Autopsy Positives & Negatives v Collingwood

[frenchconnection]

Stats probably do say differently, but I see what I see and that's us handballing continuously under pressure to a player half a metre away, standing still or when they are pretty much being tackled before they have even received the ball when a long kick 50 metres down field can sometimes alleviate the pressure or a least give the pressured players the time to reset. We just keep handpassing until it finally gets turned over and the opposition kick a goal, it's almost a set play with us and when it's on our home deck, the crowd groans here we go again, a big problem is our coaching staff and players tend not to learn from mistakes, the club could be summed up by the word madness, an example of such is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result, That's us to a tee!

Agree with all your comments here - particularly hand balling to a stationery player under pressure. I've come to the conclusion we have too many players who just don't have a football brain, or are just panic merchants and the football becomes like a hot potato. Hardly any of our players want to take responsibility - I guess the biggest thing lacking is leadership.

 

[SpaceClef]

Another negative - I think that was the fourth game we have lost this season despite the opposition having one less player for much of the game.

Sydney: Laidler, concussed in Q1, missed the rest of the game.
Geelong: McCarthy, ankle injury in Q1, missed the rest of the game.
WB: McLean, foot injury in Q2, missed the rest of the game
Collingwood: Moore, knee injury in Q2, missed the rest of the game.

If we got lighter and weaker over the off season because of a belief that reduced interchange rotations would have a big impact, then it hasn't really paid off. Clearly being a man down and having fewer interchanges hasn't affected the sides we've been beaten by

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

Another negative - I think that was the fourth game we have lost this season despite the opposition having one less player for much of the game.

Sydney: Laidler, concussed in Q1, missed the rest of the game.
Geelong: McCarthy, ankle injury in Q1, missed the rest of the game.
WB: McLean, foot injury in Q2, missed the rest of the game
Collingwood: Moore, knee injury in Q2, missed the rest of the game.

If we got lighter and weaker over the off season because of a belief that reduced interchange rotations would have a big impact, then it hasn't really paid off. Clearly being a man down and having fewer interchanges hasn't affected the sides we've been beaten by

That's what happens when you play with only a handful trying. We could have 32 out there and not win ATM.