AFL Autopsy Round 1, 2019: Flogging from GWS

[Howard Moon]

Bullshit. He's only any good when his career is on the line. We gave him a 2 year deal based on half a dozen good games last year. Let's ignore the fact that he's had 10 years on an AFL list, has hit double figures for goals twice and averaged over a goal a game once.

I guess those half a dozen games were an outlier

anyone got graphs?

 

[citizen-erased]

Just reading the Heppell article linked above:
How many times (in the last few years) have we heard in the aftermath that "that (Sunday's display) isn't what we're about"?
Whether it's player or coaches that have to front up - We come out & say that 1 or 2 times a year (sometimes more)

Words mean f. all.
If you keep playing s**t like this then yes it is what you're about. Own it - Fix it!

Its worn so thin, we all see through it

Called for him to be replaced as captain last year.
I stepped back from that call at the end of the season.
I should have held my ground.

We are directionless at the moment.

 

[Howard Moon]

Its worn so thin, we all see through it

Called for him to be replaced as captain last year.
I stepped back from that call at the end of the season.
I should have held my ground.

We are directionless at the moment.

how many times can you do something before it becomes what your about?

 

[citizen-erased]

how many times can you do something before it becomes what your about?

this is year 3 under his stewardship

 

[Lore]

I guess those half a dozen games were an outlier

anyone got graphs?

I actually do have his stats somewhere lol, can graph them if you're curious

 

[eth-dog]

I guess those half a dozen games were an outlier

anyone got graphs?

Given that half of his 10 games where he's kicked multiple goals were last year, yeah, it's a pretty big outlier.

 

[Howard Moon]

yodellinhank help!

 

[boncer34]

McKernan was playing on a very good defender, who had the ability to subtly chop his arms and played him very tight, after that Smack got a little frustrated, gave away a couple of frees and his confidence waned thereafter.

At his essence he's a confidence player.

Needs to start next round with a bang.

Josh Bruce would've kicked 5 goals.

 

[yodellinhank]

yodellinhank help!

Throw this one at them:

 

[SaintersUnite]

Unlucky lads, but don’t worry you will get a healthy percentage boost next round. You’re playing us, who are an absolute rabble!


St Kilda and proud.

 

[Howard Moon]

I see you've adopted the trend line, smack looks to still be on the up

 

[DapperDon]

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2019-03-25/we-dont-stand-for-that-heppell-shocked-by-dismal-showing

Dois, mate, it’s EXACTLY WHAT WE ****IN STAND FOR. That’s the problem.

Like clockwork.

1. Play shithouse uninspiring football
2. Coach in post match presser says he is unsure what went wrong
3. Players speak to media saying it's not acceptable and we will bring club brand back to the field
4. Club asks supporters to stick with them as they feel the hurt too
5. Play shithouse uninspiring football against lower talented team and win
6. Pretend everything has been fixed & "LET'S GET TO 80K BACK IN WHATEVER IT TAKES DON THE SASH MEMBERS"

 

[yodellinhank]

I see you've adopted the trend line, smack looks to still be on the up

And the labelling mistake with the X axis can make him look even better!

 

[Bombermania]

McKernan was playing on a very good defender, who had the ability to subtly chop his arms and played him very tight, after that Smack got a little frustrated, gave away a couple of frees and his confidence waned thereafter.

At his essence he's a confidence player.

Needs to start next round with a bang.

Smack is a confidence player that usually takes two or three weeks to warm up but his lack of awareness and effort was an issue, at one point he stood between Walla and a Giants player and instead of offering a sheppard, he just stood there man watching luckly Walla hit Stringer for a goal and on a couple of occasions he didn't chase hard enough to impact the contest.

 

[Howard Moon]

Smack is a confidence player that usually takes two or three weeks to warm up but his lack of awareness and effort was an issue, at one point he stood between Walla and a Giants player and instead of offering a sheppard, he just stood there man watching luckly Walla hit Stringer for a goal and on a couple of occasions he didn't chase hard enough to impact the contest.

in the first quarter the ball was sailing to him at the top of the square, he rose for the mark and got a hand to it as Phil Davis chopped through his arms, free kick all day - he remonstrated with the ump, got nothing and I saw his head drop... I knew there and then he was cooked.

Sure I know he needs to be more resilient than that, ...if he gets that free, kicks the goal, he leans back and fist pumps, adrenaline flows, we are leading - you get a different smack.

Nobody wants to have a guy who can go hot or cold on the back of one bad decision, maybe that's why hes into his 9th season and still hasn't cemented a career. But hes what we have til JD returns, I need to keep pumping his tyres for my own mental well being

 

[Bombermania]

in the first quarter the ball was sailing to him at the top of the square, he rose for the mark and got a hand to it as Phil Davis chopped through his arms, free kick all day - he remonstrated with the ump, got nothing and I saw his head drop... I knew there and then he was cooked.

Sure I know he needs to be more resilient than that, ...if he gets that free, kicks the goal, he leans back and fist pumps, adrenaline flows, we are leading - you get a different smack.

