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

[Doggy Dan]

There was a moment in the third where Hollywood Smith overran a ball without putting his body behind it that led to the first goal and the momentum change.

All good to be Hollywood when we’re winning but think this moment was pivotal and shows the immaturity of the player and person.

 

[adogsfan5]

103-7 since midway in the third is not good.

 

[Mofra]

The framework is there. An experienced ruck and an intercepting defender (or a FB to release Keith) and we're a different side.

TBH I think losing a prelim hurts more.

 

[conrad_437]

Petracca probably the most deserving Norm Smith medalist of all time. Incredible performance.

 

[wayniac]

Our fitness not on a par with Melbourne. Our tackling is often suspect, too many broken tackles today, easily fixed with a good tackling coach. Cam Munster is a fan, get him in.

How a guy like Fritsch gets off the leash is ridiculous, I guess if it wasn't him it would have been Pickett but we kept him quiet. Zone defence looks great until you have 3 defenders who can't go one on one.

 

[who_let_the_dogs_out]

Ruckman and a couple of key defenders have to be priority. Martin is done.

We got exposed way too many times down back.

 

[Doggy Dan]

Petracca probably the most deserving Norm Smith medalist of all time. Incredible performance.

I can’t like because I’ve been banned but I wholeheartedly agree.

 

[Testekill]

Petracca probably the most deserving Norm Smith medalist of all time. Incredible performance.

Yeah that was one of the most dominant performances that you'll see, he was the guy that turned the game in the third.

 

[footscray1973]

Of course the 2021 flag now has a giant asterisk next to it, unlike the 2016 one. So we're all good. We'll win 2022 back at the G.

 

[Sentinel]

We aren't 70 points worse than the Dees. We certainly aren't 10 straight goals, in what seemed to be 15 minutes of play, worse than the Dees.

Fully agree, the result made it look a lot more one sided than the game was for the majority. They deserved to win, without question, but it wasn't a 12 goal blow-out worthy game for the most part (until we stopped, as happens sometimes in a granny). They were brilliant in the 3rd, I wouldn't read too much into the last.

 

[bresker]

Tim English is really lucky he’s 9 feet tall or he might struggle for a game based on application for the game of Australian Rules Football

 

[VogonProsthetnic]

Getting smashed in the ruck cost us big time in that third quarter. Not sure what the solution is. English is not a ruckman though.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

We got beaten by a red hot and clearly better side on the night.

Congratulations to the Demons and opposition supporters who will inevitably stroll by. Oh, and go * yourself on the way out.

 

[Mattdougie]

Apart from Keath we need an entire backline that cant play when pressure is on.

Fix that and we can win flags, don’t and we won’t.

Good year but cr@p finish

 

[fred cook]

Not a good comment.

Sorry I agree trade him now whilst he has value


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[Al dente]

those centre clearance goals after Baz's mistake just killed us. to be so close to breaking the game open and then be 4 goals down 10 minutes later was too much to handle mentally.

 

[Thunderoad]

Injuries really cost us this year.

Losing Dunkley and Treloar in particular for extended periods hurt, not just because of their abscene, but because we didn't have the option of bringing them back into form in the reserves.

We lost games because of that, dropped out of the top four and then had the toughest of runs into the Grand Final.

Bruce doing his knee didn't help much either.

 

[stefcep]

Questions will have to be asked of just how we capitulated and let them walk it out under no pressure when we were 12 points up. Instead we let them pile the goals on and it ended up being like a 80 point turnaround or some sh*t like that.

I mostly put that at the feet of the coaches TBH.

 

[Pugz89]

A 74pt GF loss can easily break a group for years. The off-season and preseason is going to be important to see how the group responds.

Proud of the season from the boys, but that last qtr was weak as piss.

 

[josh the gent]

Dees deserving winners.

We’ll be back next year. And 2023. And 2024. And 2025. And 2026. And 2027.

I think a Dogs dynasty is about to commence.

This loss will burn, and i hope it does. There are some very fertile years ahead…

 

[flamethrower]

A lot of players really embarrassed themselves tonight, and have done their reputation as an AFL footballer irreputable damage.

Can see some of them at Deer Park next year.

 

[immortalmike]

Best team all year won.

Same problems cropped up. Needs addressing and needed addressing for years.

Freshen up the assistants. Review footy department. Need another leader. Someone to get ruthless but also someone to stem the tide. Bont just isn't that guy.

We looked out on our feet mid way through the third. Maybe all the travel caught up with us. Incredibly disappointing.

Take heart. Hopefully we sort it out in the offseason but that requires some soul searching from our leaders.

 

[Libba39]

What can you say. We were beaten by the best team fair and square. They have a great combination and will challenge for the next 3 or 4 years you'd reckon.

We were exposed for pace and the backline was made to look second rate. Wood was a deer in the headlights. Williams had patches. Keath looked underdone.

 

[Tommycash]

We will be back. Don't despair my friends

 

[footscray1973]

I’m way too emotional so will post tomorrow.

Except to say Petracca had 40. 40!!! In a ******* GF, along with two goals.

JFC maybe tag someone every once in a while.

Yeah that one's on Bevo and the coaches. As much as players dropped off, that was one of the bigger coaching fails of the year, the whole centre set up was crap with nothing to address it.