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Yeah I only caught the 4th, and it looked like a much better team comfortably getting the job done.
Looking at the scoring breakdown, I can imagine if I’d sat through the 2nd quarter, I’d feel very differently.
But equally if it looks like we squandered the chance to put on about 6 goals in 15 minutes at the start of the game?
Not if your name is Wicks you don't.
"I've got a girlfriend that's better than that ... "
1st quarter we were on top but couldn’t convert.Watch the first 3 quarters for a different perspective on today performance.
Ollie is Easily in our top ten.
While I agree. It was the eagles and we were very flat and had a lot of poor moments. It was a very poor display from a team at the opposite end of the ladder.1st quarter we were on top but couldn’t convert.
2nd was terrible.
3rd was a wrestle but we gained control back.
4th we got on top.
It wasn’t all terrible.
Watch the first 3 quarters for a different perspective on today performance.
1st quarter we were on top but couldn’t convert.
2nd was terrible.
3rd was a wrestle but we gained control back.
4th we got on top.
It wasn’t all terrible.
Just easing Adams in and building his match fitness. HF role was the right call, he was a little off the pace at times but will build from here.You can see West Coast set themselves for this after last year's humiliation. They beat us in just about every key stat - not encouraging news for an aspiring premier. But they clearly lifted. Harley Reid is really something.
Our best players stood up when it counted - Heeney, Gulden, Grundy, the usual suspects.
A bit hard to figure where we are at. Whether we’ve dropped our bundle in the last two weeks, or whether we’ve been supposedly ‘worked out.' I wonder if the Wicks affairs isn’t impacting some players’ performance.
Taylor Adams must be delighted he’s escaped playing half forward for the Pies so he can play half forward for the Swans.
The bye comes at a good time.
He played a great game today.I would describe my feelings on Florent's year as 'whelmed.'
I don't find him particularly good, but I don't find him particularly bad either.
Not really breaking lines or hitting targets like you'd want him to, but if there's a lasting image of him from the first five games - other than being seemingly MIA - it's keeping his eyes on the ball to take important marks in defence on his opponent.
I haven't had high expectations of him for a while now. He's in that bracket of players like Hayward and Cunningham. Nothing special, plays his role with the occasional highlight.Anyone disappointed in what Florent is producing atm and where he is at?
He hasn’t come on in imo
I've not read the whole thread, but enough posts to know that some people would do well to listen to Longmire's press conference. Just the first couple of minutes. "It's really hard to win games of AFL."
Those lamenting the performances of the last two weeks aren't giving enough credit to Richmond or West Coast. They both played pretty well, in parts.
And West Coast aren't this mega-young team. Yeo, Kelly, Duggan, Barrass, Darling, McGovern, Cripps, Waterman. Plenty of experience there, and mostly in big-bodied packages. The opening post of this thread shows that, on average (mean), they were about six months younger than us and 20 games per player less experienced. And taller and heavier. I know means only tell part of the story, but I don't think the snapshot they show in this instant is too distorted.
They played OK today. There really isn't much of an excuse for how poor they've been for the last few weeks.
"It's really hard to win games of AFL."
Those are the type of comments from Horse that have resulted in his playing group capitulating in grand finals.
When there's a gulf in talent between 2 sides, the only time it's hard to win a game of AFL against a lesser opponent is when you went into the game thinking the talent differential alone will get you the win.
There were plenty of reasons why both games went the way they did, and they point to deficiencies in our team. The Essendon game was similar, we just managed to scrap our way to a win.
Some of our seniors need to lift because the heavy lifting this season has been done by the same few.
Lloyd is giving us absolutely nothing atm. He has no role. The team has gone past him
Do you think they're easy to win?It's just 5 minutes of him playing a straight bat , have heard the afl games hard to win one a few times now
Do you think they're easy to win?
We have some limitations in our team (and squad) at the moment, and one of those is that our midfielders are all relatively slight. Maybe that's a blind spot on Beatson's part. But more likely it's because the really good, big bodied midfielders (Petracca, Martin, Green, De Goey, Bontempelli etc - almost certainly Harley Reid in the future, maybe Reuben Ginbey too) tend to go early in the draft. They're not easy to find.
So Longmire has crafted a game plan to make the best use of what he has at his disposal. But other teams have good players too. They can't be relied to always roll over in the way that Collingwood did a few weeks ago.
I think our first few weeks have given some an exaggerated view of how good our team is. They are good, but not so good that they are guaranteed to win so long as they turn up every week.
Today's game was far more valuable than a 171 point win. Especially in April. Premierships aren't won in April. The losses or hard fought wins teach teams how to find different ways to win.
I mean if he performs at his best he can play on the wing , but his form is shocking .
But he won't be dropped
But we adjusted the ball movement as the game progressed. I suspect the main lesson to learn is how to recognise sooner that they need to adjust the way they move the ball if the opposition is blocking plan A.Did we learn from today? no I'd disagree, you bank the win for sure, but they will probably burn and bury the crap they dished up today and they need to have a good hard look at some of the laziness creeping in