Review Good/Bad vs Essendon, R17 2023

[CrowBloke]

the loss of that game rests directly on the shoulders of RORY SLOANE.
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[something something angry, something something hyperbole]
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what a shitful club.

So, Sloane's fault today? Sloane cost us the game?

What a shitful club supporter.

 

[skittlebrew]

McHenry with 18 disposals, 9 of which were turnovers, and just 3 of which contributed to scores.

Is that the worst ratio of turnovers vs positive impact in the history of the game?

He had a game with 6 clangers for 8 disposals but it was in his first year so at least he has the excuse of inexperience.

He's never had a net positive result on a game in his life.

 

[Bearded Clam]

So, Sloane's fault today? Sloane cost us the game?

What a shitful club supporter.

Didnt you watch the game?..

oh thats right.. you did.. you were wearing these again i see..



Just put me on ignore please.. I don't want to argue with your (c)rose coloured opinions..

 

[SellarStardom]

This is easy to type.

The Ugly:
Nicks and Co decision not to select Keane or Borlase and the select Scholl.
Scholl......again!!
Keays, Sloane and Laird in the middle

The Bad
No intensity
Sloane, Sloane and Sloane
Scholl, Scholl and Scholl
Murphy....see above
Rachelle....the kid needs a spell or a case of HTF up
Soligo being sub and the three hacks of Murphy, Slaone and Scholl staying in.

The Good
Nicks playing Pedlar in centre and throwing Jones in there in the last, nothing much else

 

[pjcrows]

By not keeping our normal structure with Butts out and a small coming in we were essentially saying two things:

1. We don't trust our two backup tall defenders (which is a fail before the ball is bounced because by Round 17 they should be trusted)

2. We were confident that we could travel away and change our game style in the same match (which is a fail in preparation and execution, and I would suggest arrogant).

I'm not throwing the baby out with the bathwater but it was a failure on the big stage, when the expectation was there. The Pies game was exciting but we had no expectation.

It doesn't look good.

 

[1990crow]

By not keeping our normal structure with Butts out and a small coming in we were essentially saying two things:

1. We don't trust our two backup tall defenders (which is a fail before the ball is bounced because by Round 17 they should be)

2. We were confident that we could travel away and change our game style in the same match (which is a fail in preparation and execution, and I would suggest arrogant).

I'm not throwing the baby out with the bathwater but it was a failure on the big stage, when the expectation was there. The Pies game was exciting but we had no expectation.

It doesn't look good.

I have us winning 3 more for the year. Suns, Sydney and WC.

 

[jenny61_99]

This is easy to type.

The Ugly:
Nicks and Co decision not to select Keane or Borlase and the select Scholl.
Scholl......again!!
Keays, Sloane and Laird in the middle

The Bad
No intensity
Sloane, Sloane and Sloane
Scholl, Scholl and Scholl
Murphy....see above
Rachelle....the kid needs a spell or a case of HTF up
Soligo being sub and the three hacks of Murphy, Slaone and Scholl staying in.

The Good
Nicks playing Pedlar in centre and throwing Jones in there in the last, nothing much else

How many times were Keays and Sloane in the middle?

 

[Bearded Clam]

Get ready to fall off your fxxkn chairs folks… but…

I actually thought Ben Keays

2

Ben Keays

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.9

5star

G

0.4

3star

D

13.7

3star

K

8.7

3star

HB

5.0

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.7

4star

G

0.3

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

8.2

5star

M

1.4

2star

T

4.4

5star

G

0.4

3star

was pretty good today..

apart from that one kick on goal from 40 that landed on the chest of a Dons player.

his handballs and most of his kicks hit their targets.. and for once his handballs didn‘t run his team mates into trouble… they actually released his team mates from the contest..

 

[Bearded Clam]

I have us winning 3 more for the year. Suns, Sydney and WC.

We’ll beat GWS next week at AO..

this loss and the fact GWS have flogged us the last two games at AO will have us going in with no complacency..

 

[Crow coloured glasses]

good:
uh nothing. there was nothing good about that game. we got ******* battered.

ugly:
skills under no pressure.
hinge's forward 50 entries not actually getting into the 50
compulsive kicking along the boundary with no game awareness
first 2 quarters.
3rd quarter and not being able to convert.
going in with one key defender who i maintain is undersized vs a team with a guy they literally call 2m peter
too many picking and choosing when to complete
not being able to keep the ball inside 50 when we did get it down there.
not even trying to do anything about parish, mcgrath and merrett getting 110 disposals between them. about 33% of what our entire team managed

Sad but true.

 

[texanmike]

We’ll beat GWS next week at AO..

this loss and the fact GWS have flogged us the last two games at AO will have us going in with no complacency..

