Game Day Round 3 vs. Brisbane, Gabba, 7:30pm Thurs 28/03

[Dead Eye Didak]

Naicos now goes missing for quarters, which is a concern. Didn't sight him in that quarter ...

 

[Soaring Magpie]

Stopped the run and carry transition footy, and look at the result.
Down the line and just give the lions the ball back.

 

[Jafo]

Fin Macrae 41 minutes TOG in first half for THREE disposals at 33% DE playing as an inside midfielder!

He’s doing an excellent Cal Brown impersonation.


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Gotta give the kid a chance but I think sometimes he goes missing at senior level.

 

[jerry springer]

dont want to be dramatic, but this is our season this next half, cmon boys

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

We were awful awful at stoppages that quarter.

Destroyed in contested possessions and clearances.

It’s actually a bloody miracle we only conceded 4 goals in that quarter.

 

[Ugene41]

Naicos now goes missing for quarters, which is a concern. Didn't sight him in that quarter ...

Not as much as JDG

 

[Bianconeri]

Give Schultz a run in the middle

 

[domus]

Crisp on for Macrae or WHE I would reckon

Now!! Finn looks lost. I'm beginning to think he may not be a long-term prospect. I'll stick to my declaration that he should be given a three-week run regardless of form so we can see what he has to offer, but I'm very disappointed at this stage.

 

[ksardog]

In fairness, it didn’t go down that end that quarter. Macrae needs to lift.

Ummm, what about the first qtr, unsighted

 

[Drought Break]

Maybe he is simply not that good.

Painfully obvious. The way some posters were talking him up you would swear we had an up and coming gun midfielder

 

[anshell]

I thought this would happen.We just can’t maintain pressure for more than a quarter this year.It just drops off so quickly,as we saw that quarter.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

First scoreless quarter under Fly and the first since 2020 SF against Geelong.

We seem to be doing alot of firsts this season. We are not even a shadow of the 2022/23 teams....

 

[thebaldfacts]

Macrae has had his chance. Bring on Crisp.

 

[Magpie Since 1986]

Not sure how Rayner can carry on like that after his GF performance.

Fairly sure thats what Maynard was gently reminding him about

 

[vindaloo]

Give Schultz a run in the middle

He hasn't touched it.

 

[Kes1984]

Sheer dominance from Brisbane that quarter. They look off too, but we were worse.
Lucky they didn’t kick a few more that quarter.

I don’t hold much hope for the 3rd quarter. They tend to be our worst.

I’m tipping Brisbane lead blows out in the 3rd, then we make a comeback but too little too late, in the last.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Fin Macrae 41 minutes TOG in first half for THREE disposals at 33% DE playing as an inside midfielder!

He’s doing an excellent Cal Brown impersonation.


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He is never going to become an AFL regular. Very vanilla sort of player. As for Schulz .....!

 

[Soaring Magpie]

I don't like writing blokes off early.
I've seen Schultz play great footy.

But 1 handball and zero tackles in a half of footy for someone that we gave up a Rd 1 pick for is absolutely appalling.

There has to be a disconnect between coaching, player and game plan.

Shouldn’t have been a walk up start to the side, hasn’t deserved his place in the side.

 

[Magpies Swoop Ya]

Getting smashed in the guts big time , our mids need to lift big time .
Any chance our rucks try something different & try tapping or punching it clear instead of hugging every bloody centre bounce fmd

 

[barrackers]

Our tackle numbers are still strong.

Unfortunately we were dominated in contested possessions and clearances and we couldn’t get the ball out of the back half.

Adams would be handy to chuck into the midfield mix

 

[domus]

Give Schultz a run in the middle

I reckon Reef is worth a shot in the middle. He was touted as a big bodied mid so give him ten minutes in there. He can't do any worse than Degoey, Lippa and Mitchell in that term.

 

[Axl the great]

Hoskin Elliotts been good,

That’s like saying Albo is a good PM

 

[Soaring Magpie]

Sheer dominance from Brisbane that quarter. They look off too, but we were worse.
Lucky they didn’t kick a few more that quarter.

I don’t hold much hope for the 3rd quarter. They tend to be our worst.

I’m tipping Brisbane lead blows out in the 3rd, then we make a comeback but too little too late, in the last.

It’s a classic 3 goal loss

 

[NMBB]

It's Easter and looks like there's no chocolates for the Pies

 

[domus]

Getting smashed in the guts big time , our mids need to lift big time .
Any chance our rucks try something different & try tapping or punching it clear instead of hugging every bloody centre bounce fmd

Cox has punched the ball a number of times at throw ins and centre bounces.