Autopsy 35 point loss vs. Pies

[the big lebowski]

End of the day we played the top team with

Lazzaro
Spicer

Ineffective afl footballers

Plus

Hall
Howe
CCJ

That aren’t good enough to play afl football.

Kicked the 4th highest score against the pies this year. Without our best player.

Positives

Phillips breakout game
Scott showed how good he can be 2 weeks in a row
Wardlaw great by foot
Larkey 5 goals
Ford backs up with another good game

About as good as we can expect at this stage

 

[HTPunter]

Good:
Fords first half
Phillips & Greenwood
Scott gut running in the last. Am a knocker but the ability to turn himself from a beep test runner into an actual ball getter is the step we need.
Logue fought hard as a defender
I’ll also give Larkeys last quarter a mention but pressure off and lead ups and arms out, playing in front should also be a Non-negotiable

Overall a proud effort, yes the Pies largely took their foot off the pedal but after the 3rd quarter there was a chance our heads went down and the margin blew out. Keep fighting in the end, the next step from blow-outs is in actual fact honourable losses where the players play with pride

Negatives:
Ben McKay

32

Ben Mckay

Age

26

Ht

202cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.5

2star

K

3.7

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.7

4star

MG

77.2

1star

D

7.5

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

88.5

2star

D

7.0

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

67.8

1star

weak as piss
Spicer just not up to it. Sure give him one more year but bloody hell - can someone give him Bobby Hills number for some coaching?

Didn’t have a huge issue with McDonald or Howe today. Not perfect players but solid bodies. Gives Bergman, Ford, Powell types time to develop. Certainly don’t want either in by round 22 2024 but did enough today for ticks.
Also don’t see the need to drop CCJ yet - Comben and Xerri are much better yes but CCJ is a player to be kept around if he’s happy to be depth

Edit: Lazzaro also not up to it.

 

[Masked Avenger]

Best 4 quarter performance for ages.

Eliminate stupid backward kicking, sloppy handballs and inconsistent umpiring, it would have been much tighter.

Kids were great. Senior guys not so much.

 

[Roos92]

We put in 4 quarters and mostly a good effort... just failed to put it on score sheet in first half.
The following could have put on a collingwood jumper and no one would have noticed.
Howe and Mckay
Spicer and Lazzaro run around and try but unfortunately aren't up to it.

Phillips was noticeably good. He maneuvered his way through a good midifield all day.
Greenwood was very strong all day. Great game.
Goldy really put in and was terrific.

You can see its starting to string together a little bit.



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[amaz199]

McKay is a weird one.

Does something ok then does something so incredibly frustrating that it's remarkable how he manages to make his opponent look stronger in the contest.

**** me Cox got him out when he had position. That's just criminal.

 

[Woolly Mammoth]

Honestly I can live with that, didn't put the cue in the rack. Kids showing signs. Bailey Scott

8

Bailey Scott

Age

24

Ht

186cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

4.9

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

1.5

3star

MG

155.6

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

114.8

2star

D

11.8

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.2

3star

MG

171.6

3star

and Stevo have turned it around.

........and Harley Reid, amirite?

 

[ansonholt]

Didn't get blown away. That is a big step up from earlier in the season, and the previous two years.

My boy WiPhi looks like he's becoming the player we want to be. Greenwod very good, needs to stay in. Eddie Ford, same thing. We will get there, I can see it.

 

[Roo202]

Was great how often they took on the tackle and then just dropped it

When you take the emotion out of it, all I want is consistency with how the apply everything, so frustrating, they will always find some technical justification for an isolated decision, but then go the other way with another one where the jumpers are on opposite players!

 

[Passmore]

Same shit, different day with the skills. Didn’t drop their heads which is a tick, I guess.

 

[Moti]

Lazzaro, Howe and Spicer just don’t look up to it.

McKay is playing terribly but he is not a terrible player. Either he is on the way out or there is something else going on.

Ford had a really good first half, Philips had a good 2nd half and Powell stepped up in the last. Both Wardlaw and Sheezel were a class above with ball in hand, both looked a little sore today.

Greenwood was great, Goldy was dominant and Larkey finished well after some pi55 poor efforts in the 1st half.

Still think Cam in the middle needs to be promoted more often.

Solid game all round, but again emphasises the need to get a better mix of run in this team. Even Scott, our best runner, looks like he runs in quick sand against a number of Pies.




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[pickettline]

Larkey finally worked out that he can mark the ball instead of playing for free kicks, Phillips very good, Greenwood a real warrior. The side can play well when the pressure valve gets released but at least the basics are there to build on.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

McDonald really good, Jack a stinker but may be top 3 b and f.

Goldy has to play on.

Scott is locked in. Ford is locked in. Phillips is locked in. Logue is locked in. Obviously George and sheez and jy and LDU.

Starting to come together.


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[koshari]

2 autopsy threads?

Merge

 

[Nylex]

We played really well and would have learnt a lot about the pressure the pies bring. The pies will play in the GF this year.
Positives. Phillips, Griffen Logue, Ford, Curtis, Bergman all tracking well and the consistency of Scott, Zurhaar, Larkey, Simpkin.
Negatives. Spicer no impact, Howe is merely back-up, CCJ couldn’t back up last weeks performance, Lazzaro no impact. Would love to see Tarryn Thomas

26

Tarryn Thomas

Age

24

Ht

190cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.0

3star

K

5.3

2star

HB

5.7

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

3.3

5star

CL

0.9

3star

D

7.8

2star

K

4.0

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

1.3

1star

T

3.2

4star

CL

0.2

2star

D

12.8

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

0.4

3star

take Aaron Halls place at half back

 

[Roo202]

Last two weeks have given us at least a glimmer of the tunnel having light somewhere off in the distance, stick LDU in that midfield in the next few weeks...

 

[Twangler]

Good game overall, I think we’re starting to turn a corner. Really enjoyed watching Eddie Ford’s Phillips’s games today. Hope they continue to back Wardlaw in with more games because the signs are absolutely there.

Bring in solid role players to replace the likes of Spicer and Lazzaro and it would have made for an even better contest,

 

[The Anvil]

McKay is a weird one.

Does something ok then does something so incredibly frustrating that it's remarkable how he manages to make his opponent look stronger in the contest.

* me Cox got him out when he had position. That's just criminal.

Getting outmarked when in front when your main skill is marking, that was horrible.

He also got beaten in a contest at ground level by Cox, no-one should get beaten at ground level by him.

 

[BlueRoos]

I enjoyed that. Heads up after a good crack. We are trending upwards now.

B. Scott - keep it up

Nice to see you back posting on here GM.

 

[kool kangas]

Maybe its a twins thing. Both Mckays are not playing well at the moment..

 

[Jonnoo]

Not overly disappointed as we could easily have been dismantled by 100pts. A few slow burners (like LDU) that give me hope - WP, Eddie and TP. Bailey gets better as the game goes longer. Definitely getting a really good look at who is the future and just need to improve our bottom 6 or so players.

 

[Harris 10]

Shite ball use and bad decision making cost us about 10 goals.

 

[domiroo]

We kick those set shots we’re in it to our eye . Plus umpires pay the obvious frees they missed.

 

[DuckYeah]

content. Not happy not angry. Few things executed better and its closer. Its legitimately turning in real time

 

[DuckYeah]

Maybe its a twins thing. Both Mckays are not playing well at the moment..

Yeh, both overrated as ****, one signed a 7 year deal and the other hasn’t, thank ****

 

[DuckYeah]

We put in 4 quarters and mostly a good effort...

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About 2 and a half quarters. We didn’t give up. Thats the pleasing thing