AFL Autopsy RND 13: Done By The Blues
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Red Black and Blue
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This has been the case of nearly every team we play. They play below the level because we are defense first in the middle. Key forwards not starring because we prevent that 1v1 more often due to defending the 6/6/6 at the coal face.
Its Manbearpig
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- Jul 14, 2014
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I could've just watched that over and over for a couple hours, bit the same...
SpeckieMcVeigh
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+20 inside 50s, +4 scoring shots, +5 disposal efficiency. What a famous win by Essendon.
Oh wait, you're telling me we can't kick for shit and lost by 4 goals? Colour me surprised.
Oh wait, you're telling me we can't kick for shit and lost by 4 goals? Colour me surprised.
Its Manbearpig
Norm Smith Medallist
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I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed.
Agree with all of this except re: Hind. I thought he tried hard tonight.
Definitely agree about Redman. I'm done with the experiment. I get the vision and accept the premise. It should work, but Martin is the guy we want finishing.
Red Black and Blue
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I noticed this the first week Ridley came back. He's a ball retention user, he doesn't really go for the corridor kick all that often. Redman and Martin more likely to get the overlap handball and run straight at the goals.
quotemokc
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Free agent, so nothing
A very frustrating game. We have the yips now in front of goal. Some very poor misses.
SpeckieMcVeigh
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Oh 33% set shot accuracy vs 82% is ****ing disgusting.
Yes. I wouldn't mind if Brad just decided to try those guys out more during the second half of the year.
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Blues are a year ahead of us, at least. We were always going to be up against it. Bad start, but not a disasterous result.
Fitness - improving, but needs to get better
2MP - I like the bloke, but he couldn't catch a cold. Please give Caddy a block of games.
We really shouldn't have any reluctance playing the 'kids' for the rest of the year. Tonight has shown us that we're not a real top 4 side, so lets get games into those that we think are the future. We need to inject (!) some energy into the team, otherwise we could end the year similar to 2023.
Fitness - improving, but needs to get better
2MP - I like the bloke, but he couldn't catch a cold. Please give Caddy a block of games.
We really shouldn't have any reluctance playing the 'kids' for the rest of the year. Tonight has shown us that we're not a real top 4 side, so lets get games into those that we think are the future. We need to inject (!) some energy into the team, otherwise we could end the year similar to 2023.
9 -16
Many of those kicks to goal were from tricky hopeful shots.
But geeze Langford and Guilfi missing goals dead in front means something's up.
Many of those kicks to goal were from tricky hopeful shots.
But geeze Langford and Guilfi missing goals dead in front means something's up.
People here giving a rookie sub who wins the ball and is adjusting a hard time and completely gloss over the senior players being poor is laughable. What about the seasoned players adding sod all to the equation.
scoring has been an issue all year. We just don’t get easy ones, don’t have forwards that draw frees. Feels like we rely on Stringer and Langford kicking low % set shots more than any team should cos we don’t get anything in the red zone.
Gresh needs to kick goals when he has the opportunity though. Too many of those push wide.
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Perkins missed the first shot too in a very gettable position.
We defend while attacking also. Felt like we were protecting a 6 goal 1/2 time lead in the third moving the ball down the wings.
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All good to say "play the kids" but Scott has shown his hand when he went and got Goldstein (35), Gresham (25), Duursma (23) and McKay (25).
All mature, well established AFL level role players
Mercurial89
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Is there a team with as many players as us with ridiculously glaring weaknesses?
Our top draft pick, can't kick. Not an average kick, he can't hit the ball with his foot. How can you be selected in the starting 22 of a professional AFL team when you cannot kick the ball?
Wright.
He's tall and is a brilliant kick. Unfortunately he is as soft as butter and can't mark. So as a key forward when you can't get the ball, you can't show your strengths. A stiff breeze would knock him off his line.
Hind.
Decent pace, decent skills.
Actually doesn't have a brain, like it's missing.
McGrath.
On this list because he could be so much more than what he is, instead we get 1m panic handballs to guys standing next to opposition players. Runs himself into traffic, just absolutely shits himself when he has to think. It's absolutely night and day what he's playing like now compared to what he was earlier in the year. Dropped off the same way last year too.
Stringer.
Can't move, has maybe a quarter of football in him a week. Will win you a game or two a year, will cost you just as many by not being reliable.
There is such a ridiculously low ceiling on this group because of the players we have, the least you could do is play players in the positions they excel at.
Play martin up the ground.
Get someone, like one of your rookies, and put them in the backline to play his role so we can get some actual experience into them.
You play Tsatas for 10mins a week. What are we actually gaining from selection at the moment? You ain't building a team to win anything of value this year and you aren't developing anything for the future.
You have players that could actually be useful trade capital, but you tank that value into the ground by not playing them.
Our top draft pick, can't kick. Not an average kick, he can't hit the ball with his foot. How can you be selected in the starting 22 of a professional AFL team when you cannot kick the ball?
Wright.
He's tall and is a brilliant kick. Unfortunately he is as soft as butter and can't mark. So as a key forward when you can't get the ball, you can't show your strengths. A stiff breeze would knock him off his line.
Hind.
Decent pace, decent skills.
Actually doesn't have a brain, like it's missing.
McGrath.
On this list because he could be so much more than what he is, instead we get 1m panic handballs to guys standing next to opposition players. Runs himself into traffic, just absolutely shits himself when he has to think. It's absolutely night and day what he's playing like now compared to what he was earlier in the year. Dropped off the same way last year too.
Stringer.
Can't move, has maybe a quarter of football in him a week. Will win you a game or two a year, will cost you just as many by not being reliable.
There is such a ridiculously low ceiling on this group because of the players we have, the least you could do is play players in the positions they excel at.
Play martin up the ground.
Get someone, like one of your rookies, and put them in the backline to play his role so we can get some actual experience into them.
You play Tsatas for 10mins a week. What are we actually gaining from selection at the moment? You ain't building a team to win anything of value this year and you aren't developing anything for the future.
You have players that could actually be useful trade capital, but you tank that value into the ground by not playing them.
