Autopsy Freo outclassed by the Crows

[Tonga Bob]

I hear that there's another Bailey Banfield in the next draft...

Only one??

 

[Joao]

I hear that there's another Bailey Banfield in the next draft...

Probably a good thing we traded our first. JL would probably convince the recruiting team to bid on him at pick 1.

 

[Thistle]

We really miss Logue in the backline. He used to get to and cut out a lot of contests

 

[BettercallSaul]

If anyone from the club says our forward line is a “work in progress”, I would like to know when that “progress” will happen? Asking for a friend.

 

[Footskill]

Bro... and by bro I mean never my bro. Our backline is solid. The absolute s**t support they get out of our forward line and our exhausted midfield thats trying to hold the fort is atrocious.

Lol backline is not solid

 

[Themanbun]

From a stats perspective:

• Equal inside 50s
• Comfortably beat them in clearances
• Much lower scoring shots and marks inside 50
• At one point Healy noted that 6 out of 32 D50 rebounds turned into inside 50s

This isn't a side bereft of talent, despite a few stuff ups from the players. The defensive structure simply doesn't allow scoring from D50 when Freo force the opposition to turn it over.

If I wasn't already bald I'd have lost my hair at the amount of times it was turned over, Freo stream forward and then hesitate as they have literally no one to kick it to. Then as it's being kicked to a teammates' back (who is hauling arse to try to offer something up forward) it gets coughed up, Adelaide pumped it back inside 50 to a disrupted defence, and scored.

Painful.

 

[believe_it]

IN all our losses our opponents brought more intensity as a team . Some of our players are bringing It but not enough. We always seem under pressure and can’t handle it.

 

[MadMundy]

Give Stone Cold Steve Austin a call and let him rip into the team.

"Now see my good friend JL over here told old Stone Cold that some of the boys I see in front of me think that they can hang with the men, and based off of what I can see, all I can say is EH EH! Not one of you sorry sons of bitches has what it makes to grab a match by the balls and take it. And because you bunch of nancies haven't got the guts to take it yourselves, Stone Cold Steve Austin's been sent here to set ya's straight."

Wouldn't work but it'd be funny.

 

[Tonga Bob]

Probably a good thing we traded our first. JL would probably convince the recruiting team to bid on him at pick 1.

Solid plan tbh.

 

[blue shark]

Last year was a bit of an anomaly.
This year seems to have caught JL by surprise this tactic other teams have of kicking goals.

If only we’d foreseen the way the game was headed we could maybe have drafted a few players who have a gift for the attacking side of the game.

Oh well, back to bottom 4 where hope goes to die and haven’t we given away all our first & second round draft picks?

Should be good watching Jackson drop everything that comes his way

Anyone watching AFL and what the administration want knew how the game was being engineered.
Pies weren’t the anomaly, we were.
Mundy was slowing down last year, so we decide to go even smaller and slower?
Then there is the choice of Captain, it looks like Brayshaw has spat the dummy.
We lose Lobb, Acres and Logue, no problem, Hughes to the wing. Jackson for Lobb.
Fyfe the forward, can win the Coleman.
All the experts had us out of the 8, and they will be all correct.
Teams project the identity of their coaching, and we are nice with no DH policy.
No run from the HB’s or wings, no menace or hunting, and no message to the
players of what’s acceptable.
M Harvey was once asked what does Freo stand for? The similarities are all
there.
Club is going nowhere until we improve off the field, and we bring in someone
with a spine.

 

[hoss]

Not a ringing endorsement when the bulk of them are uncontested backwards of the wing.

Wasn't really an endorsement just what's going on with the other forwards not being able to take a mark anywhere.

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[Purple Jesus]

From a stats perspective:

• Equal inside 50s
• Comfortably beat them in clearances
• Much lower scoring shots and marks inside 50
• At one point Healy noted that 6 out of 32 D50 rebounds turned into inside 50s

This isn't a side bereft of talent, despite a few stuff ups from the players. The defensive structure simply doesn't allow scoring from D50 when Freo force the opposition to turn it over.

If I wasn't already bald I'd have lost my hair at the amount of times it was turned over, Freo stream forward and then hesitate as they have literally no one to kick it to. Then as it's being kicked to a teammates' back (who is hauling arse to try to offer something up forward) it gets coughed up, Adelaide pumped it back inside 50 to a disrupted defence, and scored.

Painful.

 

[Fyfster]

I couldn't watch the game fortunately, anyone care to give a brief summary of what went wrong?

