Review Round 9, 2021 vs Western Bulldogs

[Burningleviathan]

Sadly even if Cluery doesn't go out, Lycett ain't suspended and Butters, Houston and Duursma are all fit, I still don't think the result is much different. We keep putting our kicks forwards to 3 on 3 packs with no crumbers and the ball comes straight out.
Doesn't matter who is delivering the ball if that is the end result.
Throw in Marshalls brain fart and our lack of contested marking. Nothing will change.

 

[JimmyBC]

How can you honestly watch that and after the season they've had say you can't drop them?
Especially Marshall. At least Dixon has a physical presence.

Because we don't have anyone to replace them with basically.

 

[yepits2020]

Dixon Marshall and Ladhams to the Magpies ASAP. With their two rucks out there had never been a better opportunity to debut a new ruck in Hayes. Dixon is useless and Marshall is braindead.

We won the hitbouts though

 

[agmsy]

Is starting games that’s the problem

It's both. But our run was gone by the 20-minute mark of the final term, and we've slowed to a crawl in our other games at AO this season.

 

[BornPort]

You can only play the 22 on match day. but lost in the first quarter, spent too many petrol tickets in the second...

Ladhams did well, but didn’t tap to advantage and the midfield got exposed again. badly missing an elite mid to help Boak.

Ladhams did well?

 

[Powerade 08]

A 20 point loss to a top 8 side, as good as it gets for Ken Hinkleys Port Adelaide. 25% win rate against the top 8 u rippa, only a couple percentage off what we normally do. Enjoy it Hinkley lovers.

 

[manureid]

Jordan Sweet is like the worst ruckman in the league but Ladhams might legitimately be worse than him jesus

If he has an iota of trade value left... do it.

 

[Nelso]

They killed us on the spread.

Todd you are a forward. You have to be selfish and kick the goal instead of trying to pass it off.

Bonner and Farrell are not up to this standard but we have to play them at the moment considering who is out of the team.

 

[Jonts]

You can't blame the first quarter

There was 1 pt in it at half time

They got control in the air and then subsequently the ground (Frederick needs to be better than that late where weightmam kicked the over the head) and the aerial supremacy was enough for them too get the upper hand

 

[El Zorro]

Dixon wasn't one of our best but I wonder if those criticising him actually watched the game. He wasn't near the F50 for the first 3 quarters.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

Not sure when Ken will break his duck against a top 4 side. He just so rarely does it

bulldogs will play in a GF this year.

season will slip away- we’ll finish about 8th

 

[G3TWOTYAD3S3RV]

You boys getting changed into the prison bars or....?

Hey what’s up spud, you have any wooden spoons stuck up your poo shoot sideways ?


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[JUSTWORK]

Look what happened when Dixon was at FF. 2 quick goals and got as back in it

If there are questions about Hayes ability to be solo ruck at AFL level then we simple need to play both he and Ladhams which means Marshall misses. MG and Dixon are by far our best 2 KPFs

 

[JakeNeadeFan]

For me it's now clear, we can't win the premiership this year. Melbourne, Bulldogs, Brisbane, Geelong, WCE, Richmond* are all ahead of us and I think my expectation now is somewhere around a 6-10th finish. With that there probably needs to be some thought about what our coaching team, list strategy and goals are for the remainder of the year. Our chance was last year and unfortunately things didn't turn out.

We tried tonight but just weren't good enough. An awful start along with some key moments probably cost us the game. I felt that the Bont push in the back, the Naughton dodgy free and Marshall making a howler all cost us dearly. But ultimately it was the players who let us down again, and more or less the same group of players who always let us down.

Rozee is just in awful form. Looks reasonable ball in hand, but can't win a contest and was embarrassed by Daniel. Should be dropped next week.

Ladhams started like s**t and somewhat redeemed himself after quarter time, but still has the same deficiencies as he has always had. Poor tap ruckman, poor mark, at times poor decision maker. Hayes is our future ruckman and should get the next 3 weeks to get a taste of AFL footy. Ladhams should spend the rest of the year in SANFL and be offloaded in the trade period.

Dixon was insipid for most of the game outside of a 5 minute period. This is Dixon, this is what he does. He's a mentally weak player who can't show up when there's something on the line. I don't think dropping him makes us better but he isn't the future.

Wines far and away our best. A few honourable performances, I thought Aliir, Bergman, Georgiades were OK. The rest mediocre to bad.

 

[Jonts]

They killed us on the spread.

Todd you are a forward. You have to be selfish and kick the goal instead of trying to pass it off.

Bonner and Farrell are not up to this standard but we have to play them at the moment considering who is out of the team.

I thought Bonner was good and his left foot was a real asset

 

[PJ Power]

We literally had a 10 minute burst in the second term. Apart from that seemed like it was on footscrays terms

So much this.

 

[Coobk001]

I said it in the game thread and will say it again.

I have stopped holding out hope that we are better than we are, because we are nothing more than a 5-8 side that got lucky last year.

Disappointing, but my arms were folded through 3 quarters of tonight. Only releasing briefly in the 2nd qtr.

I want a premiership, but this coach and squad doesn't have one in it. We need to find some good mids, and nail some draft picks, because this side isn't capable and we need to be building for the future which has some big gaps appearing.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

Imagine having this squad and we're going to struggle to get a home Elimination Final.

Ken rinse and repeat . 2014 onwards

 

[Pappagallo]

70? We’re gonna get 119’d here ol’ chap.

Only 100 points off.

 

[Buget]

Ladhams did well?

36 hit outs as lead ruck compared to 19 for Sweet. 18 touches to 9. That’s a decent start. Taps to advantage though might tell a different story.

 

[G3TWOTYAD3S3RV]

The thing with Marshall is that dropping him to the seconds doesn't do any good.

It's not a lack of talent for him. He's just mentally weak. Scared shitless taking set shots. Basically never wants to take a shot at goal it explains why his leading is somewhat lackluster and why he basically never attacks the ball.

You need some mongrel to be a key forward, he has zero because he doesn't have confidence to be one.

Umm yeah, play seconds until you grow some balls.


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[KenGaveUsWhatHeDeserved]

The thing with Marshall is that dropping him to the seconds doesn't do any good.

It's not a lack of talent for him. He's just mentally weak. Scared shitless taking set shots. Basically never wants to take a shot at goal it explains why his leading is somewhat lackluster and why he basically never attacks the ball.

You need some mongrel to be a key forward, he has zero because he doesn't have confidence to be one.

When after 5 years in the AFL, you still have the physiqie of a grasshopper, you either need to be Justin Westhoff, or GTFO

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Frederick's first game was a fluke, I haven't been impressed with anything he has done since.

 

[PatientMental]

Missed our chance in 2014 and 2020.

This bloke will never coach us to a flag, he's so unbelievably far out of his depth and we hold onto him because we are scared he will win elsewhere?

campaigner cant even win a participation award.

Time to get a coach with a spine.

 

[sobrave]

I don't think Todd Marshall is going to make it.

Butcher played less games over his career than Todd has now and showed more