Autopsy Round 18 = Collingwood 71-91 Geelong

[Cousin of Daicos]

Amazed at the posters who seem to have been blessed with the extraordinary gift of hindsight, and who come to these threads to point out everything that’s wrong, including with the coaching.

I must have missed their posts in February and March where these disasters were predicted.

To be fair, I spoke of my concerns after watching Take The Steps and also the North practice game

 

[bucksisbest]

The high press of our forwards is now too predictable. Sides are just keeping loose defenders back and chipping the ball around and eventually through us. We need to have another strategy to counter sides doing that. Probably too late in the year to implement a second strategy.

There should be different modes of game plans.
It should also vary on the team, trying to take away their strengths and expose their weaknesses.
We seem to very much be a lets roll the doce and see who comes up trumps. But this becomes difficult when you then get robbed of the opportunity for chaotic, quick ball movement and the opp sit on your trump card.

 

[Do_Beta_Rapport]

I was at the game. We are done.
Don’t really care about what ifs.

Would’ve been nice to see Dean in the side and Moore either forward or rested.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Farewell tour time for a few blokes.

 

[loki04]

Look Moore has had a poor season.
But trading him is surely a joke, he could easily come back next year and play at an AA level again

Even if he doesn't reach AA he is still a quality player when he has support around him.

 

[jmac70]

Now you’re just being silly.

We lost to a team that’s in the top 4.

We had the highest tackle count in a month. The pressure was there, particularly early on.

We are nowhere near a bottom 4 side.

We are rubbish.

 

[CaptainHowdy87]

It's making me sick listening to Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

48

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

right now. God he's insufferable.

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

Whilst I can’t bring myself to give the season up until that becomes a reality we look a bit like a team of individuals trying to do their roles but just not cohering as a team with any consistency. Injuries have played a role but feels like something is just missing. Need to find whatever that is. Still in there but tenuously.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

How embarrassing

 

[Lockyer24]

Farewell tour time for a few blokes.

The club seems to be projecting Pendles Sidey Howe and Will will be dominating when they are 45 - bucking the trend. You can’t half tell Wrighty is on holiday

 

[live fast pieyoung]

We didn't give a Yelp in the last QTR when it was all on the line.??? WTF! It was such a limp effort.

Fighting desperately for a comeback win has been our trademark for 2 years. They just couldn't be bothered tonight.

At the game it honestly looked like they were trying. The issue was Geelong was set up to chip mark and kill openplay at every opportunity. We had no response ready and couldn't get our hands on the ball

 

[GreekLunatic]

It will be funny if we finish 8 and play Essendon in a elimination and knock them out I can dream lol

 

[pablo disco bar]

Look Moore has had a poor season.
But trading him is surely a joke, he could easily come back next year and play at an AA level again

I reckon his peaked and for once I would like to see us be bold get back into the draft

Also I love Darcy but if not him who?

Would ya do for 2 x first round picks from say Melbourne (like his old man)

 

[bucksisbest]

Noble getting 29 touches is not a Good Thing

Terrible user of the Ball

It can be when things are going well, but he is back to pissing the bed again.
Always tries hard, but some of the decision making and disposal was almost cartoonish.

 

[jmac70]

Good post - the lack of perspectives by many is unfortunate.

Perspective?
We are finished. If you can’t see that then maybe you need a better perspective.
We don’t work anywhere near hard enough to challenge any side in contention.

The season is over.

 

[Mollythedolly]

He atleast tries to create run and dash.

He’s back to running and dashing into trouble which is what got him dropped last year. He’s lucky that there just isn’t anyone to replace him. Markov the same at the moment. Just cruels our offensive transition when the ball is getting turned over as often as it is.

 

[JoinDate]

It's making me sick listening to Chris Scott right now. God he's insufferable.

I ****ing hate him so much. The definition of a flog.

 

[Do_Beta_Rapport]

I reckon his peaked and for once I would like to see us be bold get back into the draft

Also I love Darcy but if not him who?

Would ya do for 2 x first round picks from say Melbourne (like his old man)

Nobody is paying that price based on 2024.

It’s basically a Harrison Petty situation.

 

[No SPIN]

The stats like Geelong’s uncontested marking dominance?

Our CP Tackles and total distance covered wins - make the “lack of effort” laments hollow.

We failed to capitalize on our HO dominance which was 64-22.
That was the ball game IMO - our stoppage and clearance work let us down.

 

[Kes1984]

As much as I’ve loved Fly I’m starting to wonder how much of the on field traditional coaching he actually does

Starting to wonder if Leppa and Bolts were doing more of the traditional stuff and with them two no longer there in that role, we just look like we did under Buckley

Yes I think the shift in the coaching staff roles is showing Fly up now. I think he’s maybe out of his depth without them.

Personally I’m starting to lose confidence in him. This side is not motivated.

 

[No SPIN]

Perspective?
We are finished. If you can’t see that then maybe you need a better perspective.
We don’t work anywhere near hard enough to challenge any side in contention.

The season is over.

Tomorrow you’ll wake with a fresh perspective.

 

[Fat Jesus]

Yes I think the shift in the coaching staff roles is showing Fly up now. I think he’s maybe out of his depth without them.

Personally I’m starting to lose confidence in him. This side is not motivated.

This side has injuries.

 

[Monco Matt]

I'm actually really surprised at how flat we have been post-bye. I expected we would freshen up and get on a roll but it has been the opposite. Did that North comeback game really take the last bit of fight out of us? Since then the effort has been more of a team trying to stay in the game and not lose by too much rather than a team looking to take the game away from the opposition. Have we won a game this year where you could say that we controlled that game? Maybe the Lions game only, even the Port win came after being well down. This season has just never got rolling.

 

[Kes1984]

Hey guys but we only lost by 20 points. A bit like the last 2 weeks where we only lost by 11 and 12.

And?
We’ve missed 12 crucial Premiership points. That’s what actually matters.

 

[soreplums]

Noble getting 29 touches is not a Good Thing

Terrible user of the Ball

He is the only one in our side at the moment that tries to break the lines and create something.
I think we are better when he is in the team.