AFL Autopsy RND 10: Beaten by the Dockers

[Zach Package]

Don't think this is even remotely close to as complete as the Demons game.

I didn’t say it was, Dees game would be first, quite obviously, but this tracks against the Suns game pretty favourably, Freo are just better than GC are.

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

I didn’t say it was, Dees game would be first, quite obviously, but this tracks against the Suns game pretty favourably, Freo are just better than GC are.

Ah my bad, I read your comment wrong and took it as the Suns performance being the most complete, but you meant that this was a battle for second.

Which I don't think it was - that first quarter pressure was too poor for it to be truly in the running.

 

[AcuteWhistle]

 

[MiguelM]

The alarming thing is the game was over in the first 10 minutes. I get we were never beating them but at the start of the game when all players are fresh, nobody was within 20m of Bolton.

That is awful in terms of structure and effort.

Forget the second half, Freo put the cue in the rack.

 

[Zach Package]

Ah my bad, I read your comment wrong and took it as the Suns performance being the most complete, but you meant that this was a battle for second.

Which I don't think it was - that first quarter pressure was too poor for it to be truly in the running.

Reckon the Suns should have put us away a lot sooner than they did.

Beyond a little 3 goal gutpunch it was relatively equitable in terms of the ball moving around. Not quite 'kicked ourselves out of it', but far closer to that than a smashing.

Not sure blind freddy can see what we are trying to do but Brisbane squeezed the life out of us last week, Freo just beat us because they are better and I think that is actually an important distinction to make.

 

[Happyskeret]

I know where we are at but my word the physicality shown in the first half was sub par. We couldn’t even lay a finger nail on them. The second half was much better. They were nudging and bumping. Just letting their opponents know that they are there. I can handle watching that I just can’t stand it when we try to play bruise free like we did in the first half.