Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2023

[largebus]

Good start to the year form the pies. How s**t must Buckley be as a coach?

He missed finals 4 years in a row and kept his job because Eddie wanted to prove to everyone (especially Malthouse) that his failed succession plan was working.

 

[Kram]

Woohoo I tipped Collingwood!

 

[noise36]

Thing is you can only front run and roll around in waves with seemingly endless energy like pies do if you can rely on your team mates to execute their skills with the intensity turned up.
Im not sure we can do that, last year at least when the heat got turned up we often turned it over.

 

[Kram]

Stan Alves used to say when analysing teams that he went through the list and asked “do I know what I’m going to get from this player today?”

And I reckon with Collingwood you can pretty much say that for every player except maybe Cox. That’s why they’re so reliable

Amazed at how many ladder predictions I've seen with them being put back down like towards the bottom of the 8. Or even out of it a couple of times..

Really good team across the park that work well as a unit.

 

[gaskin]

Amazed at how many ladder predictions I've seen with them being put back down like towards the bottom of the 8. Or even out of it a couple of times..

Really good team across the park that work well as a unit.

Because they won so many by less than a goal. They could as easily have finished the season in 12th.

 

[mike91]

Collingwood been really impressive.

Although I think Hawkins and De Koning were hurt, I've been very unimpressed by Geelong, thought it was a very lazy game by them. Defensively embarrassing, midfielders were lazy and didn't want to run both ways

 

[gaskin]

Collingwood been really impressive.

Although I think Hawkins and De Koning were hurt, I've been very unimpressed by Geelong, thought it was a very lazy game by them. Defensively embarrassing, midfielders were lazy and didn't want to run both ways

Stewart going down early didn't help. They essentially played 3 and a half quarters without their 2 key defenders.

 

[FreoGirl]

and they did this without Howe and Ginnivan...

 

[freo_leo29]

Got to remeber with Cats defense there

Dekoning is 1 season in
Rat played his first game in defense
Stewart went off injured
Henry didn't play


It was an unsettled backline imo

 

[mike91]

Stewart going down early didn't help. They essentially played 3 and a half quarters without their 2 key defenders.

I agree completely that Stewart going down was huge, he controls the back line. But the cats workrate was piss poor in the second half.

 

[Ge3ks]

Good game by Henry. Took everything from his former teammates and that feral crowd and still played well. Kid has resolve.

 

[SHill Shall]

Geelong bottom of the ladder tonight!

 

[FreoGirl]

Geelong bottom of the ladder tonight!

4th because they have a percentage?

 

[Fyfster]

Nobody has gone close to Rowell in his first year.
Unfortunately he only lasted 3 games, but the impact he had in those games.
Unfortunately he hasn't gone on with it

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You are right but I was rating Walsh's whole year not 3 games.

 

[SHill Shall]

4th because they have a percentage?

Well bottom of my ladder then They’re behind the non playing teams on points differential!

 

[FreoGirl]

Well bottom of my ladder then They’re behind the non playing teams on points differential!

lol

 

[Purple Jesus]

Goddamn of course I had Stewart in my fantasy team haha. Whopping 14.

 

[Fyfster]

Stewart going down early didn't help. They essentially played 3 and a half quarters without their 2 key defenders.

One thing I will say about Collingwood is win lose or draw they are entertaining to watch.
Macrea has them playing a very watchable brand of football.

 

[JunglistPosse]

Ball movement and spread is another level. I am not sure we have this level yet.

Underdone and still Hawkins and Cameron are game changers. I would think Geelong have too much up front to lose this un less injuries have more of a say. Looks like a top four clash.

was thinking the same

 

[FreoGirl]

too many pessimists in here - it's only round one - we've got this

 

[Square Peg]

We'll have a much better idea of what these two games mean next week when Carlton play Geelong. Just two ends of the spectrum.

 

[freo84]

This is going to be a very interesting year.

 

[gaskin]

Realistically we'll know more in a month. You can't really base much off round 1.

 

[tonygeeks]

Hoskin-Elliot is *ing garbage. I'm sure tonygeeks agrees.

****-ing use-less

 

[FreoGirl]

This is going to be a very interesting year.

The bumper crowds have already reflected an intense hunger for a return to 'proper AFL' now there's no Covid restrictions. You could argue it will be of most benefit to Victorian clubs (psychologically), but would also help traveling teams like us (not having to worry about possible lock downs or restrictions) when flying. I just hope our flights are reliable!