Game Day Rd 18 Pies V Cats Fri July 12 2024 740 pm @ MCG

[catters_28]

Clark has barely touched it. He is very lucky to get a game in this team.

But but but he's just a kid!

 

[catters05]

Really liked that quarter from Neale. Lots of off the ball work. Brought it down for crummers and a nice contested mark.

Some Hawkins work there

 

[Finknottle]

Got a lot to clean up.

Our ball handling, our decision making, our marking, our kicking on goal........

Decision making has been terrible. Panicking under pressure, SDK with Danger running to his right decides he'll soccer the cover off the ball toward the boundary line.

 

[CHAWKTS]

Dempsey has been non existent tonight

Ran 8.7km for the half. At game you notice that we don’t take it wide when wingers are free (blitz only 4 seconds poss too) which works ok except when pies crowd corridor.

Hopefully the running pays off second half. Otherwise frustrating night

 

[allrighty]

Fair to say the team that starts kicking straight will win this….at this stage i cant see is winning it, too much on pies terms

They get loose because of set plays and are much cleaner than us atm

 

[supahoops]

Clark has barely touched it. He is very lucky to get a game in this team.

Yeah I would’ve gone O’Connor Sub here purely for the Daicos factor. Clark lacks composure at times but doesn’t help that the whole team seems to vs the Pies. Take an even score line at HT this is where CS earns his pay.

 

[MacStradbroke]

Clark has barely touched it. He is very lucky to get a game in this team.

Same as Dempsey, half as much tog. Take your one eyed gogs off and comment on all of them.

 

[Feline]

Lots of fumbling and errors but we're still in front.

 

[Seeds]

When fit danger is still our best player. Keeping us in it tonight.

 

[Vdubs]

Maxxy what are you doing

He kicked before the whistle, split second decision

 

[James1970]

Great game of high-stress footy and we're taking them on across the ground. Mistakes will be made, but risk v reward is the way to go. Miers best game for a while.

 

[Vdubs]

Tyson never wanted that shot

Only inaccuracy, not a distance issue

 

[Cataholic]

Decision making has been terrible. Panicking under pressure, SDK with Danger running to his right decides he'll soccer the cover off the ball toward the boundary line.

The decision making has been bizarre.

Hard to understand how and what they're thinking.

 

[Finknottle]

Dropped marks have killed us, Kolodjashnij and Duncan dropped marks they should have taken.

 

[winty]

Pies backs are holding our forward every entry. They’re all over them. So many high chops but no whistles

Wonder how many free kicks Charlie Curnow would've had in that half if he was playing for us.

 

[Strange Cat]

But but but he's just a kid!

He’s not alone at least he’s putting in the effort and developing …the whining back in the early 2000’s would had been diabolical when watching a team full of developing kids

Soft as butter some of you are extremely entitled

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Wonder how many free kicks Charlie Curnow would've had in that half if he was playing for us.

Would have raised the bat half way through that quarter.

 

[Cataholic]

Only inaccuracy, not a distance issue

He didn't want it though.....you could see that by his body language and approach.

He knew he couldn't get the distance AND accuracy I reckon.

 

[The Casey Cat]

Fair to say the team that starts kicking straight will win this….at this stage i cant see is winning it, too much on pies terms

Yep. Pressure and energy has to lift. Even more than the skills (believe it or not). The clearances they do win (despite being down in the stat overall) they are waltzing it away while we spectate and they will get enough easy chances at goal it will be enough as we bull shit, piss fart and struggle the footy around for boundary line shots all night.

 

[Heckler]

Humphries looks a little lost, chasing his man
Caught out by some slick ball movement
Rest of the new guys are doing very well

Surprisingly Cats old heads are not wise heads
Playing like dumb heads with rookie mistakes

 

[Vdubs]

High pressure finals like game, expecting lots of errors, seeing them. Hungriest team with the best finishers will win.
Elliott/ Daicos v Cameron /Stengle

 

[patience]

Last week they came out after half time and found space in the forward line. Need that again this week. All the fumbling and missing targets is letting those Pie leaches in to take the ball away.

 

[Pollywaffle]

I said that earlier

In space it's not so bad, but in congestion I'm not sure it's so easy to tell the players apart

Happens a lot v Collingwood over the journey. If we really embrace clash jumpers then we need to address it.

 

[Vdubs]

He didn't want it though.....you could see that by his body language and approach.

He knew he couldn't get the distance AND accuracy I reckon.

Saves that for GF's does he? Distance was no issue just then.

 

[calder_daddy]

Darcy Cameron is as average ruckman as Stanley is.. But seriously SDK isn't a ruckman, the stats are clearly there... Asmuch as average Stanley is as a ruckman, he needs to play if his fit
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Darcy Cameron 37 hitouts
Sam De Koning 4 hitouts

Not much we can do. Have to take the pain as Sam improves.

People still getting sucked into hit out stats
We’re winning the clearances 24-19 and more importantly center clearances 9-3