Review Round 1

[Iron]

Missing: my passion for the game. I don't think I got nervous. I spent most of the last quarter wondering if I should be.

 

[Scorpus]

McGovern is a third forward and I am starting to think he is massively overrated.

Did you see the service blokes in the forward line were getting? Awful

 

[Elite Crow]

Blew a 20 point lead to set up the season, shit effort.

 

[Crows I Am]

Another day, another choke.

Sloane invisible when it mattered.

Played some nice football at times, but poor signs for our mental state in the battles ahead.

Sloane was the only one putting his body on the line in that last quarter

 

[Golumless]

Not panic stations yet but shit start.

 

[Elite Crow]

Did you see the service blokes in the forward line were getting? Awful

That last qtr was bomb with no composure and **** all forward 50s.

Their midfield killed us in the last. Too much run.

 

[betterthanu]

Structure fell apart in last quarter when fatigue from a short pre season set in. Fog and doedee both excellent on debut. We missed Lynch more than walker the way that game played Imo.

 

[the universal]

Made a good decision not to bother with this game in the end. Completely disillusioned with the failures of this mediocre club and the sport in general.

Heading for a 2013-esque season here.

 

[Bovo]

Missing: my passion for the game. I don't think I got nervous. I spent most of the last quarter wondering if I should be.

I have been there. Don’t stress it is life balancing itself.

 

[hey shorty]

When it’s all said and done, Round 1 means 2/5ths of **** all when it’s finals time.

Doedee and Fog looked pretty good so that’s a big positive.

Our depth isn’t actually that good.

None of this matters until we win a flag.

Depth is fine. Take 5 of your best dozen players out of any side and watch them struggle.

 

[Elite Crow]

Pyke needs to pull Betts head in and ban the high flys. He never takes them and then ends up on the ground when he should be crumbing.

 

[Aaron929]

It was clear we ran out of legs. The extra 3 weeks 100% helped them.

No lynch and walker that's for sure. I think they will both play next week

 

[RePete]

Out (in order): CEY, Murphy, Greenwood, Fog, Hampton
In: Tex, Lynch, BCrouch, Gibson, Knight

Each of those 5 starred at moments but were a liability or shit at others. Our linkup looked shit without Lynch and we lacked pace and endurance. Played like a team of youngsters that ran out of legs in the last. Shame, we were 20points up and it was our for the taking. Could see it coming from a mile away....

Going to be a solid month until we get decent numbers back, and we have Port and 9th-mond in that time. We could very well be 1-2 or 0-3 based on how we played tonight.

 

[Elite Crow]

It was clear we ran out of legs. The extra 3 weeks 100% helped them.

No lynch and walker that's for sure. I think they will both play next week

Tex will be extremely rusty.

 

[Scorpus]

Here is the list of players under scrutiny:

Douglas - awful, slow, can't take a clean grab
Atkins - soft, second guesses himself, way too outside
Greenwood - underdone, should never have been the emregency
Ellis-Yolmen - first half he was useless, second half had errors
Mackay - doesn't have the body for AFL
Hampton - unimpressive before getting injured, lacks confidence
Jenkins - still not committing himself to every contest
McGovern - can't get his hands on it
Betts - can't get his hands on it
Murphy - largely invisible
Jacobs - hasn't learned from the grand final
Sloane - struggled under intense pressure
Gibbs - poor first half, lots of meaningless touches

 

[GROTTO]

I think Pyke choked more than the players.

20 points up, he should have flooded their I50 and kept ours empty with Betts or Fog.

 

[JP Sauce]

Missing: my passion for the game. I don't think I got nervous. I spent most of the last quarter wondering if I should be.

When you lose in a GF like we did it’s harder to care about any regular season games. Until we get back to the big dance none of it matters.

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Out (in order): CEY, Murphy, Greenwood, Fog, Hampton
In: Tex, Lynch, BCrouch, Gibson, Knight

Each of those 5 starred at moments but were a liability or shit at others. Our linkup looked shit without Lynch and we lacked pace and endurance. Played like a team of youngsters that ran out of legs in the last. Shame, we were 20points up and it was our for the taking. Could see it coming from a mile away....

Drop Fog? Gagf. One of few highlights

 

[Bernie L]

Geebus,

get a far king grip you lot. We are massively underdone. There were 4 or 5 playing tonight that were just not ready. Plus, we are missing 4-5 very good players.

Look for positives instead of losing your shit!!!

 

[Iron]

Here is the list of players under scrutiny:

Douglas - awful, slow, can't take a clean grab
Atkins - soft, second guesses himself, way too outside
Greenwood - underdone, should never have been the emregency
Ellis-Yolmen - first half he was useless, second half had errors
Mackay - doesn't have the body for AFL
Hampton - unimpressive before getting injured, lacks confidence
Jenkins - still not committing himself to every contest
McGovern - can't get his hands on it
Betts - can't get his hands on it
Murphy - largely invisible
Jacobs - hasn't learned from the grand final
Sloane - struggled under intense pressure
Gibbs - poor first half, lots of meaningless touches

Quicker to name the ones who aren't in strife?

 

[Magma]

jenkins wasn't that bad. was in contests and kicked a couple of goals. got absolutely no help and no one near the toes when ball did get to ground. essenson outnumbered us at so many contests over the course of the evening. doedee was good but we're gonna struggle if we're gonna come up against fwd lines with the size of stewart/daniher/hooker, he was seriously undersized.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Did you see the service blokes in the forward line were getting? Awful

I saw enough times when he was out marked one on one. Right now he is a third forward. Fogarty was more likely to bust a pack.

I think they tried to have Guv play the Lynch role, and he ain't up to it.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Geebus,

get a far king grip you lot. We are massively underdone. There were 4 or 5 playing tonight that were just not ready. Plus, we are missing 4-5 very good players.

Look for positives instead of losing your shit!!!

It's better to be pessimistic. Therefore, if the unexpected happens, you're pleasantly surprised rather than being left bitterly disappointed.

 

[Crowked]

Out (in order): CEY, Murphy, Greenwood, Fog, Hampton
In: Tex, Lynch, BCrouch, Gibson, Knight

Each of those 5 starred at moments but were a liability or shit at others. Our linkup looked shit without Lynch and we lacked pace and endurance. Played like a team of youngsters that ran out of legs in the last. Shame, we were 20points up and it was our for the taking. Could see it coming from a mile away....

Going to be a solid month until we get decent numbers back, and we have Port and 9th-mond in that time. We could very well be 1-2 or 0-3 based on how we played tonight.

Isn’t B Crouch out till mid year? Osteoitis?

 

[douglyzia]

Bruce McAvaney obviously had an interrupted pre-season. His voice was cooked towards the end.