Autopsy Round 1 vs Sydney @ Heritage Bank Stadium. 18/03/23 - 7pm

[Ben Drever]

We missed the finals by 2 wins and 6%. Considering he kicked 21 goals in the first half of the year and 14 goals in the second half of the year as well as 3 of those final 11 games we lost by 7 points or less, I would argue 7 extra goals from Casboult could have made the difference in terms of our finals aspirations. We were a lot closer to playing finals last year than some people would like to admit.

The team won 4 of the last 9 games.

They choked.

It ain’t on Casboult

 

[The Kings Ransom]

Probably a reflection of who his opponent is more than anything. They make sure he isn't on the big marking forward. He is slowly getting bigger and stronger each year though and he will continue to develop his game. That stat reads well for Collins as he generally does get the bigger stronger opponents.

Yeah Ballard was 22 for the whole of his season last year (injured in round 19 on his 23rd birthday)
Always been a lanky kid, will continue building into his body.

Darcy Moore was a failed forward from his age 19 - 21 season
Switched to defence halfway through his age 22 season (only played 7 games)
Broke out in his age 23 season as a defender.

 

[GC2015]

Agree, we were closer to finals more than most people believe. 2W 5L was far from ideal start but we should never have lost to Collingwood at home. That was heart breaker, season defining loss. Hawks in Tas was another one. We were parked in our forward half all time in the last quarter but just could not score in windy conditions, some terrible misses from Chol, Luko. We played great game against Lions, were ahead at 3/4 time then Ballard went down and we faded. Close loss to Port was another great game with an unlucky outcome.

But we were extremely lucky against Tigers.

3-4 unlucky losses vs 1 lucky win against the Tigers just shows once again how close we were. If we split those close games then we're extremely close to a finals berth. We had some strange results in the first half of the year as well with the GWS loss that should have never happened, the Collingwood loss at the MCG that felt really winnable going in and even the Western Bulldogs game in Ballarat felt like a weird one.

The team won 4 of the last 9 games.

They choked.

It ain’t on Casboult

Not trying to pin it on Casboult but it's undeniable that his goal kicking went from kicking 21.15 in the first half of the year to 14.7 in the second half of the year. So what does that tell us? Was the supply from the midfield not there? Did Casboult drop off? Did Chol take goals away from Levi? I'd like to see our i50 difference from the first half of the year to the second half of the year but I can't seem to find it...

 

[Disambiguous]

Mock teams.

