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Review GBU vs collingwood
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Meh. I feel nothing. It's just so obvious how it ends, all the time.
4 of those kicks hit low flying planes.
Plenty of good in this game, but losing again by under a goal makes me not GAF about listing it.
Ugly:
Losing to the Pies by under a goal yet again. That's just ****ed.
FUGLY:
Another 'almost' game in another 'almost' season.
Ugly:
Losing to the Pies by under a goal yet again. That's just ****ed.
FUGLY:
Another 'almost' game in another 'almost' season.
When the game in on the line ROB is not the guy you want with ball in hand. Strachan in.
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Interesting/ugly: this is now the fourth game in a row between Collingwood and Adelaide with a margin under one goal.
R18 2022: 5 points
R7 2023: 1 point
R15 2023: 2 points
R10 2024: 4 points
It reminds me of the very close margins between Sydney and West Coast in the 2000s ... except we lose to the Magpies every time and we're not contending for a premiership.
R18 2022: 5 points
R7 2023: 1 point
R15 2023: 2 points
R10 2024: 4 points
It reminds me of the very close margins between Sydney and West Coast in the 2000s ... except we lose to the Magpies every time and we're not contending for a premiership.
- Sep 6, 2008
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I cringed when he gave the crowd the shoosh. Not because I don't enjoy watching Rankine give it to the opposition and their fans; I want to see it every game. But I just knew he lacked the same quality of players around him to seal the game with that much time left on the clock.
His goal should be a McLeod-esque highlight remembered for all time against the Pies, but now its relegated to being lost in a typical close loss.
BigBoSS_Riot
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Good: Rankine got a lot more mid time, and he justified it. His performance was exceptional. Dawson had a good first three quarters, and lifted even higher in the last. Cook got a bit more of the ball this week, which is a plus. The GOAT Lachie Murphy had more score involvements than the plodder Nick Daicos.
Bad: We were pretty poor from stoppages, and allowed Collingwood far too many scores from them.
The De Goey goal to end the first quarter was awful. Nankervis fumbled an easy handball receive, someone handballed to O'Brien, O'Brien kicked the ball. None of those three things should ever be happening.
The first Schultz goal was terrible as well. If O'Brien was positioned correctly on the line, that wouldn't have been a goal. I'm sure those two goals we shouldn't have conceded won't be important at all.
The Rachele behind in the last quarter was dumb - a low percentage shot that, if centred, might've been a goal.
Ugly: Rankine definitely pinged his hamstring late there. Nedward did nothing as the sub. O'Brien had two (2) marks, which is still better than his season average. Laird was genuinely dreadful. Smith slowed the game down far too frequently.
Bad: We were pretty poor from stoppages, and allowed Collingwood far too many scores from them.
The De Goey goal to end the first quarter was awful. Nankervis fumbled an easy handball receive, someone handballed to O'Brien, O'Brien kicked the ball. None of those three things should ever be happening.
The first Schultz goal was terrible as well. If O'Brien was positioned correctly on the line, that wouldn't have been a goal. I'm sure those two goals we shouldn't have conceded won't be important at all.
The Rachele behind in the last quarter was dumb - a low percentage shot that, if centred, might've been a goal.
Ugly: Rankine definitely pinged his hamstring late there. Nedward did nothing as the sub. O'Brien had two (2) marks, which is still better than his season average. Laird was genuinely dreadful. Smith slowed the game down far too frequently.
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Bad: basic skill errors, missed handballs when we were attacking, and poor setups through the middle when we had seen Collingwood rebound easily all day.
The reality is we have lost too many games already.
We will need at least 13 wins to make finals and I just don't see it happening.
We will need to win all the ones we are expected to and pinch three or four against far better opponents.
Just another wasted year.
The reality is we have lost too many games already.
We will need at least 13 wins to make finals and I just don't see it happening.
We will need to win all the ones we are expected to and pinch three or four against far better opponents.
Just another wasted year.
- May 26, 2013
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Crouch at least had 7 score involvements
Good : Rankine, Dawson
Bad: That nude nut called our coach. Couldn't read the game if a footy hit him in the face.
Ugly: O'Brien, Laird, Keays, McSpudry, the substitution of Sholl when playing well, Jones, Smith
Bad: That nude nut called our coach. Couldn't read the game if a footy hit him in the face.
Ugly: O'Brien, Laird, Keays, McSpudry, the substitution of Sholl when playing well, Jones, Smith
- Jul 6, 2017
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Good. Our ability to defend the mountain of easy clearances collingwood got
Bad: rankine maybe injured..we are a stupidly bad handball happy side that causes its own downfall by handballing not to advantage and selling guys into trouble
Ugly: midfield coach and clearance work..we virtually gave up and watched collingwood win clearance after clearance all over the ground. Disgusting stuff.
Worse than pathetic tackle technique that allows the opposition to almost always get a clean handball off meaning itsreally a non tackle
Unpires screw us at the dwath to cost us a chance of a win AGAIN
Bad: rankine maybe injured..we are a stupidly bad handball happy side that causes its own downfall by handballing not to advantage and selling guys into trouble
Ugly: midfield coach and clearance work..we virtually gave up and watched collingwood win clearance after clearance all over the ground. Disgusting stuff.
