Autopsy Adelaide d Geelong by 15 points

[Seeds]

He’s very good when fit , he’s just came back into the side if he stays in towards the run to the finals he will be a weapon

Scott selwood is not a player who you would ever call a weopan. He is a battler.

 

[PatrickBateman]

Shit, that's damning.

A midfielder with no tackles is one with a bad attitude on the night, plain and simple. Sorry Joel.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

There were a lot worse than him.

We have too many one paced midfielders and we got cut up on transition. We need to change it up, and he atm is the weakest link.

 

[Baudolino]

Best: PFD, Kelly, Hawkins, Ablett, Stanley.

Worst: Simpson, Buzza, Parfitt, Guthrie, Jones, Menzel.

Our bottom 6-8 were absolutely abysmal tonight, they cost us the game.

 

[CarAttack]

What’s the odds of us beating Melbourne next week and losing to Brisbane the following game ?

 

[JackFlash]

The backline was attrtrouis we really needed another tall in Hendo/Taylor

Wasn’t too bad besides the skill errors and dropped marks

Too many passengers , fatigue and skills errors led to this loss

We have the most over rated backline in the game, not one of them would get a game at Richmond.

 

[mcwilrob]

Is that the season? Good chance we’ll be out of the 8 after the weekend

Yep

 

[Partridge]

I know it's not popular but Menzel - retirement.

He’ll be defended - rustiness or something similar. But it was a carbon copy of his game in the Prelim at the same venue against the same opposition.

Against quality opposition he’s a liability. Can only get the ball if it’s delivered perfectly. Can’t turn and can’t chase. Gets slaughtered by any defender with any mobility at all.

He’ll get back into form against Brisbane. May go ok next week depending on which Melbourne turn up. Will never be dropped anyway.

 

[Seeds]

I don’t necessarily think it’s his fault and I’ll never knock his endeavour. The bloke just can’t see and shouldn’t be playing. Simple as that. Indictment on the MC that they even considered it.

Yep blindness is not his fault. But either is a lack of height in a basketballer. Unfortunately ball sports just aint for him.

 

[bulletproof]

They were all poor but besides perhaps Cram instead of Menzel who else were we supposed to select?

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Cunico for one.

 

[catempire]

What’s the odds of us beating Melbourne next week and losing to Brisbane the following game ?

About 10-1.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Danger was great but he aint breaking lines anymore. Kelly is.

I’m not disagreeing, I completely agree.
I still have Danger BoG comfortably.
Kelly is a star already and will be the best player at the Cats by 2020 if he stays.

 

[ToreadorMarch]

Disasterous selections. Menzel, Buzza and Simpson (and Cam Guthrie in the backline) completely cost us the game.

But who plays? Surely not Taylor, murdoch and parsons. What are our actual options.

 

[RegHickeyStand]

Buzza
Guthrie
Menzel
Simpson

Absolutely putrid tonight.

Thrown in when hot.

 

[Seeds]

I thought that he played great actually.

Where are all those supporters who wanted him kicked out of the club so we could put games into buzza now? So few defended him.

 

[Frappe]

Our defence made some critical errors, however, considering how the ball was allowed to be brought in at times didn't help. Some interesting match-ups at times. Tuohy looked like he was on Lynch in the 3/4 - not sure why.

I'm in favour of either Taylor or Henderson (not both) coming back in to shore things up.

 

[bulletproof]

But who plays? Surely not Taylor, murdoch and parsons. What are our actual options.

Crameri, Henderson, Cunico.

 

[The Casey Cat]

This Geelong group = biggest waste of a team in football history

Complete lack of team cohesion.

Scott abs the coaches to blame.

No success in the near or medium term for this mob until something big changes in the club. But it won’t.

We just aren't prepared to ask the hard questions of ourselves and haven't been for some time. As said Cook knows he shouldn't be there any more. We are complacent at the top and it shows.

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[Isaac Norm Smith]

Where are those posters saying we'd win by 10-goals? I can't believe those people. This game was always going to be very difficult. I thought we tried our guts out, the intensity was there and we certainly had a crack and never gave up. Our defence looked vulnerable, but the way the Crows easily transitioned the ball from their backline to their forward line with ease did not make being a Cats defender easy tonight. Laird had 43 disposals. Wow. Basic skill errors cost us dearly, dropped marks, terrible kicking execution at times etc.

Menzel was always going to be rusty, he has missed so much footy and was extremely unlikely to have an impact in his first game back. Buzza was just horrendous, I have little faith in him but tonight was just a nightmare for him and that can happen to anyone I guess. I thought Ablett was pretty good tonight and typically worked his way into the contest. Hawkins was simply outstanding and Narkle is going to be something special. We aren't a top 4 side and we aren't good enough to be a serious contender. I think we need to accept that now, most realistic people probably have. That's okay, just enjoy the wins as they come and if we can sneak into the 8, which I suspect we will, lets hope we can at least win one final and be competitive in another. If we don't make the 8, lets look at the positives - higher first round pick in a very, very good draft. Disappointing night overall, but hardly a surprise in the scheme of things.

 

[Cronin]

Somehow we continue to make these out of form sides that will miss the 8 look like top 4 sides. Essendon, Bulldogs and now the Crows. Granted while the Crows have been putrid away they have been ok at home.

Hawkins is on absolute fire at the moment and all he needs is another marking target up forward and we just can't seem to find one. I thought Menz who seemed to be miss judging the flight of the ball early would improve but he actually got worse and like HT last week become a liability by the 4th qtr.

Like last year our bottom 6 hold us back too much. Our stars carried us tonight but we're just exposed with this many <50 gamers and it will only be more obvious if we make finals.

I hate losing Thursday night games, makes for a long Friday.

Probably because we're not that good ourselves

 

[hoopla]

The only saving grace is that flog Walker will get at least weeks on the sidelines for his dirty hit on Tuohy.

If that was Hawkins ironing out someone then it’d be a 4 week suspension. Tex will only get 2 maximum.

 

[ToreadorMarch]

Not good enough to get a game in the midfield with the calibre of mids we have now, not that he was ever any good there either. He's all but useless.

We need to be like the Pies and refuse to pick players who don't pressure, tackle, work hard defensively. Too many softies running around atm.

Guthrie works hard. Always has and in fairness has often been asked to do a job that the team needs. Not great tonight but think he has earnt a bit over the years

 

[InnocentBystandr]

Despite having over 100 points kicked against us, I thought our defensive unit functioned pretty well. Their goals seemed to come from kick-in errors (Guthrie!), or mid-field turn-overs (from dropped simple marks) where our defenders were out of position.

 

[Seeds]

But who plays? Surely not Taylor, murdoch and parsons. What are our actual options.

Crows deserved the win. It could be argued that the cats lost it with skill errors.

Buzza had a shocker but he hasn’t played for a long time.

Guthrie made some shocking skill errors that cost multiple goals. He did improve though.

Menzel tried to work his opponent under the ball too often. He also hasn’t played for 10 weeks or so.

Kelly...brilliant.

Narkle is so clean with his ball handling. He’s going to be a star.

Danger was fantastic.

Ablett has a mixed game. He should have had more shots on goal though.

A few negatives and some positives. Some umpiring errors but they worked both ways.

Buzza played vfl last week and afl a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Pollywaffle]

errors! errors! errors! errors! errors! sack the skills coaches asap!

I dont think we have any..