Gold Coast v Sydney, Heritage Bank Stadium, 7pm AEST

GOLD COAST

B: Caleb Graham, Sam Collins, Jy Farrar
HB: Ben Long

22

Ben Long

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.9

3star

K

6.2

2star

HB

4.7

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.7

4star

MG

166.8

3star

D

12.8

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.3

3star

MG

129.0

2star

D

13.4

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

3.2

5star

MG

223.0

4star

, Charlie Ballard

10

Charlie Ballard

Age

25

Ht

196cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.9

3star

K

8.8

3star

HB

3.1

3star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.2

3star

MG

185.6

3star

D

11.3

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.6

2star

M

4.9

5star

T

1.3

2star

MG

158.9

3star

D

9.4

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

4star

MG

156.0

3star

, Charlie Constable

33

Charlie Constable

Age

25

Ht

192cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.4

5star

K

9.0

3star

HB

12.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

3.7

5star

No current season stats available

D

22.4

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

12.4

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

C: Brandon Ellis, Noah Anderson

15

Noah Anderson

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.0

2star

T

0.0

1star

CL

0.0

1star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

6.0

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

0.0

1star

CL

0.0

1star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

CL

0.0

1star

, Elijah Hollands
HF: Ben Ainsworth

9

Ben Ainsworth

Age

26

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

8.1

3star

HB

6.1

4star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.7

4star

CL

1.3

3star

D

12.8

3star

K

8.3

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.3

3star

CL

0.3

2star

D

13.6

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

6.8

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

0.8

3star

, Jack Lukosius

13

Jack Lukosius

Age

24

Ht

195cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.8

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

369.3

5star

D

14.8

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

3.3

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

369.3

5star

D

13.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

2.4

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

358.0

5star

, Alex Davies
F: Nick Holman, Ben King

34

Ben King

Age

24

Ht

202cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.5

4star

T

0.5

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

7.5

2star

K

5.6

2star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.5

5star

D

6.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.2

3star

G

1.0

4star

, Mabior Chol

18

Mabior Chol

Age

27

Ht

200cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.5

2star

K

5.3

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.7

4star

G

0.8

4star

D

8.0

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.0

1star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.3

3star

G

0.7

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.2

4star

Foll: Jarrod Witts, Matt Rowell

18

Matt Rowell

Age

23

Ht

180cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

D

17.4

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

D

17.4

5star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.8

1star

T

5.2

5star

CL

3.8

5star

, Touk Miller

11

Touk Miller

Age

28

Ht

178cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.7

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

12.3

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

5.4

5star

CL

4.2

5star

D

22.0

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

10.6

5star

M

2.9

3star

T

4.8

5star

CL

4.1

5star

D

17.8

5star

K

5.8

3star

HB

12.0

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

3.0

5star

I/C: Darcy Macpherson

44

Darcy Macpherson

Age

27

Ht

175cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.1

4star

K

9.3

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.9

5star

MG

187.8

3star

D

11.0

3star

K

6.3

3star

HB

4.8

3star

M

2.1

2star

T

2.5

3star

MG

137.3

2star

D

11.6

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

4.8

5star

MG

113.6

2star

, Sam Flanders, David Swallow

24

David Swallow

Age

31

Ht

186cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.1

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

9.4

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.2

5star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

7.3

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

4.6

5star

CL

4.0

5star

D

19.4

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

9.4

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

5.0

5star

CL

4.4

5star

, Levi Casboult

30

Levi Casboult

Age

34

Ht

199cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.7

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

10.1

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

5.9

5star

T

1.3

2star

G

1.3

5star

D

9.2

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

5.2

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.4

5star

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[/I]

Close, but I’d like to see a few changes:

• Jeffrey in
• Powell hopefully in
• Macpherson out
• Lukosius to the wing (please)

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[Keystone agony]

Close, but I’d like to see a few changes:

• Jeffrey in
• Powell hopefully in
• Macpherson out
• Lukosius to the wing (please)

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Powell back into full training yet?

Do you play all 5 talls Witts, King, Chol, Lukosius, Casboult? Or is Jeffrey replacing Casboult here?

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Powell back into full training yet?

Do you play all 5 talls Witts, King, Chol, Lukosius, Casboult? Or is Jeffrey replacing Casboult here?

The consensus is Jeffrey>Casboult.

Surely we do that, Levi is a great player but for team balance. Jeffrey is locked in

 

[Jirik13]

Powell back into full training yet?

2 weeks already.

 

[Keystone agony]

The consensus is Jeffrey>Casboult.

Surely we do that, Levi is a great player but for team balance. Jeffrey is locked in

And Jeffrey was quite good considering how tough the game vs GWS was for a forward

 

[Young_Guns]

While Ballard may not be an A grader, be brings stability to the backline and is a real leader down there despite his laid back nature.

The defence wen to s*it when he went down last year. He sets us up so well at centre half-back when we get the ball forward and positions himself beautifully to impact the play and intercept should we turn it over. He SHOULD also allow Collins to play his own role and worry about his own game.

The big question mark in the line-up for me is Rosas. Without him the opposition will be licking their lips thinking about all the third-man ups they can intercept because we have no one dangerous to worry about when the ball hits the ground. The Rankine loss is going to hurt definitely.

 

[SandyToes]

While Ballard may not be an A grader, be brings stability to the backline and is a real leader down there despite his laid back nature.

The defence wen to s*it when he went down last year. He sets us up so well at centre half-back when we get the ball forward and positions himself beautifully to impact the play and intercept should we turn it over. He SHOULD also allow Collins to play his own role and worry about his own game.

