Autopsy Dogs beaten by Port 107-85

[DueWest]

Artie Jones ZERO kicks ZERO handballs sums it up.

We carry our bottom four or five each week and get found out.

Big list turnover this year please

Out list cloggers

 

[Al dente]

Naughton just doesnt clunk as many as he used to, been about 12 months since he was a great mark.

 

[Dogsman16]

O'Donnell playing 5 games in a row is absolute lunacy. Bruce down back is the stuff of nightmares and Lobb (who can't take a single contested mark) is an absolute waste of time.

connection into our forwards is horrendous compared to the top 6 sides.

Any poor ball users should never be posted in defensive 50 ever again. Our bottom 6 players are costing us games!

 

[The Inbetweener]

Pretty hard to win when:

1. One of your key defenders gives away 5 goals in the first quarter.

2. You are essentially playing with 17 players due to O’Donnell. That’s on Bevo.

3. Your all Australian ruck gets smashed by a B grader.

I mentioned this weeks ago, but I Think it’s painfully obvious now that we are a mid tier side. And we have 2.5 years left of this under Bevo.

 

[Philthy1]

I will be taking a break from the board for a while after tonite…

It is not a talent thing. It is game plan deficiency and failure to execute.

They didn’t fix what needed to be fixed in the offseason.

Time for the Board to start holding people accountable.

 

[Sentinel]

Anyone blaming the umpires tonight is kidding themselves, there were some horrible decisions yes but that’s irrelevant when we have no system whatsoever.

We cannot for our lives defend the corridor, teams must lick their lips when they play us, all you have to do is chip it around until you find a player in the corridor and you’re home free.

We are getting far too many shallow inside 50 entries or shots from extreme angles and when we do get it in front 30m out we spray it.

With the way we are playing we’d be lucky to make finals.

Feels like we have to work so hard for our own goals, usually also including multiple missed attempts before converting, but just hand them over to the opposition. Our defence looks crap but usually the ball comes in so quickly from the midfield they've got no hope anyway.

 

[Fossie 32]

How the * could that idiot overturn for shepherding on the goal line? every single shepherd should now be called a free against and goal disallowed

can you ban the flog who. laughed at this

 

[hutchy31]

Sportsbet have us at $18 for the flag. How much would you have to be smoking to put money on that?

We’ve got about 5-6 reliable players and a coach that looks like Matt Dillon in There’s Something About Mary and has a gameplan that might as well have been cooked up by Matt as well.

Bont and Libba played incredibly tonight, and we had some decent contributions from Daniel, Williams, Weightman and a couple of others. But this coach and match committee cannot get out of their own ****ing way and it’s become untenable.

**** this.

 

[Doggies_13]

Same problems can’t convert our chances. Lack of KPDs who can actually defend. English regressed tonight.

Coach has no solutions and selection has failed again and again. We keep running with a structure we abandoned after round 2. Must be great to be Beveridge and think you are the smartest bloke in the room constantly.

Umpiring was shithouse but we should have been ahead at half time even with it. That free cancelling Weightmans goal was blatant match fixing they never pay those and resulted in a goal to port game over.

Someone said footy hasn’t been fun since 2016 and they are spot on. We don’t stand for anything as a team anymore. We don’t really stand for anything as a club. We aren’t hard to play against, we don’t make opposition teams uncomfortable. We are a nice team that’s becoming irrelevant.

 

[Dogsman16]

An absolute embarassment that we have just about the most young forward line talent in the league and we have an inept forward line coach who doesn't have a clue.

I hate the flog so much but we need about 4-5 recruits with Toby Greene

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Toby Greene

Age

31

Ht

182cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

10.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.2

4star

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

G

2.3

5star

D

26.6

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

14.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.0

1star

like campaigner in them.

 

[MaxiBont]

I’m just sad man. We were one game away from Top 4 and we couldn’t beat Gold Coast. 3 weeks ago we were dreaming of top 4 and now we’re going to be out of the eight.

I know it’s not the only reason we lost but the umpiring this game was atrocious. The last two weeks have just felt like we’ve been given the shit stick in terms of reffing. My neutral mates have all agreed and they’re usually first to bring up #freekickdog#freekickdogs

If we don’t finish in the top 8 it has to be the end of Bevo. Not getting top 8 with this list would be beyond embarrassing. I know us fans probably overrate it but no way this is a bottom 8 list. Just ****ing sucks man

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Naughton just doesnt clunk as many as he used to, been about 12 months since he was a great mark.

