AFL Autopsy Round 19: 5 goal loss to Western Bulldogs

[Skipper_]

Come on man. There were some real positives.

Such a dissapointing result.

I'm just so pissed ATM.

 

[DonsRule]

Dogs too good when it mattered.

We were wasteful but credit to the dogs.

 

[BomberTime]

Did not play at our best today at all. Just really dumb mistakes.

Few players we have when the pressure is on goes missing. Joe was great.

Full credit to dogs but they aren't going much further this year.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Think I'll post once and leave the self-flaggelation circle jerk.

Almost a marvellous performance. Couldn't take our chances, and umpires utterly skull ****ed us in the second half.

But we were beaten by the better team. The reigning premiers. Dogs were incredible. Bont was majestic. And it was an awesome game.

Personally I'm proud of the team and to see us play at that level is a lot of fun. We'll beat most teams playing like that, and our destiny is still in our hands.

Awesome game of footy. Good shit.

Now let normal transmission resume

 

[boncer34]

It appears doing anything to Bont is a free against anyway

I only saw the last 10 minutes so can't comment on the rest but that was 100% a free.

 

[Despair]

The only rational explanation is that we are allergic to success. As soon as it appears our eyes water, our throat starts to swell and our hands get clammy.

 

[Tassieboy]

6 points down with 4 minutes to go and threatening and the umpires pull out that rubbish holding the ball on Baguley and game over.

Also Hurley with a shocking turnover.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

I knew we didn't have a plan B and that wasn't unexpected at all but holy shit, 20 ****ing behinds...

I count 5 games we've actively thrown away this year

Seriously Worsfold is the easiet coach to coach against imo dogs would have been planning all week how stop us and we just keep rocking up with the same plan.

 

[brutus76]

Right team won.

Right team lost.

Woeful kicking.

Too many easy goals for the Dogs - defending atrocious.

Who was on Johannisen?

Gleeson was owned by a 35yo Bob Murphy

Killed us in the clearances.

Agree - play the kids.

 

[Thebisc]

Really poor game. Had all the play for the first 20 mins of the last and just butchered it. Then gave up with 5 mins to go.

Only players who were good were Joe, Parish and Zaka. A couple of solid games from a few others but absolute shockers from Goddard, Watson, Hooker, Heppell. Not going to win many finals when your leaders don't stand up.

 

[TDay]

We had enough opportunities to win it. It wasn't Essington - we played ok - just couldn't handle the dogs pressure. Or kick straight.
Colyer, Jobe, Laverde on notice for form.
Hurley and Gleeson look like they should've been rested. If they are still sore, rest them.
Mcgrath might be due for a rest. Kelly wasn't keeping up. Hooker had the yips. Hopefully Raz is ok.
Plenty of changes coming for next week. At least next week is Carlton so we will have something to cheer for other than finals.

Parish was a big positive. Joe too. I liked Mckenna's game under siege. And even though he makes mistakes, you gotta hand it to Bags for putting in the 100% effort.

 

[JayJ20]

It was terrible really.

Hooker had a terrible game.
Watson also terrible.
Kicking for goal mostly rubbish

I was ready to say "oh well", but we blew the game open to 30 points after being behind by only 6 points with less than 5 minutes to go

 

[Summer Nights]

Thought the game day thread was harsh on Hurley. He impacted so many contests with spoils and did a heap of work moving the ball. Despite the star in Bont being in form, the latter didn't win many contests against our boy.

Hurley's disposal is what let him down today, though.

Colyer needs to **** off, as does Jobe.

Hooker? Frustrating!

 

[Teflon Dons]

Parish and Daniher good, Webb's audition was really good. He gets the role.
Ummm, backline leaking like a sieve...
Gleeson gets smashed in the air, worse than Hartley for the arm grab. Jobe is mentally a barista now, think he knows it's time.
**** that was pretty ordinary.

 

[Blind Turn]

So much dumb football cost us. Stupid decision-making at crucial junctures. We had so many opportunities but weren't smart enough claim them.

That's the worst game I've seen Jobe play and for the first time this year I'm thinking time is up.

 

[eDPS]

Poor shots on goal
Horrible defensive turnovers
Leaving JJ on his own
Poor Forward entries
Hooker missing sitters
Goddard spitting the dummy

If I'm not mistaken this is Essington

 

[bombreys]

At least we know now we're not good enough and don't deserve to be there - however, I fully expect us to go unchanged into next weeks game, we just don't understand that young guys need to be given a chance like the good sides do.

 

[Bigjobss]

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Hooker is not a forward

Never has been

Never will be

We get wasted opportunities and we miss out on an AA backman

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Outplayed by better team on the day.

 

[yaco55]

Should have kicked 170 points today - Dominated the game and couldn't put it on the scoreboard - A major concern today was aerial balls in defence - Must have conceded 7 or 8 goals, by not effectively killing the ball or marking the ball.

Green and Ambrose will be back next week.

 

[BomberFan355]

We just aren't good enough yet, simple.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

STOP BLAMING THE UMPS.

Essendon lost that fair and square. We didn't show up and the dogs showed too much hunger.

"Didn't show up"

"pathetic"

Hahahah I'd we had have taken our chances in the last quarter domination we win

Lol @ emotional footy fans

 

[Gumby2Hurley]

30 points ffs

 

[IHurley]

The thing about the points is that most were very easy shots.

Kudos to Hooker for finding a way to miss from zero metres out though. He would be competing with Hickey against us for the most putrid game of the year. Give me 700 thousand a year and I promise to be no more ****.