Game Day AFL R2 vs Gold Coast @ Metricon 5:40pm AWST 13 June 2020

[Cuzz09]

NicNat shouldve had 100 hit outs and 80 million marks v shit witt

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[HoneyBadger35]

Gaff only 1 possession and 2 goals away from my prediction so I’ll call that a win

Liam Ryan was my prediction, and he finished with 0.4 and a scoreless snap from the goal square. Four of the five were absolute gimmes.

The logic was sound and the result was ****ing disgusting.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

NicNat shouldve had 100 hit outs and 80 million marks v shit witt

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That'll be the Jarrod Witts who averaged more hitouts per game last year than anyone in AFL history?

Criminally underrated ruckman.

 

[Doashuey]

So heavy dew. Slippy game them. If we're as rusty as everyone else seems to be it could be a sh*tshow...

Picked it.

 

[frenchconnection]

I don't strongly disagree with this comment, based on tonight's performance...

That could almost describe the whole team going on tonight's lack of effort - one day Brander will get selected when the team plays well as a whole. IMO many of the players played lazy football tonight and perhaps thought they had won the match before the first bounce.

 

[Nuke Fremantle]

I don't believe they are.


Those losses were against superior opponents (the Bulldogs won the premiership 3 weeks later) and the quality of the squad at hand was not as good as what was available tonight.

In 2017 we had a midfield based around two players who were aged 32 and 35 respectively; problems late in matches were not wholly unexpected.

Tonight we had a near best available team playing - from a squad that is generally considered to be the strongest in the competition on paper.


Regardless of how good the kids may be, Gold Coast had lost 19 straight matches for a reason.


Yet we witnessed a team that is meant to be in premiership contention giving up when they were outworked by a younger, less experienced opponent.

There were no rallies, no fightbacks. They just stopped trying and let themselves become intimidated by the wooden spooners.


That is what makes this result so terrible.

As bad as tonight was, it remains to be seen how costly it proves to be this year. The instances in 2016 and 2017 I mentioned proved to be enormously damaging. Throw in last year's 'efforts' at the SCG and Round 23 against Hawthorn as well.

 

[Dylan82]

Has WC won a night game in QLD? If yes when was the last one and what's the record since? Also during that time what is the record of day games

Had a look into this - it doesn't read well either.



Since 2000, West Coast have played 21 matches in Queensland - 11 during the day and 10 at night.

The contrast between the two is quite shocking:

• Day Matches: 9-2 (81.8% Win)
• Night Matches: 2-7-1 (20% Win)

Considering two of the next three matches are at night in Qld, that record is very concerning.

 

[amazingjoshy]

^ Was an incredibly strange call by the club.

Hard to argue with facts

 

[Double the Fist]

Two words

holyfeckenshite thatwasdiabolicalsimmo.

 

[PremiershipNo4]

I've just woken up and made myself a coffee, as I look out the window I can confirm that - Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. - Lyndon B. Johnson

 

[Biggie]

Ok peeps, it’s time we move the discussion to positive (lol?) and negative thread

Review - Positives and Negatives vs Gold Coast

Gold Coast are a lot better than we actually thought, they smashed the Cats and Crows in the pre season matches but probably had to tone down their pressure and got smashed by Port for doing so. They had relentless pressure coming at us and we're as always soo trash in the wet and slippery...

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