Could have moved it 10m closer to goal like they did for that Noones f***stick
Autopsy Freo Lose To North at Home
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Could have moved it 10m closer to goal like they did for that Noones f***stick
Wasn’t is the same ump? If it was this league is beyond corrupt
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You would think with a slow, one-paced midfield that our strength would be stoppages and we would get burnt on the outside - but our clearance work is absolutely disgraceful. The slow ball movement is insipid, but in my opinion this week and last we lost the game in the middle. Other than the last few minutes, North were streaming the ball out of the centre with absolute ease. What is the solution? Johnson HAS to play next week, but is he really going to come in and be a better stoppage player than what we already have? Incredibly frustrating. It was the same last year, whenever we lost it was because our midfield got walked all over and made to look slow and weak.
Yet you are saying that in me dismissing it I havent used critical thought. i have done. Which means I think it most likely that the accusations were made up and used at a time for maximum impact. As I cannot prove that I will not say anything definite about someones character although I have my suspicions. As that principle you so easily dismiss, is one that our society is built upon and is in part why we live in such an amazing country.
But surte - if innocent until proven guilty is something you dismiss, fine.
Don't be foolish enough to think that because you have thought something through and come to one conclusion, that someone who comes to another conclusion hasn't thought it through.
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also being at the game made me realise how absolutely horrific our leading patterns, or lack of, are. I have never seen a forward line move as little as ours did tonight.
Any time Tabs doesn't kick 3 or more goals half the board wants to delist him. And even those times when he does they are just waiting for the next time he doesn't kick 3 to roll out this rubbish.
Switta was thrown into the middle in the last half and won himself quite a few clearances
The bit I don’t get about Jackson is the whole “he’s so mobile could be a mid etc etc”, why not just play a mid like Johnson who is better than him at it? Jackson is offering nothing as a tall anyway
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I haven't read through the thread and I am sufficiently calmed down so I won't lose my shit.
I'm glad we lost on the back of that performance but I wish it was by more. Getting that close is going to paper over the cracks and you can just see JL not changing anything. Coaches are real stubborn campaigners for some reason. At least if we had have lost by 5-6 goals it would have made the issues that much more glaring for the coaching group to see.
I said to my mate at 3/4 time that I would celebrate goals but I would not celebrate if we won. We didn't deserve it and I will not celebrate that performance.
People can bemoan clearances and the forwards but the biggest thing for me is the lack of effort in transition. North would get the ball and have players streaming forward trying to outnumber us and it worked a lot. When would look to launch from defence there was nothing like that. It was clear as day to see on TV last week as well. We are a team of lazy campaigners and the fact that it has been the same through multiple coaches and list turnovers makes me think there is something rotten at the core.
Hopefully something changes for the Derby but I am not holding my breath. No matter how the other mob perform tomorrow, I am going to go into it expecting to lose if we play the same team.
I'm glad we lost on the back of that performance but I wish it was by more. Getting that close is going to paper over the cracks and you can just see JL not changing anything. Coaches are real stubborn campaigners for some reason. At least if we had have lost by 5-6 goals it would have made the issues that much more glaring for the coaching group to see.
I said to my mate at 3/4 time that I would celebrate goals but I would not celebrate if we won. We didn't deserve it and I will not celebrate that performance.
People can bemoan clearances and the forwards but the biggest thing for me is the lack of effort in transition. North would get the ball and have players streaming forward trying to outnumber us and it worked a lot. When would look to launch from defence there was nothing like that. It was clear as day to see on TV last week as well. We are a team of lazy campaigners and the fact that it has been the same through multiple coaches and list turnovers makes me think there is something rotten at the core.
Hopefully something changes for the Derby but I am not holding my breath. No matter how the other mob perform tomorrow, I am going to go into it expecting to lose if we play the same team.
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Probably need the full spectrum after this one tho...Emotions are a heck of a thing. Get a doctor to prescribe you some CBD oil. Trust me, it is wonderful at times like these. (It really should come free in a Freo members pack.)
There's no need for an argument when people repeatedly bag one of our players week after week. They just need to shut the **** up.
There's only so many times we can point out that Taberner has vastly outperformed all our other tall forwards this year. The endless bagging of Taberner is a blight on this board and a lot of us are sick of it.
There are currently 2 separate threads on the front page dedicated to bagging Taberner and then there's this thread and the game day thread too. Maybe give it a rest?
Or you know....just play jackson as a mid...
I don’t think he’s good enough, kind of like a poor man’s stringer
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How about you do that mate
He would help out in the centre clearances at least. We've won 100% of centre clearances with him playing as a mid. (we tried it once and it worked and we never tried it again)
Worse thing is we’ll have to listen to that overstretched bag of piss and wind David King bang on all week
I actually saw none of his discourse until I came on this board. Staying away from footy media after a loss is good for the mental health.
No I don't think I will. I am not the one relentlessly bagging our own players.
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Do not get fooled by the clock time shown on the broadcast. That does not necessarily line up with the actual timekeeper's sounding of the siren. Often in games, I have seen that several seconds different to the sounding of the siren.
And if you watch very closely and intently the AFL last 2 minutes replay, (Refer to pic1 below) you will see the clock reaches 0:00 about 2 seconds prior to the siren sounding and the players then reacting to the siren. The time on the AFL last 2 minutes video replay shows at 3:30 (on the video player), the broadcast timer reaches 0:00 (the ball is only about half way to the boundary line at that stage), but it is not until 3:32 on the replay that you first hear the siren, then immediately see player reactions. The ball is clearly a few metres over the line by that stage.
Pic 1: TV clock reaches 0:00, Video replay shows 3:30, ball still in flight towards boundary line, no audio of siren, no reactions from players hearing the siren.
Pic 2: Video replay shows 3:31, ball has crossed the boundary line and at this point, still no siren, no reactions from players hearing the siren, no reactions from commentators hearing the siren.
Pic 3: Video replay shows 3:32, ball has crossed the boundary line and at this point I first hear the siren start to sound, but still no reactions from players hearing the siren;
Pic 4: Video replay shows 3:32, ball has crossed the boundary line and I can clearly hear the siren sounding and start to see reactions from players hearing the siren;
Pic 5: Video replay shows 3:32, at this point I first hear a commentator start to say they have heard the siren sound, and lots of reactions from players hearing the siren;
Pic 6: Video replay shows 3:33, siren still sounding and reactions from players hearing the siren continues.
I am not sure what the rules say on this. I think you can award a free kick after the end of quarter 1/2/3 siren, but maybe not after the final siren?
But that may be not apply to boundary line decisions, maybe only to player actions (eg striking someone after the siren).
Yup they ****ed up hugely there. And the most we'll get is a "yeah we were wrong nothing we can do about it" (though they'll find some technicality to prove they weren't wrong).
Like it would be a lot better melting with at least a couple points in the bank.
One of the umps could cleary be heard shouting "play it."
Also does anyone remember in some sydney game last year something similar happening? And they actually went through and reviewed it before calling time??
Easy, do what I do and don’t watch that shit
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