AFL Autopsy Praccy: Geelong win by a couple and Ridley cops a quad - 01/03

[sameolds33]

Forced or experimenting?

bit of both - but mostly experimental I think. Bryan, Laverde eg. Good coaching

 

[Learntopray]

Cox was

Cox was never a great kick. He was just dual-sided. The fact that it might be him or Reid is a bigger indictment of our drafting of our last 10 years.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Pretty happy with that. Idk who else was missing but 2MP missing definitely hurt in the end.

 

[Mootsy]

Perfect evening in Geelong

 

[Vindicater]

Losing Ridley puts a dour note on what was a much better showing.

The last quarter looked like magnets were thrown everywhere so not sure I am too upset with us losing the last bit.

 

[yodellinhank]

If Langford is injured, we should officially ban re-signing players before round 1...

One of those situations where you don't know whether to sack Quinn or Dodoro

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Good hit out. Shame about Ridley but feels a lot better than last week!

 

[JayJ20]

Decent hitout. I liked what I saw the first 3 quarters. Not surprising that the defence capitulated after Ridley injured himself. Langford and Wright being taken off also impacted the forward structure.

Geelong put the foot down in the last quarter as expected.

Hopefully we see more of that first 3 quarters as the season progresses and the players become match fit.

 

[Happyskeret]

I feel more bad than last week only because Rids got injured.

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

Rids looked pretty shattered. He might miss a few weeks

I think he's gone for more than a few weeks.

 

[sameolds33]

A game of two halfs.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

As others said looks like we ran out of steam...I hope we can run out games in the proper season.

 

[Mootsy]

One of those situations where you don't know whether to sack Quinn or Dodoro

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Langers looks pretty relaxed. Don't think there's a concern there

 

[justlookingaround]

Happy with that, hopefully Langford on ice was an abundance of caution. Ridley on the other hand looked pretty dejected.
Reid was the highlight of the day for sure.

 

[sameolds33]

Happy with that, hopefully Langford on ice was an abundance of caution. Ridley on the other hand looked pretty dejected.
Reid was the highlight of the day for sure.

Agree. And liked Goldy's role and interview too. Duursma disappointing

 

[eth-dog]

I think that was Laverde's worst game since moving to defence

 

[yodellinhank]

Langers looks pretty relaxed. Don't think there's a concern there

That's just his laconic nature.

 

[ghostdog]

Pretty happy with that. Idk who else was missing but 2MP missing definitely hurt in the end.
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Oh, why didn't he play?

 

[BratPack]

A better showing than last week. But maybe it's me after so many years of this team breaking my heart but I'm not as optimistic as a lot of you are.

 

[Keystone agony]

Didnt watch much of the game, watched small snippets

Before in a game like that Hawkins woukdve kicked 6 goals on us. Enter Ben Mckay, always said hed be a huge get

Archie Perkins continues to offer absolutely nothint. VFL spell with more onball time to develop that area please

Reid very solid, knew ages ago he was ready for round 1 footy if he could get his body through PS

Parish continues to look awesome

The back half trio of Martin, Zerrett, Parish are really going to challenge defenaive setups changing angles and making good decisions. Maybe make it a quartet with Mcgrath

Tsatas maybe my stream isnt great but i did not notice 7 disp from Tsatas in that last. Huge number but non existent influence, didnt see him to question his kicking like others... but i questioned it before being drafted


Laverde dropped interesting, he gets a repreive for Ridley now anyway. Great to see big calls made behind closed doors (Lav, Heppell and J.Kelly ect)

 

[sameolds33]

Oh, why didn't he play?

he played. Was rested after Q1

 

[ghostdog]

Okay, so was Cox moved to half back to cover Ridley?

 

[Lore]

Oh, why didn't he play?

was running laps at half time, looked like load management

 

[Fayab99]

Bit worried about Archie Perkins, seems to have pace and flair but just can't get into the game? Doesn't seem to know where to run or how to find the football