TheGoatBaron
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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
I still cant believe a loss like this happened in a year that we looked like a juggernaut
Ffs what has happened
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a meme that sums up a situation as perfectly as this one. It’s not just about this single game and nor is it just about Swans supporters. It’s about a whole season and where this club had led us all to believe they were going. Reset and forget that 2024 ever happened, otherwise flick back on the switch that made the magic happen.Need to have Horse get these guys in for all the players and supporters and zap that match out of their memory.
Won’t happen, however:
In: Melican, Campbell, Rampe (or Hamling if he’s not yet ready), Sheldrick, Cleary
Out: Francis, Wicks, Adams, Jordon, Ladhams
Mills is a tough call. Is he going to rapidly improve, or will he remain a liability?
Either way, bringing him back without a run or two in the VFL is proving a massive blunder.
It pisses me off that had we beaten Freo and Stkilda we'd have the top 2 sewn up by now and big losses like this would simply be player management. But now it seems like we gotta fight out each game now.
Injuries have hit us harder than expected. Very sad to see.
I understand where you're coming from but with the way sports science is these days, along with the evidence on the field, this should be managed and at the end of the day, is not an excuse.I think with our team profile this capitulation was always a risk. The squad is predominantly built on string bean outside players relying on their speed and skill. We have a handful of players with contested ability and we rely on them to turn up so the others can do what they do. For the most part I think even our smaller blokes have been brave and put in a fair effort despite their size (guys like Florent, gulden, Blakey, Jordon etc) for most of the season, but these last two games they all look spent, weak, and also keep losing their feet - feel like those type of players need to be mentally switched on to avoid playing that way, and maybe the length of the season has gotten the better of them and they're just tired of it.
The only other thing could be the strength and fitness program. Was it setup to fail? Did the load have us peak early and now their bodies are spent? Because looking at some of their efforts, they looked physically cooked in comparison to the start of the year. I find it hard to fathom how you can be so good 1 v 1 to all of a sudden turn into a witches hat v your direct opponent, outstrengthed, keep falling over, losing handle on the ball when it was in your bread basket etc - There were quite a few times Rowie, gulden and mills got first hands to it in the middle and then it just somehow spat out straight to a port player. It's like their fast twitch muscle fibres are fatigued and their bodies aren't doing what their minds are trying to do. I still remember round 1 and 2 v Melb and Collingwood vividly. We absolutely annihilated them in every contest all over the park. To go from that to this is a mental + - physical capitulation. Maybe it's a mixture of that + coaches tying to fix something that wasn't broken.
Whatever it is the coaches need to reset to our system of 6 weeks ago, and give the strength and fitness team instruction to reset the players bodies somehow. Maybe add some yoga, psychologist for some shadow work, and a cold plunge to wake the **** up. We're lucky that we've got a few weaker teams to finish up with to hopefully regain some form of confidence heading into finals.
I blame arrogance and lazinessI blame witchcraft
Typical of this club. Disgusting. But let’s all keep faith in the same players I guess. Watch as Longmire won’t make any changesNot even any form of apology from the coach, coaching staff or players. As supporters who invest way too much time, money and emotions into this great game, we deserve better than that.
7 of them in the first quarter weirdly enough.I was a bit surprised to see Warner's 8 tackles. Didn't really notice them that much at the game, maybe a few on the far side.
I was ready to drop him.
Yeah massive overreaction. I will blame horse and club for everything else but not going to blame them for making an early change that they thought could turn that shit show around.So what happened with Corey Warner? What did I miss for others to determine that he was made a scale goat? It might have been the plan to take him off and put Parker on. We have become accustomed to horse not putting the sub on til the last qtr, he did something unexpected perhaps?
Nothing would have changed the the shitshow aroundYeah massive overreaction. I will blame horse and club for everything else but not going to blame them for making an early change that they thought could turn that shit show around.
I very much doubt any of the internal messaging to Corey was that it was his fault. He would be well aware that he is on the fringes of the best 22 and therefore one of the first out in that situation for a tactical change. It's hardly the career ending trauma some are making out to be.
Completely agree. The coaches obviously thought injecting some experience into the team might have helped turn it around.Yeah massive overreaction. I will blame horse and club for everything else but not going to blame them for making an early change that they thought could turn that shit show around.
I very much doubt any of the internal messaging to Corey was that it was his fault. He would be well aware that he is on the fringes of the best 22 and therefore one of the first out in that situation for a tactical change. It's hardly the career ending trauma some are making out to be.
It’s not career ending. It’s the brainlessness of keeping ladhams who is a ruck and Grundy who is a ruck and McLean who is painfully slow. Grundy didn’t work with Gawn ffs - how do they think it’s going to work with effin ladhams.Yeah massive overreaction. I will blame horse and club for everything else but not going to blame them for making an early change that they thought could turn that shit show around.
I very much doubt any of the internal messaging to Corey was that it was his fault. He would be well aware that he is on the fringes of the best 22 and therefore one of the first out in that situation for a tactical change. It's hardly the career ending trauma some are making out to be.