AFL Autopsy RND 20: Loss to the Swans

[madrigal]

Oh gosh we are 13th

We were 3 goals away from dropping below Gold coast and being 14th, before we decided to try.

 

[Nicholas61]

Why wasn’t it 50 to Zerk when he took the mark and swans player played on over the mark and tackled him when he hadn’t gone off his line

The thing is Zerk doesn't even complain like the other one in the square - his body language tells the ump he made the right call.

 

[Learntopray]

McGrath should of been attached at the hip to Papley all night.
The fact that he wasn't, was an obvious coaching mistake.
Snelling as a sub, Jake Kelly

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Jake Kelly

Age

29

Ht

190cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.5

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.6

4star

MG

157.8

2star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

104.1

2star

D

14.8

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.2

5star

MG

107.0

2star

as a forward, and taking too long to switch the matchups for Amarty were a few other obvious ones. Not sure we had a good matchup for him to be fair.
ADJ over AMT who has been in good form in the VFL is another, important for the future, so i dont necessarily hate the move. But hindsight says it backfired in a must win game.

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

Merrett immense. Heppell turned back the clock. Hobbs and Caldwell were good. Langfors very good. Perkins was in and out but did some nice things, as did Parish and Martin.
Hind tries hisbguts out but doesn't hurt the opposition. Wright worked hard but needed to hold on to a few more.
Probably the best game I've seen Bryan play for us

Back 6 was exposed too often and we let them get a lot of cheapies. Redmond and McGrath were well down and Lav and BZT looked lost quite often.

We should be looking to get some games into some kids in the next 4 weeks. It could could come at the expense of guys like Snelling and Guelfi and give us an indication of what we've got.
Persist with Cox down back

At least Hind and Redmond make some attempt to generate run and movement from half back. Redmond makes unorthodox plays which can be risky but at least tries to disrupt the opposition's structures

 

[Happyskeret]

I hate this match. I hate that club. I hate this game. I hate the enemy scum sitting in the members’ section mouthing off. I hate my sore throat. I hate the train delay they just announced. I hate everything.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Bryan was quite impressive. Snelling was good when he came on..should’ve started ahead of Davey who hasn’t done enough fat VFL. Winning last four not impossible

 

[owen87]

He had some clangers kicks inside 50 but so everyone did.

Exactly why we won the i50 count but not the game. Our entries were mostly to the advantage of their defenders. We make reliably dumb choices when we kick to our forward line.

Bomb it long and high to a contest on Wright’s head doesn’t seem like a hard game plan to combat.

 

[Petrify]

Can someone tell Phillips to treat the entire game like he does the end of the match when we're behind? He's so much better when he just YOLO's it

 

[Yoda_]

Exactly why we won the i50 count but not the game. Our entries were mostly to the advantage of their defenders. We make reliably dumb choices when we kick to our forward line.

Bomb it long and high to a contest on Wright’s head doesn’t seem like a hard game plan to combat.

Our forward group did 2MP no favours. One play in the third where every man and his dog went for the mark Pete would have taken easily was a big piece of evidence that the fwd group is simply not working.

 

[Nicholas61]

Can someone tell Phillips to treat the entire game like he does the end of the match when we're behind? He's so much better when he just YOLO's it

Maybe he needs to warm up for 2 hrs before the game - he might start catching them earlier on.

 

[Happyskeret]

McGrath should of been attached at the hip to Papley all night.
The fact that he wasn't, was an obvious coaching mistake.
Snelling as a sub, Jake Kelly as a forward, and taking too long to switch the matchups for Amarty were a few other obvious ones. Not sure we had a good matchup for him to be fair.
ADJ over AMT who has been in good form in the VFL is another, important for the future, so i dont necessarily hate the move. But hindsight says it backfired in a must win game.

I thought the same McGrath to Papley. He just got off the chain too much on Kelly.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Bryan was quite impressive. Snelling was good when he came on..should’ve started ahead of Davey who hasn’t done enough fat VFL. Winning last four not impossible

Lol

Yea it is

 

[MiguelM]

Exactly why we won the i50 count but not the game. Our entries were mostly to the advantage of their defenders. We make reliably dumb choices when we kick to our forward line.

Bomb it long and high to a contest on Wright’s head doesn’t seem like a hard game plan to combat.

Yep, opposition teams just tripple team him and then run it out. Who was on Blakey?

Langford great but I would have moved Cox in there.

Our small/mid forwards go missing too much. Guelfi is not best 22 any more.

 

[Learntopray]

Agree with everything except for Parish, he was a key reason we got so close.

He had some clangers kicks inside 50 but so everyone did.

Turnover is the biggest scoring source in the AFL and he was direcly responsible for another 3 goals today. He undoes all his good work each week with bad decision-making by foot and poor touch.
27 disposals and only half of them being effective is putrid.
Unless he magically fixes his kicking, he is replaceable.

 

[Squeaky]

What is a tackle.
Our pressure was poor most of the night...
You get what you deserve in this game...

 

[Call Me Cake]

F*** it got us winning the next 3/4 and still making it

 

[Happyskeret]

Positives for me was Bryan, Hobbs’s consistency, Caldwell and moving Cox away from the wing.

 

[Foxx]

Why wasn’t it 50 to Zerk when he took the mark and swans player played on over the mark and tackled him when he hadn’t gone off his line

He didn't move off the mark. Just stuck his arms out.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaa Bllllmlmlmm

 

[MiguelM]

Turnover is the biggest scoring source in the AFL and he was direcly responsible for another 3 goals today. He undoes all his good work each week with bad decision-making by foot and poor touch.
27 disposals and only half of them being effective is putrid.
Unless he magically fixes his kicking, he is replaceable.

I think we need to get an outside gun and have Parish feed the ball out. Parish is excellent extractor.

Maybe Tsatas could be that outside link. Also, missing Setters is huge. He did plenty of blocking/tackling that we lack.

 

[MiguelM]

He didn't move off the mark. Just stuck his arm out.

Yep, was dumb from Zerk.

Him and Lav cost us dearly tonight.

 

[BomberManU]

Bryan was quite impressive. Snelling was good when he came on..should’ve started ahead of Davey who hasn’t done enough fat VFL. Winning last four not impossible

Come on man, we'll beat WCE, but that's it.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

Very cool that we let Gulden, the best kick in the comp, have his lowest contested possession rate in a game this year (9 CPs from 37 disposals).

 

[Westlo]

That would be an incredible pick.

I'll be so pissed if we're a pick off from getting him.

 

[footyfanatic111]

Welp.
Tsatas, tex, Baldwin should get a game next week
Hopefully tippa gets a farewell game, play the kids!!