Review R18: Adelaide v Essendon post-mortem (...please don't disturb our team, we're dead tired)

[Mike Smyth]

Anyone want to bet that Tex and Betts will still be running around in AFC colours this time next year. Both haven't been able to have a consistent impact for 2 years but we will not have the balls to move them on.

If Simon Goodwin becomes the next coach of this club I'm done.

 

[Scorpus]

What's clear is we need to go older and more experienced to madly scramble for the eight. To save our asses

 

[GROTTO]

Given his refusal to try and refresh the starting 22 via the trade/draft/match selection Pyke doesn't deserve to be given the chance to hang around for the rebuild. Show the Neil Craig protege the door.

Imagine if on Monday we are looking for a new coach as well.

 

[crows dude]

Slow. And poor skills.

Bring in Jones, Gallucci, Poholke, Sholl, McPherson...

Poholke is injured

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Walker as a captain is a liability now. He doesn't perform but they won't drop him.

 

[GROTTO]

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B	AF
1Brad Crouch	19	16	35	4	0	0	0	7	0	1	130
2Matt Crouch	11	22	33	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	95
3Brodie Smith	19	12	31	7	0	2	2	4	3	1	133
4Rory Laird	13	14	27	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	79
4Reilly O'Brien	12	15	27	3	39	4	0	4	0	0	134
6Paul Seedsman	20	6	26	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	95
7Luke Brown	18	6	24	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	86
7Tom Lynch	15	9	24	12	0	0	1	2	1	2	112
9Riley Knight	8	13	21	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	81
10Rory Sloane	12	8	20	3	0	3	2	7	0	0	86
11Rory Atkins	13	6	19	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	67
11Wayne Milera	13	6	19	7	0	0	2	1	0	1	71
13Jake Kelly	6	10	16	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	55
14David Mackay	10	5	15	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	52
15Hugh Greenwood	5	8	13	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	49
15Daniel Talia	8	5	13	7	0	1	1	3	0	0	65
17Josh Jenkins	9	3	12	4	5	1	1	0	4	0	72
18Alex Keath	7	4	11	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	55
18Lachlan Murphy	7	4	11	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	56
20Kyle Hartigan	7	3	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	45
21Eddie Betts	3	6	9	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	42
22Taylor Walker	7	1	8	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	37

This tells me that ROB should be looking to be traded to a good AFL club capable of playing finals footy.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Ouch.

Whoever that person is, it's pretty sad when people tweet something then tag some media personality trying to get a retweet #sad

 

[Tex200]

Can we just get rid of the Crouch brothers now - there I said it

 

[SloaneysDanger]

Talia just isn't as good as he used to be and Hartigan is still and will forever be garbage. I remember when we could always rely on Tals but I am not confident in our defence anymore. Laird has had a horrible year honestly and Brown doesn't win enough 1 on 1 contests like he used to.

 

[Smoooothy]

Walker as a captain is a liability now. He doesn't perform but they won't drop him.

Let's be honest, he's been a liability since the 2017 GF

 

[Mike Smyth]

Imagine if on Monday we are looking for a new coach as well.

We could end up in a campo bidding war with carlton.

 

[King Elvis]

And since we'd achieved everything we wanted in the first half, there was no need for a second...

Post of the year.

 

[mcattack]

Tuned in for last half. Aside from Rob and Smith no tanks? Made Essendon look like flag favs. What a jk. Don't think I'll watch next week.

 

[GROTTO]

Walker as a captain is a liability now. He doesn't perform but they won't drop him.

The mistake was having two captains where one of them was him. I dont mind the concept, but Tex should have not been captain this year.

 

[douglyzia]

Dumbest decision was to drop Stengle, his pace would have been an asset tonight. FFS. Selection committee should be shot.

I wouldn't say Stengle has pace. I mean, he's not slow, but he's not that quick.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Talia just isn't as good as he used to be and Hartigan is still and will forever be garbage. I remember when we could always rely on Tals but I am not confident in our defence anymore. Laird has had a horrible year honestly and Brown doesn't win enough 1 on 1 contests like he used to.

Brown was decent tonight. Laird, Talia and Hartigan were all awful.

 

[Geoffa32]

Our mids cant stop a player with a tackle. None of them.

Port and now Essendon just ran and handballs down the corridor without fear of being tackled.

It is not a speed thing either. It is poor tackle technique and defensive awareness.

All of our mids are one way.




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[GameofSloanes]

He'll coach next year and probably 2021. The club knows he doesn't have the list to work with.

I'm ok with this but only if campo and hart are gone

 

[Simmo28]

Anyone want to bet that Tex and Betts will still be running around in AFC colours this time next year. Both haven't been able to have a consistent impact for 2 years but we will not have the balls to move them on.

If Simon Goodwin becomes the next coach of this club I'm done.

I am done, knew we were going to lose when we gave up late goals to be 3 up. Had port Adelaide all over it. Switched over to the golf, at least I can watch players with some skills.


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[SloaneysDanger]

Brown was decent tonight. Laird, Talia and Hartigan were all awful.

But I don't think he's as reliable as he used to be. Tippa got on top of him in the last and hurt us badly.

 

[Bonkers000]

Carlton supporters will be insufferable after they win next week.

I was concerned about that too. Then realized we have bigger problems than a few mouthy Carlton supporters.

4 for 10 and 19 isn’t, and will never be the worst trade in history anyway. That’s if it even gets to that.

 

[douglyzia]

If Tex wasn't captain, he'd be dropped, probably even had a conversation about retirement.

 

[Simmo28]

Whoever that person is, it's pretty sad when people tweet something then tag some media personality trying to get a retweet #sad

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[MrBarry]

I'm ok with this but only if campo and hart are gone

Pyke is the head coach, is he incapable of dropping certain players?

 

[Moonwatcher]

I'm ok with this but only if campo and hart are gone

Hart definitely has to go.