Autopsy Rd 3 Blues beat Giants - We're not putting that one in a time capsule

[Wickzki]

Firstly, not sure he even played on him the whole game. Secondly, when Fisher was in the mix, Newman had about 7 of his 9 intercepts. So no, he was mostly getting run ragged through trying to play his role and then only able to offer a simple and meek receiving option.

Fisher, Hollands, Durdin - and others - tidied things up so that he had the capacity to pick better moments, as did Saad.

It's okay to admit that you were wrong, mate.

I'm wrong all the time. Happy to be proven so.

Newman demolished Toby.

 

[The Dog]

Maybe the year before?

This was last year, tunnelled Weiters. He acted like a flog all game.


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[Stamos]

This was last year, tunnelled Weiters. He acted like a flog all game.


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It was Young, wasn't it?
Should have gotten 4 weeks, dog act.

 

[The Dog]

It was Young, wasn't it?
Should have gotten 4 weeks, dog act.

Actually you’re right, and I think Weiters flew the flag. Pay back on Good Friday


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[Jimmae]

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These numbers are the only reason we won the game.

The rucks drove that. And SOS was one of our best as a forward.

Chalk and cheese to when we has SOS as 2nd ruck and were pushing sht up hill all game to win clearances.

The cheese is the of the Swiss variety and inside your skull if you think that I inherently want Jack to take up the slack. I rate him at ground level stoppages, but not at the centre bounce unless he's part of a defensive system setup for it and he's not doing his knee in to jump and contest.

I think we can do it in a way that is a lot smarter, and doesn't even inherently require Jack. A 2nd ruck should be contributing a lot more than what Pittonet is doing, because right now he's stealing opportunities from McKay - and to a lesser extent, TDK - while denying 30-50 minutes of bench time for his team mates.

Despite the fact that they worked over Flynn, in terms of clear taps to advantage neither of them indvidually outpointed him, and GWS were able to successfully break even and control the stoppage exits for huge portions of the game.

Here are the real reasons why we won the game:

-9 turnovers
+14 defensive half pressure acts (and coincidentally absorbing 14 more forward half pressure acts, alongside 9 more times tackled inside 50)
-2 attempts to mouth off at the umpire
+3 rushed behinds

Shout out to Josh Kelly, who put up some crazy pressure numbers in every part of the ground as his team mates wilted. Incredible stuff, and almost won them the game.

Cripps was a beast at the coal face, but they had a plan for him that blunted his influence for most of the match. He and Docherty made a lot of unforced errors, though it's a more prominent issue for Docherty.

 

[Blue and Blue]

Usual crowd of dickwads doing their best to make this forum a real ordinary place to spend time.

Don't wanna tell the mods how to do their job, but maybe some prolific posters should be held to a higher standard.

I don't think the mods are the issue.
It's the state of mind that finds its voice in constant overanalysis and negativity.

 

[DangerousD]

Very happy we came away from the trip to West Sydney with a win, the game however was one of the worst I can remember. I’m not expecting GWS to be a contender this year, so to struggle so much against them is a bit of a worry, I thought our third quarter was terrible, turnover after turnover after turnover, some of the kicks going forward we’re worse than local football.

I really hope after patting each other on the back, our coaching staff give the team a rocket, GWS had no business being that close.

Dislikes.

LOB was disappointing as the sub last week and had a big opportunity to step up today, didn’t step up and should be replaced.

Fisher has started the season very poorly for someone who made good progress last year.

Aflter a poor first week Owies bounced back last week and looked good today, this injury killed a bit of momentum.

Cripps, a monster effort all game but he was one of the worst for butchering the ball by hand and by foot, all game, lacked polish today.

Harry and Charlie getting in each others way and Harry’s kicking.

In saying that, there were positives.

SOS was fantastic, that’s the role a third tall is supposed to play and he did it very well.

Two rucks, even with Pittonet on low minutes, we look so much better with Pit and Tom rotating and SOS being able to play the link up role.

Motlop was very good, not just relying on poaching a goal, he works hard, he has a lot of growth in him.