Worse than pathetic tackle technique that allows the opposition to almost always get a clean handball off meaning itsreally a non tackle
Unpires screw us at the dwath to cost us a chance of a win AGAIN
Jones was good last year, now totally useless. Total waste.
That's not even close to being an upgrade sadly.
- May 26, 2013
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Watching ROB Laird and Smith and knowing they’ll probably all play for another 2-3 years is ugly
Magma
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ugly: the amount of professional losers involved in the club at all levels. the biggest accomplishment between all our coaches is being made captain. how sad is that?
Samcro24
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- Oct 28, 2014
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That was a tough one. Unlike the two Collingwood losses last year I actually thought we'd win this one at the end, thought we were the better team in the last 2.5 quarters but just missed a few too many opportunities, and overall not threatening enough up forward with Rankine in the midfield. Collingwood obviously a good team but I thought we did well to come back from a bad start through the midfield and matched it with them pretty well.
Good:
Obviously Rankine and Dawson were great. 8 clearances for Rankine is amazing given his skills and pace. Main issue is that he's also incredibly important up forward, but we'll need to solve that another way. Liked Nankervis, Crouch, Hamill, Michalanney and Hinge as well. Keane slipping over to concede the deciding goal was unfortunate because I think he was good otherwise.
Thought Jones was okay which is an improvement over recent weeks. Murphy was also pretty good, a notable improvement over McHenry for sure. Rachele pretty good too. And maybe Cook's best game at AFL level that wasn't against North Melbourne.
Bad:
Keays a bit of an example of the issues the team had in that I thought moving him on to Pendlebury was good and he did a good job in the second half but he also burned way too many opportunities.
O'Brien was poor.
Overall the composure going forward was better than the start of the year but still not good enough and we'd have won if we hit a couple more targets at the right time.
Hope Rankine's hamstring isn't too bad.
Good:
Obviously Rankine and Dawson were great. 8 clearances for Rankine is amazing given his skills and pace. Main issue is that he's also incredibly important up forward, but we'll need to solve that another way. Liked Nankervis, Crouch, Hamill, Michalanney and Hinge as well. Keane slipping over to concede the deciding goal was unfortunate because I think he was good otherwise.
Thought Jones was okay which is an improvement over recent weeks. Murphy was also pretty good, a notable improvement over McHenry for sure. Rachele pretty good too. And maybe Cook's best game at AFL level that wasn't against North Melbourne.
Bad:
Keays a bit of an example of the issues the team had in that I thought moving him on to Pendlebury was good and he did a good job in the second half but he also burned way too many opportunities.
O'Brien was poor.
Overall the composure going forward was better than the start of the year but still not good enough and we'd have won if we hit a couple more targets at the right time.
Hope Rankine's hamstring isn't too bad.
Rags_118
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He’s not even fit to tie Jonathon Griffin’s boot laces.
To be fair to ROB, he might be better tap ruckman than both Lucas Herbert and Matthew Golding who had the job is 1999 when Rehn and Marsh both did knees, and Pitman missed games.
I’d hate to see ROB’s hit outs to disadvantage statistic! There is no variation to his ruck work, he never does a deft back flick to a player behind, he never thumps it long, all we get is his small forward tap. Far too easy for good midfielders to read the likely outcome and to intercept it on the run.
Matt Clarke wasn’t that much chop as a player, but at least his rucking skills were sublime and was a genuine hit out to advantage star.
As for ROB’s handballing and particularly kicking skills … he looks like a very low grade Adelaide Footy League player. I’d suggest that South’s Craig C.ck was a better kick!
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Ugly - The way AFL clubs pretend to care about players concussions more than the result.
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And controversial umpiring decisions in three of them.
I think the AFL won't say the umpire was wrong this time, unlike the last two though.
GameofSloanes
Norm Smith Medallist
Laird, Jones, McHenry, ROB, Murphy, Jones, Smith and Hamill
With these guys in the 23 we are going nowhere. Even if we replaced half of them with players with skill, we'd win today, and probably be 6 or 7 wins this season
It doesnt help when we have a clueless coach that picks them and literally has no method for winning close games apart from 'chip it around' when what we should be doing is playing on and getting it forward, which is why we get in front in the first place. Every time we hit the front we go back in our shells and go back to why we were losing before the last qtr. Every time.
With these guys in the 23 we are going nowhere. Even if we replaced half of them with players with skill, we'd win today, and probably be 6 or 7 wins this season
It doesnt help when we have a clueless coach that picks them and literally has no method for winning close games apart from 'chip it around' when what we should be doing is playing on and getting it forward, which is why we get in front in the first place. Every time we hit the front we go back in our shells and go back to why we were losing before the last qtr. Every time.
Yeah we were never winning from that position. We basically saw how it played out anyway, would have been a stoppage into siren.
No issues with the umpiring but it is always jarring to see that paid just because it's usually ignored. At kickouts people can run halfway to the 50 without a bounce.
