Review R19: The Good, Bad and Ugly vs. Essendon

[Southerntakeover]

Not the best quality - but look at Fog trying to get to a marking contest with 1:54 to go in the match.

How the everloving **** is this not the clearest blocking / holding / high free you've ever seen?

The in the back right before Thilthorpes miss just as bad.

 

[Southerntakeover]

It does when you consider saints will get an extra pick as free agent compo. It’s a 2 pick difference

Feel like that was already gone last week

 

[Southerntakeover]

A bit annoyed that constantly the AFL claim "game of the year" for a lot of our games over the past three years and yet that hasn't translated to primetime national TV games.

Uh what?

We've been well over weighted in prime time vs what our performances this year deserved.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Interesting considering we spent most of the game playing extremely attacking. The only time we didn't was the start of the 1st and 3rd which were our worst periods of play. Clearly the players were trying to do what nicks wanted and then said stuff it

Laird said it was their plan going into the game and straight up admitted it failed miserably.

This is what I keep saying about Nicks. The man has bad instincts. When he has time to make a plan, what he conjures up always fails because his philosophy on footy is shit. He's capable of ad-libbing in the middle of a game and you could credit him for that, but then he doesn't learn a damn thing from those mistakes and the cycle repeats.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Today, I learnt a new word.

"Resultist"

 

[huludicidal]

So many seriously can't see how good Nankervis was tonight???????????? He was in best 7 or 8

He had 3 touches in the entire first half and was routinely beaten in the air but you do you boo

 

[Maddogmetro]

Today, I learnt a new word.

"Resultist"

A key thing from his Presser is that Caldwell passed the test.

So, if the Keays tackle has any penalty, should be reduced as compared to concussion.

But shouldn't even be a week.

 

[Scorpus]

Was weird how O'Brien played terrible football in the third quarter up to about 6 minutes left in the last then suddenly became a beast and was clunking marks and delivering silver service taps

 

[radiojake]

suck shit essendon and your floggy goal celebrations all night after getting the absolute rub from the maggots

**** that felt good to be there

can't believe we pulled it off - that ending is an anti-Crow finish, especially with how bad the umpiring was

pretty sure someone in the crowd filmed me going absolutely troppo with the HTB decisions

 

[ABAB]

It does when you consider saints will get an extra pick as free agent compo. It’s a 2 pick difference

Have you seen the Saints played against us and Port Power (how the hell did Sydney loss to them is the biggest upset along with how the hell did Richmond also bet Sydney), they are shit. At least there's an even spread of quality midfielders and also a very highly rated KPD so the Saints might draft him at pick 5.

 

[rocket18]

Reckon Laird got in a tangle with O'Brien. Friendly fire

So ROB did win us the game in the last.

 

[Scorpus]

Been watching the replay and in the last 5 minutes of the game we absolutely destroyed Essendon

They could not get near it outside of one centre clearance at the end.

Just repeat inside 50 after repeat inside 50 and to be honest we could have kicked even more goals

 

[jenny61_99]

A bit annoyed that constantly the AFL claim "game of the year" for a lot of our games over the past three years and yet that hasn't translated to primetime national TV games.

What was this tonight?

 

[1990crow]

What was this tonight?

We have had marquee games this year. We let ourselves down by losing most of them.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

We have had marquee games this year. We let ourselves down by losing most of them.

We're also just horrible to watch. You'd have to be a bit of a sadist to force neutrals to watch us.

 

[rabidcrow]

Interesting considering we spent most of the game playing extremely attacking. The only time we didn't was the start of the 1st and 3rd which were our worst periods of play. Clearly the players were trying to do what nicks wanted and then said stuff it

Do you actually see - or sense from what you see - any disunity in the group at all. Between players or between players and coaches?

To me the whole group seems super tight. So I struggle to see how you came to your conclusion


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[Schulzycrow]

Amazing: Keays, Fog, Hinge

Good: Taylor, Laird, Berry, Dawson, Rachele, Dowling, Michalanney
Okish: Nank, ROB, Cook, Bond, Keane, Soligo, Filthy, Smith
Waked under a ladder unlucky: Murray, Butts
Ugly: Murphy
Hit every branch on the Ugly tree: Himmelburg

 

[GameofSloanes]

Do you actually see - or sense from what you see - any disunity in the group at all. Between players or between players and coaches?

To me the whole group seems super tight. So I struggle to see how you came to your conclusion


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No not really which is why i said it was interesting laird said the plan was to be defensive yet we played all out attack most of the game. My conclusion is based on what they did do and i did not state anything about they were deliberately undermining nicks. For all we know he endorsed the change in plan. And hey it worked

 

[cmndstab]

Of all the non-decisions in our forward line today, I think this was my favourite. Fogarty just cannoned into by a defender who doesn't make contact with the ball. Play on

 

[Schulzycrow]

Of all the non-decisions in our forward line today, I think this was my favourite. Fogarty just cannoned into by a defender who doesn't make contact with the ball. Play on

Has been happening the past few weeks. Should have had at least 3 holding frees but obviously doesn’t have the last name Curnow.

 

[mick500]

Good : Keays, Fogarty. Keays, Fogarty. Keays Fogarty. Fogarty has looked so much better since playing higher up the ground. Less pressure to kick goals, and just contribute by marking and creating a contest. The goals will come anyway when you kick and mark like he does. Keays is a very funny footballer. He has no right to do some of the things he does lol. And cook looked pretty good for a 10 disposal game.

Bad : We really had no right to win that game. Looking at the team stats and we lost in every single category except goal efficiency for inside 50's and we barely even won that.

Ugly : 3rd quarter. 8 goals to 2.

 

[CromradeCromulent]

Reckon with his experience and hard gut running we should at least be expecting between 30 and 40 goals a season from him.. especially given how many joe the goose goals he gets..

so what you're saying is that he passes?

 

[CromradeCromulent]

Dowling and Keays are both excellent case studies when it comes to all time moneyball picks.

Dowling can run all day, knows exactly where he needs to be, and is a handy, composed disposal. Who cares if he isn't very fast?

Sure, Keays may be one of the least skilled players on our list, but he's one of the hardest working and fittest players in the comp, is deceptively clever, shows good leadership, and his hair is perfect.

 

[Pugsley]

I believe when Rachele kicked that goal, they crossed over to Brad Scott and you can read his lips saying it's done.

Glorious, you had three extra players out there all night and still couldn't get it done.

 

[Brasher]

Good: 2 for 2 watching the Crows live at Docklands this year. AFL wont have a bar of this and these corresponding games will be scheduled in Cobram and Port Fairy next year.

Sad: Smith looked like he was playing in the Ted Whitten match.

You Say I'm a Chance: Keayes played his best game of his 100 odd, so keep pumping the games into Murphy, he's not far off.

Cover Your Eyes: Curtin likely comes in but with injuries Nicks is going to play him as a key defender isn't he?

Dreaming: the old mathematicals are in play for finals...imagine it comes down to a must win v the Swans after last year.