Autopsy Adelaide d Geelong by 15 points

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Anyone who thinks we have the best backline in the league has rocks in their head. We desperately need either Henderson or Taylor or both back there. Don’t care who comes out, just need some experience and class in at least one of the key defensive posts.

Helps when we put pressure on the ball carrier further up the field. Adelaide were just waltzing it out of our forward line all game. With both Buzza and Menzel coming in, we had two less players providing defensive pressure.
 
Laird with 43 of the cheapest touches you will ever see, no pressure. Danger was great 33 and 3, Gaz was ok but is past it.
Laird had no pressure on his touches because no one applied any pressure to him. He did as he pleased and was a reason why they destroyed us on the rebound so badly.
 

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Out: Simpson, Buzza, Scooter, Jones

- Dangerfield was very good tonight.
- Hawkins is our most important player. Brilliant again, our best.
- Joel well held.
- just cannot find a mix that can consistently give us forward pressure.
- Narkle really has some special traits and one to watch for the future.
- Guthrie bad tonight. Just some truly shocking turnovers.
- Bews bitched Betts once more.

End of the day, merely making up the numbers this season.
 
You would be hoping that Brian Cook blasts the shit out of the AFL for the fixture. Would Eddie stand for the Pies traveling interstate two weeks running?
Not that it really matters, Geelong are only a mid table team anyway, but they sure do need all the help they can get.
Pathetic tonight, some very strange selections. Just a few weeks to go before the end of the season...i'll be glad when the torture is over!
 

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Thought Gibbs was very influential. Duncan was a fair bit off, or just was poor defensively. I don't like having Duncan in a half back or half forward role; he mostly only runs one way.

This is the issue with all clubs, your bottom 4-6 will define whether you win or lose. Tonight we had 4 absolute mares. Though I thought Guthrie got going in the last with plenty of run.

Stanley. Great game. Though annoying that in the last when we needed to contest the ruck, we had an onballer taking it. Either poor communication from the coaches, or there wasn't any on the ground.

Blitz was superb again. Thought he held up the defence, only one bad miss kick. Didn't cost anything though.

Bews had his moments, but kept Eddie goaless I thought.

Some things to work on. Frustrating, but what can you do
 
Guthrie should never get a game in the backline again.
Simpson is not ready for AFL yet
Buzza needs to be put back in the twos
Give Crameri a game at FF/HFF
Menzel will take a few weeks
Please give us a Ratagolea miracle
Danger was great
Stanley beat Sauce easily
Kelly was really good
Narkle was good
Scott Selwood played a solid defensive game
Too many errors from players that don't usually make them
Even Stuart, Blicavs, J.Selwood, Parfitt
Where was the composure
Bews beat Betts
Ablett was ok
The rest was very average
Henderson back next week with Taylor
McCarthy and Cockatoo back and the team will resemble a composed team again
Maybe Cunico again in the short term too
 
To get that close, kicking 97, playing that badly is something of a positive. Can’t remember so many dropped marks and missed kicks by a Geelong side. How often did we miss targets trying to kick off one step??
 
It's on him as much as anyone. Guy needs to get out of self-preservation mode and start chasing and tackling. As a senior player, he's setting a poor standard for the younger players and if he can't commit to the defensive side of his game, then he shouldn't be in the side.
Equal 3rd for tackles tonight (with 5). Could probably chase harder though, agreed.
 
We just haven't nailed that second tall to support Hawkins! Parsons, Buzza, Black are for the tip! Crameri is past it (what the bloody hell's happen to him anyway) Taylor doesn't belong their.
That bulldogs match is gonna come back and bite, few games at home still to come which we should win but it's gonna be touch and go making finals now. Would be nice to make it but meh.. we ain't gonna be a threat if we do, We are just not good enough just an OK team!
 
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Out: Simpson, Buzza, Scooter, Jones

- Dangerfield was very good tonight.
- Hawkins is our most important player. Brilliant again, our best.
- Joel well held.
- just cannot find a mix that can consistently give us forward pressure.
- Narkle really has some special traits and one to watch for the future.
- Guthrie bad tonight. Just some truly shocking turnovers.
- Bews bitched Betts once more.

End of the day, merely making up the numbers this season.
I agree on scooter. Commentators talked him up but he looked very average at times.
 
Um kelly? Had a couple of bad kicks but sh** his ability to win the ball and then break lines was phenomenal. We lose by 8 goals without kelly. Easily our best.

He was very good but Danger was better.
33 and 3 to go with 10 tackles and 8 clearances vs 28/1 and 3 tackles.
Stanley can finish off our top 3.
 
Our game can be summed up by Parfitt’s out on the full in the last. Cats turned it on when the game was almost over and looked unstoppable, then more and more skill errors...
 

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