Review Round 12, 2024 vs Carlton

[Coobk001]

Imagine Aliir one grabbing a mark!

Imagine Jones not overrunning a loose ball!

Imagine Rozee winning a hard ball!

Imagine Boak kicking a goal!

Imagine Marshall taking a contested mark!

Imagine Burton doing anything that could be remotely described as defending!

Imagine Finlayson kicking one of those snaps from 45 out!

Imagine Dixon getting more than 1cm in front of his opponent at any time!

This is perfect.

I'd add imagine Farrell not spilling hard ground balls in defence straight to overwhelming opposition numbers, and instead hardening up and taking the tackle.

 

[Hot Port]

Every f**king time Carlton found confidence on us.

JHF our best player, full stop

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Imagine Aliir one grabbing a mark!

Imagine Jones not overrunning a loose ball!

Imagine Rozee winning a hard ball!

Imagine Boak kicking a goal!

Imagine Marshall taking a contested mark!

Imagine Burton doing anything that could be remotely described as defending!

Imagine Finlayson kicking one of those snaps from 45 out!

Imagine Dixon getting more than 1cm in front of his opponent at any time!

As much as we love him, imagine JHF converting those two goals at the start of the second quarter.

No one should be immune from some spotlighting after yet another flop in a big game on centre stage at home.

 

[backtozero]

Every goal we kicked there was a reply within a minute, sometimes less.

Mental weakness, but also a shitful game plan where our defenders are left exposed and goals are scored easily over the back.

 

[Playthekids76]

Time to trade Ollie while he's worth something. CANT KICK!!

 

[klem22]

We have some pathetic players on this list but the coach tops the lot.
This is nothing but a boys club mates rates and jobs for the boys stuff.
They will deny it but we are looking at a rebuild when someone with the balls comes out to admit it.
Where's Warren??
PS as a coach hinkly is a football pygmy

 

[Ford Fairlane]

And what was it with Jase Burgoyne falling over all night? He was like a pensioner running on an oil slick.

 

[stewie griffen]

In mcentee and Evans defense, playing that ultra high half fwd role.... worked for what a half, but carlton clamped down on our corridor ball.

Coupled with dbj that's 3 blokes running around doing essentially nothing

Give me ollie lord in for dixon and rioli back pls

 

[backtozero]

And what was it with Jase Burgoyne falling over all night? He was like a pensioner running on an oil slick.

Gave me flashbacks to Jasper.

 

[Playthekids76]

 

[Ford Fairlane]

You can almost see Frankie Evans thinking, Well that's me done then.

 

[klem22]

Time to trade Ollie while he's worth something. CANT KICK!!

Absolutely
L Jones is a waste of space
Bergman has been coached into oblivion
Dixon is a waste of space
Marshall wouldn't get a gig in a good side
The list goes on.
Rebuild when some common sense arrives at the club.

 

[SkyhorseTamer]

Any punters here know how often we get thrashed when firm favourites? Especially at home?

Not here to rub anything in but did see this comment and remember someone figuring out a stat about this re port. Before last night in games with crowds under 40k since 2021 port are 48 and 19. A really great record. In games with crowds over 40k port are 5 and 11 in the same time (incl. Last night). It's a weird stat to me. Port seem like they're always on the edge of being a ****ing good team. Hope it clicks for yall. Good luck the rest of the season.

 

[JimmyBC]

The only thing I'd say about the backline is it's a new look in personnel with the talls & probably won't gel until they've played more footy together, does the way we set up help them probably not.

 

[Chewy316]

The only thing I'd say about the backline is it's a new look in personnel with the talls & probably won't gel until they've played more footy together, does the way we set up help them probably not.

The defence is fine when they're well set up behind the ball and the forward line has locked the ball inside their attacking 50.

But when the ball enters Port's D50 quickly, the entire defence shits themselves every single time. There is zero composure, 100% panic.

 

[Portology]

Not here to rub anything in but did see this comment and remember someone figuring out a stat about this re port. Before last night in games with crowds under 40k since 2021 port are 48 and 19. A really great record. In games with crowds over 40k port are 5 and 11 in the same time (incl. Last night). It's a weird stat to me. Port seem like they're always on the edge of being a ****ing good team. Hope it clicks for yall. Good luck the rest of the season.

big crowds are a proxy for big games, so yeah, we tend to go to water in the big ones

 

[backtozero]

The only thing I'd say about the backline is it's a new look in personnel with the talls & probably won't gel until they've played more footy together, does the way we set up help them probably not.

Zerk and Rat have been good though. I think Aliir, Bergman and Burton taking a nose dive is the bigger problem.
Out of these guy, I'm not sure who is the leader amongst them - there doesn't seem to be a lot of directives going like you see with other clubs.

 

[The Hobo]

We kept Jones and got rid of Bonner

Bonner has been the same Bonner he was with us. Sometimes good, sometimes crap. Has cost the Saints a few games with crucial mistakes.

 

[jackag24]

As much as we love him, imagine JHF converting those two goals at the start of the second quarter.

No one should be immune from some spotlighting after yet another flop in a big game on centre stage at home.

He also missed two critical tackles on Cripps that both led to goals. If it was Rozee everyone would be in the Rozee thread saying he shouldn't be captain again

Needs to go both ways

 

[JimmyBC]

The defence is fine when they're well set up behind the ball and the forward line has locked the ball inside their attacking 50.

But when the ball enters Port's D50 quickly, the entire defence shits themselves every single time. There is zero composure, 100% panic.

I mean yea if the ball is coming out of the middle like it did in the last quarter even May & Leaver would be tounging it to track square, we have monumental drop offs in midfield pressure at times.

 

[Lefti93]

The fox footy panel know we are absolute frauds. They're no fools, they just don't care enough to rant about it. If anyone in the Vic media cared enough we'd have a ten min segment on on the couch highlighting our fraudulent ways.

 

[rogerjames]

Yeh I didn't mention that one coz it triggers me with the Hinkley breakdancing flashbacks.

Too funny in a world of pain

 

[Ford Fairlane]

The good modern sides (even the crows these days) pressure the ball carrier around the middle of the ground to force a turnover and slingshot quick movement from a dangerous position for scoring opportunities.

We continually fall back and concede short passes letting opposition march up the field and try to defend from deep in the backline, where even if we win the ball we have to carry it 180m up the field and hope the forwards can run all the way back to provide a target.

Poor Georgie at one stage had to fall over the boundary line because he had no one to go to and couldn't run any further. Way to treat a player coming back from an ACL (and he should have taken the shot for his 5th in the last quarter, but you don't need me to tell you that).

 

[ibd77]

We are such a weak contested marking team too and Alir is the worst culprit at the moment. The player we hired to intercept marks, spills most of them. Looks so gangly and unco now.

 

[MrMeaner]

The good modern sides (even the crows these days) pressure the ball carrier around the middle of the ground to force a turnover and slingshot quick movement from a dangerous position for scoring opportunities.

We continually fall back and concede short passes letting opposition march up the field and try to defend from deep in the backline, where even if we win the ball we have to carry it 180m up the field and hope the forwards can run all the way back to provide a target.

Poor Georgie at one stage had to fall over the boundary line because he had no one to go to and couldn't run any further. Way to treat a player coming back from an ACL (and he should have taken the shot for his 5th in the last quarter, but you don't need me to tell you that).

I made a comment last night about Carlton's shepherding. It was excellent. Actually, it was probably base-line good but it was a novelty seeing a side do it.

In contrast, we had a heap of 1m handballs to players under pressure from the same opponent where the bloke getting rid of it was just concerned with it no longer being his problem.