AFL Autopsy RND 18: Loss Against The Demons

[ScrappyCoCo]

In hindsight. Archie Roberts might have done well in this type of game...coming off a great game in the VFL last week.

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

Mckay played a great game but you can see he has absolutely 0 confidence in his own ability to use the footy cos every possession goes sideways and backwards. He's apart of the problem with our ball movement.

 

[jerm]

Perkins can’t keep getting picked if he’s having 10 touches and missing very gettable chances.

Really could’ve done with a big body like Setters tonight as well

 

[Harlequin]

What the heckity!

 

[MightyDon]

How can we keep going with Martin down back when he is so much better for the team forward of center, don’t play him in the back line to carry the shit kicking of players back there, replace the shit kicks down back. We also didn’t have a single player playing small forward tonight in the bloody wet just unreal

 

[fairbump_playon]

one positive is that basically all the various players that all of us different posters are always annoyed at basically had stinkers.

Usual suspects but Wright and Redman are in the firing line for me too

 

[JayJ20]

It’s about time we learn to play in the rain.

 

[bombreys]

Games like that just hit you in the face.

Watching the Dees younger guys tear us apart without Trac and Gawn - while we have to watch Heppell and Kelly look like they’re trying to actively lose the game.

 

[jannissary]

please keep nic martin forward of centre, keep dyson, kelly, cox & perkins away from the game for the rest of the season.

dumb, dumb football

 

[Phone]

Ridley?

A great player but I'd love to know if we have ever won we he has had our highest disposals. Peeling off and kicking backwards to ridley as free man was never, never going to work against may, lever and mcviegh.

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but that was a very disappointing team performance despite the win.

it's like some of those games a few years ago where Hurley had huge disposal numbers. it wasn't his fault that he had the most disposal numbers, but it's not a good thing. same as tonight, Ridley was mostly pretty good (except for that one when he stayed off Melksham which allowed for him to get a hand-ball off to that guy who absolutely burnt Cox).

 

[nipst@r]

Heppel, kelly, ridley and redmen shouldn't play in defense together again.

Too many backwards bad habits. Roberts or hind have to come in.

Oh well have a few winnable games coming up so time to put it behind us.

Wasn't our night. I'll blame it on the wet and brain fade by coaching staff.

Confident we will bounce back. Scott's a good coach so few weeks to get it right.

 

[CBombers17]

Well that was garbage. Loads of bad mixed in with some good periods where we were wasteful. Hard to watch and frustrating but bound to happen as we build.

We looked too tall again as well.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Quite shit

 

[MightyDon]

and how did we go from Hind playing ripping footy to playing sub? He’s starting 22

 

[nylexbandit]

To top it off AFL x score has it as Dees 84 from an expected 71, Dons 67 from expected 77. Just ****ing miserable stuff

 

[outersanctum]

As soon as its raining, we all knew it was a loss. As soon as 2nd place was up for grabs, you knew it would be a stinker.

Perkins and wright still crap. Heppell is the slowest player in the league and selection is baffling.

Draper stats looked ok but he went missing and was ineffectual against zero ruck pressure.

Selections and game plan were dismal and skills even worse. Just a really disappointing night. This team is mentally fragile.

 

[Jobe Watson]

Has Redman played a single good game this year? Robbed a nice contract out of us, good for him.

 

[nipst@r]

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but that was a very disappointing team performance despite the win.

it's like some of those games a few years ago where Hurley had huge disposal numbers. it wasn't his fault that he had the most disposal numbers, but it's not a good thing. same as tonight, Ridley was mostly pretty good (except for that one when he stayed off Melksham which allowed for him to get a hand-ball off to that guy who absolutely burnt Cox).

I don't blame ridley, but playing a backwards hb game against lever and may was always unlikely to work.

 

[Phone]

fine, I'll be the one that says it: Guelfi was worse than horrid

 

[eth-dog]

fine, I'll be the one that says it: Guelfi was worse than horrid

Yep. His worst game this year.

 

[ghostdog]

Game went pear shaped when the maggots did not pay a clear mark to Jones. We need to be better when things do not go our way.

/Learnings

 

[Blind Turn]

Perhaps we should’ve had 2 talls sacrificed to stay side-by-side with both May and Lever all night seeing as we had a plethora of talls tonight. Just deny them any easy disposal.

 

[Nicholas61]

Perkins can’t keep getting picked if he’s having 10 touches and missing very gettable chances.

I jumped up and yelled "Archie" when he took that mark straight in front. Then after the brief optimism I knew he was going to miss it. His confidence is shot.

 

[jannissary]

I jumped up and yelled "Archie" when he took that mark straight in front. Then after the brief optimism I knew he was going to miss it. His confidence is shot.

****in basically straight infront too. disappointed as hell