The big question mark in the line-up for me is Rosas. Without him the opposition will be licking their lips thinking about all the third-man ups they can intercept because we have no one dangerous to worry about when the ball hits the ground. The Rankine loss is going to hurt definitely.

I agree with everything except Chucky not an A grader
IMO he is

 

[GC2015]

2 weeks already.

So it's just going to come down to whether Dewy is willing to roll the dice? I feel it's worth the risk considering Weller is expected back a week or two later and the fact that we really, really don't want another slow start to the season like last year.

 

[Jirik13]

So it's just going to come down to whether Dewy is willing to roll the dice? I feel it's worth the risk considering Weller is expected back a week or two later and the fact that we really, really don't want another slow start to the season like last year.

No risk considering bad injuries they are coming from. The club want both Weller and Powell go distance once they are back according to Dew. AFL round 3-4 is my guess, 1-2 VFL first.

 

[The Kings Ransom]

Jake Stringer

25

Jake Stringer

Age

30

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

8.5

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.8

5star

D

8.5

2star

K

7.0

3star

HB

1.5

1star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

4star

G

2.5

5star

D

7.2

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.4

5star

and Caldwell injured and won't play round 1.
Hoping there out for our round 2 match as well.
Stringer torched us last year

 

[kreglze]

No point risking Powell for rd 1, when he could be good for rd 2 or 3. Sydney is not a do or die game for us.

 

[Southern Sun]

Yeah as much as I really want them back in I doubt it will be rd1. I think ideally they play atleast a half in the reserves first.

 

[Yoda_]

Thoughts on Tom Berry and his job security standings (yes SuperCoach related thanks gang)

 

[Southern Sun]

Thoughts on Tom Berry and his job security standings (yes SuperCoach related thanks gang)

Not in my team but who knows. If he plays can't see him scoring too highly, will be playing as a pressure forward.

 

[The Kings Ransom]

Thoughts on Tom Berry and his job security standings (yes SuperCoach related thanks gang)

There's a chance he starts in the AFL side as Rosas coming back from an injury of some description? But think it's less likely he plays more than 10 games for the year.
Would say he averaged <50 even if playing, a definite pass.

 

[Southern Sun]

Humphrey gets stitches out Monday and isn't likely to be ready Rd 1 but should be fine by Rd 2. Asked about 2 players he thinks are very underrated and his reply was ballard and rosas, two players keen to see have a big season.

 

[GC2015]

Humphrey gets stitches out Monday and isn't likely to be ready Rd 1 but should be fine by Rd 2. Asked about 2 players he thinks are very underrated and his reply was ballard and rosas, two players keen to see have a big season.

Will Rosas be available for round 1?

 

[Jirik13]

Humphrey gets stitches out Monday and isn't likely to be ready Rd 1 but should be fine by Rd 2. Asked about 2 players he thinks are very underrated and his reply was ballard and rosas, two players keen to see have a big season.

How did he get cut?

 

[Southern Sun]

Will Rosas be available for round 1?

Seems a mystery, the club seems to be very quiet on what's happening with him. I hope so.

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Humphrey gets stitches out Monday and isn't likely to be ready Rd 1 but should be fine by Rd 2. Asked about 2 players he thinks are very underrated and his reply was ballard and rosas, two players keen to see have a big season.

Was that from scoops interview? i watched the first 10 seconds and Bear was pissing himself so i turned it off as i thought it would of been a meme

 

[Southern Sun]

Was that from scoops interview? i watched the first 10 seconds and Bear was pissing himself so i turned it off as i thought it would of been a meme

Yeah it was terrible, felt sorry for bailey to have to sit through that interview. Only listened in to find out what the go was with his foot. Didn't say how he cut himself just he's getting stitches out Monday.

 

[Billy ray]

Hey question for members. Ran into a neighbour today who is a member and he said the club stuffed up the membership numbers or cards or something? Anyone hear this?