AFL Autopsy Rnd 7: Done by the Blues

[Pweter]

50% no
50% yes but at 70% output

That sucks. You want to see the best fit and firing, even if the do play for your mob. Curnow could be anything.

 

[BrunoV]

Walsh was THE difference, McKay had fu** all bearing on the the result but, do agree he's the next superstar.

Who else was going to draw free kicks/take marks/create scoring opportunities?

If Walsh doesn't play they probably still win. If McKay isn't out there where are the 4 goals coming from? How much easier is it to kill those contests.

It reminded me so much of Lloyd today. Played like shit, mostly, but his presence bought him shots on goal.

 

[andleanback]

Disappointing we didnt get the win but happy with a lot young blokes performances in a big game today.

 

[citizen-erased]

Who else was going to draw free kicks/take marks/create scoring opportunities?

If Walsh doesn't play they probably still win. If McKay isn't out there where are the 4 goals coming from? How much easier is it to kill those contests.

It reminded me so much of Lloyd today. Played like sh*t, mostly, but his presence bought him shots on goal.

Walsh was impressive. Im not sure the ball goes forward that often for them to win without him. He's overtaken Cripps as their inside gun.

 

[Ati Tude]

Not so disappointed to lose today other than it being to the Scum, but disappointing the way we had goals kicked on us. We just have to get better at avoiding turnovers and defending on the turnover.

But how's them kids. Really pleased Jones wasn't dropped as felt he had a game like today's in him. Perkins getting better. Cox ok. Bryan good on debut. Just need to get some games into Reid somehow which could be tricky with Stewart back. Would have been better to play BZT than Stewart today. Stewart needed some game time. Would also like to see some more pace coming off half back. I like Guelfi but would like to see some dash from him.

 

[fishardansin]

677 meters gained

I think after seeing Hind and Perkins today you'd say that Essendon won that trade by a long way.

 

[fishardansin]

Best 22 not playing

Curnow
Martin
Williams
Fisher
De Konning
Newman
Marchbank
JSOS

Yeah, that is why we say 7th or 8th. Without them it will be around 10th.

 

[citizen-erased]

I think after seeing Hind and Perkins today you'd say that Essendon won that trade by a long way.

Reid was the saad pick
Perkins was the Daniher pick.
its a mistake i keep making

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Walsh was impressive. Im not sure the ball goes forward that often for them to win without him. He's overtaken Cripps as their inside gun.

Walsh killed us, a rolls Royce that one.

 

[fishardansin]

Reid was the saad pick
Perkins was the Daniher pick.
its a mistake i keep making

They were consecutive picks. I'll use what works!!

 

[Goat Hird]

I hope the likes of you are also gone next year. Bye

Sorry to disappoint you but I'll be here next year. Perhaps turn a blind eye to what I post. The guys I mentioned, two are cooked, the other is not good enough.

 

[MiguelM]

always bothers me that a handful of their players will put in top shelf performances against us then go missing all year
SPS, Owies, Cunningham
pah!

Nah, happens to every club. All supporters bemoan this when they lose. Pies supporters were saying the same about Parish.

 

[citizen-erased]

Nah, happens to every club. All supporters bemoan this when they lose. Pies supporters were saying the same about Parish.

Cunningham does nothing all year but beat us. We're like Goodes to his Bolton.
I imagine given how bad we generally defend the wing to our HF line is why he does so well. So much space for his pace to burn us.

frustrates me even when we beat them.

Parish is at least a gun.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

How the **** can somebody be called “Owies”?

What sort of a name is that? How many generations do you let it go before you say “ok clearly it was something like Howard and we had an ancestor who couldn’t ****in talk properly or something, let’s change it to something normal”

Seriously? “Owies”???

 

[MiguelM]

Still sucks to lose but we could easily be 5-2. The Port game was a blowout & Lions killed us for a half. Other than that we have been more than competitive.

