Review Round 1

[Klug]

Biggest reason we lost was no smith and lynch. No one breaking the lines

 

[Redline]

Betts is a huge concern, very dissapointing tonight. Hardly a clean possession all night.

 

[ams4crows]

I don't know. "Something" undisclosed at this stage that they've chosen not to make public yet.

Not even a little bit suprised...

 

[ams4crows]

We faded against Freo, we faded against Port, we faded against Essendon.

I’m no Alan Turing, but I’m detecting a pattern.

It is something to be concerned about

 

[GROTTO]

Biggest reason we lost was no smith and lynch. No one breaking the lines

Missed Smith's booming 50m plus kicks. Thats a weapon and a half.

I think we are going to struggle to make the top 4 this year. Feels like a 5-8 year coming up.

We had the smooth run in 2017, thats what it takes to play off in a GF.

 

[hey shorty]

Nah he doesnt. As the year goes on it will become more obvious.

He does, what he lacks is the wingspan

 

[Scorpus]

I think we are going to struggle to make the top 4 this year. Feels like a 5-8 year coming up.

I didn't like how we played tonight but it's a bit early to make that call

 

[BACCS]

Lynch plays and I think we win that, just a massive loss, especially with Tex also out (who can be quite good between the arcs too). Thought we did well to stay in it for so long, always thought Essendon were playing better. No shame in that loss, move onto Richmond at home. This team were very good at rebounding from losses last year (which didn’t happen often mind you), so expect a fierce showing next Thursday.

 

[Murray2503]

Betts could have severely damaged his neck or back in some marking contests tonight. He needs to stop making unrealistic marking attempts as his real value is a crumber and goal kicker.

 

[Cleric]

He does, what he lacks is the wingspan

He will not be the intercept and high leaping spoiler Jake is. You can try and rationalize it anyway you like, but anyone thinking he has Levers skillset is nuts. That doesnt mean he wont be a great defender.

 

[BACCS]

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

If that’s your attitude towards life in general as well I feel for you, how depressing.

 

[Stiffy_18]

How pissed off was Pyke at the presser!

 

[hey shorty]

How pissed off was Pyke at the presser!

Yep the paint will come off the walls

 

[Roovolution]

Thought Sloane and Gibbs were very simpatico tonight.

You’ll need to translate despite my extensive education. I do love tapas though.

 

[Dank Academy]

Highlight of the night was not wearing one of these:

 

[asdfasd]

Yep the paint will come off the walls

His game plan has been figured out and he has no answers. He needs to take some ownership.

 

[Roovolution]

Lynch plays and I think we win that, just a massive loss, especially with Tex also out (who can be quite good between the arcs too). Thought we did well to stay in it for so long, always thought Essendon were playing better. No shame in that loss, move onto Richmond at home. This team were very good at rebounding from losses last year (which didn’t happen often mind you), so expect a fierce showing next Thursday.

We’ll win by 40+ next week

 

[Roovolution]

His game plan has been figured out and he has no answers. He needs to take some ownership.

We didn’t lose because of our gameplan. We’ve got a heap of players out and we played Essendon at Etihad and they constantly do that to teams.

Think about it this way, we just played an away game to a top 8 team with a bunch of key players missing.

 

[conVINCEd]

I’m still fuming at the Gibbs chip inside 50 to Jenkins/Hampton cluster****.

Bryce - any time you take a mark inside the forward 50, kick the goal.

 

[Carmo]

I’m still fuming at the Gibbs chip inside 50 to Jenkins/Hampton cluster****.

Bryce - any time you take a mark inside the forward 50, kick the goal.

there was a lot of that. If I was coaching them, I'd expect as soon as gibbs looked up, every player in his field of view should be pointing to the goals. It was the same with a hampton one real early on, was running in open and wasn't sure what to do. He needs to look up and see every play pointing shoot, shoot.

 

[King Elvis]

Biggest reason we lost was no smith and lynch. No one breaking the lines

But we’ve got Mackay back there!

there was a lot of that. If I was coaching them, I'd expect as soon as gibbs looked up, every player in his field of view should be pointing to the goals. It was the same with a hampton one real early on, was running in open and wasn't sure what to do. He needs to look up and see every play pointing shoot, shoot.

Jenkins and Hampton didn’t want responsibility all night; that was just a pathetic exaggeration of it.

We didn’t lose because of our gameplan. We’ve got a heap of players out and we played Essendon at Etihad and they constantly do that to teams.

Think about it this way, we just played an away game to a top 8 team with a bunch of key players missing.

I do think Pyke has to take responsibility - when we were 4 goals up; why didn’t we shut it down?

We should never have allowed them to come back like that.

Why didn’t we get someone playing CHF?

 

[Bomberblitzer]

Crows were missing guns and playing a tough away game. Not the end of the world fellas, you'll go deep in finals again without a doubt.

 

[GROTTO]

You’ll need to translate despite my extensive education. I do love tapas though.

Confident next week?

 

[GROTTO]

I’m still fuming at the Gibbs chip inside 50 to Jenkins/Hampton cluster****.

Bryce - any time you take a mark inside the forward 50, kick the goal.

Was that for a 26 pt lead too? ffs. Hampton should have known better. The bigger guy is the right option.

 

[Murray2503]

Gonna be an interesting year, a lot of upsets i feel. I guess we just need to make the 8 and as the bulldogs showed you can win from outside the top 4. The positives:
Once fogarty gets fit, bloody look out.
Doedee is not lever but nor does he have to be. Feel keath is better suited to that role ino. Hopefully back soon. Doedee has courage, that mark was a highlight.
Betts will get better, cant play much worse to be honest.
Gov is also out of form and will improve drammatically.
The forward half looks better with tex, lynch and knight/milera. Jenkins needs to come out for tex imo once fogarty is fitter or even earlier.
We will get back lynch, walker, knight, bcrouch, keath and hopefully b smith.

The negatives:
Sauce looks old and slow. Not a premiership ruckman. Sorry he is not. Need to use a draft pick end of year to get a young mobile ruck.
We look slow at times chasing. Losing b smith and cameron are huge losses.
Jenkins, i dont know what to say anymore.
Hartigan and talia. Talia lacks offensive ability in his game. He has peaked and on the downward trend imo. Hartigan seems out of form and is a limited footballer. I prefer alex keath, has more upside and time will show that.
I feel that we neeed more out of kelly, seedsman, mackay and especially atkins. I think i saw atkins in the winter olympics.
Hampton is a limited footballer, not physical ability but his thinking on the field. He will not make it and will not be on the list next year. Cey will most likely go the same way imo.
Anyway, don needs to make some tough decisions but 13 is the magical number. Make the 8 and you never know.