Autopsy What just happened? A draw???

[loki04]

What the feck is with the Langdon blame fest?

He tackled Jerka, won a holding the ball decision, well played.

Went back and milked the clock until told to go by the umpire, again well played.

Kicked it long to outside 50 on the flank, where Moore was, again the correct safe play.

The fact nobody bothered to actually fly for the kick wasn't Langdon's fault. We had DeGoey, Sidey and Wells waiting for a spillage and Moore coming late with a half hearted spoiling effort. Anyone of those 4 just attack the pill we win.

As Langdon kicked it outside 50 Kelly had to pass it off, Grundy and Reid were both behind the ball and neither could impact the contest.

Laughable that the bloke who actually won the ball back with a holding the ball, and did what was expected is copping the flack when Si many others actually hurt us in the last minute or so

He kicked it long inside edge of the flank far too central and not to a contest he picked out a crow.
He should of aimed it 1m inside the boundary line to a contest.

It was a poor decision. Not his fault we drew or erroded 50 points though.

 

[mike123]

Meh both teams scored the same points but at different times. Was some great play and some shocking. Adealaide are premierships favourites.

While a draw is disappointing it was still a positive match.

We dominated in nearly every major stat there is no meh about it.


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[sloth6]

Dumb footballers, dumb decision making and poor disposers of the footy, whilst three quarters of our list possess these traits we are going nowhere.

 

[mike123]

Accuracy kills

We had FIVE scoring shots more

Naughty!

Poor structure behind the ball also kills...


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[jjsmitty8]

Wow, what a day. This season has been some rollercoaster, and the game today encapsulated that in a 3 hour period.

Strip it back for what it is, a draw against the top side. Yeah, we had a 50 point lead, I get it, but I said it after the GC game and the Melbourne game and I'll say it again, 13th placed teams give up leads. If we were capable of putting a 40 point gap on Adelaide in a half then they're certainly capable of putting 40 points back on us in the second half and making a game of it, which they evidently did.

Yes, we hit the post x amount of times in the second half. Yes, they kicked like 13.3 and were deadly accurate in front of goal. Yes, we probably gave up a few easy goals (but when don't we), and yes, we could've killed that ball right at the end. We just as easily could've been a bit cleaner at the end of the second quarter and kicked a goal there too, but we didn't and like I said, that's the sort of thing 13th placed teams don't do, hence why they're a 13th placed team.

I'm still extremely proud of the boys despite being bitterly disappointed, I do absolutely think we should've won the game. I went in expecting nothing, by half time I was expecting a victory. It wasn't to be, but we gave it all we had to stop the momentum when they were flying home.

The only thing that bugs me is that I feel like Adelaide getting a draw means more for them than it does for us, hence it just feels like a loss.

Anyhow, I just hope we build from here, have no serious injuries and carry on with the form we're in (haven't lost in our last 3, so it's form nonetheless) and carry on and beat North next week (with Wellsy dominating again of course!).

Go Pies.

 

[Pedro]

Only caught the second half but **** me did Goldsack look shit.

Fumbly mess that couldn't hold a mark.

Had a great first half. Embarrassed Jenkins. Then it just turned in the opposite direction, like the rest of the game

 

[Dubaimagpie]

The shot of Bucks in the coaches box after the game tells it all


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[barrackers]

After we kicked the first 2 goals of the third quarter to make the margin 50 points we scored 4.7 versus Adelaide's 13.3. 11 scoring shots to 16 after gaining that margin isn't too bad, 4 goals to 13 is shocking. At least 3 posters hurts, but we had enough other opportunities.

One right that comes to mind occurred right on half time where we really should have at least got a shot on goal, if not an easy goal after finding ourselves with had 4 blokes running relatively unopposed towards goal with only Reid and his opponent ahead. Instead we hesitated and done a dinky kick that missed it's target allowing the crows player to lock the ball in.

