Autopsy Roast & toast vs Adelaide and changes for the bye (or St Kilda)

[Laffy2Chaffey2Daffy]

Butler, Higgins and Rioli are all down on form. Butler is the type who will always be better when we are moving the ball forward quickly but hasn't really been able to make the shift yet to a midfielder. Rioli was playing sore for a few weeks and in and out of the side from those big knocks earlier on the season, so maybe just needs some continuity. Higgins has hit a bit of the second year blues. All important players but we just aren't getting the crumbling goals when Lynch brings the ball to ground. Surprised some are suggesting Baker getting dropped - I reckon he's been pretty good this season.

 

[Shazza_]

No 15 I rekon

we will loose to gws and win the rest of our games

 

[Squibbs]

Heaps of the young blokes need a spell in the vfl, honestly wouldn’t be surprised if we made 6 changes

 

[joelsyt]

Afl gonna come down hard on us for the dimma comments

****en gimps

Probably but they were awesome comments.

 

[Squibbs]

we will loose to gws and win the rest of our games

GWS will never beat us at the G

 

[Shazza_]

What he say?

asked if the afl is gonna throw sydney stack out of the stadium for congratulating an oppo player

 

[tropicaltiger]

classic hardwick with a cryptic gangster slap to afl headquarters.

 

[Muddiemoose]

asked if the afl is gonna throw sydney stack out of the stadium for congratulating an oppo player

Best

 

[The Mighty]

Higgins
Menadue
Butler
Ellis

All should be dropped

Agreed

 

[Tiges1229]

You're right, I should have been on here many years ago. I just never bothered to look up a footy forum until today.

I'm in Colombia, but I lived many years in Melbourne although born and bred in Sydney. Don't hold that against me. Hehe.
I sometimes train with the AFL side Bogota bulldogs in Colombia.

Your running Shazza’s drug cartel over there ?

 

[Shazza_]

out higgins butler menadue rioli
in cotchin edwards gastrobury lambo

saints flogged us by 70 in our premiership season. inb4 we loose

 

[The Mighty]

Damn. We were one David Astbury away from winning that

Not too far wrong there.

Add in Cotch and Titch I reckon we go very close to winning tonight.

 

[shaky]

No Higgins

Perhaps, I didn’t notice him contribute directly to any goals by the Crows, just fumbling a lot.

 

[Tiges1229]

Afl gonna come down hard on us for the dimma comments

****en gimps

Gill will be ringing umps dep next week to go in double no lube rest of season

 

[Tiges1229]

we will loose to gws and win the rest of our games

I think we will beat them here , there useless at the G .

 

[Shazza_]

classic hardwick with a cryptic gangster slap to afl headquarters.

can just tell the club hates the afl and vice versa

it has been that way for over 100 years

campaigners changed the rules cos of us, took our zone off us in the 80s , umps ream us every single year and now they have fbi agents hidden inside our cheer squad. get ****ed

 

[tropicaltiger]

Not too far wrong there.

Add in Cotch and Titch I reckon we go very close to winning tonight.

who is this titch character you speak of ??

 

[wagstaff]

While that was far from his worst game this year, it seems that with every Rioli game this year there comes a stage of the game where I think that I forgot he was playing because he's unsighted for a quarter or more.

 

[Bazzar]

I didn’t say he was a spud did I? He just has no impact apart from at the centre bounces which would be fine if were fielding a good team but we aren’t.

No impact? Forget tackles, clearances, pressure acts etc. Yep no impact.

 

[tony__montana]

Dusty
Prestia
Stack
Lunch
Graham were easily our best

Chol showed a fair bit, give him more games.

Bit unreasonable to be laying into Garth, he’s been thrown in the deep end and playing on guys he shouldn’t be playing on yet. I still think he’ll be a good reliable defender for us down the track.

Ellis is a disgrace with the way he kills our momentum, we were in a situation about 5-6 times tonight where he just had to kill the ball,every single time bar 1, a goal or a shot on goal ensured bc he didn’t kill it and the man when he had the chance. Had an opportunity to stand up but he failed miserably. If anyone mentions his stats they can gagf!

Higgins, needs a spell, that was embarrassing.

Butler is a show pony and doesn’t have the required intensity anymore, just floats around and cruises like a muppet


Season on the line next 2 matches

 

[Gusto75]

I am going to say it.

Butler is not tough enough to play AFL.

He should be a ballerina!!!!

He simply is afraid of contact and no way would play for a Leigh Mathews side surely!!!

Shirks the contest far too often and simply is not brave enough even to have any contest on any possession.

Just likes to receive in space and thats pretty much it. Might kick a goal when no pressure is on the line but he is so far off it cost us probably 4-6 goals tonight

Surely the coaches show these guys the game footage so they can see themselves put in piss poor efforts at contests. Why then do guys like Butler put in the same piss weak actions at contests the following week? Cotchin throws himself at contests like he doesn’t care for his safety, and then you have guys like Butler not wanting any physical contact. I don’t get it.

 

[Gusto75]

Was his only weapon, now it’s gone.

No speed, no toughness, no creativity, no urgency = no game next week

 

[Karp3_dm]

I really hate to say it but I’m honest with our team as they come..
I really thought we were pretty awesome tonight, considering who we had on the park...
Dusty, prestia, lynch, vlaustin all showed awesome leadership!

Loved some of our young guys efforts in chol, stack, naish, graham (remember he’s still very young)

Unfortunately I hate to say it but Brando was at his worst tonight... I’ve been a big fan of Brando this year, really been good when’s he’s back has been against the wall but tonight he was shocking.,, for a senior player I really expected him to the leader across the wing/half back but he was shown up by stack and menadue...
He panicked, stopped momentum, butchered so many possessions... was so cringe worthy to watch...
he took over Edwards position... wow we miss Edwards!!

 

[Turka]

Garthwaite downers... I don't know. There were times I was tracking him from in our forward 50 to running back into our defense 50 and I'm thinking wow.

I think the torching of him is harsh. He’s learning the craft. And when the Crouch boys get it 80 times, the midfield pressure is a concern. Wouldn’t have been much different with Astbury.

 

[Turka]

saints will do us on ****ihad

I thought we were winning 7 in a row...!