Review R14: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly vs. Hawthorn Hawks

[Kane McGoodwin]

Played 2 short with Tex and Murphy.

I would have subbed either & benched the other instead of Pedlar.

 

[Lordcrud]

Good: Worrell’s tackle.
Bad: Game went EXACTLY how I expected. Felt like a pre written script.
Ugly: Everything else.

 

[Firewalker]

Murphy's selection against Gold Coast was an obvious mistake, and Nicks recognised it because he immediately dropped him the next week.

And he did it again.

Surely he’s not gonna drop his mate this time round after he tripled his usual last quarter effort…

 

[Crowbling]

Can’t have Smith, Laird and Murphy in the team at the same time. That’s insanity. Only thing worst would have been if David Mackay

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David Mackay

Age

37

Ht

181cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.7

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

3.2

5star

MG

315.4

4star

D

16.5

4star

K

7.0

3star

HB

9.5

5star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.0

3star

MG

265.5

4star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.2

3star

put on a crows jumper and ran onto the field.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

I hope Balme is ruthless and sacks Nicks. This is a big test.

 

[jamesclean]

 

[jo172]

Thought ROB was pretty good and am quite frankly completely unconvinced that Draper would be a better option

 

[NTRabbit]

Deserved to lose last week, deserved to lose this week.

The true brain geniuses who devised our one and only game plan of "Kick it long down the line every time and trust our contested markers to win it all the time", followed by a spoil, a stoppage, and more often a lost clearance than a won clearance really ought to be drummed out of professional coaching.

 

[thebirdman 24]

This could be the start of a slippery slide down the ladder like 2023.

 

[pjcrows]

Can’t have Smith, Laird and Murphy in the team at the same time. That’s insanity. Only thing worst would have been if David Mackay put on a crows jumper and ran onto the field.

Shhhh. Don't give them any ideas.

 

[CrowToon]

Ugly: Murphy spudding it up as expected.

Two sets of rules for the teams. 22-10 frees in the second half.

Given the count in the first half even the village idiot could tell the square up was coming.

Thats what made the stupid free kicks more frustrating. Shouldn't have given them a chance to pay them.

But if we had a 6 goal buffer at HT it wouldn't have mattered

 

[Golumless]

We're pretty good but not quite good enough

Fine.

But that means that getting Draper to A Grade level quickly matters. Plateauing and going back to the crew that's repeatedly failed won't lead to anywhere we haven't already been.

Unfortunately, the only thing that fixes that is getting to the off season and having another round of list management decisions.

 

[NTRabbit]

This could be the start of a slippery slide down the ladder like 2023.

Unfortunately I think we've done just enough to make finals already

 

[pjcrows]

This could be the start of a slippery slide down the ladder like 2023.

Settle. We aren't losing to Richmond or Melbourne.

 

[Redline]

Embarrassing 2nd half.

Proper shame job.

We were lucky to win the Showdown and against the Lions. Plenty of work still to do.

 

[Scorpus]

Nicks the big ****ing loser has taken us far too defensive because he's a scared little boy who can't handle the big leagues

And I mean that as a personal insult to the man

I want to be clear I am not just criticising his performance as a coach, but him as an entire person

 

[Geoffa32]

We play one too many key forwards.

The obvious sub was either Tex or Fog.

Not Pedlar.


And what did Murphy bring.

No forward pressure
No clean skills
Can't do a defensive job
Is not a natural goal kicker.


Yes he has good Footy IQ and does try his best. A superb SANFL standard Footballer.

But not AFL standard.


We lost the game through bad goal scoring, poor sub choice and selecting Murphy.

 

[Bay62]

Murphy's selection against Gold Coast was an obvious mistake, and Nicks recognised it because he immediately dropped him the next week.

And he did it again.

I said to my wife this must surely be Murphys “McHenry” game - dropped him for poor form, brought him back one more time, spuds it up, never seen again.

Surely this is it

 

[Bay62]

I dont want to hear a single whinge about the umpires tonight. They don't even make the top 10 on the list of reasons we lost.

100% correct

 

[Crowboto]

5aa crew in full damage control at the moment.

 

[davos44]

Bad goal kicking.
Awful forward entries, absolute garbage.

Not one target could be found.

We’re a genuine top 8 side.

Awful defending of Gunston by Keane.

Should have been 6 goals to 2 at half time.

As per usual with hawks in Launceston:
Free kick hawks
Free kick hawks
Freekokhwks
FRE hawks
Free kick horse
Freegoghorks
Freeghighhawks
HTB? Only applies to crows players.

We lost a game we should have won and won a game we should have lost.

Week off to recalibrate.

 

[Crowbling]

Deserved to lose last week, deserved to lose this week.

The true brain geniuses who devised our one and only game plan of "Kick it long down the line every time and trust our contested markers to win it all the time", followed by a spoil, a stoppage, and more often a lost clearance than a won clearance really ought to be drummed out of professional coaching.

Puts massive pressure on the back line.

We don’t even look to possess the ball or try and switch the play. It’s a huge problem.

 

[MRB37]

We're pretty good but not quite good enough

Fine.

But that means that getting Draper to A Grade level quickly matters. Plateauing and going back to the crew that's repeatedly failed won't lead to anywhere we haven't already been.

Nicks is repeating the same mistake he made in 2023. When he gets antsy and pressured he resorts to the same blokes because they're experienced even though they've continually failed.

 

[rocket18]

Lost at selection. When a game is this close every little advantage matters.

And yet we STILL had numpties in the changes thread this week trot out their usual "one selection won't make a difference".

They are as clueless as Nicks, fancy hitching your wagon to that moron.

 

[Crowboto]

Surely he’s not gonna drop his mate this time round after he tripled his usual last quarter effort…

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