Review Opening Round = GWS 114-82 Collingwood

[gouki88]

Super inefficient, where GWS were surgical. Onto Round 1

 

[Exambolor]

Write that off and move on I think.

At least we know what fixes are required, Howe will be back, bring Framp in, turf AJ, bring Reef

 

[parano1a]

Some perspective: it's early March. We won the flag and would normally be playing a NAB Challenge game in Wangaratta this weekend.

We were beaten by a well drilled quality opposition and have plenty of areas to improve on.

 

[TradeDraft]

Nothing Short then F**king Weak as Piss Collingwood tonight

Only Steele/Nick/Maynard(Work on Greene) be a Postive.

Rest was s**t at Best

Yes it's the 1st Game of the Season so not writing our Season Off but Some Very Worrying Signs Tonight

Worst Game we played vs Dogs in 2022

All Kicking was Poor Tonight. Intensity was no where near it should be for Regular Season

Had no Plan B as we just Kept Bombing the Ball forward.

Hopefully just a Massive Wake Up Call for the Team and we come out Firing vs Swans Friday Night

 

[coolidge1000]

Don't think we could play much worse our fwds were attrocious our backs were attrocious

 

[GreekLunatic]

We play crap and lost by over 5 goals move onto next week to the unfurling of the flag

 

[VinnieB]

For all of that it wasn’t too bad. To begin with Round 1 starts next week.

Losing by 32 points and not being at our best could have been worse given we kicked 11.16

Plenty of easy goals missed which, if a few more were accurate, could have been a different game. Also, GWS seemed to kick everything.

Hardly a disaster.

 

[jmac70]

Poor kicking for goal and connect to forwards.

We will get better.

Sucks to be playing an interstate game in round 1 after winning the flag.

Dillon?

 

[Doc1763]

I didnt think we'd win tonight with both Howe & Murphy out and Pendles under done. But I didnt expect us to be that bad. In the end, I'll take 5 goals and no injuries.

 

[Exambolor]

Some perspective: it's early March. We won the flag and would normally be playing a NAB Challenge game in Wangaratta this weekend.

We were beaten by a well drilled quality opposition and have plenty of areas to improve on.

Yeah GWS are a quality side. TBH they’re my pick for flag favourites, they’ve got talent across all lines all in their prime. Gotta give them credit

 

[doofdoof]

Fly can't be soft and cuddly tonight.

That was predominantly an issue with lack of leadership, effort and desire.

 

[CheckerTrade666]

Not the end of the world but definitely hard to watch In places. Fingers cross this is just a one off, gotta improve massively next week.

 

[partypie]

Getting it back to 5 goals is what we needed, as it was looking grim at 52 points down with them having all the running with 12 minutes to go.

We can easily reset and recover from this, if we kick straight tonight it could have easily been 16.11 and only going down by 7 points, instead of 11.16 and a 32 point loss.

They were not far off their best and I don't think we could have played any worse after quarter time so not too fussed with this first up result.

 

[Nuffsaid]

Comically bad.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Write that off and move on I think.

At least we know what fixes are required, Howe will be back, bring Framp in, turf AJ, bring Reef

Reef is less of a KPF than Johnson though may contribute more goals than AJ if played in Elliott's role.

 

[Exambolor]

Shoota FWIW played well. Did more in the midfield than in the FWD line tbf

 

[unplugged]

18.6 is instant from 53 inside 50s is insane

 

[JOELY]

AJ will cop a lot in here, and yeah he played poorly and shouldn't have got the nod, but he wasn't the reason we lost, an our issues tonight ran much deeper than one player. Bringing in Reef isn't the fix. Dropping Charlie isn't the fix either as I suspect he will be another scapegoat.

 

[VinnieB]

Poor kicking for goal and connect to forwards.

We will get better.

Sucks to be playing an interstate game in round 1 after winning the flag.

Dillon?

It’s not Round 1

 

[Juan Ide]

Shocker from AJ. Needs to spend a while in the VFL now. Not saying he was the only one below standard, but this kind of performance is becoming a pattern for him.

 

[Doc1763]

Nick - 34 disposals, 10 clearances (16 contested!) and 8 inside 50s

 

[jmac70]

Our flag is used to promote GWS.

 

[Exambolor]

Reef is less of a KPF than Johnson though may contribute more goals than AJ if played in Elliott's role.

Dude, an inamanite carbon rod would play better than AJ

 

[memoryofmchale]

In: Macrae, McInnes

Out: idk who but make some changes. Get rid of this ice in your veins stuff and play well from the start.

Veterans look old and slow.

 

[Jonno94]

Karma for not picking your top preseason performers in Reef and Fin because they're inexperienced.