Review Good/Bad vs Brisbane, R22 2023

[Scorpus]

The whiplash of losing this match into the Matildas winning was quite something

 

[SugarShane]

according to this xscore (it's proven reasonably robust, but still fan analysis.) Goalkicking was very much the difference tonight.

3 complete misses from inside 30m. 6 behinds from straight in front inside 50.

 

[SugarShane]

As Blighty said “first you have to play in close games, then you start winning them”. We turned Adelaide oval back into a bit of a fortress this year… tick. Next year it’ll be winning close away games!

I hope so. The boys have to put in the work though, it won't just start happening. I've seen many a team look "nearly there", only to fall back down the ladder again the next year. I definitely have hope though, the character of the side to never say die has me believing.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Some hard markers on this board, the lad's gave their all and came up one kick short against a genuine Premiership contender on their home deck with a very inexperienced backline against one of the most dangerous if not the most dangerous forward set ups in the AFL. One ball bounced the other way and we win the game.

Ball goes between the sticks and we win the game

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Agree to an extent, but still frustrating that we’ve seen this scenario four times this season against top four teams, and couldn’t capitalise on any of them, especially when we’ve had multiple opportunities

Pretty much means they haven’t learned from them

 

[ContrarianCrow]

This isn’t the disappointing performance - it’s the best performance anyone has put up all year against the Lions at the Gabba. The disappointment, as it feels like it’s always been, is the dross we’ve served up against our mid-table competitors (GWS X2, ESS, WB, GC away) that leaves us needing to try to pull of these miracle wins against the best teams in the comp with vastly more experience.

We’ve played some outstanding football against the top 4, and guess what? Sometimes that isn’t even enough, because they’re great teams who can beat you even at your best. The inability to match these efforts in the games that really matter, the 8-point games, is the real black mark against what would otherwise be a successful season.

 

[MsTopG]

Blighty wouldnt put up with this current shite.

sloane wouldve been dumped to the sanfl months ago and told at years end to pack his bags.

Blight was never scared to move on club champions/veterans/fan favourites.

Blight wanted to win. He didn't care who he pissed off.

 

[StonesThrow]

Think this sums up our year. Really turned a corner but ultimately not quite good enough yet.

When you're relying on a first year player against the best small forward in the comp and then a bunch of defenders with less than 20 games experience, it's going to be tough.

I'm an optimist and think this year has been quite positive. We really need some of our young players to take the next step next year though (TT, Fog, Soligo, Rachele, Pedlar). Our young defenders are doing really well, but the midfield and forward line is questionable where we'll be at next year if walker falls off.

Good:

Schoenberg one of his best games.

Crouch continues to surprise.

Dawson good for the most part. Think he lost control at key times though.

Worrell strong. Think he's our best kpd with Murray out.

Keane okay but dropped some easy chest marks.

Milera for the most part gave us drive from the backline. Hinge likewise until he got injured. Really suffered after he went off and didn't have the same impact when he came back.

Michalaney good first half but struggled on Cameron in the second.

Bad:

Sloane is done

Fog no aerial presence. Happened too many times this year.

TT likewise.

O'Brien zero influence

Walker second half. Should have had 4 goals really. Reckon he'd be pretty pissed with his game.

Sloppy in key moments.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Yeah really want to see Murray and Keane together. Strangely enough I wanted to see that around round 4-5 this year after it was evident that Butts wasn't up to it. Nicks cost us finals with his selections.

100% this

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Still a massive step forward to be in these positions as well though, not many teams get the chance for honourable losses against them as they never get close. This team is so damn close to pushing the top 4, we absolutely win some of these next year. Just need to make sure we keep AO a fortress and bank the 2-3 away wins.

Tex isn’t kicking 70 next year

 

[1990crow]

Crouch can stay, Sloane simply has to go.

Club apparently let slip the opposite is happening.

 

[MsTopG]

according to this xscore (it's proven reasonably robust, but still fan analysis.) Goalkicking was very much the difference tonight.

Agree. Does xscore take into account cheating umps as well though. We should have won by 3 goals.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Tex isn’t kicking 70 next year

Need Fog and RT to become way more consistently impactful

 

[Southerntakeover]

Blighty wouldnt put up with this current shite.

sloane wouldve been dumped to the sanfl months ago and told at years end to pack his bags.

Blight was never scared to move on club champions/veterans/fan favourites.

The idea that Blighty can be used as as evidence for the naff theory of linear progress, the idea that a team can blow opportunities because they'll do better next time, then better next time, then better next time until they are perfect is a slap in the face to our club history.

Blight did not settle for near enough. He had a team five goals down in a preliminary final with the Coleman medalist and the guy who was leading the Brownlow both out for the year. He wasn't satisfied with an honourable loss. He made changes.

 

[MsTopG]

Need Fog and RT to become way more consistently impactful

Either that or we need to trade in another forward.

 

[PCORF]

We were the better side but were hopeless under pressure situations. Story of the season. I feel out of Brisbane and Sydney this was the more winnable of the two games. We've had perhaps the toughest draw in the AFL this season.

Crouch, Milera and Schoenberg best on ground.

 

[SellarStardom]

Either that or we need to trade in another forward.

I think there is a need, McAdam is showing the value of another marking forward. If Gollant isn't going to make it there is a need for another marking 192cm type forward. Unless of course we turn Worrell back into a forward or move Doedee forward.

 

[SellarStardom]

Club apparently let slip the opposite is happening.

That would be a disaster.

Sloane is a liability and Crouch has shown over the last month he is actually just as good if not slightly better in the middle as Laird. Laird"a kicking and loopy handballs were quite poor against the Lions

I am actually in favour of Laird going back to HB as we need a small defender

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Yep max was hung out to dry by things up field that quarter

Interesting that young Max gets the responsibility while Milera and Smith can play unaccountable footy

 

[cmndstab]

Interesting that young Max gets the responsibility while Milera and Smith can play unaccountable footy

They have completely different roles.

That game was very much a microcosm of our season. We are absolutely good enough to match it with the best sides, but just lack that tiny bit of polish when it really counts. Plenty of fight, plenty of grit, but just not quite good enough in 2023.

Simply not good enough from Sloane, and Murphy was utterly anonymous. We have to persist with Thilthorpe but right now he's just not offering enough. Borlase struggled but hey, it's his second match. Most of the rest were good, I thought. Thank goodness Hinge was okay.

The less said about the umpiring the better.

We'll have some quality draft picks this year, and get another preseason into our young players, and there should be no excuse for us not to be a genuine contender in 2024.

 

[Southerntakeover]

We'll have some quality draft picks this year, and get another preseason into our young players, and there should be no excuse for us not to be a genuine contender in 2024.

Except our midfield is still not good enough, and it's old, and it's not going to improve.

We've prolonged the pain, because when we finally admit that some of these guys have to be moved on we'll have to replace them with midfield inexperience, having done nothing to develop a younger midfield this year.

Between Dads Army in the guts and Tex's form, there are enough reasons to question the idea of linear improvement.

 

[Sanders]

I never said it was honourable, but…

But indeed

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Good
Keane's left foot pass in Q4

 

[rubbers0ul]

We had more trade capital than powaa. They managed to upgrade and ate our lunch.

Crows would have let rozzee rot on the half forward flank this year and never give him a chance to shine in the midfield while Sloane and to a lesser extent Laird are taking up all the midfield minutes.


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[thebirdman 24]

I see Murphy had one of his trademark awful away games.

Who would have expected that..

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