Autopsy 2 point loss to Giants. - Rd 5, 2021

[Punts]

Personally be putting Blakey or gulden in the middle

 

[Punts]

Not surprising. Hewett is a midfielder/tagger, not a defender.

Well he is a defender this year

 

[Superstar swan]

FFS. He was our best tall defender all night. McCartin had an absolute shocker and yet no one is saying a word. Honestly, it's pathetic.

I Havnt thought mccartin has been great all year

 

[scaryness]

Hayward shouldnt leave the team again.

Too many of our defenders arent actually defenders. Hewett, Cunningham, Lloyd and Dawson are really all midfielders.

Rampe is just about the most important player in the team

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

More melts.
Just went 4-0 including some incredible wins against Brisbane and Richmond.
Its no shock the air comes out of a side at times.
I took nothing away beyond.
#prayforhickey

If Hickey is out there goes our chance of making a slim finals charge we cant cover him.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Deserved to lose by more Greene should have kicked 6!

 

[ashep]

These overreactions....

 

[Donza]

If Hickey is out there goes our chance of making a slim finals charge we cant cover him.

Slim?
Have you been watching how absolutely pedestrian some the other sides are?
Wow.

 

[caesar88]

Deserved to lose by more Greene should have kicked 6!

No he shouldn't have, go back and watch his shots they were rushed and pressured and more unlikely than likely to be kicked.

 

[Superstar swan]

Scoreline is flattering in the end ,

A loss can be a good thing for the kids, now they understand it isn’t a cake walk

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Sign a contract with ANZ. There was no space to play a run and gun Game. Couldn't do it v Essendon and didn't do it amazingly v Adelaide either.

We just got Nick davis'ed

End of the day our youngsters struggled a bit today. Wicks, Logan, McInerney, warner all ineffective. We'll bounce back next week at Metricon.

McInerney was ok.

Out:

Kennedy - Managed? Do not care what it is called but he is a liability.
Melican - not his worst game but he is just not up to it
McDonald - just could not get involved
Hickey - if injured looks like Sinkers.

In:

Rowbottom - mids missing their 2nd best player
BOC - athletic and already shows more IQ than Larry Melican
Sinkers - oh well.
McLean

 

[BruceFromBalnarring]

How far away is Naismith?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

No he shouldn't have, go back and watch his shots they were rushed and pressured and more unlikely than likely to be kicked.

8/10 he kicks them. We deserved to be flogged the way we played!

Out Melican
In Gould or Brand (don’t care which one)

 

[TheMase]

Reid's last quarter was really good but didn't get the support from the midfield

Had another very good game numbers wise, 16 disposals at 93%, 4 marks, 5 tackles, 6 clearances, 15 hitouts, 6 inside 50

Maybe like a fine wine and he is finally maturing

 

[Superstar swan]

I’d play McLean this week, gc without witts

 

[Donza]

Personally be putting Blakey or gulden in the middle

Gulden will play in the middle soon.
He's good enough

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Not playing Rowbottom is a bit of a howler too we needed him bad

 

[TheMase]

How far away is Naismith?

Expected to play half a reserves game next week I think, or at least in the next couple.

 

[Superstar swan]

Play Campbell up the ground. He isn’t being utilised at hb

 

[scaryness]

Backline is notiecably thin and not very robust.

McCartin is young and really its his second position, not his first. Rampe out, Aliir thrown away, Melican as always been just solid and not much more, similar for Brand. Gould is the only one there's no read on. But thats our whole KPD stockpile.

 

[caesar88]

Not playing Rowbottom is a bit of a howler too we needed him bad

FFS

 

[Mister B]

8/10 he kicks them. We deserved to be flogged the way we played!

Out Melican
In Gould or Brand (don’t care which one)

and clearly you didn't watch the reserves. Gould is so far off seniors it's not funny and Brand did nothing to stand out. Tell me, what did you think of McCartin's game?

 

[Superstar swan]

We missed heeney tonight

 

[mikey_san]

Buddy out for McLean

Mills to DEFENCE PLEASE. Anyone defending Mills in mid, that is his consistent performance. How many times do you need to see it before you realise Mills is an ELITE defender and NOTHING midfielder.

Melican out.

Rowbottom in.

Assuming your first line is a joke.

Yeah, not a lot offensively from Mills in the mids, though he got through team high 9 tackles, so perhaps he was on someone.
Melican was a bit hesitant on some kicks and missed a few targets, but over all did ok. He'll be better for the run. And we need a tall back there.
On rationale I could see them dropping/resting Campbell and putting Mills back and Rowbottom in the middle. I think that was the team this week, we win.

We just didn't have much going for us in that last quarter at all. Early on in the quarter Warner was getting a hold of it, but other than that.
Looks like we ran out of puff - and then formation around the stoppage in the last. Then they used the kind of game we've been playing to beat us.

Good game from Bud and Hayward.
Hickey too.

Deserved the loss. They came over the top of us.

 

[TheMase]

8/10 he kicks them. We deserved to be flogged the way we played!

Out Melican
In Gould or Brand (don’t care which one)

Gould is a long way off AFL footy.