AFL Autopsy Praccy Match v. St Kilda

[faible]

McGrath promised us 60 points, we got 66.

Pretty good really.

 

[The Prosecutor]

same s**t different year
ive supported the bombers for 50 years.
guess i'm luckier than some in that i can remember winning finals and being feared.
We are an utter laughing stock practice match or not
I remember 2000 and the practice match series and i made a call that we wouldn't lose game that season. we were aggressive and hard. 1 1loss was actually a let down for that team.
this practice game makes me question if we can actually beat anyone

I've missed these types of posts.

 

[bombreys]

Menzie might need to perform better to get a game. I would be going with Hind and Gresham as smalls after that.

Sort of a tough game to have a crack at a 21 year old forward pocket.

I'm a lot more worried about the likes of Heppell, Weideman, McGrath, etc.

 

[nesko_25]

I know I gave Martin a bit of (probably unwarranted) s**t before, but McGrath’s disposal genuinely isn’t good enough back there and hasn’t been for some time.

So you're saying that Pidge shouldn't be teaching Parish and Tsatas how to kick?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

As they say... pre-season results don't matter unless you get smashed.

Nobody is going at 100%.

But getting blown off the park when everybody is having a fairly decent crack... it's a bad sign.

Not good.

 

[Chief Hopper]

Worth saying that Ross the boss has potentially setup Saints to be a top 6 team this year.
And it's just a practice match.

Still if some players aren't showing much in these pre season matches, like Hepps and Wieds, we should have those particular players start out in the 2s for the first few rounds of the season until they find form.

 

[Fayab99]

Worth saying that Ross the boss has potentially setup Saints to be a top 6 team this year.
And it's just a practice match.

Still if some players aren't showing much in these pre season matches, like Hepps and Wieds, we should have those particular players start out in the 2s for the first few rounds of the season until they find form.

They just seem such a well drilled side, their list isn't even that good

 

[BratPack]

Our centre structre was actually pretty good, only will get better when Draper gets back. But god there's a lot of issues everywhere else.

Like they say Match Sims don't matter but when you're getting blown out by 11 goals in a half paced match? Yeah call me Scotty at Engardine Macca's cause I'm about to start s**ting myself.

 

[MiguelM]

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Worth saying that Ross the boss has potentially setup Saints to be a top 6 team this year.
And it's just a practice match.

Still if some players aren't showing much in these pre season matches, like Hepps and Wieds, we should have those particular players start out in the 2s for the first few rounds of the season until they find form.

They're blowing their load early, just like last year.

 

[MiguelM]

They just seem such a well drilled side, their list isn't even that good

We looked sorta well drilled, well full of holes anyway!

 

[gillon]

I thought the players have changed standards, become pros, gone to Arizona, etc.

I'm not sure how many would've gone if they weren't allowed to post #Arizona instagram montages.

 

[Vindicater]

What was the fi al score?

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

106-40

 

[Blind Turn]

My big takeaways from the snippets I saw were;

- for a squad with many tall players we are weak as piss in the air. Outmarked, outmuscled, outpositioned. It’s something they need to work hard on. We have Jones, Weid, Wright, Bryan, Hayes, Reid and Cox who all have flaws in their contested, and one-on-one marking.

- our lack of quality small forwards is a bigger problem than I thought. Minimal quality in goalsneaking and no quality in defensive pressure. Is Menzie still a ‘lock’ for a forward role? Not a lock.

- our midfield might be our only hope this season. Wrap Parish, Merrett and Setterfield in cotton wool.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Reckon they should've taken it seriously like they did with the draw against the Saints in the 2011 Nab Cup

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You'dve thought we went on to win the flag

 

[Milanista28]

"It's only a practice match" Lmao, paint it on the side of the hanger

 

[Vindicater]

106-40

Oofftt

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Sort of a tough game to have a crack at a 21 year old forward pocket.

I'm a lot more worried about the likes of Heppell, Weideman, McGrath, etc.

3 blokes you mentioned are definitely a worry. I will rephrase.

Saints ran the ball out of our forward with ease. I cannot remember too many big pressure acts by our forwards, Gresham lifted and provided some. Hind had a run down tackle. Our other smalls were largely unsighted.

In contrast Saints smalls harassed us causing bad kicks from the likes of Hepp, McGrath and Laverde, and some bad decisions when under pressure resulting in finding King and Sharman all alone on the turnover.

 

[Vindicater]

3 blokes you mentioned are definitely a worry. I will rephrase.

Saints ran the ball out of our forward with ease. I cannot remember too many big pressure acts by our forwards, Gresham lifted and provided some. Hind had a run down tackle. Our other smalls were largely unsighted.

In contrast Saints smalls harassed us causing bad kicks from the likes of Hepp, McGrath and Laverde, and some bad decisions when under pressure resulting in finding King and Sharman all alone on the turnover.

I mean when we are flooding forward and we kick it to the saints defenders who are able to mark easily it makes it hard for any pressure to be put on. (I only watched the first quarter)

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

I mean when we are flooding forward and we kick it to the saints defenders who are able to mark easily it makes it hard for any pressure to be put on. (I only watched the first quarter)

Yeah there were turnovers from horrible kicks as well, under no pressure. Bit of a home ground advantage thing and just some with skills not up to standard.

 

[faible]

just some with skills not up to standard.

This is the bit that was glaring, we looked very sloppy.

 

[ghostdog]

So I'm just getting in. A poor showing I guess given the melts from some.

Were we really that bad, seriously? It's a praccy game. I saw that Scott apparently wasn't even there - pretty poor in itself I reckon.

What were the positives and negatives?

 

[Dave]

 

[Beerfish]

I saw that Scott apparently wasn't even there - pretty poor in itself I reckon.

He was at AFL House asking for his old job back.