VFL Round 5 v Casey Demons Casey Fields 24th April 11.05am

[tiger_tough]

Haven't been watching but Smillie's stats look promising? - 13 touches, 2 marks, 2 tackles, 2 clearances

The stats look better than his performance. Been poor.

 

[guruisatiger]

The sooner we can get Lachlan street back in this team the better we really do miss his leadership and direction on the field

 

[voorhees]

HT
1 point 2nd quarter
not good enough team

 

[Stylo]

Haven't been watching but Smillie's stats look promising? - 13 touches, 2 marks, 2 tackles, 2 clearances

yeah he's getting involved. scrappy by foot but everyone has been.

 

[Harry Bosch]

Can we request to never play another "home" game at Casey Fields again whilst the Punt Rd redevelopment takes place. Out here in Coburg we have a nice ground that I'm sure the Coburg Lions wouldn't mind letting us use as a temporary home.

I wonder why this wasn't played at beaconsfield?

 

[RichmondEshays]

Smillie just doesn’t look clean around the contest. Average kicks but a few eyebrows raised.

 

[guruisatiger]

Our midfield virtually non existent that quarter

 

[sanaya]

hopefully spudrooyen kicking a bag in the vfl means that petty won't kick a bag tonight, gray wouldn't let jvr kick a bag

 

[voorhees]

The stats look better than his performance. Been poor.

not poor..average
like the rest of them

 

[captain cotch 9]

The wind is blowing more than CCJ's arse after his kebab

 

[tiger_tough]

not poor..average
like the rest of them

Has he hit 1 target?

 

[Stylo]

Has he hit 1 target?

has anyone?

 

[HumanMeatball]

Meh not every player dominates from the get go

 

[sanaya]

we're down 90 disposals in a half so it's kind of a blessing we're only down 4 goals

and 9-32 inside 50s


getting thoroughly beaten

 

[voorhees]

Has he hit 1 target?

don't think, again very average

 

[Roachy8]

We have had ZERO territory - inside 50's are 32 to 9!!!
Was roughly 20 to 4 that qtr.

 

[RobsJourney]

The stats look better than his performance. Been poor.

Mostly cause his kicking is off? He is normally a fantastic kick.

 

[Coach_Required]

How often have we played here? Classic case of home ground advantage. Demons working the wind and our guys having no idea.

Mids getting beaten because our rucks are not getting first hand on the ball. Our general play is terrible just seem to be kicking the ball long into the breeze the whole time and we have no one capable of taking a contested mark.

Kicking 1.2 with the breeze first up means game was already lost at quarter time. What a shit ground, why did we agree to play a home game here? I know Punt Road is now unavailable but surely we could have played somewhere else than giving them a huge advantage.

 

[biaseddustyfan]

Smillie just doesn’t look clean around the contest. Average kicks but a few eyebrows raised.

blokes played like one game total and is down a at windy dump while the whole team is playing shit. He'll come good

 

[Nostradumbass]

The stats look better than his performance. Been poor.

Concerning

 

[smurfin]

Hardly able to get it into our forward half that quarter - frustrating watching.
Didn't see much of Raso, Fawcett, etc, feeling lonely in the forward line.
El Nour best of our tall backs. Kozi did well on Van Rooyen first quarter, but between him and Blight they have given him too much room this quarter. Looks like Kozi plays deepest back and not sure if Van Rooyen loses his opponenent when he runs out to the 50 m mark?
Sonsie has got himself out of whack. After a great VFL game last week, he thinks he's spudding it up in the AFL as per his usual pattern.
Judson - not much so far.
Smilie and McAuliffe getting involved but not outstanding.
Bauer has flown for a mark, given away s free and not touched the ball.

Kaleb Smith been our best I reckon. Keeps getting involved - has had a few dodgy kicks but having a real crack.

 

[Roachy8]

How often have we played here? Classic case of home ground advantage. Demons working the wind and our guys having no idea.

Mids getting beaten because our rucks are not getting first hand on the ball. Our general play is terrible just seem to be kicking the ball long into the breeze the whole time and we have no one capable of taking a contested mark.

& yet with the wind in Q1 we seemed to be trying to possess the ball forward - crazy arse about tactics.

 

[Stylo]

wouldn't judge anyone on their disposal today. the conditions are putrid

 

[Coach_Required]

& yet with the wind in Q1 we seemed to be trying to possess the ball forward - crazy arse about tactics.

Team set up to fail, players are actually not following team directions or our coaches have not told them the right tactics.

 

[voorhees]

conditions aside..
Bauer needs to get involved