Newman was superb.

Acres showed real toughness putting in a shift after injuring himself, he cracked in and looked sore.

Cripps gets a mention here as well, so much effort, intensity, determination.

Lastly, winning another tight game and being undefeated, onwards and upwards.

 

[rampar]

Has anybody told fisher to get into the gym, eat a burger? The dude is hopeless at afl level, gets rag dolled, can't stick a tackle...

Wins a win but **** me. Ugly

 

[onesilop]

Think we finish the week Top 4 while playing like bottom 4 Huzzah!

When we get it together and play our best, look out!

 

[NewDarkNavyBlues]

The cheese is the of the Swiss variety and inside your skull if you think that I inherently want Jack to take up the slack. I rate him at ground level stoppages, but not at the centre bounce unless he's part of a defensive system setup for it and he's not doing his knee in to jump and contest.

I think we can do it in a way that is a lot smarter, and doesn't even inherently require Jack. A 2nd ruck should be contributing a lot more than what Pittonet is doing, because right now he's stealing opportunities from McKay - and to a lesser extent, TDK - while denying 30-50 minutes of bench time for his team mates.

Despite the fact that they worked over Flynn, in terms of clear taps to advantage neither of them indvidually outpointed him, and GWS were able to successfully break even and control the stoppage exits for huge portions of the game.

Here are the real reasons why we won the game:

-9 turnovers
+14 defensive half pressure acts (and coincidentally absorbing 14 more forward half pressure acts, alongside 9 more times tackled inside 50)
-2 attempts to mouth off at the umpire
+3 rushed behinds

Shout out to Josh Kelly, who put up some crazy pressure numbers in every part of the ground as his team mates wilted. Incredible stuff, and almost won them the game.

Cripps was a beast at the coal face, but they had a plan for him that blunted his influence for most of the match. He and Docherty made a lot of unforced errors, though it's a more prominent issue for Docherty.

Honestly, what plan in place did they have for Cripps? He single handedly destroyed them lol

 

[BrisbaneCFC]

LOB came on early and could’ve proven his worth to play a full game. He had the chance and floundered it.

We have multiple players in this team who have floundered chances and opportunity for multiple seasons. Yet they still get picked. It is why we aren't a good team. We're an average team who have a handful of very good players.

 

[Blue train 28]

Likes Cripps, Newman and the doctor
And 4 points
Dislike finishing.
That is all 4 points in the bank see ya next week

 

[BrisbaneCFC]

We just need consistent contributions from our lesser lights.

Don't need stars, just the solid role-players every premiership team has.

FFS!

We need better "lesser lights". Ours aren't very good.

 

[Jimmae]

It's okay to admit that you were wrong, mate.

I'm wrong all the time. Happy to be proven so.

Newman demolished Toby.

I don't think either one of us actually know how many contests they had together, but I'm happy to freely admit that Newman didn't lose an of his contested 1v1s, none of which involved Greene.

I can also tell you I'd love to see exactly where Newman took about 5 of his uncontested marks in the first half, because I'm pretty confident they weren't the product of extensive running to position.

 

[teddy-hopkins]

The cheese is the of the Swiss variety and inside your skull if you think that I inherently want Jack to take up the slack. I rate him at ground level stoppages, but not at the centre bounce unless he's part of a defensive system setup for it and he's not doing his knee in to jump and contest.

I think we can do it in a way that is a lot smarter, and doesn't even inherently require Jack. A 2nd ruck should be contributing a lot more than what Pittonet is doing, because right now he's stealing opportunities from McKay - and to a lesser extent, TDK - while denying 30-50 minutes of bench time for his team mates.

Despite the fact that they worked over Flynn, in terms of clear taps to advantage neither of them indvidually outpointed him, and GWS were able to successfully break even and control the stoppage exits for huge portions of the game.

Here are the real reasons why we won the game:

-9 turnovers
+14 defensive half pressure acts (and coincidentally absorbing 14 more forward half pressure acts, alongside 9 more times tackled inside 50)
-2 attempts to mouth off at the umpire
+3 rushed behinds

Shout out to Josh Kelly, who put up some crazy pressure numbers in every part of the ground as his team mates wilted. Incredible stuff, and almost won them the game.