We now have ruck depth, KPPs for the next decade. Add another midfielder or two (hopefully retain Merrett) and we are building something good.

Watching Bryan, Perkins, Cox & Jones is as exciting as 1993. Our recruiters hit gold this year. So glad they went for the best available talent rather than just going midfielders. Plus we have a coach not afraid to back the players in and it shows in their confidence.

 

[brutus76]

THESE KIDS!!!!!!

Disappointed to lose but just not quite the polish and a little too loose on the rebound from attack.

But these kids holee amazeballs!!!

You add Dunks and another mid and the future is bright!

 

[FlyingV]

Best 22 not playing

Curnow
Martin
Williams
Fisher
De Konning
Newman
Marchbank
JSOS

Marchbank, De Konning, Curnow and even JSOS are speculative. We are missing Hurley, Shiel, Caldwell and Draper.
I dunno, a good win for Carlton but you are a long way off the top 6 or so teams. Cannot understand why Setterfield isn’t playing. Surely he is the future and you pump games into him.

 

[Shane Heard]

The last time I was at the G for a EFC vs CFC game was that one in 08’ or 09’ when Fevola kicked 5 or 6 in second half when we were 5 goals up at halftime or something.

Yesterday’s loss wasn’t as bad as that feeling.

heck Carlton !!

 

[Weiterbot23]

Marchbank, De Konning, Curnow and even JSOS are speculative. We are missing Hurley, Shiel, Caldwell and Draper.
I dunno, a good win for Carlton but you are a long way off the top 6 or so teams. Cannot understand why Setterfield isn’t playing. Surely he is the future and you pump games into him.

Needs to play inside to be at his best and hard with Cripps, Curnow etc

Essendon should have got him instead of Shiel, would have been cheaper and suited your midfield well, plus he wanted to go there.

 

[Ambrosia]

Best 22 not playing

Curnow
Martin
Williams
Fisher
De Konning
Newman
Marchbank
JSOS

having a laugh naming Marchbank and Curnow. Martin and Williams the only significant outs with Fisher being a nice prospect

 

[Doss]

Marchbank, De Konning, Curnow and even JSOS are speculative. We are missing Hurley, Shiel, Caldwell and Draper.
I dunno, a good win for Carlton but you are a long way off the top 6 or so teams. Cannot understand why Setterfield isn’t playing. Surely he is the future and you pump games into him.

Isn’t Setterfield working back from injury? Played VFL yesterday.

 

[Ambrosia]

Thought we were the much better side the first half but Carlton probably better over the four quarters.

I don’t understand why we didn’t get centre bounce ruck free kicks. Pittonet was running past the ball to block Bryan’s jump all day.

Hooker’s valuable as our only big forward but jeez he’s so slow that his opponent is like a loose man offensively for much of the game.

How good are the kids going. Watching big Cox just wheel around on the opposite foot is unreal.

You’d think Cripps has to sign quick coz he just isn’t good anymore.

Holding the ball/incorrect disposal is just a raffle. Can’t believe they paid that mark to Fogarty or whoever it was in the pocket.

Laverde just keeps getting better every week.

 

[FlyingV]

Isn’t Setterfield working back from injury? Played VFL yesterday.

Nah he’s been fully fit, but out of form. I was a big fan, but this year looks one paced and not aggressive enough to be an inside mid.

 

[FlyingV]

Needs to play inside to be at his best and hard with Cripps, Curnow etc

Essendon should have got him instead of Shiel, would have been cheaper and suited your midfield well, plus he wanted to go there.

I agree. And at the time I wanted Setterfield as well as he could have developed alongside McGrath. However, I didn’t anticipate Setterfield to regress this year. I thought he would consolidate himself along side Cripps and Walsh.

 

[Ambrosia]

Nah he’s been fully fit, but out of form. I was a big fan, but this year looks one paced and not aggressive enough to be an inside mid.

Hes a poor user as well. Plays like a worse version of Parish from what I’ve seen.