Autopsy Rd 5 Blues go down by 90 points

[Blueballs38]

Absolutely unacceptable in every single aspect of that game.

No one should be safe from being told they were not up to standard, to give anyone a pass because they "are teenagers" is bullshit.

Going to go back to my holiday and not bother next week.

Tonight hurt but give it 3-4 days and u will be back.

But wow what Insaw today hurt

 

[__Bobcat__]

Can someone please explain Doc's disposal efficiency... I don't get it.

I can,
Doc's playing his guts out!
He is on the last line of Defence.
His sick and tired of watching downhill skiers, putting there hands up for the ball, when he Knows the said downhill skiers, won't put there tips over the edge!!


Never doubt a back men!

They might Not be classy,

But you would be glad to be beside them in the trenches when the. s**t goes down!

 

[ODNBlue]

Mate, the delivery was really really bad. Now Weits knows what Levi goes through every week....


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He doesn't look right to me... seemed to be running at half pace a lot of the game.

 

[Das2Blue]

Some positives for me tonight ....

Charlie Curnow ...showed heaps tonight , Am now convinced he'll be a gun..

Doc ....should get a lot more midfield minutes on that last Qtr was hard at it...

now i dont like to pot players but...

Mark Murphy that was seriously one of the worst games you have ever played , Am really wondering if it not better to trade you at seasons end so you dont teach these youngsters them bad habits..

 

[bluemahogany]

Drop Rowe?

Why exactly?

Because he's fairly useless as a forward, so if he isnt playing defence, I'd rather he not be in the team. Mind you White should be dropped first

 

[Azul]

Jasper Pittard, 28 touches running off the half back line. Kind of what I had in mind when I said we should consider him as a free agent.

 

[reubsblues]

It was men playing boys tonight we are literally 26 games into a full rebuild and complete new game plan 6 teenagers plus another half dozen inexperienced players we are at least another 50 games away from being a wk in wk out consistent footy team

 

[GoBlues!]

this is one of those losses we were gonna have right?

Recession we had to have, thy.

We just need to be patient. Knowledge and good decision making comes from experience, experience comes from doing and making mistakes - and tonight our players got a shitload of experience.

 

[SBYM]

Stress less people, prepare yourselves for days/nights like this.

Our sow's ear is only one quarter of the way to becoming a silk purse.

 

[Mondyboy]

Really impressed with Williamson's game. Macreadie tries his guts out. SPS wasn't as clean with the ball and neither was Fisher but they still batted. Polson didn't get a possession for two quarters but I like that he got his own ball in the last.

Jack had another great game, even if he's too team oriented. C. Curnow was fantastic. Real breakout game for him. Pickett is so close to doing something special.

Weitering probably needs a spell down back. But that means Rowe probably stays forward.

Oh, and Cripps... on one leg even.

And a pick pat on the back to Levi who is slowly turning it around.

Murph was middling even before he was injured.

Gibbs didn't turn up for the second half.

Docherty really struggles one on one his first instinct is to punt the ball out of defence.

Simmo struggled.

Ed did very little.

Simon White was passable.

Plowman seemed to be playing on everyone and did his best.

Rowe killed Dixon, so good on him.

Marchbank will be great but he needs to lower his eyes more coming out of defence.

Matty Wright is terribly out of form.


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[T2B_]

Gibbs is weird. Sometimes he goes in with true intent, hard tackling and winning ball, while other times he looks like he doesn't give a crap. Saw both versions at different times tonight.

I don't get the bloke.

 

[ODNBlue]

I can,
Doc's playing his guts out!
He is on the last line of Defence.
His sick and tired of watching downhill skiers, putting there hands up for the ball, when he Knows the said downhill skiers, won't put there tips over the edge!!


Never doubt a back men!

They might Not be classy,

But you would be glad to be beside them in the trenches when the. s**t goes down!

Seriously though... he went at 87%... that's what I'm confused about.

