Autopsy Round 1 – GWS Giants vs Western Bulldogs, Sunday 25th March 2018, UNSW Oval, 1.10pm

[Simmofreo]

Great game by the boys. Definately played as a team for the first time !!

Interested in why the crowd was so crap. 10k at manuka is the worst for a while

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[Colonial]

Great game by the boys. Definately played as a team for the first time !!

Interested in why the crowd was so crap. 10k at manuka is the worst for a while

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Some have said there was no promotion down there.
Weather didnt look to crash hot either.

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[Giant Strides]

Yes, I noted earlier it wasn't really promoted - a bit of complacency I suspect. Then today was pretty shitty; gusty winds and threat of rain. I didn't see a big turnout by Doggies fans, maybe only 20% or less of the crowd so that all added up to a lower than desirable crowd. 10k was actually better than it appeared about 30 minutes before kickoff, when the crowd was very sparse.

 

[dlanod]

Great game by the boys. Definately played as a team for the first time !!

Interested in why the crowd was so crap. 10k at manuka is the worst for a while

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Weather looked bad in a pretty crappy venue.

 

[kulak]

My analysis:

Giants easily beat Dogs

This was driven by two key factors:

1. Giants are good

2. Dogs are bad, and some players may be contemplating if they would be happier with a new coach

I don’t think it is possible to draw too many further conclusions...

 

[Pres]

That was a very easy watch. The Giants play a very enjoyable style of play when everyone is running in waves like today.

I thought Delidio was actually quite good. His clean hands in the contest were excellent. He'd be a good option in there as a clearance player although there's no shortage of those in this side!

 

[Colonial]

Damn


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[Giant Strides]

Perfectly timed hit. Mummy-esque.

 

[Ellie Aquitaine]

Thought the crowd would be like the Suns as in no one knows wtf is going on, but was pleasantly surprised. Just love the way the Giants go about it.

Canberra crowds are full of expats from south of the Barrassi line so they’re pretty knowledgeable.

 

[coniglio_number1]

Zac Langdon

The first bloke to give himself a Gatorade shower

 

[Colonial]

Rewatching the game as I missed the 2nd and 3rd quarters.

Wow we really switched off at the end of the 1st.

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[ooby]

Great game by the boys. Definately played as a team for the first time !!

Interested in why the crowd was so crap. 10k at manuka is the worst for a while

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Predictions for weather were far worse than the reality.
Next game against Freo could be anything. Dockers are all but invisible in canberra

 

[Giant Strides]

True. Needs more promotion.

 

[Colonial]

True. Needs more promotion.

That a state wide need.

Im fairly sure Qld would be the same.


Cant fault the money being put into grassoots but the promotion side of things needs work.

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[Ichabod Noodle]

Freo draw low wherever they go, which is why they play in Tasmania a lot.
No amount of promotion is going to overcome that.
Better Manuka than Spotless.

 

[Snookers]

I think promotion for the entire code is substantially low. Even in the heartland, I can't remember seeing a single ad this pre-season.

 

[Bryce_Jersey17]

I think promotion for the entire code is substantially low. Even in the heartland, I can't remember seeing a single ad this pre-season.

A lot of promotion has been online this off season from what I can tell. Havent seen anything on TV, but have seen 4 Believe in Never ads (GWS, Swans, Tigers and Saints) on Facebook numerous times

 

[Snookers]

A lot of promotion has been online this off season from what I can tell. Havent seen anything on TV, but have seen 4 Believe in Never ads (GWS, Swans, Tigers and Saints) on Facebook numerous times

There you go, I'm not on Facebook so I wouldn't know that.

 

[Giant Strides]

A lot of promotion has been online this off season from what I can tell. Havent seen anything on TV, but have seen 4 Believe in Never ads (GWS, Swans, Tigers and Saints) on Facebook numerous times

Guess that's where the new generation lives.

 

[Vic pokiesmon]

Actually felt there was a greater percentage of supporters in Giants Colors then in previous games in Canberra.Also was a share of Dogs supporters.I think the weather forecast and how it felt like it might seriously piss down at any moment scared off neutral AFL supporters.I personally prefer the feel around Manuka pregame to Spotless.Like sitting on the hill as well. .That ToJ hit on McRae was near me and I was close enough to hear the General swear at Haynes.Classic.

 

[Vic pokiesmon]

Well, that was great to watch. We started strong, and apart from letting the Dogs dominate in the second part of that first quarter, and the first minutes of the last quarter (then us not kicking straight in the back half of that last quarter), I'm sure that Leon would be happy that most of what he would have been looking for was achieved. However, let's not get ahead of ourselves as the Dogs were missing a few players and couldn't cover them as well as we covered our outs, and I thought they were rather poor.

Positives everywhere:
- gameplan worked; plenty of run in the Giants' attack & efficient kicking for the most part
- Rory rucked pretty much one out most of the game & while he wasn't dominant, I thought he held his own & also showed no sign of groin soreness
- the defensive set-up looked solid: at times we had 5 talls & two mediums (Davis, Corr, Tommo, Haynes, TOJ, Shaw & Whitfield) behind the ball, but they contained the Dogs' makeshift forwardline
- TOJ was pretty good: 20 disposals at 95% efficiency, thought he did his job quite well, and replaced Nate Wilson's long kicking - tall but quite flexible too
- Shaw back to his usual reliable self
- Whitfield had most disposals for GWS & although a high clanger count made a good fist of his half-back role
- Davis, Corr, Tommo & Haynes all reliable
- forward line worked a treat: Cameron, HH & Toby were all mobile (HH played some backline time too) & marked & kicked well - great to see Jezza & Toby in great early form
- Zac Langdon seemed a bit nervous - muffed pretty much everything for the first half, but tackled well & hence did his job; great to see him kick a goal & will give him confidence
- midfield worked brilliantly as a team: we really missed Cogs' balanced game last year (possessions, contested game, tackling & goals) so great to see him back & on song; Kelly, Shiel, Ward were all good, but Timmy Taranto had a great game as our clearance king (just needs to work on his disposals a touch)
- Lids was serviceable but not great, though will benefit from the run

Didn't really see too many negatives, apart from the last quarter bombing for goals; until then we'd kicked 18.4 & were really accurate, especially in the conditions.

No need to make any enforced changes for the Pies' game, but interesting if Scully & Hopper are available. Scully would be a definite in if fit (for Sam Reid maybe?), Hopper maybe would need some more game time.

Great review...Love the fact also that TOJ is a left footer.Lefties always seem to get more time to distribute the ball.Whitfield is basically ambidextrous as well

 

[Determinant]

Coaches votes for the game