Autopsy North V Crows

[Samsquanch]

The Adelaide bias in the commentary box last night was a disgrace.
Brian Taylor willfully wishing on the floodgates and Cameron Lings fellating of Eddie Betts was pathetic.
If Channel 7 had any sense of professionalism in their ability to put on a respectful broadcast, then these two *******s have to go. Ofcourse they don't.

Brian Taylor, Luke what's his face from Footscray and Ling. Channel 7 have no self respect whatsoever.

 

[ViperR1]

We played an extra man in defense again tonight. Every time we come to Adelaide Brad plays an extra man and we get burnt by their run from defense. Surprise surprise it happened again. Every time we won a contested ball or stoppage we blindly bomb it long to their spare.

Every time they won the ball they ran and linked up with handballs to avoid our spare. Lachie was playing our spare and he took 1 intercept mark for the whole game. ******* joke.

But here's the killer. Pyke thought it was so funny having the better of the extra man he threw Betts to the back of the square for Center bounces to cause a second spare man. This meant we had Dal playing as a spare back and Betts running off the back of the square for them. Brad didn't man Betts up once, not ducking once!!! Brad actually thought we must have been getting the better out of this set up.

It was obvious tonight that Scott has absolutely no idea how to coach on match day. The guy is an absolute tool.

I've tried to be easier on Scott knowing our injuries etc.

But his coaching really has been plain shithouse regardless of that.

Seriously going nowhere until he is replaced.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

I agree.

The replays were played last night, but there was were nowhere near the level of hysteria compared to Lindsay's high tackle on that Footscray player earlier in the year. Last night's incident was not a trip. A trip is below the knee and causes an opponent to stubble or fall - it was a kick and it was deliberately struck.

I doubt that the Adelaide player would have intended to cause an injury, and no player would be stupid enough to kick an opponent in any premeditated way, but the incident was not incidental - it seemed to be the result of a spur of the moment brain fade or something like that.

If it was Lindsay there would be outrage, and all the talk on the radio, TV and Foxtel would be about whether it's 4 or 6 weeks.

The player was reported, which is a mandatory 50m penalty ...

... except if it's LT.

This shits me to tears. Especially given the scores were close at that stage and 50m would have give us a goal.

But let's be realistic - how many times have we scrapped and scraped to stay in a game at half time, and instead of coming out breathing fire, we miss the start of the 3rd quarter and soon after the deficit is unassailable? It's painful. Lots of the criticism of Scott is over the top, but f*** me, how can he not get them mentally prepared to take on a second half when the game is there for the team who wants it most?

 

[Samsquanch]

The player was reported, which is a mandatory 50m penalty ...

... except if it's LT.

So what happened there? I asked in the game day thread as well... A report, 55 out. No 50.

Oh yeah. It was Lindsay.

Expect an appology from the umps on Monday. Should have been play on - nothing to see here.

So far, it hasn't been mentioned in the sports reports that I've seen.

 

[Gasometer]

Gee flicking through the replay and we were 9 points down at half time.

 

[ApplecrossWC]

Pathetic end to the season.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Gee flicking through the replay and we were 9 points down at half time.

Two goals.

We then conceded 15 goals in the second half.

Fifteen ****ing goals.

 

[tazaa]

Two goals.

We then conceded 15 goals in the second half.

Fifteen ******* goals.

We're pretenders. Only way to describe the teams finish

 

[Only Forwards]

We're pretenders. Only way to describe the teams finish

We were cooked. We've been cooked for months.

We were cooked in a similar fashion in 2013 when we went to the well too many times and came back empty handed.

I back us to bounce back harder than people think.

I think Brad's philosophy will shift a bit more than people think.

Some of the media would have us believing we're devoid of hope for a long time, I just don't see it that way, it also isn't the easy story to write. And journos like easy.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

We were cooked. We've been cooked for months.

We were cooked in a similar fashion in 2013 when we went to the well too many times and came back empty handed.

I back us to bounce back harder than people think.

I think Brad's philosophy will shift a bit more than people think.

Some of the media would have us believing we're devoid of hope for a long time, I just don't see it that way, it also isn't the easy story to write. And journos like easy.

Agree with all of this and especially the bolded.

In continually picking the elder statesmen of the team on the basis that he is backing them to come good, he has created a rod for his own back and he clearly realises it. Not renewing the contracts was, IMO, the first big step toward a new philosophy at the selection table. You can almost touch the sense of relief in Brad now the very hard decision has been made.

 

[tazaa]

We were cooked. We've been cooked for months.

We were cooked in a similar fashion in 2013 when we went to the well too many times and came back empty handed.

I back us to bounce back harder than people think.

I think Brad's philosophy will shift a bit more than people think.

Some of the media would have us believing we're devoid of hope for a long time, I just don't see it that way, it also isn't the easy story to write. And journos like easy.

These delistings killed the year. The injuries only gave the boys an outlet for sub par performances.
If Boomer and Wells go we will have a young talented forward line with no one able to kick to them.

 

[Only Forwards]

If Boomer and Wells go we will have a young talented forward line with no one able to kick to them

Need a dynamic mid with pace.
Higgins hopefully back to form.
Frog plays all year
Clarke will play most of it.
Luke into the middle.
Hopefully Jed comes on.

