Autopsy Post 2021 Grand Final Western Bulldogs game review, the good the bad and the ugly, come talk about it here!

[_Mike_]

The grand final is over & season 2021 is done and dusted, what a roller coaster ride it was with the team exceeding the expectations of many. Disappointing to end the way it did especially with the complete stop in momentum. Some hard calls to be made regarding the list however there’s still a lot of upside in the team and with a bit of tuning they will be up and about next season.

Some discussion points in the game

Daniel's miskicks and turnovers resulting in crucial momentum swinging goals
Cordy exposed on the backline
Hanan turning over the ball at a crucial time
Wood being cooked
Midfield coming to a complete stop

 

[bullruckle81]

Don’t be too sad. At least we can cry into our 2016 cup and not the rusty old 1954 one!!!

The 2016 Win still feels a million times better than this lose feels bad.

We’ll be up there for the next few years at least!

 

[willofwest]

The grand final is over & season 2021 is done and dusted, what a roller coaster ride it was with the team exceeding the expectations of many. Disappointing to end the way it did especially with the complete stop in momentum. Some hard calls to be made regarding the list however there’s still a lot of upside in the team and with a bit of tuning they will be up and about next season.

Some discussion points in the game

Daniel's miskicks and turnovers resulting in crucial momentum swinging goals
Cordy exposed on the backline
Hanan turning over the ball at a crucial time
Wood being cooked
Midfield coming to a complete stop

Didn’t understand the Cordy over Gardner selection, need another KPD , a 1st ruck and play Daniel in the middle from now on.

 

[Sentinel]

Proud of the boys to make it that far. 2nd best team in it. Well deserved Melbourne and sorry for their fans who couldn't be there to see the drought breaker.

Shame about the ending but that's footy.

 

[Igloo]

Very sad. But still very proud for the year. The boys did a great job. Just couldn't get there in the end.

Well done Dees.

 

[TedDougChris]

Really disappointing way to finish, but hopefully it burns and motivates the players.

Thought the Cordy inclusion was odd - we went way too risky at times out of defence, lacked bite in attack and desperately need a ruckman.

 

[bresker]

To all the neutrals : sorry we stuffed up

To the trolls and haters : get f’cked we’ll be back .

 

[gangsta deluxe]

Lost it in the middle and the ruck. Sam power

Sam Power

Age

41

Ht

190cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

7.8

2star

K

3.8

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.6

4star

take note.

Great finals series and a lot to be proud of. Much work to do though

 

[Testekill]

Williams had an absolute shocker, would have thought that he's a player that could have stood up in the grand final.


Much respect to the way Roarke went about it, didn't take a backwards step.

 

[BIG_BONTS]

Tough for it to end like that but still a good effort. Plenty of upside in our group.

Naughts to the backline!

 

[bresker]

Does anyone else feel like they’re in the middle of a really bad acid trip?

 

[Kermit]

Pre warning to any opp posters - troll here and we will be more than happy to hand out bans (In that kind of mood tbh). Feel free to comment but do so at your own risk.
Thanks

 

[Substance]

Well done Dees, a great flag.

It will be interesting to hear what Bevo makes of the capitulation.

 

[ManOfClay]

The roller coaster didn’t end well. But it was a great ride.

let’s not let tonight override the last few weeks.

well done Melbourne

 

[Oliver G]

Baz's clanger in the third quarter is what turned the game, but there are no excuses for what happened in the first quarter with our awful entries.

The ruck contest cost us in the end though, Melbourne scored a GF record of 7 goals from the centre and they sharked an increidble 9 of our hitouts while we managed just 2.

Onto 2022 with hopefully a better ruck setup.

Can't feel any worse for Treloar.

 

[Peter Wallis]

They looked like they wanted it more. They were harder at the ball & broke through tackles way too easily.
That last 45 minutes was some of the most uncompetitive stuff I have seen in a long time.
Congratulations to Melbourne, deserving premiers but bitterly disappointed with our second half.

 

[Sentinel]

Crazy month to be 20 points up in the grand final halfway through the third given how the H&A season ended. If only we could have held on.

 

[TedDougChris]

Too many players had an off night, hope they learn from it.

Also need some centre square tactics to stop a run on. Failed miserably there tonight

 

[DognBones]

Melbourne are so far and away the best team in the comp. We will need a lot of changes to challenge them next year.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Can't really point to a significant number of errors in that run. Melbourne were just incredible. Nobody was stopping Petracca then.

Felt lime we were a team that hit the wall with all the travelling and extra match and quarantine we had.

Just so disappointing to be up that and have such a decent chance.

 

[Unknown Caller]

Disappointing last quarter and a half, but proud of the effort this season.

Melbourne too good in the end.

 

[conrad_437]

Genuinely haven't been this disappointed in the team in a while.

Might be a bit over-the-top but I'm just not sure how we can play so poorly in the last 45 minutes.

Some efforts were disgusting to watch. Namely Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

letting Salem run right through him and pick up the ball. Several others.

People might say that Melbourne were incredibly good. They were. But it's the way we let them waltz out the middle that hit me where it hurts

 

[Mutt]

s**t.

 

[ScragCity]

To be honest I'm not as devastated as I thought I might feel after a GF loss. It probably helps that we lost to a much, much better side by a huge margin and in hindsight probably never had a chance.

 

[pappy]

Boys were cooked. Melbourne fitter ran harder, had no injuries all year. Proud of the boys. Reset and go again.