Everything bar Serong

 

[Footskill]

From a stats perspective:

• Equal inside 50s
• Comfortably beat them in clearances
• Much lower scoring shots and marks inside 50
• At one point Healy noted that 6 out of 32 D50 rebounds turned into inside 50s

This isn't a side bereft of talent, despite a few stuff ups from the players. The defensive structure simply doesn't allow scoring from D50 when Freo force the opposition to turn it over.

If I wasn't already bald I'd have lost my hair at the amount of times it was turned over, Freo stream forward and then hesitate as they have literally no one to kick it to. Then as it's being kicked to a teammates' back (who is hauling arse to try to offer something up forward) it gets coughed up, Adelaide pumped it back inside 50 to a disrupted defence, and scored.

Painful.

Don't just look at stats lol. Watch it and you can see who wins clearances and hard ball gets. Adelaide clearly dominated.

Example, Brayshaw gets a clearance in the middle and there is clear path to the forwards. Instead he does a dodgy handball that results in a costly turnover instead of a high chance of scoring

 

[Mk LXIII]

Anyone got the number for Collective Minds handy?

Do you mean Simple Minds or Collective Soul

 

[tonygeeks]

Have we sacrificed a bit of ‘rock hardedness’ for a better injury list ?

 

[royale with cheese]

IN all our losses our opponents brought more intensity as a team . Some of our players are bringing It but not enough. We always seem under pressure and can’t handle it.

We’re low energy and reflects the low energy nature of the coach

 

[hoss]

That's our problem.

Taberner is simultaneously our only solution and our biggest problem.

He's our best key forward - that is a fact - but what are our alternatives?

I don't know. A complete new forward system perhaps minus Tabs? From what I've seen in the WAFL and 20 games of AFL, Treacy probably isn't the answer. I still think we need two talls in the forward line. We could throw the young guys to the wolves and just declare season over, might just about be season over anyway.

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[Ge3ks]

Well that was rough. How's everyone coping? I'm gonna swallow a whole bunch of CBD oil and go beach fishing. There's better things than footy. Has to be.

 

[Outshined]

Our defence has been pretty bad all year. Always going to struggle up forward with the lack of quality up there, and the midfield was only going to mildly improve with the loss of Mundy, but our defence has gone backwards in a big way. It is no longer our strength. Probably not even our strongest area of the ground.

Up until today they were still one of the better sides in terms of points conceded. Ball movement is another matter but that seems to be more of a coaching directive.

Pearce in particular had a shocker but they weren't helped by the midfield today and as I mentioned, they have been the line that's bailed us out/kept us in games for the last 3 seasons under Longmuir.

It's still the strongest area of the ground but even that strength isn't really what it was last season.

 

[mcpharlap]

We simply are not good enough.
I am sick of making excuses for them. We are a mediocre team. I am starting to lose my passion for this team which I thought would never ever happen. .simply didn't care much in the last Qtr today. To fellow Freo fan's happy easter.

 

[mightymouse75]

Well that was rough. How's everyone coping? I'm gonna swallow a whole bunch of CBD oil and go beach fishing. There's better things than footy. Has to be.

Housework

 

[royale with cheese]

Up until today they were still one of the better sides in terms of points conceded. Ball movement is another matter but that seems to be more of a coaching directive.

Pearce in particular had a shocker but they weren't helped by the midfield today and as I mentioned, they have been the line that's bailed us out/kept us in games for the last 3 seasons under Longmuir.

It's still the strongest area of the ground but even that strength isn't really what it was last season.

North and West Coast were last and second last in 2022, even West Coast scored pretty easily against us in the first quarter last week.

 

[Stinky Lomax]

Interesting thing is basic stats are comparable with the opposition.

This tells me we’re not working hard enough when we don’t have the ball, offensively & defensively. Opposing teams are getting more numbers to the contest & winning the ground ball, they’re setting up both ways far quicker, they’re working harder to create space to break down the defensive zones & they’re on the move when trying to move the ball forward. We’re getting smashed in all those areas.

Our inside 50’s are flattering because they are shallow crap entries & our disposal count is misleading because most are in the back half going sideways. One by one the players need to have a good look in the mirror & honestly question are they working hard enough & the coaches have to hold them accountable for that.

The coaches need to free up our back half & let them run & move the ball on quickly. I don’t think there’s a supporter out there who would be more pissed than we are now if we go down trying to move the ball quickly, I get the feeling the thought is our skills are not up to it & we need to play safe conservative footy. Not against bringing in Wagner, he offers speed & dare.

 

[Outshined]

North and West Coast were last and second last in 2022, even West Coast scored pretty easily against us in the first quarter last week.

All I'm saying is that our defence is still the least of our concerns atm.

Midfield is getting bullied and the forward line is a shambles.