Review Rachele, Bad & Ugly v Fremantle (Round 1)

[Jeffcrowe]

Haven't ever seen him compete that well in the air before, crashed every single contest and brought the ball to ground if he knew marking was out of the question.

Yep I’m Obvs a huge Fog critic and I liked his competitiveness today

If he plays like that every week I’ll be happy even though it wasn’t a starring performance

Still want to see him get some easier ball with outworking an opponent but the commitment to contest and compete was a tick

 

[maxlilly]

So close but just missed out in the end.
the 1.5 in the last qtr was a killer.
Good to see Mcrouch back and played well, was given a role that played to his strengths, getting the handball out to the 'runners'
I thought Meek gave ROB a touch up today, ROB needs to be doing more than what he gave today
That 1st half was so frustrating, fumbles galore, cant kick, cant mark but good to see us turn it around in the 3rd qtr
Hopefully we got most of the rust out today and we play better next week

 

[BACCS]

Yep I’m Obvs a huge Fog critic and I liked his competitiveness today

If he plays like that every week I’ll be happy even though it wasn’t a starring performance

Still want to see him get some easier ball with outworking an opponent but the commitment to contest and compete was a tick

Freo have a very good defensive unit too, which is why I was so impressed with his game. Should get far easier ball against some other teams, potentially starting with Collingwood next week. Don't think we will beat the Pies away from home, but reckon Fog can continue his good start to the season.

 

[BRL121]

We were dominate and first to the ball in the 3rd quarter so a lot of 50/50 calls went our way and I only recall a few incorrect calls went against Fremantle that quarter.

Correct, but it's "dominant".

 

[Bearded Clam]

So… given Rachele kicked 5 in a losing side (thus the harder task) and the other kid kicked 5 in a winning side surely the VFL has to give the rising star to Rachele..

 

[1990crow]

The improvement over last year to me is that I think last year we lose that game badly after half time, GWS game early last season is a good example. Nicks and the players deserve a lot of credit for putting that first half in the bin and regrouping in the 2nd half. The ending sucked, but a lot more positives than negatives out of that game and as I said, I can see the improvement.

Only the most rose coloured glass fan would assess our game like this.

 

[Southerntakeover]

Yeah that was embarrassing.

Thank god we extended the coach.

 

[frankstone]

So… given Rachele kicked 5 in a losing side (thus the harder task) and the other kid kicked 5 in a winning side surely the VFL has to give the rising star to Rachele..

Unfortunately Nick Martin had 27 & Kicked 5 in a losing Team! So either way he won't be getting it this week!

 

[Southerntakeover]

Easily his best game at AFL level and would be in the top half dozen on the ground

Yep that game losing miss was the thing legends are not made of.

 

[Klug]

It annoys me every single time Rowe gets the ball loose in play he stops, props, then the tackler closes in on him and he is rushed.

Is this something he got away with at lower levels?

Yet despite this he somehow nearly always hits targets unlike the majority of our smalls.

 

[BACCS]

Only the most rose coloured glass fan would assess our game like this.

Huh? Even Scorpus agreed with me. We capitulated in games like that last year where things weren't going our way in the first half, that 2nd half is a significant improvement. There was more than enough to suggest the improvement is there, will just be inconsistent still as we all expected. 7-10 wins is possible with the footy played in the 2nd half and if we can remove the non-competive losses, then 2022 should be positive progress for this squad.

 

[maxlilly]

Yep I’m Obvs a huge Fog critic and I liked his competitiveness today

If he plays like that every week I’ll be happy even though it wasn’t a starring performance

Still want to see him get some easier ball with outworking an opponent but the commitment to contest and compete was a tick

Did you see how we kicked the ball today ?
It would be hard work being a forward in our team with that sort of delivery

 

[Scorpus]

Huh? Even Scorpus agreed with me. We capitulated in games like that last year where things weren't going our way in the first half, that 2nd half is a significant improvement. There was more than enough to suggest the improvement is there, will just be inconsistent still as we all expected. 7-10 wins is possible with the footy played in the 2nd half and if we can remove the non-competive losses, then 2022 should be positive progress for this squad.

The Crows of 2020 and even 2021 at times would have lost that by 70 points

 

[Southerntakeover]

The Crows of 2020 and even 2021 at times would have lost that by 70 points

We played an almost identical game last year against a worse freo team.

Why is meekly conceding at home suddenly progress?

 

[1990crow]

Huh? Even Scorpus agreed with me. We capitulated in games like that last year where things weren't going our way in the first half, that 2nd half is a significant improvement. There was more than enough to suggest the improvement is there, will just be inconsistent still as we all expected. 7-10 wins is possible with the footy played in the 2nd half and if we can remove the non-competive losses, then 2022 should be positive progress for this squad.

Fremantle were missing three key players, including a multiple Brownlow medal winner.
If they kick straight we lose by 6 or 7 goals.

That's not improvement.

 

[Bearded Clam]

Unfortunately Nick Martin had 27 & Kicked 5 in a losing Team! So either way he won't be getting it this week!

I thought it was in a winning side.. damn.. got that wrong..

Oh well… Josh, youre gonna have to do better mate.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Did you see how we kicked the ball today ?
It would be hard work being a forward in our team with that sort of delivery

Thanks , I’m aware of that

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Freo have a very good defensive unit too, which is why I was so impressed with his game. Should get far easier ball against some other teams, potentially starting with Collingwood next week. Don't think we will beat the Pies away from home, but reckon Fog can continue his good start to the season.

Don’t see why we can’t beat pies if we play 4 quarters

Another 50/50 game

 

[1990crow]

Don’t see why we can’t beat pies if we play 4 quarters

Another 50/50 game

Recent history suggests we can't play four quarters.

 

[Southerntakeover]

People legit think nearly not losing against an awful Freo team at home is a win.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Recent history suggests we can't play four quarters.

That is true , still a chance against pies if we play better for longer

 

[Jeffcrowe]

People legit think nearly not losing against an awful Freo team at home is a win.

Not at all , we coughed the game up in both half’s in different ways

 

[Southerntakeover]

Not at all , we coughed the game up in both half’s in different ways

We're probably the worst team in football, and we're not going forwards.

 

[WheresGroomgone]

Yep I’m Obvs a huge Fog critic and I liked his competitiveness today

If he plays like that every week I’ll be happy even though it wasn’t a starring performance

Still want to see him get some easier ball with outworking an opponent but the commitment to contest and compete was a tick

And you would surely admit he was much more positive to the team, especially when we were poo, than Berg and Thill??

 

[Lach72]

Looking forward to another mid table finish and yet again nothing to add to the trophy cabinet after 27 years?

Don’t be like that