Autopsy Dogs discombombulated by Mt Buller - 115 to 65

[Northernsoul74]

Isn't she a pornstar?

I have just googled and can confirm.

 

[Ted's Robot]

Pardon for my intrusion but I just wanted to say I know you guys are hurting right now but I honestly believe that this comment is true.
We weren't 50 points better than you. Some silly turnovers, luck, and inefficiency created that scoreline. I still expect you to make top 8.

Agreed but the silly turn overs and inefficiency is on us. Expect more from the players we had out there.
Melbourne seem to have all the answers every time we play them. Disappointing and frustrating game to watch.

 

[Doggy Dan]

Pardon for my intrusion but I just wanted to say I know you guys are hurting right now but I honestly believe that this comment is true.
We weren't 50 points better than you. Some silly turnovers, luck, and inefficiency created that scoreline. I still expect you to make top 8.

Dees should have won by more. Dogs are trash, and were disgusting tonight.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

The truly frightening thing about tonights disastrous result is the stark difference apparent between how the most impressive teams thus far have been compared to us. The obvious difference is how those teams run carry and transition the ball with numbers in support. Compared to the haphazard and slow way we now do. I made mention of this after the Collingwood game and have a sinking feeling that we have misread where the game may be heading by doubling down and going tall.

 

[Shacf501]

New it was going to be an ordinary day when my French bulldog shat on the mat today!

 

[hutchy31]

Captain had a simple set shot to give us all the momentum after that but it went exactly as everyone expected

It’s embarrassing how often this happens.

Naughton and Bont simple set shots, probably lock in momentum and we’re cruising.

Pathetic. As usual.

 

[Nat Fyfe]

I have just googled and can confirm.

It took you 31 minutes to google that? I see

 

[hatescaptcha]

Missing: Heart and Spirit

Please let me know when found.

But seriously, wish we showed the same determination and belief that Collingwood has the past 12 months.

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[Struggle]

The truly frightening thing about tonights disastrous result is the stark difference apparent between how the most impressive teams thus far have been compared to us. The obvious difference is how those teams run carry and transition the ball with numbers in support. Compared to the haphazard and slow way we now do. I made mention of this after the Collingwood game and have a sinking feeling that we have misread where the game may be heading by doubling down and going tall.

Going tall isn't the issue, but doing that and having smalls that don't have pace or hardness is a big problem.

 

[hutchy31]

Missing: Heart and Spirit

Please let me know when found.


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Also missing: Any composure under pressure. Oh, and effective tackling. Yeah, plus any semblance of coherent decision making when kicking to a teammate.

Apart from that it went ok.

 

[Jeff 1975]

I don’t understand how we can be out-numbered back and forward
Clearly, we don’t run enough or make position, fitness or game plan?
We had no answers for Gawn and Pickett, then the midfield smash us, we looked slow and their talls showed us how to play tall

Very disappointing

 

[lachy]

Round 1 and its importance is seriously overrated. You get to find out under proper pressure what does and does not need adjustment


Therefore, winning and losing is not as important as how you played.

For example Geelong lost, but no one is writing them off yet for good reason.

We were really poor, really poor. Even when we had control of the game we were messy and missed too many opportunities.

I will judge our coaching panel not on tonight alone, but to see significant improvement starting next week as a minimum.

As for the team I have been unsure on what Hannan actually brings to the team. Not theory but actually. Surely he is with the VFL team next week.

I am not sure JJ should have been an automatic inclusion. From tonight's evidence he should not.

Caleb in the backline. Please never again. I see posters having a crack at Bruce who was OK, but Caleb was a liability and Dale not much better.

I note other player criticisms, some I believe are harsh others could not agree more.

The team should be better than what was put put tonight, let's see the truth of that over the next 3weeks

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[Norm De Guerre]

Going tall isn't the issue, but doing that and having smalls that don't have pace or hardness is a big problem.

Their inability to hit a target going forward is the real crux of the issue.

They get a lot of coverage by Naughtons freakish ability to catch the ball when he's out of position. However not even he can do anything about their inability to hit him on the tit.

 

[adogsfan5]

Our mids are just so not damaging.

 

[Northernsoul74]

No confidence with this guy anymore.

People may differ, but I’d say our 22 is comfortably better than their 22 tonight. Their best 22 is probably better, but tonight there was no significant talent disparity.

Yet it was a pathetic display. Absolutely pathetic. Incredibly poor skills, incompetent decision making, and a side that didn’t believe despite the obvious issues the other team had.

I can’t quite believe we’ve been beaten by 50 points with the team that played. This club is broken.

