Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 3 - Freo v Crows Fri March 29th 7:30pm AEDT/4:30pm WST (OS)

[Freo]

lot of media pundits had the crows as top 8 likely and top 4 potential

seems theyre not functioning well, their forwardline has gone from best in the league to pretty average

what changed?

Correction, their forward line was smashed by Fremantle's backs

 

[Purple Jesus]

Both teams are woeful

Rich coming from the Edge.

 

[Freomaniac]

Crows missing finals again then

If that's the case, then it's 7 years in a row of no finals.

Their previous record was 3 years from 1994-6

 

[Red Bull]

If that's the case, then it's 7 years in a row of no finals.

Their previous record was 3 years from 1994-6

And this Neanderthal is still running the show …

 

[Osho]

Unpopular opinion.
Freo's defence and structures are pretty damn good. Skills and smoother linking from back to front will come, it's still early in the season. They have good talent across the park. They'll be very good when it starts clicking. Fancy winning by 6 goals operating at 75%.

 

[Osho]

lot of media pundits had the crows as top 8 likely and top 4 potential

seems theyre not functioning well, their forwardline has gone from best in the league to pretty average

what changed?

One thing that han't changed, vast majority of pundits are plain wrong, the average punter using their own observations and shawn of bias for their own team can do just fine making assessments of teams fortunes. The AFL is run by shysters, and commentated on by potatos.

 

[joe444]

From the AFL website:
FREMANTLE coach Justin Longmuir

Justin Longmuir

Age

43

Ht

196cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

7.0

2star

K

3.6

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

has declared there is significant improvement left in his in-form group if they ... embrace the "boredom and monotony" of the season ahead.

Says it all, really.

 

[chaddy22]

Freo fans would be happy 3-0,
Deplorable standard of skills.
Time will tell how good Freo is as the opposition Freo have faced have been poor.

 

[Andyy]

so Freo have beaten

Lions 0 wins
North 0 wins
Crows 0 wins

right?

What a silly post.

Lions are expected to be top 4 again.

We know North stinks.

Crows on the rebuild too but you can only beat who you're fixtured to play lol.

 

[joe444]

Crows on the rebuild too but you can only beat who you're fixtured to play lol.

Just out of interest, what did you mean by writing lol at the end. Always fascinated me.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Man the crows are shit

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Freo fans would be happy 3-0,
Deplorable standard of skills.
Time will tell how good Freo is as the opposition Freo have faced have been poor.

Does this logic also apply to GWS, Port and Carlton?

 

[Piggy Smalls]

so Freo have beaten

Lions 0 wins
North 0 wins
Crows 0 wins

right?

You do realise Carlton and Port’s opponents this season are all winless too? A percentage of 140 plus indicates we are doing what good sides do and beating lower ranked sides comfortably.

 

[Wojcinski]

I like his hair

it was more the eyebrows that piqued my curiosity

 

[Polly]

lol what is the point you are even trying to make?

Yes how dare Fremantle beat the teams they are scheduled to play. What a bizarre argument you are trying to make.

Rod’s looking ahead to when Nth Melbourne play Nth Melbourne for their first win.

 

[Andyy]

Just out of interest, what did you mean by writing lol at the end. Always fascinated me.

That's me having a giggle at the annual 'yes you're undefeated but who have you beaten that's any good' that we get when a few teams go 3-0 and the mobs they've beaten are usually 0-3 or 1-2 haha.

I mean seriously we're not even 4 rounds into the year so it's difficult to gauge form for the year ahead and people like to pot a side that starts well.

You can only beat the teams you're fixtured to play so after 3 rounds of course they're going to look ordinary on the ladder.

Freo has started well so good on them.

 

[hoss]

Low scoring must have been torrential rain at perf

Very scared about what dockers will do to us on a dry track next week

It's all relative. Percentage seems pretty good to me.

On Pixel 7 using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[chaddy22]

Does this logic also apply to GWS, Port and Carlton?

GWS are light years ahead of the Dockers at the moment. Port and Carlton still playing better footy than the Dockers.
We will see at the end of the year but i expect all three to finish ahead of the Dockers. The Dockers will have to improve a lot otherwise i see them finishing 8-12 especially as they have a lot better teams to play who are in real form and not playing a half or three quarters of footy.

 

[Sully90]

From the AFL website:
FREMANTLE coach Justin Longmuir has declared there is significant improvement left in his in-form group if they ... embrace the "boredom and monotony" of the season ahead.

Says it all, really.

Yeah you need to read the full quote. Not just cherry pick the line that suits you best.

 

[TheLastCall]

Does this logic also apply to GWS, Port and Carlton?

Freo have beaten three teams that beat us last year. Does that make our 3-0 sound better.

Sure North are crap for 1/2 their games. Not sure what is wrong with Brisbane, and our defence killed Adelaide. We can only play the teams in front of us.
Next week against Carltank will be a good judge of where we are. At least we won’t be coming off consecutive six day breaks.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

GWS are light years ahead of the Dockers at the moment. Port and Carlton still playing better footy than the Dockers.
We will see at the end of the year but i expect all three to finish ahead of the Dockers. The Dockers will have to improve a lot otherwise i see them finishing 8-12 especially as they have a lot better teams to play who are in real form and not playing a half or three quarters of footy.

Carlton won two games by less than a kick and beat up on North yesterday. They haven’t put a four quarter effort together either yet reading the drivel on Big Footy and the idiots in the media you’d think they’ve got top 4 in the bag.

I don’t mind us being perennially underrated but the lack of respect for a team that won a final 18 months ago and has started this season with the best defence in the league does spin me out compared to the praise other teams that have also effectively achieved nothing get.

 

[Rod Stroker]

What a silly post.

Lions are expected to be top 4 again.

We know North stinks.

Crows on the rebuild too but you can only beat who you're fixtured to play lol.

Another nuffy who can't deal with facts.

Yes, you can only beat who you're fixtured to play. In Freo's case, they've had the good fortune of playing teams that haven't won a game all year.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Another nuffy who can't deal with facts.

Yes, you can only beat who you're fixtured to play. In Freo's case, they've had the good fortune of playing teams that haven't won a game all year.

We’ve also kept the two highest scoring teams from last season to a combined 103 points.

 

[Rod Stroker]

We’ve also kept the two highest scoring teams from last season to a combined 103 points.

You also allowed the worst team of the last 5 years to kick 50 points in 40 mins

 

[fnerd]

You also allowed the worst team of the last 5 years to kick 50 points in 40 mins

We felt sorry for them