Autopsy Freo Get the Points Against Toast

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Well...that's mostly relief in the end.

Even 1st quarter, great 2nd quarter, diabolical 3rd quarter and on paper a good finish, with the caveat that West Coast had no bench and were exhausted witches hats.

I'm happy that they actually forced the issue and piled on the goals late though, especially because that's something this team has struggled with historically. GWS v Adelaide showed that it's sometimes not a sure thing that the numbers advantage = easy win. In saying that...the midfield still got outcompeted at times and that was against a side missing Shuey for 75% of the game. Mid-forward link up was better but against completely vanished in the 3rd term fadeout. I'm glad there seemed to be a concerted effort to open the game up more often than not but it was still painful at times.

The biggest positive, aside from giving them a decent hiding, will be if the team can use that last quarter (again pointing to the caveats for any Eagles whingers peaking over the fence) as momentum to play better football going into the next month. We'll see I guess.

Now roll out the EAGLES WIN ROBBED BY INJURIES AND UMPIRING AND ACTS OF GOD headlines!!!
I thought our first quarter was our best. Eagles were up for it and we matched them. Third quarter was inexplicable, coaches must reflect on why that happened as it matched our listlessness in the first two rounds, when we need to press home our advantage.
 

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As a big supporter of Henry - holy shot that might be the worst performance with ball in hand ive ever seen
Yeah, and not great with out the ball either.

Aish great in the middle. Amiss showed a bit, Jackson and Darcy better.

Great to have Walters back.
 
Good to get the win, but with their injuries in the first half, we shouldn't have let them challenge us as they did in q3.

What was good to see, was our turning on the jets. Yes, we have a wheelbarrow and holocaust cloak, but the team also has a good set of legs for a mix of endurance and elite pace - I want to see more of it.

Off of today, I'd like to think that Amiss and Noddy won't see much WAFL this year.
 
I thought our first quarter was our best. Eagles were up for it and we matched them. Third quarter was inexplicable, coaches must reflect on why that happened as it matched our listlessness in the first two rounds, when we need to press home our advantage.

Allen's a good player but we let him and Darling off the chain a bit too much.

We got the balance more 'right' in the second IMO.
 
pros
  • Jackson stood up and answered critics, that takes a lot of character
  • Switta is ****ing incredible. Just about our most important player
  • Darcy annihilated them as he should
  • Serong is a big game player
  • Amiss is going to be a monster with 10 more kgs
  • Freddy celebrations are different
  • No one may criticise Sonny on here again
  • Love the poise of MJ

Negatives
  • Henry
  • Tabs is just cooked unfortunately, a decision needs to be made on what’s best for us, I’m not sure what it is though
 
Eagles played with a lot of heart, credit where it's due.
That third quarter was appalling.
Jackson's game was a big advance (as it should have been with no opponent), that mark in the goalsquare at the end was very very very arousing.
Take the win and move on. A tonne of work to do but 0-3 would have destroyed our year, let's go boys
 

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Allen's a good player but we let him and Darling off the chain a bit too much.

We got the balance more 'right' in the second IMO.
I think Shuey going off helped us, they got a good advantage out having him drive off halfback in the 1st. But we attacked back as much as we defended, which was a nice change from the first two rounds.
 
I’d be pretty proud of that effort in the 3rd from the toast…if it wasn’t on the back of a complete felt covered armchair ride from the umpires.

Also Pav, **** you for openly barracking for them during that while only commenting on decisions that benefited them. You literally gave me the physical shits and I missed the last 10 mins and Freddy’s celebration.
 
Do explain legend. Slanting a 40 point win negatively. Not potting the person but the sentiment


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Nuance is hard for you, I get it.

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Happy to bank the 4 points.
If we played like we did in the first half for 4 quarters, we'd be unstoppable.
Agreed. The third was puzzling and concerning. Obviously Eagles played well but we went into our shells.

We need to play with more assertiveness and swagger. As much as the last 10 minutes of the fourth quarter were junk time it was good to see us pile on the goals and celebrate them.
 
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