Analysis Ricks Analysis (The Shinboner Blog)

[Passmore]

Not sure if kicking long down the line for three quarters is worth talking about.

This will be the toughest write up for Rick.

Maybe it doesn't need to be about the game?

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[Star]

Can’t blame you mate

 

[Passmore]

Can’t blame you mate

LOL....only taken 5 years, but we've beaten him....bravo, North, bravo..

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[Horizons_00]

It’s damning when Rick can’t even do a analysis

The weekends performance was so inept of anything it wasn’t worth even going through

 

[Midas]

Usually a glass half-full guy 12 - 24 hours post loss. But,

Can we honestly say we have improved this year if we finish 18th, win the spoon, again, and get the no.1 pick ?

Improvement should be beating Freo, Coll, Melb, Carl, Eagles in games where we are a chance to win them. 0 - 5
We didn't win any of them. Where's the improvement ?

Individually, yeh. But as a team ? I'll love 'em to death but unless this cycle improves NEXT YEAR we will occupy the bottom rungs of the ladder for the foreseeable future.

Anyone give us a chance the next 2 weeks ? Nope.

Or we could have lost all 8 close games we were in?

Don’t discount we won three close games as well.

No one, except Collingwood circa 22-23, wins all of those games.

We were 3-5 in those games so let’s be objective about that.

Finishing position means nothing, the back half has been exactly what you’re looking for in improvement mate - we are 3-8, and 3-5 in the close ones.

Surely that gives you hope?

 

[Hojuman]

Or we could have lost all 8 close games we were in?

Don’t discount we won three close games as well.

No one, except Collingwood circa 22-23, wins all of those games.

We were 3-5 in those games so let’s be objective about that.

Finishing position means nothing, the back half has been exactly what you’re looking for in improvement mate - we are 3-8, and 3-5 in the close ones.

Surely that gives you hope?

Not unless Clarko has the golden touch going forward Midas.

 

[amaz199]

Or we could have lost all 8 close games we were in?

Don’t discount we won three close games as well.

No one, except Collingwood circa 22-23, wins all of those games.

We were 3-5 in those games so let’s be objective about that.

Finishing position means nothing, the back half has been exactly what you’re looking for in improvement mate - we are 3-8, and 3-5 in the close ones.

Surely that gives you hope?

I'd probably chuck in the Carlton game purely because they were so desperate to play their injured stars.

The team is still held back by stop gap solutions due to injuries and list holes. It might finally get going next year.

 

[Rick18]

One last (I think) big post for the year hey:

The season that was: Round 24 v Hawthorn

Today’s post has little to do with the Hawthorn game specifically and is more of an overarching look at 2024.

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It's not really about the Hawthorn game at all so that's only in the title for completionist reasons but instead a look at the season as a whole. I think probably the most important takeaway is not to let the last two weeks colour the look at what's happened over the course of the entire year.

Also other topics covered: how the team evolved week-to-week, what worked, what didn't work, list demographics, minutes played by age, contract status, what's coming next, and extra bits and pieces in between all that.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Thanks for your efforts this year Rick18.

 

[sutcliffe's hotel]

Kudos to you Rick, your level-headed analysis & dry wit a much needed reality check against a scoreboard and dejected fan base that was telling a different story.