Coll - goal
Coll - goal
Ade - goal
Coll - behind
Ade - goal
Ade - goal
Ade - goal
Coll - goal
Ade - goal
Coll - behind
Coll - behind
Ade - goal
Ade - goal

Ade - behind
Ade - goal
Coll - goal
Coll - goal
Coll - goal
Coll - behind (rushed)
Ade - goal
Ade - behind
Ade - goal
Coll - behind
Ade - goal
Coll - behind
Coll - behind (rushed)
Ade - goal

 

[regpies]

I'd love to see a stat of opposition goal kicking accuracy. I don't know if it exists but I'm sure we must be #1 for opposition goal kicking accuracy.

Happens too often for it to be just unlucky.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Buckley just blew his job officially.

How has he blown his job?

I think ppl calling for Bucks to be sacked at years end must remember there are no decent current coaches available next year. The only current coach who would see Bucks removed as coach would be Clarkson, and that isnt going to happen. The only current coach who could come in is Brad Scott, and for me thats a like for like.
Getting a unproven coach at senior AFL level isnt going to mean instant success. Bucks has 6 years of coaching under his belt, and l think his first 120 games as a coach, his record is better than Clarkson's.
I think the uproar about our list is overblown in the media, and really we are one key position player away from being a top 8 side. Thats why the club needs to pursue a Lever, McGovern or Reid.
I posted that Bucks should be extended to 2019 as l really believe he has the playing group behind him and they want to have success for him, a new coach would have to rebuild that belief from scratch.

 

[Axl the great]

really? take your angst elsewhere.

Not angst just reality.

 

[Kappa]

30 odd possies and 12 tackles....yeah he was nowhere. He's playing on jabs as it is mate, he's a gun and will be for years.

How good would two 1st rounders be though... ?

Moore/De Goey?

Sidebottom/Beams?

Brown/Reid ?

 

[Smoky]

How has he blown his job?

I think ppl calling for Bucks to be sacked at years end must remember there are no decent current coaches available next year. The only current coach who would see Bucks removed as coach would be Clarkson, and that isnt going to happen. The only current coach who could come in is Brad Scott, and for me thats a like for like.
Getting a unproven coach at senior AFL level isnt going to mean instant success. Bucks has 6 years of coaching under his belt, and l think his first 120 games as a coach, his record is better than Clarkson's.
I think the uproar about our list is overblown in the media, and really we are one key position player away from being a top 8 side. Thats why the club needs to pursue a Lever, McGovern or Reid.
I posted that Bucks should be extended to 2019 as l really believe he has the playing group behind him and they want to have success for him, a new coach would have to rebuild that belief from scratch.

I will spew up in my mouth if this happens.

 

[loki04]

I'm not a fan of Langdon at all, but this is 100% correct

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Leaves out details like he kicked to where crows had numbers, didn't aim for the boundary or to a 1v1.
It was a dumb decision regardless of the good work done to get the ball back which dopple likes to put in to distract from the poor kick/decision.

 

[Run n Spread]

They fluked that. Second half they threw caution to the wind and nearly every thing they did came off. Just needed to defend the corridor and hold onto it in those last few minutes. Really lacked the composure we had last week at the end. Completely ran out of gas just one tackle sticks in the last 3 mins and it's done.

That first half was mind blowingly awesome even if it feels an eternity a go. Just couldn't go back to shut down mode.

 

[Kappa]

How has he blown his job?

I think ppl calling for Bucks to be sacked at years end must remember there are no decent current coaches available next year. The only current coach who would see Bucks removed as coach would be Clarkson, and that isnt going to happen. The only current coach who could come in is Brad Scott, and for me thats a like for like.
Getting a unproven coach at senior AFL level isnt going to mean instant success. Bucks has 6 years of coaching under his belt, and l think his first 120 games as a coach, his record is better than Clarkson's.
I think the uproar about our list is overblown in the media, and really we are one key position player away from being a top 8 side. Thats why the club needs to pursue a Lever, McGovern or Reid.
I posted that Bucks should be extended to 2019 as l really believe he has the playing group behind him and they want to have success for him, a new coach would have to rebuild that belief from scratch.

How could you possibly know whether there is another Luke Beveridge as an assistant somewhere.

Bucks inherited one of the youngest premiership teams of all time, having a high win rate early on means jack all.

 

[Go Woods]

Pert finished up on Friday. Don't listen to the rhetoric. He won't be seen again.

Thought Pert was finishing up at seasons end?

