Autopsy Solid win against Freo

[DeathlyAccurate]

Imagine if we passed on warner or Parker in the 30s. You win some, you lose some. Can't always look at life with a glass half empty

It makes these threads unbearable sometimes. Is there a board with more supporters that gush over an opposition player as much as this board?

We’ve found some gems and also missed out on some great players. It happens.

 

[MF]

It’s a top 5 pick though

Should be that much of a miss

It annoys me too, but it is what it is. No point dwelling on it. Would be different if our drafting was shit overall but I don't feel like we've done a bad job with what we've had over the years. We've picked up some absolute legends of the game for basically nothing.

 

[Ticky009]

Mate for *s sake

If there's one thing for certain its Punts bemoaning Serong every single Freo game. For years.

 

[The King!]

It was good in a way they did have to hold a team trying to run over them again

2 weeks in a row could have given up games and held on

 

[Kiama Chris]

Imagine if we picked serong

Sliding doors. He might be struggling to get a game. Their midfield was so dire he started very young.

 

[The King!]

Get [PLAYERCARD]Luke Parker[/PLAYERCARD] to England, they wont get him out

 

[Bloods86]

If there's one thing for certain its Punts bemoaning Serong every single Freo game. For years.

If there's one thing for certain it's Punts bemoaning.

 

[BloodySwan]

Great win, keeps the season going (how!?!?!)

 

[KingV23]

Awesome win! I heard our forwards coach told the boys to aim for the behind posts hence why it went tbrough the middle.

 

[wills2g]

Reckon we can make a run from here, should easily cover Bombers too

 

[Millky95]

Man our fitness must suck. Faded late in quarters and in games. Glad to win though.

Good to see Buddy at his best given his age

Warner will be better for the run

Hayward did very well in the first half. Faded late but we hardly had chances in the 2nd half

Weird last 2 minutes sub call

Loved McDonald's efforts. Found him going for the same ball as Franklin a lot in the 2nd half but his work below his knees is great

Mills' courage to make that spoil knowing contact is coming was immense. Hope he doesn't have a concussion from it though

 

[Millky95]

Reckon we can make a run from here, should easily cover Bombers too

One of those games where on paper we win, on form we lose

 

[Donza]

Any win at Optus is worth celebrating.

Some odd takes in here for a 5 goal win.

 

[SSwans2011]

Gonna be honest: feel a bit silly having watched that, and as a result missed 95% of what the commentators are telling me is one of the great home and away games at Adelaide Oval

Why would you want to watch two shit teams when you can watch the second game of our 11-game winning streak to win the flag?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

It makes these threads unbearable sometimes. Is there a board with more supporters that gush over an opposition player as much as this board?

We’ve found some gems and also missed out on some great players. It happens.

Thankfully the academy and second round gems even out the missed first rounders

 

[Kiama Chris]

Good win off the back of a very sharp first quarter and solid work from there. Not a great performance but a good one. Still plenty to do but it was excellent to see Wilbur, Heeney and Papley kick goals. Given the dominance of Jackson it was amazing that we won both centre and stoppage clearances.
Chad was definitely short of a run and Joel still looks to be struggling for air at times. Others ran the game out well considering Freo came hard

 

[MF]

Amartey and McLean are polar opposites. One has all the football ability and no athleticism. The other is an athletic freak with not much in the way of football IQ. If we could merge them we'd have the perfect forward.

 

[Wheresbuddy]

Good win. Contributors all over the ground.

Really liked Florent's game tonight - one of our best. Mills is playing into some form. Forwards and backs all did their jobs. We should just put away teams like tonight week in, week out.

 

[Wolftone]

Setup the game in the first 2 quarters i felt Hayward, Franklin and Parker heavy influence.

Felt as the game wore on we had to absorb more pressure than i would of liked like we got dominated out of the middle for the entire 4th quarter against a good team with a solid HF and FF our backline wont be able to contain it.

To much on Parker still imo he needs help idk dont have answers for that one.

Hope McCartin is okay few times sore him acting weird in the backline checking his head and crouching

I felt we let a lot of ball go too easily in the third quarter. They also got some really lucky breaks with the surface, as much as it is. It really has to be investigated. If you know this surface you know exactly what it will do.

They also got the best of the non decisions. The HTB & Incorrect Disposal rule seems to be a thing of the past. Our players were clearly confused.

I thought Will was wonderful. Parker a Prince. They tagged Errol after half time. Longmire should have put him on a wing and Mills back into the centre. He did for a while but Errol ended up inside once again.

Fredricks was far too fast for Mills. I noticed McInerney went onto him and kept him far quieter or stuffed him up.

Some of their free kicks at the start of quarter 3 & 4 were a bit baffling. Kept them in the fight really

Our best; Parker, Will, Our whole backline, especially Harry for his job on Walters. Errol as usual. Campbell. Bud was great.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Amartey unfortunately lost his one clunk one mark ability that was his strong suit needs to find it quick or will be out of the side.

 

[Swans22]

Great win. Our 1st half was immense and arguably our best performance of the year. So clean with our ball use.
For mine we were too conservative with our ball movement in the second half - lots of long kicks to big packs.
All in all a v good effort.
Have a question for you call - do we think Gulden is better served in the middle or on the wing? Personally I’d prefer to have him receiving handballs from Parker, Mills, Rowey etc so we can utilise his great leg.
Good to see Mills building now too.

 

[ErrolisGoldun]

Super win away v Freo who were up for the fight.

Warner and Tommy Mac very rusty but the boys were there to play.

Mills and Parker were hard and immense and led from the front.

Buddy’s best game for the year and Hayward was very important too!

Beat the bombers, then we can talk finals again. Super effort!!

 

[Punts]

Moves the ball and back to setting up with run behind the ball in the first half

Was awesome to see a little of last season

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

I am loving Buddy giving it to me and others who doubted him. The man is a competitive beast and had no right to deiver what he did today.

I still get concerned when we start bombing it long to him instead of looking for the best option, but Buddy well and truly deserves to play out this year and lead our charge to an unlikely finals tilt.

One thing is certain, Buddy is not booking a retirement holiday in September - we need his winning attitude, both this year and for our culture into the future.

 

[Superstar swan]

All in all a pretty solid win that. Tough to be too critical on many