 

[RoyalParade]

Because he's fairly useless as a forward, so if he isnt playing defence, I'd rather he not be in the team. Mind you White should be dropped first

Rowe did well on dixon.

 

[M_I_G]

this is one of those losses we were gonna have right?

awaiting press conference

 

[jackn]

Rowe had four disposals... and I had been defending him


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His job isn't getting possessions though. He was okay considering how often the ball was down back.

Horrible game but I think there was still some positives. Charlie was the main one. Hopefully a couple more games like this and he'll really start to realise how good he can be. Plowman was good. SOS was good but he really needs to start going back and kicking for goal. It's getting ridiculous and ******* infuriating.

3rd quarter was abysmal. No touches in our forward 50. Pathetic. Our 'leaders' did nothing really, although to be fair I consider Cripps, silvagni, plowman, docherty, weitering (the last 2 weren't great tonight) to be our leaders more than murph or Gibbs.

Just really need our players to start looking for targets instead of just bombing it forward. We also need to drop a tall. Casboult, sos and weitering forward and marchbank, macreadie, rowe, white and plowman back. Drop white and bring in another runner.

 

[bluemahogany]

Jack needs to be more goal hungry, in saying that, kid's a gun

 

[Moody Blue]

Remember when we use to have a midfield ... ah those were the days!!!

Gibbs must be looking at Adelaide and wondering what could have been. He could have reunited with Eddie, Jacobs and Menzel.

 

[bigdog43]

Put Weitering down back to get him some form, drop Rowe, bring in Jaksch or McKay

70 inside 50's and Rowe held their best forward to 2 goals.

 

[Aussie Joe]

It really *en pains me to see Andy McKay in the coaches box. He had his hand in the team make up. He should loose his job for his part in this mess.

 

[The Grover]

Four possessions for Weits... four.

Must play backline.

Rowe or Jacksh can play forward.

 

[SBYM]

By the way, don't beat yourself up over this game, take a deep breath and keep thinking about how bright our future really is even though you may not be able to see it right now.

Sage words indeed, and from a brand new poster no less.

Speaking of which, has anybody seen The Sheik?

 

[TerryWallet]

Charlie Curnow, Tommy Williamson and Caleb Marchbank were terrific young players tonight.

Marc Murphy, Matty Wright were terrible as senior players.

Simmo is running on fumes as most ageing players do in their final year.

 

[ParapMarkets]

The third quarter was one of the most uncompetitive performances by any AFL team ever, they missed so many easy shots too, the score line in the third flattered us. Diabolical.

I love seeing the youth play but 5 1st year players, plus 3 2nd year players, plus 2 injury hampered 3rd year players, all with very little experience is way too much. The good news is they all show promise but there isn't some magical experience point where things click for them. 10 games experience in a competitive side is better than 15 games in a thumping like that.

 

[KohPhi]

There are going to be more tough days/nights like tonight coming up. But once these kids get another 40-50 games into them, things will change pretty quickly.

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Some of the older players were shown up tonight for their real worth to the team, clearly they are on a limited tenure. I reckon Cripps is carrying an injury, he was grimacing a lot tonight. Gibbs wanted to just do his waving arms routine all night instead of getting his shorts dirty. Simon White annoyed me immensely due to his constant giving up the chase when we were under siege.

The young guys struggled but kept fighting it out even though they were badly outclassed.

Some supporters will be all bitter & twisted over a loss of this proportion but you have to expect the occasional blowout whilst the players grow & develop. Whilst it hurts to get smacked in that manner, its what you learn from the result that is of real importance IMO.

The green shoots weren't as obvious tonite but if they are hurting after that loss, then we will be okay in the future.

By the way, don't beat yourself up over this game, take a deep breath and keep thinking about how bright our future really is even though you may not be able to see it right now.

Gibbs waving arm routine... Dislocated thumb played on and had 6 tackles and 5 clearances. Pretty tough pretty impressive for me