Autopsy 2024 Rd 13 Blues shoot down the Bombers to move into 2nd

Who played well for the Blues in Round 13 vs the Bombers?


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Haven't completely read through this thread so not sure if someone has already posted this but thought this was worth noting.



Pretty impressive all things considered.


Love playing the best teams week in week out. They’ll expose all your weaknesses to which you respond during the regular season, and be ready with options for September.

Cincotta as a tagger and Williams as a forward are now 2 options we have that we didn’t at the beginning of the season.
 

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i really dont have much to add to this thread except THANK YOU to the person in our section who broke into a chorus of THE GREAT PRETENDER as the bombers fans exited on Sunday night

Hilarious!


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Love playing the best teams week in week out. They’ll expose all your weaknesses to which you respond during the regular season, and be ready with options for September.

Cincotta as a tagger and Williams as a forward are now 2 options we have that we didn’t at the beginning of the season.
I’ve heard every Wednesday now the CFC Selection Committee have their weekly Big Footy Learnings discussion.

Williams forward = BF.
Harry & Charlie swapping into the wing = BF
Cincotta a tagging mid = BF.
TDK the stand-alone ruck = BF.

Our job now is to help them manage Cerra, Martin & Motlop back into the team.

If there’s anything else you need Vossy, let us know?
 

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This weird narrative surrounding Essendon and how well they did in this game, is beyond me. Jonathan Brown On The Couch was more impressed by Essendon.

As a stats lover, I still subscribe to the mantra, there are lies, damn lies and statistics and this is one of those occasions.

We controlled that game, seldom slipping into top gear IMO, and now Essendon are the English Cricket team after another moral victory.

Long live the edge.
 
i really dont have much to add to this thread except THANK YOU to the person in our section who broke into a chorus of THE GREAT PRETENDER as the bombers fans exited on Sunday night

Beautiful

The first two verses are mint.

Oh-oh, yes, I'm the great pretender
Pretending that I'm doing well
My need is such, I pretend too much
I'm lonely, but no one can tell
Oh-oh, yes, I'm the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I played the game but to my real shame
You've left me to grieve all alone
 
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If there's a positive about last night's game at all, it's that Voss knows and his players know that their victory was an anomaly. They've walked away unsure if they really won or we really lost. That will sit in their collective subconscious until next we meet. We know we can take them.
 
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If there's a positive about last night's game at all, it's that Voss knows and his players know that their victory was an anomaly. They've walked away unsure if they really won or we really lost. That will sit in their collective subconscious until next we meet. We know we can take them.
No they can’t. We had our stars play average and we won by 5 goals 😂
 
Same with Walsh - umps not protecting the first player in at all

It's interesting that Voss was bewildered by the HTB rule against the Suns. Both he and Hardwick complained about the lack of reward for the tackler that day (rightly so). Other coaches moaned as well, so they adjusted the interpretation.

What it does IMO is advantage players with that initial burst of speed (really only that first 5 metres off the mark). Our guys have traditionally relied more on brute strength to wriggle free and dish off. The players with that extra burst can either break free themselves, or apply an opposition tackle that fraction quicker. Someone else mentioned that Walsh may have lost half a yard since the back op, which wouldn't be helping him obviously.

Around the ground we are not particularly hurt, and maybe even helped by the rule adjustment, as we have added some speed in the right areas (and can add more with Martin, Motlop, Cottrell). It's why Cinc's addition to the mix is important.

If I had to identify one area of concern compared to the current benchmark (with a view to winning the flag), it would be that Warner, Heeney, Rowbottom and Gulden seem more suited to the rule adjustment than our guys.
 

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