Game Day Round 19 vs. Hawthorn, MCG, 4:35pm Saturday 20/07

[Kes1984]

This definitely needs to be an autopsy thread.

And if Fly spews the same nonsense at his presser, someone may just start a sack Craig McRae

Craig Mcrae

Age

51

Ht

176cm

Wt

73kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.9

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.2

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.4

5star

thread

 

[Soaring Magpie]

WHE, missed every opportunity today when he has had had a marking attempt

 

[Doc1763]

Do we have a defensive structure!?!

We don't have any structure

 

[TW Sherrin]

In an interview after leaving us. Ginni stated that the texts he got from the Hawks players saying please come and the texts he didn't get from Pies team mates saying stay made up his decision easier

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It's a pretty damming indictment when your team mates don't want you to stay

 

[Ctracks]

The backline needs to be rebuilt

 

[Buckley is my hero]

130 more disposals, 25 more inside 50s, 30 more contested possessions.
WTF has happened to this team?
Buckley era putrid.

They got old. That's what happened and we haven't recruited anyone of AFL quality from the national draft, in years. So don't blame Fly. The blame is with our recruiters.

 

[barrackers]

Junk time

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Markov doesn’t have a defensive bone in his body

 

[Chilli Con Incarnate]

Not sure we can win it from here.

 

[frizzle]

Well I told you so!

It was obvious we weren't going to win this week. Hawks in good form & we have been horrible for quite some time. There is no coming back this season.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

8 goal last quarter

 

[Doc1763]

Junk time

The past month has been junk time

 

[GoDaics]

Cameron gets out bustled by Ginnivan and Newcombe marks. Weak as DC

 

[IlovethePies]

They got old. That's what happened and we haven't recruited anyone of AFL quality from the national draft, in years. So don't blame Fly. The blame is with our recruiters.

I think there is alot of truth in this. The young guys we have coming through just have not been of the same quality as those of other clubs.

 

[Kes1984]

Someone please explain the logic behind dropping Frampton today

 

[wcv1475]

We are just to old, where are our young players

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

In these conditions we have let them kick nearly 20 goals.....oh boy we have some serious issues with our list

 

[Do_Beta_Rapport]

It's a pretty damming indictment when your team mates don't want you to stay

I don’t miss him one bit.

He is a distraction.

 

[anshell]

Do you see how much bigger and stronger Hawthorn players look compared to ours,even though they’re younger?Hine has a lot to answer for for the players he’s recruited in recent years.

 

[TradeDraft]

We are just to old, where are our young players

Need to Retire most of the Old Players

 

[Kes1984]

In these conditions we have let them kick nearly 20 goals.....oh boy we have some serious issues with our list

Beyond disgraceful

 

[manicpie]

...and to be fair, that is due to incredible injury crisis that has really smashed our season.

To a degree

 

[Buckley is my hero]

From premier to a rabble. This is just shocking and the coach and the club leaders have let complacency set in, and these are the results.
Simpson and Beveridge went from premiership coaches, to leading their side in the wilderness for a few seasons after that, Simpson never recovered obviously, but Bevo had the axe over his head a few times before they got back into a Grand Final. I feel Fly could be heading in the same direction....

Think of it as being on the edge of a cliff. That's how we've been playing the game. At some point in time you fade and go over the cliff.

 

[Kes1984]

Do you see how much bigger and stronger Hawthorn players look compared to ours,even though they’re younger?Hine has a lot to answer for for the players he’s recruited in recent years.

We don’t look fit. We get more injuries than other teams.
Something wrong with our conditioning staff too I reckon.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Someone please explain the logic behind dropping Frampton today

No idea. Frampton was playing well as a defender, then Fly moved him forward and basically put him out of form, then confidence. There has been some horrible moves and team decisions this season....