Nobody wants to have a guy who can go hot or cold on the back of one bad decision, maybe that's why hes into his 9th season and still hasn't cemented a career. But hes what we have til JD returns, I need to keep pumping his tyres for my own mental well being

I actually like Smack but he can be hot and cold and that was a bad call by the ump but Smack usually gets better with each match so will probably be better this week and yesterday was one of those days where most of the side were poor so Smack was partly caught up in that.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Like clockwork.

1. Play shithouse uninspiring football
2. Coach in post match presser says he is unsure what went wrong
3. Players speak to media saying it's not acceptable and we will bring club brand back to the field
4. Club asks supporters to stick with them as they feel the hurt too
5. Play shithouse uninspiring football against lower talented team and win
6. Pretend everything has been fixed & "LET'S GET TO 80K BACK IN WHATEVER IT TAKES DON THE SASH MEMBERS"

They really need a balance up / dose of reality in this area.

We’ve all been there ourselves. We’ve been in workshops

- these are our values

- this is what we stand for

- these are our behaviours

Bla bla *in bla

They actually need somebody external, who knows footy, to give them a *in heads up...

“Actually lads, this is what Essendon stands for, and it’s not pretty.”

Now go and do something about it, or * off.

 

[Howard Moon]

This is what we stand for:

Walking upright on two legs is the trait that defines the hominid lineage: Bipedalism separated the first hominids from the rest of the four-legged apes. Hominids needed to walk on two legs to free up their hands. Without it handball would not be possible, and thus our run and carry game plan would be predated.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Like clockwork.

1. Play shithouse uninspiring football
2. Coach in post match presser says he is unsure what went wrong
3. Players speak to media saying it's not acceptable and we will bring club brand back to the field
4. Club asks supporters to stick with them as they feel the hurt too
5. Play shithouse uninspiring football against lower talented team and win
6. Pretend everything has been fixed & "LET'S GET TO 80K BACK IN WHATEVER IT TAKES DON THE SASH MEMBERS"

7. Call members who already spend a lot spruiking a chance to talk to player x for $500.

 

[Bombermania]

7. Call members who already spend a lot spruiking a chance to talk to player x for $500.

$500 to tell a player to harden up and don't be afraid to chase and tackle or to hit a target sounds better value than whatever we are paying Woosha.

 

[Howard Moon]

$500 to tell a player to harden up and don't be afraid to chase and tackle or to hit a target sounds better value than whatever we are paying Woosha.

isn't woosh phoning it in anyway?

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

$500 to tell a player to harden up and don't be afraid to chase and tackle or to hit a target sounds better value than whatever we are paying Woosha.

Maybe for you, I'm pretty lazy and soft so not sure the message would be listened to if I tried...if I've learnt anything from my club it's better not to try, than to try and fail.


Cue eDPS

 

[Lel13]

I've never been a McKernan fan, but I can't make head or tail of his performance last night. He's capable of better. The team in general was quite fumbly, our smalls don't have a lot of options when the opposition is marking everything and our talls can't even bring it to ground.

It's interesting to me to compare the team selections between our GWS game this year and last year (same deck, totally different outcome) and also the best-ish 22 that we finished with at the end of last year (some of them had a bit of time-share due to injuries and role changes).

Round 10, 2018 A: GWS, 35p win	Round 9-23 2018 Most games, 10W 4L	Round 1, 2019 A: GWS, 72p loss
Forwards Jake Stringer Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti Mark Baguley Shaun McKernan James Stewart Jayden Laverde	Forwards Jake Stringer Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti Mark Baguley Shaun McKernan Mitch Brown Travis Colyer	Forwards Jake Stringer Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti Mark Baguley Shaun McKernan Mitch Brown Orazio Fantasia (from midfield)
Ruck Tom Bellchambers	Ruck Tom Bellchambers	Ruck Tom Bellchambers
Midfielders Dyson Heppell Zach Merrett David Zaharakis Andrew McGrath Devon Smith Kyle Langford Matt Guelfi . Orazio Fantasia	Midfielders Dyson Heppell Zach Merrett David Zaharakis Andrew McGrath Devon Smith Kyle Langford Matt Guelfi David Myers Orazio Fantasia/Darcy Parish	Midfielders Dyson Heppell Zach Merrett David Zaharakis Andrew McGrath Devon Smith Kyle Langford Matt Guelfi David Myers Dylan Shiel
Defenders Conor McKenna Adam Saad Patrick Ambrose Cale Hooker Jordan Ridley Brendon Goddard Matt Dea	Defenders Conor McKenna Adam Saad Patrick Ambrose/Aaron Francis Cale Hooker Michael Hurley/Jordan Ridley Brendon Goddard Matt Dea	Defenders Conor McKenna Adam Saad Patrick Ambrose Jordan Ridley Michael Hurley Aaron Francis .

Also these tables are a massive jerk to work with. Java or something keeps freezing up my browser

Wouldn't read to much into it. The delivery into the forward line was rushed and we had absolutely no space. Gws out played us

 

[vast]

is there anyone we can sack (inb4 Woosha) neeld style to turn things around?
Hope they dont wait 8 rounds this time.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

is there anyone we can sack (inb4 Woosha) neeld style to turn things around?
Hope they dont wait 8 rounds this time.

Sack one of the old blokes who sets the witches hats out at training to make a statement.