It's not as bleak as the picture being painted.

 

[tazaa]

Need a dynamic mid with pace.
Higgins hopefully back to form.
Frog plays all year
Clarke will play most of it.
Luke into the middle.
Hopefully Jed comes on.

It's not as bleak as the picture being painted.

That's if they develop well enough to play midfield.
Too many ifs and too much left to chance. We need to trade and draft aggressively. The burden left behind is too great

 

[Only Forwards]

That's if they develop well enough to play midfield.
Too many ifs and too much left to chance. We need to trade and draft aggressively. The burden left behind is too great

I agree we need to be aggressive.

I don't see the glass as empty as some.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

I think it was really a two horse race between Carlton and Adelaide. Betts had family back in Adelaide. North would have had to make a pretty huge offer to sway him. Eddie would have likely stayed at Carlton if they had matched Adelaide's offer anyway. He's said this in an interview.

source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...y/news-story/11f60bfdaf121e14a34f08fbc624a56c

Yep, I have it on pretty good authority that was the case.

I don't believe for a second norths $$ offer was any reason.

 

[tazaa]

I agree we need to be aggressive.

I don't see the glass as empty as some.

Our midfield needs an overhaul and so far Boomer and Wells and Dal Santo seem to be gone. The complete opposite of what we needed to do. Now all we have left are players with poorer foot skills and worse tanks.
If we don't replace quality with quality, organic growth is an eternity away and hence the pessimism is rife.

 

[Mr Reliable]

At the risk of prolonging the misery that was Saturday night, the ex players on RSN 927 this morning highlighted the fact that 4 or 5 of our defenders on Saturday night had ZERO tackles - ZERO - and the entire team had only 43 tackles - forty ****in' three - for the game.

After a week off to prepare, with shocking form leading into the game and getting a few of the injured key players back, they dish up that rubbish.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

At the risk of prolonging the misery that was Saturday night, the ex players on RSN 927 this morning highlighted the fact that 4 or 5 of our defenders on Saturday night had ZERO tackles - ZERO - and the entire team had only 43 tackles - forty ****in' three - for the game.

After a week off to prepare, with shocking form leading into the game and getting a few of the injured key players back, they dish up that rubbish.

We had two in the first 15 minutes of the third quarter as an entire team when the game was put to bed. That sort of "effort" happens far too often under the current regime.

 

[Mr Reliable]

We had two in the first 15 minutes of the third quarter as an entire team when the game was put to bed. That sort of "effort" happens far too often under the current regime.

There was one game when Collingwood had more than 100 tackles. That would have been a "manic" performance. The Bulldogs were manic last Thursday night. I can't imagine us being manic for an entire game, ever.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

There was one game when Collingwood had more than 100 tackles. That would have been a "manic" performance. The Bulldogs were manic last Thursday night. I can't imagine us being manic for an entire game, ever.

There have been a few. Richmond this year was one, Sydney and West Coast away in 2014 two others. The issue is it has never ever been a consistent week in/week out thing under Scott.

 

[ViperR1]

At the risk of prolonging the misery that was Saturday night, the ex players on RSN 927 this morning highlighted the fact that 4 or 5 of our defenders on Saturday night had ZERO tackles - ZERO - and the entire team had only 43 tackles - forty ****in' three - for the game.

After a week off to prepare, with shocking form leading into the game and getting a few of the injured key players back, they dish up that rubbish.

Poor intensity and effort has been a consistent theme under Scott.

Sat night was yet another example of a team lacking the desire to get the job done, and were hammered (again) or it.

 

[Mr Reliable]

There have been a few. Richmond this year was one, Sydney and West Coast away in 2014 two others. The issue is it has never ever been a consistent week in/week out thing under Scott.

Yes, I suppose what disappoints is the inconsistency of our effort - from week to week, game to game, quarter to quarter, and within quarters. Even when we won 9 straight there were plenty of times when I wasn't satisfied. However, I suspect the playing group was. How do you improve when you're so easily pleased?

 

[Horizons_00]

At the risk of prolonging the misery that was Saturday night, the ex players on RSN 927 this morning highlighted the fact that 4 or 5 of our defenders on Saturday night had ZERO tackles - ZERO - and the entire team had only 43 tackles - forty ****in' three - for the game.

After a week off to prepare, with shocking form leading into the game and getting a few of the injured key players back, they dish up that rubbish.

This 100%!

 

[CarnTheKANGAS]

What would you have done differently?
Tagged someone? Moved Hansen or Tarrant fwd? Petrie back? Daw as an on-baller?

me - I would have started only Harvey and Higgins forward and dropped all others to the wings to push back into defensive 50 - I wouldve tried to clog the game from centre back with traffic.

Majority here seem frustrated with Scotts inability to mix things up - what would you have done? any ideas...

 

[archereleven]

Yes, I suppose what disappoints is the inconsistency of our effort - from week to week, game to game, quarter to quarter, and within quarters. Even when we won 9 straight there were plenty of times when I wasn't satisfied. However, I suspect the playing group was. How do you improve when you're so easily pleased?

A new voice from someone uncompromising in this area would be a big help.

Im not a Bard fan at all, but for the clubs sake and his own he would want to start getting tough on this group regarding effort and the basics of the game...