I've been banging on about him, but Ollie killed us in both contests. Missed the easiest of tackles before the Kemp dropped mark, then lead his man into the contest with Cottrell and failed to put any body on.
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Autopsy 2024 Rd 5 Blundering Blues give game away to Crows
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All things being equal, try and not let this ruin your weekends baggers, go out, breathe some fresh air and we will regroup next Saturday.
I know all too well how a loss, let alone one like this can ruin a day.
I know all too well how a loss, let alone one like this can ruin a day.
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hopefully he will only get better as his fitness strength gets better with more game time...he did miss a lot of footy
Ha, I was thinking the exact same thing - so many amateur “moments” from CFC players. Kemp & Williams boundary effort was the last straw
Then Owies…
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Do you think we can all chill? Really disappointing hearing all this negative bs from supposed fans. If you can't realise that we ain't going to be able to win them all and people will make mistakes then gee Louise...we've got the talent, we've got this!
I am. Result is irrelevant. We aren’t playing well and certainly not well enough to challenge
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Decision making, skills, defensive positioning, not enough run, working our way up the ground with smart kickers and smart kicking, then bombing long hoping our two talls would take the mark. We play our small forwards as pressure bringers, but they don't rove to our big guys. We also don't have front and centre midfielders. Whether these things aren't part of our game plan or we have players without a natural flair for roving off packs, I'm not sure. Owies did a little of this tonight and looked good as a result.
We have a couple of players who have been out of sorts for 5 games now. Ollie Hollands and Fantasia. My feeling ... MY feeling is that we are continuing to play them in a hope that they re-capture what they are in the side for. We have little trust for many of our players when they are in the VFL. Meanwhile, other clubs are debuting players to see what they have got. I reckon we might be a little scared that bringing someone else in will make our system weaker as they haven't been playing it as long or as intensely.
I'm a little concerned that we have nothing in the VFL to replace certain types of injuries so we have to play players out of position. Our recruiting can be a little strange at times. Really looking forward to the midseason draft at this point.
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Said it in the game day thread, I thought Cottrell was the guy to throw back when Saad went down. He would’ve been disciplined enough to follow Rankine around for the second half, and that probably would’ve won us the game. He was the difference imo.
We were terrible last week and probably worse this week.
We have problems - our clearance work was poor, forward entry system is predictable and the soft tissue injury list is concerning.
But we are 4-1 and as we should remember from last year, the season will have ebbs and flows.
We have problems - our clearance work was poor, forward entry system is predictable and the soft tissue injury list is concerning.
But we are 4-1 and as we should remember from last year, the season will have ebbs and flows.
How much is lack of application versus loss of personnel? Hard to tell at this stage, but the next month will be interesting.
I'll be gobsmacked if he plays next week.
He was tracking similarly last year before his injury, and was probably a week or two away from being rested. Played very well upon return from injury but he's far off the pace atm.
I think that's the worst game he's ever played.
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On exposed form our ladder position flatters us massively.
We’re not playing top 4 football. Probably not top 8. Somewhere around 12th feels fair at the moment.
So far this year we’ve played one electric quarter against Brisbane. That is literally all we have done that suggests we are a genuine contender.
So much work to do.
That ground is a disgrace - it’s injuring players
The playing surface at the Lockett end? is dangerous
The playing surface at the Lockett end? is dangerous
Issues for me that need to be corrected for us to challenge later this year
ONE ruck with McKay supporting.
Ball use inside forward 50. Need to be a lot smarter and look for best option.
Clearances. Dropped off badly since last year
Injuries. Hurting us badly. NO side can win a flag with a long injury list
ONE ruck with McKay supporting.
Ball use inside forward 50. Need to be a lot smarter and look for best option.
Clearances. Dropped off badly since last year
Injuries. Hurting us badly. NO side can win a flag with a long injury list
Lack of smarts and ball use is my major issue. Effort is there
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14.14 is where it was lost IMO, but:
- We let Adelaide do as they pleased with minimal pressure for the majority of the game. This led to several easy goals.
- Pitto for Cerra was just a dumb selection.
- We bombed it forward in hope so many times, the Crows were much cleaner in this aspect of the game.
- Their pace destroyed us.
- We let Adelaide do as they pleased with minimal pressure for the majority of the game. This led to several easy goals.
- Pitto for Cerra was just a dumb selection.
- We bombed it forward in hope so many times, the Crows were much cleaner in this aspect of the game.
- Their pace destroyed us.
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Our mids fumble way too often..
That is a issue because suspect he was more brought in to be that goalscoring half forward, we already quite similar mid fields types to E Hollands.
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Your point on injuries is spot on, so many things need to go right to win a flag and an injury list with 5+ best 23 players on it would test anyone.
We’ve missed Doc, Walsh, Weitering, Cerra and now Saad for games this year.
He'll be pretty handy when Crippa/Hewett/Kennedy retire.
All fair and reasonable concerns
I think a win or loss changes the perception or analysis by a wide margin
I thought we were overly aggressive in positioning, where it is a fine line between winning, halving or losing at the contest
Perhaps a more conservative approach after being up 2 kicks late in the game was a better tactic
Just got back from the game and amazed we found a way to lose the game. Adelaide played at their best and we had plenty of chances, and the last Owies play was bewildering.
Disappointed, but not devastated, as it was a high standard game. Losing Saad early hurt, but not an excuse. We praised our team for digging deep to win against Freo, so have to dips me lid to the Crows for doing the same thing.
Disappointed, but not devastated, as it was a high standard game. Losing Saad early hurt, but not an excuse. We praised our team for digging deep to win against Freo, so have to dips me lid to the Crows for doing the same thing.
