Autopsy Best and worst vs Sydney round 5, changes for Melbourne Anzac Day eve

[CASEYS9420]

Seriously question, why the insults when all I posted was my opinion on a player?

Who are you dropping when Broad comes back?

 

[Hoos]

I missed him pulling out of a marking contest. Must have happened when I was in the backyard smoking a spliff.

Well, maybe pulling out is a tad harsh. He went up for a mark but went one handed and didn't really look like he was trying to mark it.

Or maybe it was the result of the spliff that I'd smoked at 3/4 time.

 

[tigerfan1961]

Who are you dropping when Broad comes back?

A defender more than likely. Honestly haven’t thought that far ahead, but I think Broad is a huge out as he, Grimes and Vlastuin combine so well as a unit. Just imo

 

[lumpinee]

One word for that … and it’s the same that can be applied to some of our fans …. Arrogance!
We haven’t been the best team since 2020 yet some are still deluded in thinking we are and carry on as if we are.
Vlastuin is a key example. Has become arrogant. To borrow from T-shirt Tommy - get back to being a back pocket plumber. He sets a horrible example whereas once he was the model.
Sorry, Cotch is cooked. Even slow blokes run away from him and leave him in their dust.
Haven’t learned a thing. Smashed in clearances, smashed at stoppages.
Just roll the sleeves up and get back to work. Too few prepared to do the hard work!

yep,absolutely agree with all that,me thinks not just Cotch but maybe 4-5 of his more experienced comrades are thinking along the lines of 'this maybe a bridge too far' at the moment as well.
Do u reckon the oldies have realised the reality before the fans and thats what we're seeing ?

 

[Hoos]

Who are you dropping when Broad comes back?

Grimes.

 

[tigerfan1961]

yep,agree with all that,me thinks not just Cotch but maybe 4-5 of his more experienced comrades are thinking along the lines of 'this maybe a bridge too far' at the moment as well.
Do u reckon the oldies have realised the reality before the fans and thats what we're seeing ?

I think what we are seeing is a lack of a decent system, along with stability in the side. Have serious doubts about how we are trying to play and move the ball but in the last 2 games, even the Pies game, we looked really good when we got on a roll. Just need to consistently produce that type of fast ball movement that enabled us to get on top.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

It’s not just how many ‘best-22’ are out, it’s when the first choice replacements are out also that kills you.

Our best 2 pure defenders are out : Tarrant and Broad. Then next in line Gibcus is out. So that’s 3 costly outs.

Our best ruck is out: Nank. Our first choice good quality replacement Soldo is out. That’s 5 costly outs.

Then Lynch, Graham and Short are out, which makes 8 costly outs.

So yeah, don’t expect any top quality consistent footy any time soon as I don’t think any are due back next week.


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Start of the year i said Lynch was out most important player.
Shudder to think what lies ahead.

 

[Rubber Hips]

Keep playing the kids, let’s find out what we got.

I’d like to see some of our other draftees given a go, banks, Browne (when fit), and even Bauer or bradtke.

We will send off some absolute legends of our club at the end of the year, time to start thinking future.

Bauer was pretty solid down back for the VFL last night…

 

[Punt Road Feral]

Still shits me that Papsmear had a day out.

He was close to WOG last year in the biggest game that matters.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Wtf are people saying? Balta is a lock. He's a gun. Yes he makes some errors but he has been our best defender at actually defending all yes at by a mile.

He's clearly a gun defender and is an option on offence. Probably at least a b grade rance.

Look more around him. He has a washed Vlastuin, grimes, no Broad, no second "big" like Astbury or Tarant. Plus smalls like Baker and Rioli who realm can't offer much aerial support. We ask alot of him. Imagine if we were reliant on Miller or Garthwaite. We'd be ****ed

Oh please.A gun?
He's an athlete playing football.
Gets out positioned on a regular basis.
Its not as if he was surrounded by Turkeys early on in his career.
What has he learnt?Nothing.

 

[Forensi Tiger]

Remember in the pre season how good our team looked on paper? Was hard to fit in all our gun players.

 

[tugga]

Well who are you dropping? and dont say Ralphsmith because that's insane, they're not like for like and Ralphsmiths been great.

Hugo has been good (dogs) to woeful (every other game)

 

[Wooden Robot]

yep,absolutely agree with all that,me thinks not just Cotch but maybe 4-5 of his more experienced comrades are thinking along the lines of 'this maybe a bridge too far' at the moment as well.
Do u reckon the oldies have realised the reality before the fans and thats what we're seeing ?

Reckon the coach/coaches failed to read the room.
We had a bloke called Edwards who was awful for two years but we ‘had to’ get him to 300.
He was cooked and sadly a liability, but it set a precedent in that we were too scared to make the ‘right’ call.
They’ll do it again with Cotch.
I feel for #9 .. he’s literally trying his guts out but he just can’t keep up and watching blokes pull away from him with ease is soul destroying.
We have to stop thinking we’ve got 27yo Dusty back, and we’ve got 26yo Prestia and 27yo Grimes, they’ve aged and slowed.
I’m ok with bringing if I’m Taranto and Hopoer, but do they inject skill and pace. No.
They are accumulators.
And yes, I’m sure as some have said Vlas andthe like are phoning it in … yep, a bridge too far!

 

[Wooden Robot]

Remember in the pre season how good our team looked on paper? Was hard to fit in all our gun players.

Because everyone acted as if they were all in their prime.
The wear and tear was evident last year and two years ago, but everyone thought players would just defy reality and return to 2019 versions of themselves.
Been happening on this board for years.
You take your hat off to blokes like Grigg and Rance who call it correctly.

 

[TigFan1966]

Dusty has done * all for the money he is currently on - he looks disinterested

He has plenty of mates at the moment, we need something to liven them up and a new plan IMHO. Look at the Saints, playing like world beaters, they have purpose and inent, something we seem to have lost lately.

 

[CASEYS9420]

Hugo has been good (dogs) to woeful (every other game)

Thats such a strong statement, you're very brave but it has nothing to do with my original post.

 

[Herbiehammer]

Out coached, undisciplined, Lazy Skill Errors, Cant Tackle, Stars Past it, but we will all be there next week even though it could be ugly

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Yeah. Of those the only one I'd be confident of us winning is the West Coast game. I can see us losing the rest (GC, Geelong, Port, GWS, Freo, St Kilda) the way we're going.

If we win only one more game this year.Let it be against Geelong.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Imagine what Grundy is going to do to Ryan next Monday night.

Are we gonna score?

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

once again Jack Ross will be overlooked

Another plodder with poor footskills.

 

[djspank]

We will loose Dreamtime against the Crack Addicts this year sadly

 

[tugga]

Thats such a strong statement, you're very brave but it has nothing to do with my original post.

Ok. I’d drop Ralphsmith

 

[thebigdust]

I think its important to remember that we haven't had massive changes like Hopper and Taranto for a very long time, they are 2 players that come in and are in our top 5 straight away.

 

[STRUGGLETOWN EST1885]

If we win only one more game this year.Let it be against Geelong.

This. For me , it's the only game that matters against those arrogant f......

 

[tunksy]

So many skill errors even before the rain.

Couldn’t take a mark to save ourselves.

Soul destroying watching it live knowing we were never in it from the start. They’d always get out the back for an easy answer when we did get a goal.

Fumbles and missing targets everywhere.