No offence but this is just the same overrating of our list. Our best 22 isn’t better than Melbourne’s, and it’s been proven over a number of games.
Their defence is better even without May. They have 2 of the best midfielders in the league and the next tier stacks up well against ours. Better wingers. We have no player like Pickett. They have Gawn. Their tall forwards are supposedly their weakness but function better than ours. Fritsch walks into our team.

 

[DognBones]

These two teams were light years apart in skills, game plan and fitness. We are kidding ourselves to think otherwise. I think our list has been over-hyped by the media. We are still playing the likes of JJ and Hannan and perhaps Duryea has gone a year too many as well. Not convinced about Baker or Lobb as adding much to the team and we would need to see better performances soon or our recruiters will be under pressure.
JUH still has much to learn about positioning and leading - the normal requirements of a good forward. Darcy may take some good marks against weaker teams but he looked like a babe in the woods against a well-drilled outfit like Melb. Needs a longer apprenticeship.
It's been raised several times above but I'll add my voice to the chorus: on tonight's performance not one aspect of our long term deficiencies appears to have been improved in the offseason.

 

[VL3OJ]

Can you start in March at top level and be there in September? Melbourne were good, no very good, however accurate kicking would have kept us in the game to later but in the final rub, the Dees were by far the best on the day.

The key issue I saw was controlled aggression and appetite to run hard and create options compared to Melbourne. There are exceptions to this however overall, it looked like we expected to score from minimal output. Disposal is also part of the issue but we need to run harder.

Good news is that rather than a 7 point loss that sugar-coated the issues, the club knows we need radical action and from here on in, the plan and team selection is key.

I'm willing to give everyone a bad week however they need to look to Libba and say "That is the level that I need to attain", ...or we just clone Libba 18 times.

 

[adogsfan5]

Look at all our disposal winners.. not sure I’ve seen a less damaging game from Macrae and he had 33 and 1.

 

[Northernsoul74]

The truly frightening thing about tonights disastrous result is the stark difference apparent between how the most impressive teams thus far have been compared to us. The obvious difference is how those teams run carry and transition the ball with numbers in support. Compared to the haphazard and slow way we now do. I made mention of this after the Collingwood game and have a sinking feeling that we have misread where the game may be heading by doubling down and going tall.

Agree. I posted earlier that it feels like the game has moved on from our midfield, which is great on paper.

 

[Daemon]

If you don't feel this is an insightful post then your mods can give me a holiday.

You lost this game with the forward and back line. Yes I know that on paper we probably did better in the middle but I don't think that was the issue. English battled gamefully and I thought libba and Treloar tried their best.

Backline - allowed too much space. I don't know if fitness is an issue or what, but by crikey we seemed to have a lot of space over the back at times. And when you did spoil you didn't lock it in most of the time.

Forwardline - much was spoken about the talls. Naughton was the best but found himself out of position a lot. In the end it was lack of smalls and pressure that hurt so much. We got it out of there way too easy. Wasn't the right tactic or mix imo.

Positives - Bont, just great like usual. Baker, funnily enough I thought he did alright. That guy with the beard on the backline was a shining light (sorry don't know all your guys). English - toiled against two rucks who were mostly fresh, for some good taps and tried hard. Treloar - didn't give up like some others.

Thank you for allowing me to post. I think you guys aren't as bad as you think.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Agree. I posted earlier that it feels like the game has moved on from our midfield, which is great on paper.

Its been obvious since Melbourne dismantled our much vaunted midfield in the 2021 Grand Final.

Ive been banging on about the one paced nature of our starting mids ever since.

 

[adogsfan5]

Its been obvious since Melbourne dismantled our much vaunted midfield in the 2021 Grand Final.

Ive been banging on about the one paced nature of our starting mids ever since.

Supposedly Baz and Treloar are quick?

I personally don’t think they spread well enough..

 

[The Inbetweener]

Bont missed shot
Naughton missing 3 from within 20 metres
Marra missing some that were hard but you’d want a number 1 pick to kick
That was all bad enough, but it’s the numerous missed handballs, 20 metre kicks and even simple chest marks that kill you.

Other than a 10-15 week period in 2021 we’ve been extremely average over the last few years and tonight was just another example.

The fact we have Bevo signed long term is staggering. Desperately need a new voice.

 

[Doggiesfan14]

Nothing further to add from all the other posts, however I did leave the ground at 3qt for the first time ever and witnessed another player follow me outside the ground. Don’t want to read anything into it but did find it amusing after a poor night

 

[immortalmike]

Who would have thought that a team that still hasn't replaced several assistant coaches, continues to play favourites at the selection table and in who they trade, and continues to offer up the same excuses would still have the same problems a numbskull with a stupid name like immortalmike on a football forum identified in 2018.

Who'd have thought putting all our eggs in the basket of a flaky giant and an 33 year old a year out of the game wouldn't work out?

The fact that we pay these idiots to make these decisions is the worst part.