Autopsy Positives and Negatives vs Essendon Rd 11 - Season Over Edition

[CursoryMercenary]

Nail in the coffin tonight, a loss to a fairly average but improved Bombers outfit. Allen and Kelly probably out for a number of weeks, we've gone past beyond breaking point now.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Time to blood Edwards and Trew as a starting point.

Ben Johnson has to debut soon to provide some drive from defense.

 

[FKASC]

Season on the line next week

 

[Balls In]

Mentally weakest, unfit, under performed team in AFL. I'd rather we miss finals than serve up another soft exit like we will. Genuinly need new coaches.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Yep play all kids.

 

[CursoryMercenary]

Simmo hates playing kids if he doesn't have to he only gave the likes of Brayshaw etc games because of our deep injuries last year.

 

[WCErevival]

I think we've all known the season was gone but this game has well and truly sealed it. We need to look forward to the future. Blood some youth. Try out a new game plan

 

[Breva_]

Season over? But it’s only round 11.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Might as well make this positives and negatives.

+ Nic Nat best player on our list and just showing off at this point
+ Petch continues to turn a corner

- Lost it at the coal face, again. Redden/Sheed/Gaff not doing enough as per, Yeo looked hungry but needs time to build. Nic Nat aside none of the mids got anything going once Kelly left.
- TK injured, Allen injured.
- Backs simultaneously killed a lot of contests and also let a lot through. Probably a result of the mids losing all the battles. Inundated, did alright given the volume but ultimately were given far too much to do.

Contested footy once again let’s us down. Disappointing.

Have to say we’re playing for a finals berth and a “get hot at the right time” finals run now. Shocking to have back to back losses during this run of fixtures, simply could not afford it.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Losing to Essendon at home. Losing TK & OA, yep looks like it.

 

[Schmedit]

At least my ITW wait list number will be dropping!

 

[Priddis Is Done]

Premiership aspirations were over, in 19, 3 years on and the decline is evident.

The players are playing like they know they have no hope.

Be nice for the match committee to recognise this and start an alternate game plan to set us for the future, because this one stinks like a turd burger.

 

[swingdog]

Thank God we have Carlton in Sydney. I don't have to feel guilty about not going to see them at the G.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Need a new gameplan and new midfield without at least 2 of Redden, Sheed and Gaff. Can carry 1 of them being slow, maybe 2 at a stretch every so often but 3 is too much to carry each game.

Game plan has to be try and get the ball inside 50 as quick as possible. Who cares about marks

 

[Eagles_712]

Redden needs to be dropped. Waterman shouldn't get a game for a while. Sheed is a wing man. Adam Simpson is a bottom 8 coach. He may have won a premiership but he isnt a tactician.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Feel so flat. So frustrating. Same thing as the St Kilda game, turn to water when the pressure is on. Just woeful in most every department...skills, effort, intent, etc. What little hope I've had has been extinguished so I guess I can relax a bit more.

 

[Shuestar13]

Really, really disappointed. I’m certainly not one to vent and have been patient, clearly the injury toll has had a huge impact...
But a game like this should be won. Unacceptable on every level and I think serious questions now need to be raised.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Can we please go one week without having a top 10 player being injured for multiple months?

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Mentally weakest, unfit, under performed team in AFL. I'd rather we miss finals than serve up another soft exit like we will. Genuinly need new coaches.

Post like it’s 2017.

 

[justlookingaround]

Any dockers supporters lurking here for salt, don’t forget you haven’t beat them for over half a decade

 

[SAweagle]

Said it before , mentally weak team for the past decade apart from one thrilling year. Look at each year and its result from 2011 to now.

Simmo looks out of answers, the players have no clue how to win if the game isnt played on their terms. Essendon hungrier and better skilled. Willing to work harder.

 

[CursoryMercenary]

We saw that Barrass that s**** his pants tonight not the good Barrass.

Also to ******* rub it in Alec Waterman the bloke who should be on our list kicks the ******* sealer you couldn't make this stuff up.

 

[WestCoast05]

Too many players think they are playing their role as long as they 'try'.
Gaff is one of them.

Whoever made the decision to change our team song after our 2018 Premiership has seriously jinxed our team and effed up our club.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Simmo hates playing kids if he doesn't have to he only gave the likes of Brayshaw etc games because of our deep injuries last year.

Gee.

Who of Shuey, Yeo, Sheed, Kelly, Gaff, Redden was he meant to drop to make room for Brayshaw? For a team playing for top four no less.

Has no issue playing Allen, or Rotham, or Brander, or Petch, or Jones. Not playing Brayshaw who was delisted and not picked up by any other side is a sackable offense is it?

 

[DickDunn]

We saw that Barrass that s**** his pants tonight not the good Barrass.

Barrass was the least of our concerns. Did heaps of good things in a backline that was under siege