Autopsy Fremantle 62, Geelong 73

[silverscope]

So if we knew, which I'm sure the club did, that Darcy was touch and go then why, I can't fathom why Tabs was the emergency and not Reidy. It's actually probably the 2nd worst selection all year, to the Hawks game where we didn't select our backup Ruckman.

It also just reinforces how good Treacy is because his constant marks and work up the field is what sets us up. Today I think we only had one of those marks all game. Voss, Jye, Jackson, Tabs were not as good as one Treacy. It was significant

 

[The Lobbster]

When our key forwards don't fire we have nothing.

Need a second string. Last week they kicked 11

We actually saw our second string. Serong and Young had a big scoreboard impact. Unfortunately our first string consisted of:
a promising young KPF,

a state league battler who is decent depth but can’t really be relied on and

A man so far past the hill he may actually be in a valley

 

[Belnakor]

Voss and Tabs were mistakes. Worner as sub was a mistake. We’re not selecting to win.

The one chance we had to win worner squibs it like he was playing for Geelong. That literally cost us the game.

 

[Ge3ks]

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[FreoRicci]

So if we knew, which I'm sure the club did, that Darcy was touch and go then why, I can't fathom why Tabs was the emergency and not Reid. It's actually probably the 2nd worst selection all year, to the Hawks game where we didn't select our backup Ruckman.

It also just reinforces how good Treacy is because his constant marks and work up the field is what sets us up. Today I think we only had one of those marks all game. Voss, Jye, Jackson, Tabs were not as good as one Treacy. It was significant

Two games loss because coaches refuse to play a ruck to keep structure.
This isn’t new. You have depth. Use it.

Darcy is good for 10-12 games every year. Just play Reidy

 

[#1JohnHuttonFan]

We need Bolton bad. When we had it locked into our forward 50 with a boundary throw in I thought who have we actually got who could crumb this and goal? My answer was NO ONE. And what happened? They waltzed it out again multiple times. We need a small forward desperately.


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[noise36]

With our handball chains my body is in constant tension. I only relax when young gets his hands on it

You could barely call them chains today, sideways then backwards , rarely actually used the corridor or cut through their lines.

 

[Farrand]

Needed an experienced steadier. What does JOM do after a HTB for Brayshaw. Just blinding bombs away. Why does this club always get these trash traded mature agers.

To be fair, as much as that was a bad decision I think JOM has done some good things in general and adds to the team. We're losing the game in other areas. Feel like our midfield goes missing sometimes.

 

[Belnakor]

The Walker slander is crazy. Did Stengle play today?

Four kicks for the game. Actually thought he'd gone off injured at one point.

 

[Dockeroo]

When our key forwards don't fire we have nothing.

Need a second string. Last week they kicked 11

It’s not a personnel problem. That would be a mistake to just blame the absence of players. Every team has injuries.

We are not tough enough. Not hard enough. Too timid. Soft.
Terrified to go and win a game.
We have no player with the winners mindset of Patrick Dangerfield. He just willed himself on to the contest when the game was in the melting pot. There was just no way he was talking off that field defeated today.

We shat ourselves.

 

[SPEEDWAGON]

brendan cox is a very limited player

luke ryan is playing awfully


but ultimatly we got smashed through the midfield again and the forward line was a shambles we couldnt move the ball. 2023 dockers.

 

[FreoRicci]

The one chance we had to win worner squibs it like he was playing for Geelong. That literally cost us the game.

He was so slow. He wanted to take on players.
What’s with players from Fremantle wanting to take the tackler on before releasing?

 

[freo1997]

We need Bolton bad. When we had it locked into our forward 50 with a boundary throw in I thought who have we actually got who could crumb this and goal? My answer was NO ONE. And what happened? They waltzed it out again multiple times. We need a small forward desperately.


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Yes feel like it could be a package of Bolton and Baker coming to us playing in our fwd line.