Hard to mark the ball when Aliir can block and hold you all game

 

[Struggle]

Josh Bruce

 

[Al dente]

Lobb just doesnt contest with enough energy, very poor tonight

thought VDM was ok

 

[Tyrohad]

Why the **** are we playing 3 KPD if 2 of them are going to play like they're half flankers trying to run off when we have position?

May as well sit 2 of our defenders on the bench with that ****ing game plan.

At one point, Libba was the last line of defence with a 2 on 1. Wtaf.

 

[Bulldogs85]

Just when you think the club turned the corner at 7-3 they dished up this for the past 3 weeks. Forget finishing top 4 will never happen under this coaching staff

 

[doggy heaven]

Didnt need the umps to lose it tonight, game was lost again at the selection table.

Odonnell Wow wee please explain

 

[dergert]

Pretty hard to win when:

1. One of your key defenders gives away 5 goals in the first quarter.

2. You are essentially playing with 17 players due to O’Donnell. That’s on Bevo.

3. Your all Australian ruck gets smashed by a B grader.

I mentioned this weeks ago, but I Think it’s painfully obvious now that we are a mid tier side. And we have 2.5 years left of this under Bevo.

Unlike Hardwick, Bevo is too stubborn to do the right thing.

 

[The Inbetweener]

Imagine picking between Bruce, Gardner and O’Brien for that last key position spot

 

[Mutt]

Unlike Hardwick, Bevo is too stubborn to do the right thing.

Bevo will blame the players....again.

 

[Leon]

The past two games have shown clearly where we are at.


A good side that is off the pace of the best sides.


Too many players tonight had shockers - Arty Jones (love him, but zero possessions, geez), Lobb, Naughton, VanDerMeer, Dale, Bruce we’re all appalling.


I know I commented on this in the game day thread but I really just don’t see us improving to a premiership threat until we sort the defence out, it really is a liability.


People blaming the umpires need a reality check - they were bad, and the shepherd on the line decision was disgraceful, but how many times did Port score off our turnovers tonight? Thats the game right there.

We all like to pile on Bevo for selection but I actually liked the changes we had for tonight. Having said that, Bruce could hardly have played worse. Gardner can consider himself pretty unlucky watching Bruce tonight. Also thought VanDerMeer was awful - and he’s had plenty of chances in the past. Lucky for him Ed and JJ are unavailable.


Also have to give credit to Port - not a huge fan of them, but they’re very impressive.


Three weeks ago - with Gold Coast, Geelong and Port on the schedule, we had the chance to prove we are a top 4 and a premiership contende.

We lost and failed each each one of them.

Simply not good enough to make excuse, blame umpires, or say that we were in each game. We failed a big opportunity to prove ourselves.

We’re likely good enough to slide into 6th-8th - thats about it.


We haven’t improved upon last year at the end of the day - it’s the same mistakes again with coaching, goal kicking, a sub standard defence and wilting under the pressure of the top sides.

 

[dergert]

Anyone blaming the umpires tonight is kidding themselves, there were some horrible decisions yes but that’s irrelevant when we have no system whatsoever.

We cannot for our lives defend the corridor, teams must lick their lips when they play us, all you have to do is chip it around until you find a player in the corridor and you’re home free.

We are getting far too many shallow inside 50 entries or shots from extreme angles and when we do get it in front 30m out we spray it.

With the way we are playing we’d be lucky to make finals.

I feel it's not like we can't defend the corridor, Beveridge just refuses too.

 

[DognBones]

Yet another dumb Geelong supporter with a brilliant analytical assessment of the game. Learn to write English you moron.

 

[Fossie 32]

Pretty hard to win when:

1. One of your key defenders gives away 5 goals in the first quarter.

2. You are essentially playing with 17 players due to O’Donnell. That’s on Bevo.

3. Your all Australian ruck gets smashed by a B grader.

I mentioned this weeks ago, but I Think it’s painfully obvious now that we are a mid tier side. And we have 2.5 years left of this under Bevo.

plus Artie didn't get near it and West not great

 

[VitalDread]

North are gonna drop 100 on us next week but we will somehow win by 5 points