Autopsy 15 point loss to Carlton

[Punts]

We drop the tigers abd be hard to make the 8 wot our run

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Meh the loss is disappointing but jeez how good is Logan!

Now some of you get why I wanted him so much!

As much as JPK is disappointing we actually looked a million times better after he went off

Bell and Wicks are very ordinary at least Ronke kicks goals

 

[The King!]

carlton younger
less experienced
less players under 100 games

 

[Jack Lord]

I think there’s a lot to like about that loss. Yes we were flogged (with help) in that first half but we didn’t lie down and we came back hard against a good side.

We support a side with character, and that’s a big takeaway from tonight.

I know what you mean, Bruce. We’re still a club that fights it out. At the very least you gotta be happy with that.

 

[Mister B]

Don’t know what to feel. First quarter was serviceable. Second disgusting. Third very good and fourth full of wasted chances.

Small forwards positioning is just not right. Never front and centre. Never over the back. Always competing in the air. What do we expect when we have a midfielder for a forward coach.

Our small defenders are constantly getting caught too high up the ground. Crazy the amount of times they were 30 out from goal while their opponent waltzed in from 15 out.

Proud of the fight back. Frustrated that we had to.

As for the umpiring. The game is ****ed when we have forwards getting holding frees up one end yet the same thing is ignored down the other. The game is ****ed when players are repeatedly caught holding the ball and drop it yet get rewarded for holding the man. The game is ****ed when our players are getting arms chopped and punched in the head in marking contests and aren’t rewarded. And the game is ****ed when a player can smother the ball from inside the 5 and the umpire calls play on after the smother is made.

Was thinking of going to watch the twos. Think I’m too annoyed to bother trekking over the other side of town.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

not good enough tonight mostly insipid

fought back sure but even then pissed it away

Need to lower my expectations and accept that were are a borderline top 8 side with some overrated players.

heeney 2 score involvements ….

Tell you what Mckay with that level of midfield dominance in the first half would of kicked 6.

We might finish 7-8th cause the rest of the teams are awful but we are nowhere near as good as last season.

 

[Superstar swan]

bells crap only his immediate family or someone with a guide dog can’t see it

When he was out bodied and outmarked by saad in the most limp wristed effort, I was done with him.

Also was uncompetitive in a marking contest 1 on 1 in the first

 

[MK38]

Only ourselves to blame for the loss considering the first half but the umpiring was shocking. It's the inconsistency that annoys me. We get called for too far, get called for dissent..Carlton don't. The dissent rule is ridiculous but the Cripps one was so obvious according to the rule. Speaking of Cripps, dropping the ball needs to be called...so frustrating. And speaking of frustrating, the team does my head in. We are such an almost team. Our good can beat most sides but as others have said we are just so inconsistent, just not good for long enough.

 

[wills2g]

carlton younger
less experienced
less players under 100 games

List is overrated. Dawson was our key puzzle piece and he left. Back to square one.

 

[The King!]

umpiring ,( not blaming it but we did get the worst )

is ruining footy , every game just about both fans could be shitty, it’s ruining football

 

[Citrus22]

Don't think I've seen our defence drop more marks and be more out of position than the 2nd quarter. We desperately need a smaller lockdown defender for an opposition forward line like Carlton's.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Don’t know what to feel. First quarter was serviceable. Second disgusting. Third very good and fourth full of wasted chances.

Small forwards positioning is just not right. Never front and centre. Never over the back. Always competing in the air. What do we expect when we have a midfielder for a forward coach.

Our small defenders are constantly getting caught too high up the ground. Crazy the amount of times they were 30 out from goal while their opponent waltzed in from 15 out.

Proud of the fight back. Frustrated that we had to.

As for the umpiring. The game is ducked when we have forwards getting holding frees up one end yet the same thing is ignored down the other. The game is ducked when players are repeatedly caught holding the ball and drop it yet get rewarded for holding the man. The game is ducked when our players are getting arms chopped and punched in the head in marking contests and aren’t rewarded. And the game is ducked when a player can smother the ball from inside the 5 and the umpire calls play on after the smother is made.

Was thinking of going to watch the twos. Think I’m too annoyed to bother trekking over the other side of town.

Brayshaw summed it up.

"The AFL is a much better place when the Blues are up and about"

 

[Punts]

The dominant of there mids amd McKay playing might of been different again

 

[Superstar swan]

Blakey was sensational again. Turning into an incredible player

 

[ashep]

Hewett seemed too happy to beat us in the post game interview.

Maybe no love lost between him and the club.

Was giving it to Mills and a few others during the game.

Fair play.

 

[Punts]

carlton younger
less experienced
less players under 100 games

That’s depressing

 

[Punts]

There ruck I’d going to be a gun

 

[scaryness]

14 marks inside 50 to 7.
For us.

Our defence/midfield got shredded on the ground

 

[The King!]

papley could rotate mid a bit with ronke back in

 

[swanssince2002]

Yeah no love lost with Hewett here, dont blame him giving it to our midfielders. A cooked JPK was higher priority over Hewett, that says it all.

 

[The King!]

felt for ladhams had some poor moments but they kept kicking at his toes

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Tell you what tho Stephens must be thinking they keep selecting Bell ahead of me why am i still here.

 

[wilsonmatic]

Anyway if we make the 8 we are passengers in week one by the looks.

Time to get it right for next year.

Ladhams is not an answer to any question we have. Ollie back why? Helped us when forward. Paps in centre bounces, why, zero impact. If there is a more overpaid player in the league than Heeney I can't think of it. His output is so inconsistent. Just beats up on poor sides and goes missing so often. So many disposals for nothing in reality.

Too many passengers going around the team.

Can't recall a softer swans side in my time watching. Such a shame. Talent is there, not the heart.

Paddy and Mills tried their guts out.

Stephens, Gould may as well be delisted. If they can't break into this side then they are busts.

if the heart wasn't there we wouldn't have got back within 2 goals.

 

[Ticky009]

Don't mind O'Riordan down back. Strangely reliable.

What's Fox doing these days in the VFL?

Fox still working his way back from injury in the VFL. Still not sure about the back 6, we need more but not sure where its going to come from.

 

[Citrus22]

Hewett is a pretty poor kick but good in traffic, guess we valued the former over the latter.