Autopsy Dogs apparently NOT out coached again... but still find a way to lose 78 v 73

[Munnez]

Our forwards were disappointing

Did we have any forwards out there today? It was just a Taylor Master class in intercept marking. No pressure on him at any stage

 

[Dog 36]

My model now has us playing an elimination final against GWS in Sydney, if that ends up being true that means just 3 of our 13 finals in the Bevo era have been in Melbourne.

How many games have you is winning?

Which ones?

 

[Oliver G]

How many games have you is winning?

Which ones?

Beating West Coast and Hawthorn with a chance against Richmond. Currently got us on 12.4 wins.

 

[hutchy31]

Many of us here will remember Year of the Dogs and Alan Joyce throwing up his hands during another poor game saying 'I can't kick it for you' which was basically saying he had run out of ideas and had run his race.

I feel like today's 'Still trying to process it' is the 2023 version.

If our coach can't immediately figure out what went wrong today, then we're screwed.

In what world does a professional coach watch GWS kick their first 3-4 goals of the third quarter and not make a move to prevent (or at least try to prevent) the last two goals of that term? Wtaf is happening in the coaching box?

It’s unfathomable.

 

[Dogs Rule]

In what world does a professional coach watch GWS kick their first 3-4 goals of the third quarter and not make a move to prevent (or at least try to prevent) the last two goals of that term? Wtaf is happening in the coaching box?

It’s unfathomable.

The answer is we have a stubborn, immoveable, very poor game day coach, surrounded by a bunch of on the cheap assistants who either don't have the smarts to know how to fix our problems or don't have the guts to speak up so are effectively yes men.

Sooner the club takes the broom to the coaching box the better.

 

[Doggy]

The answer is we have a stubborn, immoveable, very poor game day coach, surrounded by a bunch of on the cheap assistants who either don't have the smarts to know how to fix our problems or don't have the guts to speak up so are effectively yes men.

Sooner the club takes the broom to the coaching box the better.

Isn't Webb going this year

 

[Libbaaaa]

Will catch up on the entire thread later but plunking Lobb down back instead of Naughton is an all time boneheaded move.

Also add this to the “should have won” case file along with the Suns, Port, Geelong, Swans etc… Like I’ve said all along, these losses prove we are not a good side at all.

 

[Oliver G]

Daniel didn't play any of the last qtr.

Smith spent the first half of it on the bench.

This would suggest that they both went into the last qtr injured.

We were down two and possibly more rotations if Smith had to return to the field injured.

Its little wonder that we got run over in the end.

Just to clear this up both Daniel and Smith started Q4 on the bench with them both coming on with our first rotations of the quarter in the 10th minute.

Smith played out the quarter on the ground while Daniel went off in the 25th minute and spent the last 8 minutes of the match on the bench with Lobb and Weightman.

 

[Munnez]

Arguably that comes down to the coach moving players, the wrong players when it mattered, to adapt and stem the flow.

Bevo has run into the same issue Hardwick no new ideas on how too cook the sausage a different way. Plan A is alright when it's up and about Plan B has no legs pale imitation of AFL standard that is how we end up eviscerated!!

 

[maddog37]

Just to clear this up both Daniel and Smith started Q4 on the bench with them both coming on with our first rotations of the quarter in the 10th minute.

Smith played out the quarter on the ground while Daniel went off in the 25th minute and spent the last 8 minutes of the match on the bench with Lobb and Weightman.

Caleb was exposed for leg speed a bit today imho.

 

[MaxiBont]

Adelaide, Gold Coast and Carlton proving the premiership is wide open this year - we are throwing away a great chance to contend for a flag because we can't hold a ****ing 5 goal lead. Ridiculous

 

[Libba39]

The Giants smalls got out the back and kicked them back in the 3rd. s**t coaching to not address it and drop the players back. Especially when they were defending a breeze. Instead he threw one of the tallest man on the list whose never played full back before on one of the Giants that kicked a bag in a quarter.

I'd appreciate your insight into the s**t coaching that got us 35 points up too...

