Gameday Thread - Round 6 vs West Coast

[richskee]

Sorry to state the obvious but this flipping pathetic.

 

[Purple Jesus]

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You're it.

 

[Jamurp]

6 goals 15, for ****s sake, we can't get the thing inside our 50, but JUST KICK IT IN THE BIG STICKS FROM TIME TO TIME!!!!

 

[stretcharmstrong]

I never said it did but none the less I'd still be curious to know as it is still a KPI of how we are performing as a team and a reflection of our strategy.

Various factors contribute to our forward problems.

Here's one of them.

It has a lot more to do with our mids lacking the ability to set up properly at stoppages in order to win clean possession and get effective clearances and apply pressure and force turnovers when we don't have possession.

No doubt Baily is a part of that, but if I am interpreting your hints you are specifically referring to forward line structure and positioning, which is not actually a top level problem for us but more a secondary problem that stems from a lack of intelligence and plain old hard work in our midfield.

 

[ptrg]

Green is an embarrassment tonight..

 

[dees arent rabble]

start a fight our something you gutless girls this is a joke

 

[RandB]

No doubt Baily is a part of that, but if I am interpreting your hints you are specifically referring to forward line structure and positioning, which is not actually a top level problem for us but more a secondary problem that stems from a lack of intelligence and plain old hard work in our midfield.

Structure, to a degree yes, but I consider finishing and I50 marks the end product of how we play (collectively) and that was the emphasis of my post. Running goals are great but I50 marks are critical and a lack of them has implications on our whole game IMO.

 

[ptrg]

That umpire needs a bullet in the head..

Maybe if the umpire actually watched the game, he would have seen a two wce vs one tapscott, and a wce player holding off tapscott.. That rule was made for the reverse situation!

 

[Eth]

This still sucks.

West Coast 14.15.99
Melbourne 6.14.50

 

[Tulip]

Jesus, Frawley's been dissapointing

 

[stretcharmstrong]

Green is an embarrassment tonight..

He's been very poor since bring made captain. Dissapointing and very surprising, I thought he would be the type to relish the opportunity and responsibility.

On a side note, Watts has seemed to fade right out of it since half time.

On an even further aside note, it's not the reason we lost but this umpiring is probably the worst (all around) I've seen for a few years.

But really, we are just a pathetic bunch of individuals at the moment. No run, no effort, no intensity or sense of working for team mates. No heart.

 

[ptrg]

10 goal loss anyone?

 

[Djcjdees]

You're it.

um. are there no mods on this thread?

 

[SugarHealey]

Boys v Men!

We've been smashed by physical size. Our small players have tried to run around the opponents prior to bringing the ball forward, but they couldn't negotiate the traffic.
This is not a problem necessarily of the game plan, but rather the players are too small to play more direct, through those defenders, a little like Viney once did.

Remember as the Cats were trying to develop the game plan, they were attrocious, until they had enough physical size to carry out the style.

We are still a bunch of adolecsents playing like kids, because we lack a bit of hardness out there.

1/3 Pace. 1/3 Skill. 1/3 Hardener.

 

[stretcharmstrong]

Structure, to a degree yes, but I consider finishing and I50 marks the end product of how we play (collectively) and that was the emphasis of my post. Running goals are great but I50 marks are critical and a lack of them has implications on our whole game IMO.

Agree completely. My only issue is that it sounds like you're blaming the fwds for it. If not then we basically agree!

Edit: blaming the fwds and baily...

 

[Andy_Mac]

Dunn was very good when he came one. 50% of disposal were goals...

Massive impact.

 

[syl]

Can't wait to read demonblog, lol it's going to be more depressing than a Cormac McCarthy novel!

 

[demonfan9]

9 goals is an injustice, it should have been 20 goals.

 

[Eth]

Full Time

West Coast 5.3 7.8 10.12 15.16 106
Melbourne 0.2 3.6 4.8 6.16 56

Goals
West Coast Darling (3), Embley (3), Lynch (3), Kennedy (2), Nicoski (2), LeCras, Rosa
Melbourne Davey, Dunn, Jones, Moloney, Sylvia, Watts

Disposals
West Coast Priddis (33), Kerr (27), Rosa (26), Smith (25)
Melbourne Grimes (27), Jones (23), Trengove (22), Bartram (21), Sylvia (21)

Supercoach

West Coast

M.Priddis 145
D.Cox 125
Bra.Ebert 113
M.Nicoski 102
As.Smith 100
S.Butler 99
A.Embley 99
J.Darling 93
D.Kerr 88
M.Rosa 85
JJ.Kennedy 84
S.Selwood 83
Q.Lynch 77
L.Shuey 76
A.Selwood 72
S.Hurn 71
E.Mackenzie 66
M.LeCras 63
N.Naitanui 55
P.McGinnity 55
D.Glass 51
A.Gaff 12

Melbourne

J.Grimes 96
N.Jones 96
J.Trengove 91
C.Garland 89
M.Jamar 89
C.Sylvia 85
C.Bartram 84
B.Moloney 80
R.Bail 80
J.Watts 79
A.Davey 78
J.Frawley 68
S.Martin 62
J.Rivers 62
L.Tapscott 51
C.Morton 50
B.Green 49
J.Bennell 46
L.Jurrah 44
J.Gysberts 40
A.Wonaeamirri 38
L.Dunn 11

 

[Ando727]

Full Time

West Coast 5.3 7.8 10.12 15.16 106
Melbourne 0.2 3.6 4.8 6.16 56

You're being too generous to us - we only scored 52 points...

 

[RandB]

Agree completely. My only issue is that it sounds like you're blaming the fwds for it. If not then we basically agree!

Edit: blaming the fwds and baily...

I'm not blaming the forwards mate, our problem is bigger than that.

 

[demonfan9]

Our problem is the coach, he is just not up to it.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Here is four words to describe us. TACTICAL INCOMPETENCE SPIRITUAL DISMEMBERMENT.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DISGUSTED OR DEJECTED!

END BLOODY RANT.

 

[jurrah13]

we've got the talent, its just the gameplan and attitude of bailey is what is lacking

its also funny how when everyone names the bad players, its the forwards. Awesome supply they got tonight

I also love our recruiting staff, i'm not bagging lucas cook, but if we were going to improve at the current stage, why not take jack darling who was in our grasp who is a ready made crushing-packs forward instead of cook who will take another year or 2 to develop into a key position.

The coaching staff and players, at times are lazy, they all think its just gonna click with the same players