I hope your right but their mids always get us, too big, too strong. We will get destroyed at the coal face for the 2nd week in a row.

 

[cleanhands]

Get ready to fall off your fxxkn chairs folks… but…

I actually though Ben Keays was pretty good today..

apart from that one kick on goal from 40 that landed on the chest of a Dons player.

his handballs and most of his kicks hit their targets.. and for once his handballs didn‘t run his team mates into trouble… they actually released his team mates from the contest..

take your temperature

 

[Bearded Clam]

This is easy to type.

The Ugly:
Nicks and Co decision not to select Keane or Borlase and the select Scholl.
Scholl......again!!
Keays, Sloane and Laird in the middle

The Bad
No intensity
Sloane, Sloane and Sloane
Scholl, Scholl and Scholl
Murphy....see above
Rachelle....the kid needs a spell or a case of HTF up
Soligo being sub and the three hacks of Murphy, Slaone and Scholl staying in.

The Good
Nicks playing Pedlar in centre and throwing Jones in there in the last, nothing much else

Jones goes into the centre.. goes in hard, impacts the contest.. and we win the clearance..

took 3 and a half quarters before nicksy tries it though.

shouldve tried it in the first 10 minutes when we were getting flogged..

oh wait.. no.. giving sloane and keays CBA’s is whats more important.. #stacked

 

[Bearded Clam]

take your temperature

I’ve had a Rum induced headache all day.. one too many last night.

maybe its that..

 

[adelaidecrows]

I hope your right but their mids always get us, too big, too strong. We will get destroyed at the coal face for the 2nd week in a row.

This has always been a bone of contention. I get Crouch is slow but damn he knows how to win the ball under pressure. I dont see the point in having a guy like this just play Sanfl if we continue to get smashed at contests in the AFL. Yes he isnt the future but if we aren't developing cook and nankervis at AFL then surely doing the same thing every week is the definition of stupid. Change it up. I can tell now we will get flogged stupid by Wines, Rozee, Butters and Boak at the next showdown.

 

[1970crow]

Jones goes into the centre.. goes in hard, impacts the contest.. and we win the clearance..

took 3 and a half quarters before nicksy tries it though.

shouldve tried it in the first 10 minutes when we were getting flogged..

oh wait.. no.. giving sloane and keays CBA’s is whats more important.. #s#stacked

He got 1 CBA.

 

[cleanhands]

I’ve had a Rum induced headache all day.. one too many last night.

maybe its that..

knew it was something

 

[WheresGroomgone]

So, Sloane's fault today? Sloane cost us the game?

What a shitful club supporter.

Are you serious old mate Rory was horrid absolutely horrid

 

[Dangerousfield]

This is true. Long term we need more top 10 picks. And use them on mids

No top 10 pick this year. Allies National Champions have three ripper mids, McKercher, Sanders, Cleary and all will be gone by our pick

 

[jenny61_99]

Jones goes into the centre.. goes in hard, impacts the contest.. and we win the clearance..

took 3 and a half quarters before nicksy tries it though.

shouldve tried it in the first 10 minutes when we were getting flogged..

oh wait.. no.. giving sloane and keays CBA’s is whats more important.. #s#stacked

How many CBAs did Sloane and keays have?

 

[Scorpus]

Get ready to fall off your fxxkn chairs folks… but…

I actually though Ben Keays was pretty good today..

apart from that one kick on goal from 40 that landed on the chest of a Dons player.

his handballs and most of his kicks hit their targets.. and for once his handballs didn‘t run his team mates into trouble… they actually released his team mates from the contest..

He's playing his proper role, which is deep forward and away from the midfield

 

[skittlebrew]

Get ready to fall off your fxxkn chairs folks… but…

I actually though Ben Keays was pretty good today..

apart from that one kick on goal from 40 that landed on the chest of a Dons player.

his handballs and most of his kicks hit their targets.. and for once his handballs didn‘t run his team mates into trouble… they actually released his team mates from the contest..

I'm telling you Ned and Murphy always have been and always will be bigger problems than Keays.

 

[BRL121]

No top 10 pick this year. Allies National Champions have three ripper mids, McKercher, Sanders, Cleary and all will be gone by our pick

The beauty of this year's ladder is that, now we have realised that we are no good, we can simply tank and end up with pick 4!

 

[Scorpus]

One of the most disappointing things is we came out after half time after being smashed and put Sloane straight into the centre bounce.

Really Nicks, that's the solution?

 

[Tex Danger]

Bad: nicks continues to not trust the kids in the important games
CBA’s for pedlar, soligo and Rachele
4 vs collingwood
41 vs north
0 yes 0 vs essendon

That isn’t right

Rachelle started the 1st bounce in centre. Pedlar definitely had at least 1 and I’m pretty sure more CBA