Cripps was a beast at the coal face, but they had a plan for him that blunted his influence for most of the match. He and Docherty made a lot of unforced errors, though it's a more prominent issue for Docherty.

Agreed. Will put this match on repeat to properly soak up those Josh Kelly pressure numbers.

 

[BigBreakfast]

The cheese is the of the Swiss variety and inside your skull if you think that I inherently want Jack to take up the slack. I rate him at ground level stoppages, but not at the centre bounce unless he's part of a defensive system setup for it and he's not doing his knee in to jump and contest.

I think we can do it in a way that is a lot smarter, and doesn't even inherently require Jack. A 2nd ruck should be contributing a lot more than what Pittonet is doing, because right now he's stealing opportunities from McKay - and to a lesser extent, TDK - while denying 30-50 minutes of bench time for his team mates.

Despite the fact that they worked over Flynn, in terms of clear taps to advantage neither of them indvidually outpointed him, and GWS were able to successfully break even and control the stoppage exits for huge portions of the game.

Here are the real reasons why we won the game:

-9 turnovers
+14 defensive half pressure acts (and coincidentally absorbing 14 more forward half pressure acts, alongside 9 more times tackled inside 50)
-2 attempts to mouth off at the umpire
+3 rushed behinds

Shout out to Josh Kelly, who put up some crazy pressure numbers in every part of the ground as his team mates wilted. Incredible stuff, and almost won them the game.

Cripps was a beast at the coal face, but they had a plan for him that blunted his influence for most of the match. He and Docherty made a lot of unforced errors, though it's a more prominent issue for Docherty.

Oh my…

 

[Dunna Heartknee]

I don't think either one of us actually know how many contests they had together, but I'm happy to freely admit that Newman didn't lose an of his contested 1v1s, none of which involved Greene.

I can also tell you I'd love to see exactly where Newman took about 5 of his uncontested marks in the first half, because I'm pretty confident they weren't the product of extensive running to position.

So your saying Newman did not play well?

 

[BigBreakfast]

Hey Jimmae Cripps and Newman at the top of everyone’s votes. Then again, everyone could be wrong???

 

[Cringle]

not even close, cringle........

I take it back!

 

[teddy-hopkins]

I don't think the mods are the issue.
It's the state of mind that finds its voice in constant overanalysis and negativity.

Negativity? I think everyone is pretty realistic. General consensus - take the ugly win - but man was that ugly.

 

[passmark]

I think we looked like we have for both the previous games.

Having to work our arses off to just break even.

3 good things then 2 bad.

I thought we were easily the better side today and last week just not enough polish.

 

[NavySteel]

Mcgovern is building nicely though

Isn’t he.

Nice to see he’s stringing more than one game together. Has performed well for someone who hasn’t played consistent football in 2years

 

[teddy-hopkins]

So your saying Newman did not play well?

Even Slobbo chimed in....


NEWMAN GLOVE

Toby Greene’s five disposals was the fewest he’s ever had in an AFL match outside of injury. That was down to Nic Newman, who played Greene exceptionally. Everywhere Greene went the Blues’ hardman was there. Toby took a contested mark and kicked a crucial goal in the last quarter … but that was it. It was a brilliant stopping job on one of the form players of the AFL.



Correct me if I'm wrong but the HS's drunken chain-smoking illiterate essendon-loving bogan is not generally known for praising Carlton.

 

[NavySteel]

I think we looked like we have for both the previous games.

Having to work our arses off to just break even.

3 good things then 2 bad.

I thought we were easily the better side today and last week just not enough polish.

Straight kicking would have had us winning 30-50pts tonight.

Only our poor goal kicking skills kept them in it - Voss subtext in the presser indicated there’s work to be done in our F50 before next weeks game.

 

[SurreyBlue]

Fisher, Hollands, Durdin - and others - tidied things up so that he had the capacity to pick better moments, as did Saad.

This is correct. Newman was very good though