Review Good, Bad, Keeping shape, keeping shat - Crows V Bombers

[Harris1991]

We were lucky to be close in the end purely off the back of Essendon's inefficiency and inability to capitalize on their dominance.

If we look objectively at the list of players who took the park, is should be no surprise to see us 1-5 (should be 0-6).

These players currently have no business being anywhere near a premiership quality side:

• Cook
• Borlase
• Gollant
• Hamill
• Jones
• Laird
• McHenry
• O'Brien
• Sholl
• Smith

When you look at that list who are currently first 22 for us it should be no surprise we are bottom four quality.

Unfortunately for us the football dept resopnsbile for building this horrendous list will also be those in charge of "the rebuild, the sequel". Makes me physically ill that Reid and especially Ogilvie are still employed by the club.

 

[Crows I Am]

I wonder if we've tailored our fitness program around peaking for finals, given that it was an inevitability

The boys will be raring to go at Mad Monday then.

 

[SugarShane]

First quarter fumbles.

All game really. Essendon were squeaky clean. Handballs were centimetre perfect, one grabbing marks, picking up the ball on the first attempt.

We were the exact opposite. How we came within a goal is a miracle in itself. So many potential forays were thwarted because we simply could not take possession of the ball that was right in front of us.

You could feel 7 (or even 26) years of frustration in every crowd reaction to each botched kick, out on the full, dropped mark under little to no pressure.

 

[WheresGroomgone]

The AFL admit they made a mistake in one instance yet they still find it in their heart to penalise some of our players.

MATCH REVIEW: Crows gun learns fate for dangerous tackle

The Match Review findings for Friday night's round six game are in

www.afl.com.au

Where’s the review of the Essendon player who threw a haymaker which connected in around the third qtr. ?

 

[BunjiMac]

Selection of sholl said everything of the coaches mindset leading into this game.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Hi all, does anyone happen to know the name of the song that played over the countdown montage to the first bounce on Friday?

 

[kirky]

So have you just come on to this board to s**t stir?

Unfortunately some do that but without the wit.

 

[GrandGazza]

Hi all, does anyone happen to know the name of the song that played over the countdown montage to the first bounce on Friday?

2WEI feat. Edda Hayes - Warriors

 

[NT Thunder1]

So have you just come on to this board to s**t stir?

Plenty of regulars do the same thing...

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Plenty of regulars do the same thing...

Name these plenty.

Interesting strategy for a supposed newbie...

 

[NT Thunder1]

Name these plenty.

Interesting strategy for a supposed newbie...

If I name them, they will just come and attack me.
Which was the point of my post

 

[weekend at bernies]

only good was Dawson finding form.
we lost a game we didn't deserve to win due to a gutless umpire. A win would of only covered up the cracks as to how poor we were. Why on earth did we go back to playing slow and long down the line.
The Carlton game it was as if the players were told you have 5 seconds to get of the ball, none of that on friday night.

 

[DangerSloane]

43 inside 50s.
4 marks inside 50.

* me, how can anybody argue we don't have a coaching problem?

This points way more to a kicking and lack of marking forwards problem.

 

[BACCS]

This points way more to a kicking and lack of marking forwards problem.

Amazing how that wasn’t a problem last week when they moved the ball with speed

 

[WaynesWorld19]

I've been trying to explain .....playing high level AFL is more than how many kicks & handballs you get .....it's the technical stuff that sorts the young hopefulls from experienced campaigners

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

I've been trying to explain .....playing high level AFL is more than how many kicks & handballs you get .....it's the technical stuff that sorts the young hopefulls from experienced campaigners

Yeah, that’s not good enough by Ranks.

If the handover had happened then parish is berry’s respinsibility. But ranks needs to make sure the handover has occurred already. Until that has happened, its ranks responsibility.

Wonder if ranks will get shown that footage? (I’m losing all faith in our coaches to do their jobs at this point)

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I liked how they read out the votes for the Glendinning Medal from the three judges

Should do the same with the Showdown Medal

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I've been trying to explain .....playing high level AFL is more than how many kicks & handballs you get .....it's the technical stuff that sorts the young hopefulls from experienced campaigners

No one is suggesting playing youngsters or using them in the centre square because they'll be instantly flawless and never make a mistake

They'll make errors.

They'll also learn from them and improve. That's what a rebuild is. Over time and combined with good coaching they'll make fewer of them.

We seemingly get scared off by the prospect of these mistakes.

 

[jackster83]

I've been trying to explain .....playing high level AFL is more than how many kicks & handballs you get .....it's the technical stuff that sorts the young hopefulls from experienced campaigners

As opposed to the trash that those in our LG put out each week?

Murphy, ROB, Smith and Milera wouldn't even get a game in a top eight side lol.

 

[Pugsley]

If I name them, they will just come and attack me.
Which was the point of my post

Calm down, Alex.

 

[StonesThrow]

Forgot to mention how bad our fumbling was. Our lack of clean hands plays a significant role in us losing imo. We put ourselves under way more pressure than there would be if we are clean.

Soligo was one of the few that was clean (even he had one bad fumble).

On second watch Hamill wasn't too bad. Made two turnovers (at least through attacking kicks), but other than that was solid.

 

[Billy_01]

The fumbling has been absolutely contagious this year is a bigger issue than what we’re making out. We just aren’t switched on for huge periods of games. I remember rachele saying we employed a new sports psychologist and she’s been helping him with focus? Obviously f**** not!!

 

[George Kramer]

No one is suggesting playing youngsters or using them in the centre square because they'll be instantly flawless and never make a mistake

They'll make errors.

They'll also learn from them and improve. That's what a rebuild is. Over time and combined with good coaching they'll make fewer of them.

We seemingly get scared off by the prospect of these mistakes.

And yet accept our senior players making them

 

[WaynesWorld19]

No one is suggesting playing youngsters or using them in the centre square because they'll be instantly flawless and never make a mistake

They'll make errors.

They'll also learn from them and improve. That's what a rebuild is. Over time and combined with good coaching they'll make fewer of them.

We seemingly get scared off by the prospect of these mistakes.

All good in theory, but supporters haven’t the patience to accept mistakes & judge the players accordingly

Also the mistakes made, which are usually defensive actions, and positioning … the ave supporter doesn’t see

We’ve had the rebuild … that’s finished

 

[George Kramer]

All good in theory, but supporters haven’t the patience to accept mistakes & judge the players accordingly

Also the mistakes made, which are usually defensive actions, and positioning … the ave supporter doesn’t see

We’ve had the rebuild … that’s finished

What do you think of the mistake Sloane made by panicking and grabbing Daicos’s jumper?

What category do you put the mistakes Nicks has made this year? Young coach finding his way making rookie errors or experienced coach ****ing up?