0

 

[FUS_RO_DAH]

Thought Langdon showed a little bit.

Haven't been wowed by him but a player his size and in his role will probably take a while.

Bloody fantastic goal he slotted from the set shot aswell!

 

[sportsmaniac89]

Positives:

We led by 18 points at one stage (biggest lead we've held at any stage of any game this year I believe - please correct me if I'm wrong)
Blakely
The second and third quarters (much better Freo footy)
Taberner was much better as well and is starting to put some reasonable footy together

Negatives:

Last 9 goals of the game conceded
Lack of fitness
Ballantyne - Where was he?
Owen is now 10 years old

Excused:

Pavlich - Yes he didn't do a lot but was a very good decoy in some respects. Laid 8 tackles as well but in saying that was subjected to a lot of illegal holds from Fisher which should've been picked up.

Where to from here......my interest and enjoyment of footy this season is honestly disappearing and to make matters worse, the team that represents my local joint (Belgrave) had their first win of the season after 6 games while we're still winless.

FML

 

[Bicco]

Ibbo needs to move the ball on before everyone has set up 40m ahead of him.

He needs Duffield or Johnson running behind for the handball. He obviously has neither and this a big part of our poor movement and disposal from the backline IMO.

 

[electricfeel]

Its amazing how after I've fully accepted the fate of our season now, I don't think I've felt as gutted as I did yesterday in a long time. Still feeling pretty bummed about our loss today.

 

[sportsmaniac89]

When we finally win a game, there will be a loud celebration for sure

 

[Kram]

Its amazing how after I've fully accepted the fate of our season now, I don't think I've felt as gutted as I did yesterday in a long time. Still feeling pretty bummed about our loss today.

Yep it's weird but that's almost the most disappointing home and away loss for me in years.

 

[Kram]

When we finally win a game, there will be a loud celebration for sure

Surely we will but geez it will be ugly if can't get past Essendon.

Team could get booed off the field or something.

 

[Righteo]

May have been the extra booze but yesterday was the most animated I've been watching a Freo game this year. To start 0-28 or whatever it was and fight back to take the lead was pretty sterling stuff, was busting out Brett Lee's old chainsaw about the time Tabs kicked his second. Then they kick 9 in a row and it's the familiar stone in the stomach and 1000 yard stare again.

Definitely hurts a lot but I'm more buoyant overall about our future than I was beforehand.

 

[Taylor]

Lose to Essendon and Brisbane.

Win in Pav's 350th.

 

[gaskin]

When we finally win a game, there will be a loud celebration for sure

I reckon it will be more of a collective sigh of relief- particularly if it is this week in a game that we should win despite our position.

 

[sportsmaniac89]

I reckon it will be more of a collective sigh of relief- particularly if it is this week in a game that we should win despite our position.

If we lose this weekend.....it will be the lowest of lows, that's for sure

 

[salim malik]

Its win,win . Number one draft pick if we lose or win and its shoving it up the drug cheats.


This is the positive thread?

 

[scon]

Talking to a WCE mate today and convinced him we'd be hitting our straps and win Rnd 20 or whatever and knock them out of the finals.

 

[salim malik]

I think you'll find that he went missing in the last? At least that's the way I remember it. He was great in the third and we needed him to continue on but he didn't I don't think. Let's know when you've had a look at it. I also think Blakely slowed down in the last, so too Neale and Walters?

Looking at the match stats Hill actually improved his output in the last as did Blakley.

 

[salim malik]

Can one of the super brains on here explain why the Weller and De Boer run down and tackles were not rewarded.

 

[Reginald Perrin]

Can one of the super brains on here explain why the Weller and De Boer run down and tackles were not rewarded.

Because the umpiring was openly biased in favour of St Kilda. Next.

 

[gaskin]

Can one of the super brains on here explain why the Weller and De Boer run down and tackles were not rewarded.

Don't remember the Deboer one but the Weller one the ump said the Saints bloke hand passed it.

 

[salim malik]

Because the umpiring was openly biased in favour of St Kilda. Next.

What biased umpiring. Impossible ,there must be another explanation.

 

[StingBitten]

I missed the first quarter and rewatched it today - we were caught napping but the Umps had ****ed us long before then.

4 out of their 5 goals were umpiring involved, and we were robbed a couple later in the match. Footy's a game of momentum and the ****wit Umps continue to ensure the game is never an even contest.