AFL Autopsy R2: Crows eviscerate us

[southern_crusher]

We seriously need to work on our defence, I believe it can be improved as the season goes on

It hasn't improved at all in the last two years. If anything it's gotten worse.

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

We are such a soft club

 

[quotemokc]

2 games in to the season and it already feels like we are a lost cause.

List management still not ruthless enough

 

[Fletched]

It hasn't improved at all in the last two years. If anything it's gotten worse.

Your not wrong

 

[BratPack]

I got nothing

ECO after 2 rounds. Just going to ****post and laugh bitterly the rest of the year

Can't wait till we lose to the Richmond Under 18's at Dreamtime by 12 goals.

 

[Nifft]

Think today was a coaching/selection failure as much as anything. Players devoid of confidence never execute well.

Really? What other players could we have chosen? Aside from a handful of players I just don't think we have enough that are AFL level.

 

[Don_Gia]

Every team seems to work it out quickly except maybe North but we’re still cruising along like there’s no plan…

 

[sameolds33]

Really? What other players could we have chosen? Aside from a handful of players I just don't think we have enough that are AFL level.

The players that were selected looked lost out there. They're better that that performance.

 

[mike14]

Reposting from the game thread:

At this point, I want Merrett to leave. Not for our benefit but because he deserves to win a final and not be anchored to this ****ing shit club.

I had a similar thought watching him walk the boundary a few times with a look of despair and dejection on his face.
Go somewhere and enjoy your footy

 

[div12ressie]

edwards, kako and merrett played solid

Positives: Brad Scott giving the players more advice after footy and investing in properties

 

[Goat Hird]

Most disappointing is other clubs figuring it out. Adelaide where bottom 4 last year...How long are we going to be stuck in the mud?

 

[windyhill]

Wooden spoon favourites. Two plus decades of ineptness.

 

[Saddlemanbags]

Trade Merrett... Oh wait he's 30 this year LOL

 

[TheBrightSide]

Well Hawthorn aren’t as good as everyone thinks, only beat us by 26 points.

 

[theboxmike]

Crisis meetings at the club this weekly surely, what defence is that?

 

[doug85]

A couple of other positives.

Durham.

Tsatas had 11 clearances.

 

[BratPack]

Most disappointing is other clubs figuring it out. Adelaide where bottom 4 last year...How long are we going to be stuck in the mud?

Well put it this way. I'm 43. I'm now convinced I will never see another Essendon flag in my life time

 

[tha Freak]

 

[Nicholas61]

2 games in to the season and it already feels like we are a lost cause.

List management still not ruthless enough

Imagine what Geelong in season proper will do to that output

 

[windyhill]

Well Hawthorn aren’t as good as everyone thinks, only beat us by 26 points.

Last week felt like a belting. This week felt right. What a joke of a club.

 

[brutus76]

 

[Nicholas61]

Well put it this way. I'm 43. I'm now convinced I will never see another Essendon flag in my life time

A lot of teams now and our club has lost its soul.

 

[FlyingV]

Gonna be a long year. Two firsts and two seconds this year. We need to cash in. Desperately need some talent through the door.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

A decade and more of draft failure leads us here.

Too many nothing players. Our so called better players like Ridley (always injured), Redman have joined this group.

D Defence first. Fix the back six. We need another big guy. We need two medium/smalls that can run and kick and setup the play. Our kicking and penetration from behind is the worst in the league.

 

[Howard Moon]

That'll have the 47 competing footy shows this week out to analyse our flaws and ringing the alarm bells, maybe the coaching team can take some notes