 

[dont bowl there]

The one chance we had to win worner squibs it like he was playing for Geelong. That literally cost us the game.

Don't blame Worner. He should never have been picked as the sub, hes just about the least impactful player we have on the list. It would be like making Ethan Hughes sub. They can't just come on and have an impact. Joke of a decision to make him sub and even worse to name Tabs.

 

[WilloTree]

Well, on the bright side, that's a really easy game to review for JL.

He should just show this to the boys, send them off to the cafe, and get out a phantom draft.



"Right - o guys. Lets narrow it down a bit. How many of our picks should we spend on forwards 4, or 5?"

 

[Belnakor]

He didn’t have a great game but the order was:

Jye

Daylight

Voss

Daylight

Taberner

The amount of times tabs got walked past or wrong footed was insane. If it was a drinking game you'd be paralytic by half time. It's why we had no forward pressure at all. They walked it out.

 

[The Lobbster]

It’s not a personnel problem. That would be a mistake to just blame the absence of players. Every team has injuries.

We are not tough enough. Not hard enough. Too timid. Soft.
Terrified to go and win a game.
We have no player with the winners mindset of Patrick Dangerfield. He just willed himself on to the contest when the game was in the melting pot. There was just no way he was talking off that field defeated today.

We shat ourselves.

Can’t totally agree with this. I’m not sure too many teams cope with their best KPF, KPD and ruck all injured all at the same time.

But on the other foot, we were still good enough to win it today and let it slip

 

[WilloTree]

We need Bolton bad. When we had it locked into our forward 50 with a boundary throw in I thought who have we actually got who could crumb this and goal? My answer was NO ONE. And what happened? They waltzed it out again multiple times. We need a small forward desperately.


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I wish we only needed 1

We need more than 1 unfortunately.

Baker isn't a forward. We should hard pass on him.

 

[Lach72]

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We’re not making the 8. Who are you kidding?

We’ll get the shit kicked out of us next week and season over

 

[fnerd]

Do any of them even want to play finals?

No it’s all just about the learning’s

Our midfield in fourth quarters gotta be the most useless bunch I've ever seen. No leadership, which is amazing because that's literally where most of our leadership group is.

JL making Yze look good lately

Jackson is a joke

Match selection and accountability is laughable at best

Wasted season and an embarrassing season overall

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Makes me wonder whether we’re fit enough I mean we’ve had pretty good availability but has it come at the cost of genuine fitness over a season?

Like old men Geelong ran over the top of us ffs

 

[dont bowl there]

brendan cox is a very limited player

luke ryan is playing awfully


but ultimatly we got smashed through the midfield again and the forward line was a shambles we couldnt move the ball. 2023 dockers.

Honestly, I don't get the Cox love from fans. He very rarely beats an opponent and all of his touches are just short kicks to Ryan. He's great if the game is on his terms but hes not a great key defender imo.

 

[RazzleDazzler]

Where does this club stand with Darcy?
Let’s be honest. He’s not fit. He gets these niggles. He’s hampering Jackson.
Is 6 years too much?

He needs to be traded. Yes, hes awesome when fit and firing. However, hes become too injury prone which messes up Jackson and destroys team chemistry.
We need to actually play Reid and use the Darcy picks to bring in Bolton and Warner.

 

[Belnakor]

Don't blame Worner. He should never have been picked as the sub, hes just about the least impactful player we have on the list. It would be like making Ethan Hughes sub. They can't just come on and have an impact. Joke of a decision to make him sub and even worse to name Tabs.

Hughes would actually make a decent sub tbh. He goes 100%

 

[millsy]

The Walker slander is crazy. Did Stengle play today?

I thought he was genuinely our biggest positive today watching live.

 

[Belnakor]

Honestly, I don't get the Cox love from fans. He very rarely beats an opponent and all of his touches are just short kicks to Ryan. He's great if the game is on his terms but hes not a great key defender imo.

He is good intercepting. The issue is he is slower than fyfe which is saying something.