AFL Autopsy 50 point loss to West Coast

[Kakkle]

Starting to care less and less about this football club. Not even finding myself frustrated or angry anymore. Just don't care. We've been mediocre for 10 years, and there is nothing to indicate we're going to change that.

Merrett was our best, Stanton tried hard all day, as did Heppell. Honourable mentions to Gwilt, Hurley, Edwards & Fantasia.

Chapman should not be playing seniors.Play him in the VFL for the rest of the reason. I'd give him a farewell game in our last game against Collingwood.

Meh.

 

[Nasty Penguin]

Both players we picked up to "fill that gap" are being found out. Cooney and Chapman where both crap. Chapman is stealing game time from younger talent and same goes for Cooney.

With Myers, Zaka, Hocking, McKernan and Windalich to come after the bye sees us being much better with the ball in hand. Still unsure a if it fixes our delivery inside 50.

Kav disappointed today pretty much unsighted.
More games for Edwards please!!!!

 

[Doss]

Yep Llyod and Lucas days and it looks like not changing any ******* time.

Mate. Please.

'Lloyd'.

 

[theboxmike]

How do we go from such an attacking mindset(2012), to such a boring dull, lethargic one. We have gone from having Thompson and Goodwin to Craig and Neeld ffs, who's idea was it to hire those losers?

 

[xMichaelx]

Positives
Merrett had his best game for the club
Gwilt was solid in defence and far from our worst
Will be the last game we go in without a ruckman

That's what we said against Adelaide '09...

 

[Phone]

 

[TheFrenchCut]

I don't get why you're all paying out Hirdy's coaching. He's one of the best dream team coaches around.

 

[2one2]

Mate. Please.

'Lloyd'.

Yeah I've forgiven a lot of shit but Llyod is just about too far

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Mate. Please.

'Lloyd'.

Spell error ooops.

 

[2one2]

We lost by 8 goals to an in form west coast over there. It sucks we couldn't take some more opportunities but I'm not going to burn the house down over it

 

[CaloundraClown]

Melksham tagged Shuey and did a good job in the first half before we went more attacking.

After last week that isn't enough, unless we have no one to do his job better....

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Don't think I'll be going to Hawks v Essendon.

 

[Loonerty]

We lost by 8 goals

This should never be acceptable with the side we put out.

 

[DapperDon]

To be fair. Llyod would probably be better forward at the moment and he doesn't even exist.

 

[The Prosecutor]

My eyes have been opened today.

Our forward line is not our biggest problem.

How a team can have 290+ uncontested disposals (412 total) and only generate 35 inside 50's is an indictment on the coaching staff and the midfield.

 

[gPhonque]

When was the last time we had a functioning forward line.
Surely it can't be the Lloyd/Lucas days?

Wow.

We always looked dangerous when Reimers was in the team...

Go on, hurl abuse at me, but I'm right.

 

[Big Fresh]

How do we go from such an attacking mindset(2012), to such a boring dull, lethargic one. We have gone from having Thompson and Goodwin to Craig and Neeld ffs, who's idea was it to hire those losers?

Neither of those guys are responsible for the gameplan at all.

 

[Phone]

This should never be acceptable with the side we put out.

I'm more concerned by the scoring 6 goals thing

 

[Autobahn]

That Creedance Clearwater Revival song goes perfectly with this

 

[mike14]

Weren't a lot of winners today. Merrett was excellent, Edwards looked good on debut, Gwilt looked the best I've seen him for a while and Watson and Stanton looked more engaged than they have in a while. Bags was good to.

Our skills are shit, our decision making is poor and we don't seem to be able to react to what the opposition plan is after the game has started.
2 games outside the eight with the Hawks up next. Time to start bringing in the kids along with Zaka, Myers, Hocking and moving on some of the senior citizens

 

[Ashton Agar]

Feeling so demoralised about football now. It's a shame as I was enjoying this AFL season until a few weeks ago...

 

[Sanj48]

Love it - each goal we score is so much more special to me because I know I'll only see a maximum of another 2, at best, for the rest of the quarter.

 

[Jobe Watson]

Put someone, I don't care who, on the LTI list so we can get McKernan into this team. Or do we get a free ugrade after R12? Either way, get Smack into the seniors.

Carlisle ****ed in the ruck but we all knew that would happen.

Forward line non-functioning but we all knew that would happen.

WCE open all over the ground, we ****ed around with the ball as usual and put ourselves under pressure, and our disposal is horrible. 412 disposals for 6 goals.

Get Cooney out of the team.

 

[DapperDon]

My eyes have been opened today.

Our forward line is not our biggest problem.

How a team can have 290+ uncontested disposals (412 total) and only generate 35 inside 50's is an indictment on the coaching staff and the midfield.

Exactly right. Ball movement is our biggest problem. We are not running near hard enough nor creating options.

Slow flat footed midfield that can't kick.

Bring in young and see what they have. Playing the same olds is killing any future we have.

 

[yaco55]

Fumbling and poor skills stopped any chance of winning.

Were always going to struggle with Ambrose and JD as the two talls.

Changes for next week . You can be certain that fletcher, Winderlich and McKernan will return. It's a matter of whether they will include 1 or 2 younger players. I suspect Chapman has played his last game.