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this umpiring is cooked
Autopsy Round 2 vs Melbourne Demons, Metricon Stadium, Saturday March 26, 7:00pm AEST
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2 big efforts by Anderson, just reward
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Couple of seasons in Anderson and Davies and we break even in this midfield battle
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Hate the term honourable loss but we did everything we could tbh. Impressed with the fight to the end.
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Could of played better but that’s alright very good contest
I’m not disappointed with that.
I thought we’d get walloped.
Play like that. Fix up the inside 50 entries and we’ll win more than I expected this year.
I thought we’d get walloped.
Play like that. Fix up the inside 50 entries and we’ll win more than I expected this year.
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Certainly some positives. 19 scoring shots to 22.
With a largely new forward line - that synergy is always going to take time.
Melbourne dominated us for a large part of the game though.
They had 120 extra possessions and 10 extra tackles.
With a largely new forward line - that synergy is always going to take time.
Melbourne dominated us for a large part of the game though.
They had 120 extra possessions and 10 extra tackles.
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Thought we actually played really poor, which was almost a positive considering we didn't get blown away. 4 less days break and a couple late outs and it was always going to be tough against the reigning premiers. Thought Rowell looked really gassed after quarter time and we had 5 or 6 that were no help to the cause at all. Weller and rankine should be back and maybe a debut for hollands?? Farrar, corbett, Budarick, burgess all putting some pressure on in the early game. Also we have a star in the making in mac Andrew 
Same. That we were able to stay within a few goals considering the number of poor turnovers and very ordinary entry into our forward line was a positive. Melbourne very clean with their hands whereas we were very fumbly for much of the night. Good to play the best team early in the season. Shows the level we need to be.Thought we actually played really poor, which was almost a positive considering we didn't get blown away. 4 less days break and a couple late outs and it was always going to be tough against the reigning premiers. Thought Rowell looked really gassed after quarter time and we had 5 or 6 that were no help to the cause at all. Weller and rankine should be back and maybe a debut for hollands?? Farrar, corbett, Budarick, burgess all putting some pressure on in the early game. Also we have a star in the making in mac Andrew
At the ground that had all the appearances of a 13 point umpiring deficit
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Lacked polish, but strong game and I'd hazard a guess that we actually had the majority of the play. Class differential extremely apparent, hopefully a few learnings come from it. Probably lucky to lose by 13 in fairness all things said and done
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Where were the holding the ball calls
Have to say we played ok looking at it live
I think it’s interesting that it’s not so long ago that both these teams were rubbish, Melbourne have certainly made the most of it
I think it’s interesting that it’s not so long ago that both these teams were rubbish, Melbourne have certainly made the most of it
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The huge Melbourne mids wore us down. From about half-time on Rowelly was no-where, and barely saw Anderson. Only Miller was able to keep at it, but he was fighting a lone hand with Fiorini struggling to impact. Hard to think of many clearances we won from middle of the third onwards - they had total control. It was a bit alarming, honestly. The drop-off was pretty significant - but maybe the six day turnaround from WA played a part? Without Davies in there yet, those are the moments where we miss Greenwood IMO: an older and bigger body to help absorb impact.
Chol's lack of fitness really shone in that last quarter. Witts fought on, but clearly struggled as the game wore on too.
Ainsworth started well but Bowie absolutely annihilated him in the second half. Probably didn't help that our forward fifty entries got even worse.
Flanders no-where near it. Sexton no-where near it. Both guys that haven't played for a while and it really showed. Then again, we didn't play a game to bring them into the game. We are just burning these short options and going to a long contest all the time. Very frustrating.
Casboult good. If he can maintain what he's doing, then that's about ten times more than what I expected.
The Luko problem is going to fester really fast if it's not addressed. Clearly frustrated that he's not getting used as shorter options, and I don't blame him. We are just burning this guy going forward. He's such a weapon that is sitting there doing nothing. Coaches have got to find a better way to get him involved. Present all the way up to D50 if you have to.
Swallow down back is a nothing move and it will be interesting to see if they persist with him as this straight up lock-down back pocket. Tonight I would have swung him back into the midfield to help chop out our young guns getting hammered. Budarick & Markov play this role better.
It's strange, a loss by fourteen points is what it is - but it never felt like we were in any control of that game. I never thought we were in a position to win.
Chol's lack of fitness really shone in that last quarter. Witts fought on, but clearly struggled as the game wore on too.
Ainsworth started well but Bowie absolutely annihilated him in the second half. Probably didn't help that our forward fifty entries got even worse.
Flanders no-where near it. Sexton no-where near it. Both guys that haven't played for a while and it really showed. Then again, we didn't play a game to bring them into the game. We are just burning these short options and going to a long contest all the time. Very frustrating.
Casboult good. If he can maintain what he's doing, then that's about ten times more than what I expected.
The Luko problem is going to fester really fast if it's not addressed. Clearly frustrated that he's not getting used as shorter options, and I don't blame him. We are just burning this guy going forward. He's such a weapon that is sitting there doing nothing. Coaches have got to find a better way to get him involved. Present all the way up to D50 if you have to.
Swallow down back is a nothing move and it will be interesting to see if they persist with him as this straight up lock-down back pocket. Tonight I would have swung him back into the midfield to help chop out our young guns getting hammered. Budarick & Markov play this role better.
It's strange, a loss by fourteen points is what it is - but it never felt like we were in any control of that game. I never thought we were in a position to win.
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Also: at least we didn't get thrashed by the Hawks by 50+ at home. :|
Up until this game I was very happy with the rule interpretations / changes for 2022. This game confused the hell out of me because it seemed like they were using previous years’ interpretations?
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There were obvious times where we should have hit him up.
And you know if it was he that had the ball - that pass would have been completed.
But, as a forward, you've got to recognise that leads will go unrewarded but you just keep presenting.
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It's fusterating but a 13 point loss to the defending champs I think we would have taken that when the fixture came out.
Not bad for a ramshackle forward line
Onto next week
Not bad for a ramshackle forward line
Onto next week
Seemed like we ran the game out better but that’s to be expected as these top ranked teams are tapering into September
But our pressure was excellent
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Going up the race Rowell Miller and Luke were seriously angry
Which is good
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