 

[fred cook]

I'd appreciate your insight into the s**t coaching that got us 35 points up too...

uh the Dogs 35 points up and lose the game I think I have heard that story before

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[Libba39]

I think we all understand that coaching has nothing to do with the injuries to two kpds in the space of15 minutes or missing straightforward shots. But don’t you concede that coaching may play a role in losing to all top eight opponents bar one this year, or losing to teams below us on the ladder regularly and also no improvement in stopping scoring run ins?

Unlike many on here, i don't rate our list that highly.

Look at our bottom 6 today - Poulter, Gardner, Scott, Vandermeer, Bruce, Cleary.

Throw in an inconsistent Smith, a still developing Ugle-Hagan, first game back for JJ and its no wonder we aren't winning.

Then consider the fact that we lost Dunkley and Hunter in the off-season and this list is B-grade at best.

 

[Libbaaaa]

Grub Greene is a gun but he did even have to do anything amazing today, he was always on his own with 5m of space. Also English is becoming a fantasy first player, way more impact in the fantasy world than in the actual game.

 

[tonzdogs]

Another game where people a losing the plot for a narrow loss where injuries cost us structurally. Not just the defensive unit structure but in terms of rotations, covering two players that would have played 100% time on ground. Incredible...

So the coach puts a slow ruckman to full back

 

[GetDimmaBack]

As a rule, a few hours after a loss sees me fairly relaxed and philosophical. Next week...

Tonight, it's different.

I cannot get past the frustration of losing the way we did. It's just stuck in my craw.

How many times can we give up a lead like that?

Why can't we shut them down, slow the tempo a bit, take the initiative back, hold some ground [insert relevant cliche here]...?

A one off aberration like the Saints debacle in 2015, okay I'll cop it.

But this, over and over?

 

[maddog37]

Grub Greene is a gun but he did even have to do anything amazing today, he was always on his own with 5m of space. Also English is becoming a fantasy first player, way more impact in the fantasy world than in the actual game.

Thought English was very good today. Very good.

 

[dergert]

I maintain that Bailey Dale

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Bailey Dale

Age

28

Ht

188cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

1.6

4star

MG

117.4

2star

D

9.0

2star

K

5.1

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

1.7

3star

MG

117.4

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.4

2star

T

2.0

4star

got Greene into the game with the holding free which resulted in a goal.

 

[Dogs Rule]

As a rule, a few hours after a loss sees me fairly relaxed and philosophical. Next week...

Tonight, it's different.

I cannot get past the frustration of losing the way we did. It's just stuck in my craw.

How many times can we give up a lead like that?

Why can't we shut them down, slow the tempo a bit, take the initiative back, hold some ground [insert relevant cliche here]...?

A one off aberration like the Saints debacle in 2015, okay I'll cop it.

But this, over and over?

But nothing gets done about it. Not a thing.

In the end, it's what the club is prepared to accept. Clearly the club is happy to accept the sort of garbage served up today and for the past two years.

 

[SonOfScray]

Bitterly disappoinoting.

The team aren’t presenting at all like one we as fans have typically been proud of. They aren’t stoic, physical or dogged at all.

They wilt.

 

[Libbaaaa]

Thought English was very good today. Very good.

He was, like most of the team up to 52-17. Zero influence after that despite Briggs barely moving.

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

Grub Greene is a gun but he did even have to do anything amazing today, he was always on his own with 5m of space. Also English is becoming a fantasy first player, way more impact in the fantasy world than in the actual game.

English was fantastic. Don’t know how anyone could see it differently.

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

I maintain that Bailey Dale got Greene into the game with the holding free which resulted in a goal.

It was a pretty discreet jumper pull. You’d have that at almost every kick inside 50. Buddy Franklin was AWARDED a free kick for carrying out a more blatant jumper pull against Gardner the other week.

 

[theAthenian]

The excuse makers are back in full force remember when it was obvious BMac was a dud the same old lets persevere bullshit lead to a player revolt and exodus.

DONT THINK DISNEYLAND DO fire the narcissist before we lose half the team (the half we want to keep)