 

[Rusty Beam]

How has he blown his job?

I think ppl calling for Bucks to be sacked at years end must remember there are no decent current coaches available next year. The only current coach who would see Bucks removed as coach would be Clarkson, and that isnt going to happen. The only current coach who could come in is Brad Scott, and for me thats a like for like.
Getting a unproven coach at senior AFL level isnt going to mean instant success. Bucks has 6 years of coaching under his belt, and l think his first 120 games as a coach, his record is better than Clarkson's.
I think the uproar about our list is overblown in the media, and really we are one key position player away from being a top 8 side. Thats why the club needs to pursue a Lever, McGovern or Reid.
I posted that Bucks should be extended to 2019 as l really believe he has the playing group behind him and they want to have success for him, a new coach would have to rebuild that belief from scratch.

I reckon belief comes pretty easy if you have a gameplan and system that leads to you winning games of footy.

 

[Vicky Park]

Adelaide were always going to come back in the second half, and the pressure they brought after half time was enormous. We had a ball - literally - in the first half, and could do no wrong. And then reality hit, with the much better team getting their structure sorted and their game going.

It hurts like hell to give up a 50 pt lead, and the second half will go down as one of our worst efforts.

But I refuse to attack the players. When they started fumbling and making mistakes, it was in the second half when Adelaide applied enormous pressure. I still believe that youth and inexperience do that under pressure.

Wells was amazing today. What a beautiful footballer he is. 100% class and silk.

 

[left at home]

Of course it does. The game shifted in the 3rd term. Midfield started lairising and played selfish footy.

Then in the last had zero run.

Those 2 just made dumb decisions which were costly at the deathknell.

Just my opinion, the dumb decisions where not going man on man on that kick. and no one contesting the marking contest. They had enough time to be ready, and to make sure if the ball dropped short or a little wide there where players there to cover.
Not the kicker who kicked 50 m and high so it could be contested.

 

[Robroy22]

How good would two 1st rounders be though... ?

Moore/De Goey?

Sidebottom/Beams?

Brown/Reid ?

Scharenburg / Freeman

 

[Frank Gallagher]

I Don't GAF about what people think of me for this.
I enjoyed the game. I enjoyed watching the young players playing well. I won't melt over the result as our season is done and the passion and angst for a win isn't the same because of this. No matter what happens I will always love watching the Pies and will always find something to take solace in when times are bad. Nothing will change that.

Langdon played well too, is a good player, still young. We are coming along nicely.

I'm just dirty because i had $20 on us to win by over 24.5 points @$5.50, was starting to feel pretty good when we got 50+ points up, but i should've known we'd **** it up.

 

[Horaceg]

How has he blown his job?

I think ppl calling for Bucks to be sacked at years end must remember there are no decent current coaches available next year. The only current coach who would see Bucks removed as coach would be Clarkson, and that isnt going to happen. The only current coach who could come in is Brad Scott, and for me thats a like for like.
Getting a unproven coach at senior AFL level isnt going to mean instant success. Bucks has 6 years of coaching under his belt, and l think his first 120 games as a coach, his record is better than Clarkson's.
I think the uproar about our list is overblown in the media, and really we are one key position player away from being a top 8 side. Thats why the club needs to pursue a Lever, McGovern or Reid.
I posted that Bucks should be extended to 2019 as l really believe he has the playing group behind him and they want to have success for him, a new coach would have to rebuild that belief from scratch.

We are not that far off IMHO, getting rid of Bucks may set us back and without a very good option put forward to replace him I tend to agree. One more key forward and key back, with a step up from some of the young guys (Kirby, Brown, Daicos, McLarty etc.)

 

[westozpie]

How good would two 1st rounders be though... ?

Moore/De Goey?

Sidebottom/Beams?

Brown/Reid ?

They would still be learning and nowhere near it. Hasn't some of our finest on here absolutely got stuck into Moore and Degoey, I'm sure a look at some posters comments on them two since coming in would back this up. Seems everyone thinks everyone is shit at some time

 

[ColinWood]

Accuracy kills

We had FIVE scoring shots more

Naughty!

Earned a like for extra 'colour' in your post. Teehee!