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

[Moonwatcher]

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.

David "I kicked3 goals in a single match that one time against Hawthorn" Mackay?

 

[Scorpus]

Our gameplan consisted of us boming it long down the line every single time which worked about 5% of the time.

CHANGE THE LANES AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THE 100TH TIME YOU ****ING IDIOT

****'s sake

 

[MRB37]

That's what it smells like to me. Has all the hallmarks. Going defensive after playing an attacking brand earlier and selecting experienced plodders instead of youth. Nicks has loser instincts.

There's a thing in the NFL called "Prevent Defense" but as John Madden said

"All a prevent defense does is prevent you from winning."

 

[Owen_AFC97]

12 free kicks to 2 in the last quarter along with 2 50s against

Needs to be a please explain. We’ve got the official AFL instagram page mocking our club as well.

 

[Multiballz]

Why would you play someone as a small forward when they have NEVER kicked goals as a small forward??

Murphy actually has a decently accurate leg from the 50. PUT HIM THERE IF ANYWHERE

PROOF, or it didnt happen...

 

[n4sir]

I thought ump 22 deserved the three votes

Williamson. Yep, he always goes out of his way to **** us...

Just when you think Stevic is going with his usual "free kick Hawthorn" decisions he's done all his career, Williamson says...



Foot never does us any favors either. They are three among the many that make up my Umpiring Hall of Shame.

 

[pjcrows]

12 free kicks to 2 in the last quarter along with 2 50s against

Sounds about right. We completely stopped, were second to the ball, and panicked.

 

[TBM]

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

The hope is that list manager Reid takes it out of Nicks’ hands and doesn’t award another contract. Which is what happened to McHenry

 

[Danger in Texas]

For me, the fact we lost it isn’t the concern, it’s how we lost it

Two weeks in a row of the same kind of performance, bar a 5-goal burst in 10 minutes

Disgusting

 

[Bovo]

Things we did poorly:
Really unclean in contested play
No run and carry
It was a crumbers night and we failed to use it to our advantage.
We did some pretty stupid things at critical times.

Things we did well:
I thought ROB was fantastic for most of the hit outs
our defence was good again

Things that were shit:
Our forward line looked all over the place
Rankine and Rachele were ordinary.

When Dawson has a bad night, so does the team I reckon

 

[Bearded Clam]

We are at real risk of finishing high enough to re-sign Nicks, while not having what it takes to actually contend

Incoming disaster is looming

Nicks will become our Hinkley.. 10 years of mediocrity.. but loved by the players, especially the vets..

Wasnt Hinkley his mentor at one point?

Murphy.. dogshit
Tex.. cooked
Smith… cooked
Laird.. garbage
ROB.. concrete hands and clumbsy flog
Pedlar… lame and simply not up to it.. but what do you expect when murph, Rowe and mchenry were selected before him for the last 4-5 years..
Berry.. very ordinary player
Our selectors.. firing squad please.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Any chance all the talk about Neale-Bullen’s professionalism and leadership will amount to something on the field?

 

[Ian Dunross]

Fogarty has kicked 28 goals and 5 behinds before the his Hawks game

An average of 2.15 goals a game in the highest scoring team playing on the third tall defender is not high praise

 

[thebirdman 24]

Has Nicks ever outcoached someone?

Dean Cox.

Better put Nicks on staff like Craigy before other clubs snap him up.

 

[imagifED]

Can already see it. Murphy will have no impact at all and Nicks will play the same old predictable down the line crap as we get strangled 50 - 80.

Posted this, was so predictable.

 

[ams4crows]

Fog didn't even punch it out, the Hawthorn player did and then he appealed.

 

[MRB37]

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

I am 99% sure Peds getting subbed will mean he's out for Peatling. And from there Nicks will trot out the "these guys deserve a chance to respond" on why he doesn't make any other changes.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Frustrating that we seemed to expect the Hawks to come out after half time without adjusting their intensity.

 

[njk123]

We are at real risk of finishing high enough to re-sign Nicks, while not having what it takes to actually contend

Incoming disaster is looming

Sounds a bit Hinkley like …. Yep that’s terrifying I agree!!

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Got what we deserved.

One goal in the second half, shit selection and shit subs.

Our three-headed monster is out of form. We're not getting enough out of TT and Fogarty as of late given TT was goalless tonight and missed a sitter (which proved costly), and Fogarty has kicked three goals in the last month.

At least this stamps us non-contenders this year. Maybe 5th-6th and a home final, but semi-finalists at the most.

 

[Scorpus]

That's what it smells like to me. Has all the hallmarks. Going defensive after playing an attacking brand earlier and selecting experienced plodders instead of youth. Nicks has loser instincts.

He doesn't have loser instincts

He IS a loser.

 

[maxlilly]

I'm hearing from my sources in Launceston that the umpires are ready to break with tradition and award their first zero Brownlow vote game

Stevic, 3 votes

 

[Crowman32]

Can't believe how much of a fumbler ANB is. He continually loses his feet as well. His game against Sydney was good but I think he's been average in the past 5-6 games.

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

At least we know who the AFL wanted to win. We’ve got the official AFL page trolling our football club.

Yeah nah thats ****ed up

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Jarman Impey ran rings around us

The first time that's ever been said by anyone

He did the same last year yet Nicks had no plan for him.

The one thing that's stopping us from being a contender is that ****ing cue ball.