Autopsy 2022 Round 19 Blues shaken but not stirred

[Elmer_Hauser]

Setterfield won back a lot of my trust and faith today with his fantastic effort and game.

Credit to him and Vossy, swallowed his medicine, being dropped to the VFL, seemed to have worked his backside off and has firmly earned his spot in the 22 again.

Jack Martin

21

Jack Martin

Age

29

Ht

186cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.3

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.7

5star

G

0.9

4star

D

14.9

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

3.6

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.6

3star

will/should have to do something similar too I suspect.q

Our backline and Weiters look a bit more assured and solid with Gov down back .

Really nothing much to grizzle about from my perspective, we got the job done when requires, years gone by we would have blown it.

Greenshoots and all that.

 

[footyfan1978]

Banked the four premiership points and seems like no serious injuries. Will take it

 

[thylacine60]

Frustrating 3 qtrs or so. Too good in the end. A lot left to be desired. Cant do this in the finals.

What, win?

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Got the job done.

Our pressure/their ineptitude caused a heap of turnovers & if we’d converted that 5.9 in scores, should have won by a lot more.

Backs were great, (Young had the wobbles) & we kept them to only 14 scoring shots.

Saad was elite, Setters & Honey had good moments, Charlie got his 4, so the world is good.

 

[RAPPA]

In Saad we Trust

 

[Bobmonkey]

Not enough love for Harry in here, he ran his arse off today to provide an option down the line all game.

Really great link up game by him, loved his effort.

 

[BeijingBlue]

+Another 4 points closer to finals.

+Saad, Curnow, JSOS, TDK, Fisher and Newman very good.

+Walsh, Cotters and Harry ok in patches.

I’m just at a loss for this slow build up play throughout the entire first half and much of the 3rd. We break the shackles in the 4th and just blitz them.

The small forwards had 0 impact overall today. Couldn’t tackle, pressure, got no where near the ball and were detrimental to the balance of the team.

As much as I wanted Martin and Owies to earn their spots back, they’ll cake walk back into this team.

The small forwards were disappointing. Motlop has had his turn so back to get his confidence back in the 2's. Durdin does little cameos that show that he will be good. Not convinced Martin is the answer either. On past performances, offers little. Honey is a class below what is needed. Plenty of time for him.

 

[ForYouBlue]

Great to be back on the winners list. I have no words for Saad and Walsh. Jesus...

Can anyone with a trained eye give me their thoughts on our forward structure, including our entries? My worry is it often only looks ok because we have such star pillars, and as we look to finals it concerns me a little.

Up the baggers

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

4 games to go. 2 and a half games clear of Ninthmond.

 

[thylacine60]

Loving Mr Weits managing our despatch department along with Assistant Managers Messrs Gov and Saad in distribution.

 

[The_Wookie]

we won. its a good day.

Saad excellent. I like DeKoning around the ground, some sweet disposal there from a big man - plonk him at Centre Half forward when Pitto returns I say. Jack was great. Curnow is a class of his own. Mckay and cripps need to go back to basic drop punts for goal thanks.

Walsh evidently had a new foot attached when he went off or something - lifted when he came back

 

[Rustica]

What, win?

Not showing or going through the motions for 3 qtrs. If that was a decent side. We would have been in trouble.

 

[FRUMPY]

A wins a win. Never felt we would lose it. Played some bloody ordinary footy at times though.

Some of the usual whipping boys were good. Setterfield played a very good game, plowman was solid, LOB was ok

Too much selfish footy from our stars and bad example to others.

Other than that, take the win and move on. Hopefully Walsh and weitering pull up alright

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[Cringle]

GWS are a bit concerning.

Bunch of nobodies. No real hype about any direction. No supporters.

Seems GC have managed to create a bit of culture and the Giants have done the opposite.

 

[Dramoth]

Small forwards will cop a bit of heat for that game but I'm not sure it's so simple.

That was a really tall GWS defence with just about all of them being capable intercept players. Durdin and Motlop were leading a lot to take their man away from Harry/Charlie. They played a very sacrificial role.

This... GWS has a tall defensive group, our small forwards took their defenders away from contests because the GWS defenders know how dangerous they are reading off the pack. It showed in the last when the small jumped in with a couple of special goals. Brown dropped what he should have marked, and Honey closed ground and kicked nicely off the ground. Durdin sold candy and broke away with some decent speed and put it through the centre.

 

[thylacine60]

Not showing or going through the motions for 3 qtrs. If that was a decent side. We would have been in trouble.

Any positives?

 

[Arr0w]

If people are negative here I expect them to be pilloried because we won.

Not at all satisfied with that performance, we were very poor against very average opposition who are essentially tanking.

Obviously glad to get the result but so much to be concerned about after that.

Some of the comments were strange, especially that we won't make finals

I agree, we were inconsistent with our intent and the way we moved the ball, especially forward of centre. Over handballing in the 1st half. Still plenty to like

 

[Juice030103]

I’ll admit when I’m wrong I got some flack for my take about Plowman Friday night and the way he played today he absolutely deserves his spot in the side. Was in top form

 

[Aphrodite]

Bank the 4pts.

Onto next week.

 

[Gethelred]

The people critical of the small forwards...

Motlop is 18. Durdin is 20. Honey is 20. Of the three, Durdin has played the most games with 19. You're not going to get consistent performances from the most inconsistent positon/role on the ground inside their first 50 games.

We do need Owies back, but let's not kid ourselves. We're still developing, still working out each part of our game and how it all works together.

 

[Aphrodite]

Take a bow Plow!

 

[M_I_G]

kennedy not even in the afl.com.au top 7 bests! sheesh. very important game.

 

[FRUMPY]

Not enough love for Harry in here, he ran his arse off today to provide an option down the line all game.

Really great link up game by him, loved his effort.

His hands have been poor the last few weeks. Dropping too many he needs to hold. Otherwise was good

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[Dramoth]

4 games to go. 2 and a half games clear of Ninthmond.

The tuggers and the mutts play the paddle pops and the handbaggers respectively, if the drug cheats manage to beat the filth today... we're playing finals this year! With a good chance to go deep into September!

 

[Choc Milk]

Nice 6 goal win. Can't ask for much more really