Review Round 2 Postgame - Loss Against Sydney at Home

[Freomaniac]

I don't think O'Driscoll is great at hitting a leading target.
Sharp is the same.

You can argue if they are good or average kicks, but wouldn't put them in the very good or elite category.

I did say "poor to good", but in reality other than Young, we don't have many very good to elite kicks in our best 22.

Reid has the potential to in that category as well.

I would prefer to have Treacy kicking to a leading forward than a lot of our mids.

Treacy a good kick to a leading forward? Maybe.

But I rather him in the forward 50 taking set shots in goal. 4 goals and 1 behind from 5 shots was good on the weekend

 

[mike91]

I actually thought Nathan O'Driscoll had a nice left foot. There was a thread about it.

Sharp is a semi decent kick.

I can't say Frederick is a bad kick of he is capable of kicking 30 goals a season

Disagree

Treacy a good kick to a leading forward? Maybe.

But I rather him in the forward 50 taking set shots in goal. 4 goals and 1 behind from 5 shots was good on the weekend

Sharp is a bang on average kick that very rarely lowers his eyes.

Treacy is a wonderful field kick. I wouldn't be surprised if he set up a decent chunk of Amiss' goals last season

 

[go_the_dockers]

Treacy a good kick to a leading forward? Maybe.

But I rather him in the forward 50 taking set shots in goal. 4 goals and 1 behind from 5 shots was good on the weekend

Agree, I think the point highlights how bad the mids are at kicking to a leading forward.

Young, Reid
Treacy, Brayshaw, Serong
O'Driscoll, JOM, Sharp

That is roughly how I see it (only quickly thought about it), but you could easy have Treacy up higher.

 

[jusjoshin]

Watching the slow, high delivery Sharp was giving our forward line was pretty frustrating.

 

[Freomaniac]

We play with 5 forwards most of the match. Hard to pressure 2 players at once.

Playing 5 forwards isn't a bad thing. We had Voss, Amiss, Tracey, Frederick, Bolton and a rotating mid.

 

[wakojako]

Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime, Anytemperature

Any flavour.

 

[Taylor]

Freo has to play this weekend and had our spare rotation taken half way through the game as opposed to the swans not needing to be able to get up for this week and bringing on their run late in the game.

 

[summerthebat]

Watching the slow, high delivery Sharp was giving our forward line was pretty frustrating.

Johnson as well. He has more vertical metres gained than horizontal.

 

[Freomaniac]

They can not close out quarters, In fact, one of those that bleed goals in red time.
And have no idea how to shut down in close games like yesterday.Look at Sydney, they locked the ball in out forward line with stoppages in the last minute and a half.Never usually worry about the coach,,, but.......

The weird thing about the swans game was we actually had a good 1st quarter.

We usually trail at quarter time or have slow starts. Dockers kicks 4.4.28 to swans 5 behinds in that 1st quarter.

It's not the loss that was the issue, it's how we lost.

Dockers kicked 5 goals and 6 points after quarter time, swans kicked 9 goals and 8 behinds after quarter time.

Teams that usually lead 4 goals to 0 goals at quarter time usually win

 

[Heave Ho Bro]

Teams that usually lead 4 goals to 0 goals at quarter time usually win

Anyone who watches this team knew they would get overrun in the last qtr. It was very predictable. Something is broken and the negative defensive mindset from the coach isn't helping.

 

[MadMundy]

Yeah, as excited as I was to see us get out to a good lead, there was a small part of me going:

"They're somehow going to blow this lead and lose aren't they?"

 

[Freomaniac]

Yeah, as excited as I was to see us get out to a good lead, there was a small part of me going:

"They're somehow going to blow this lead and lose aren't they?"

We can't win regardless. Most of our 2023 and 2024 games we always trailed in the 1st quarter

 

[MadMundy]

We can't win regardless. Most of our 2023 and 2024 games we always trailed in the 1st quarter

Our players are too hesitant to take the game on at times, they just stop and look around like headless chicken waiting for something to happen.

 

[Heave Ho Bro]

The negative mindset is the problem. They need to play the entire game disregarding the scoreboard. The only time you should be trying to save the game or defend a lead is when you're up with a few minutes to go. Not with 15 minutes left. We need more dare to win and less scared to lose. I reckon the skills will improve if the boys were freed up and playing with less fear.

 

[Quay Club]

The weird thing about the swans game was we actually had a good 1st quarter.

We usually trail at quarter time or have slow starts. Dockers kicks 4.4.28 to swans 5 behinds in that 1st quarter.

It's not the loss that was the issue, it's how we lost.

Dockers kicked 5 goals and 6 points after quarter time, swans kicked 9 goals and 8 behinds after quarter time.

Teams that usually lead 4 goals to 0 goals at quarter time usually win

They should have stayed out on the ground at qtr time.

It broke our momentum and we were very sluggish at the start of the second when Sydney got back into the game.

 

[2big2strom]

now I've had my melt...I better call the club tomorrow and get my 4th grand final upgrade while everyone else is packing up for the year

 

[BettercallSaul]

now I've had my melt...I better call the club tomorrow and get my 4th grand final upgrade while everyone else is packing up for the year

This is the Freo way.

 

[Footskill]

Always good to listen/watch analysis of a game and what they could of done better that might of won the game

 

[gaskin]

Always good to listen/watch analysis of a game and what they could of done better that might of won the game

On the Jackson not getting back point, I noticed for quite a bit of the second half that he wouldn't get forward either. There is always a ruckman on the line when a shot is being taken and I remember thinking multiple times "where the hell is Jackson?". I don't know if he was gassed or not but he seemed to just want to stay between the arcs except when he was resting forward.

 

[stax on the mull]

Always good to listen/watch analysis of a game and what they could of done better that might of won the game

I wondered the same thing about that last goal when I was watching the replay of the final minutes. Cox could have done better but he was just pushed off balance at the critical moment and took the L in a 1 v 1.

Pearce was ahead of that contest as well covering a much smaller player and looking like he was giving instructions. Maybe too many messages happening to take it all in when your brain is fried running around in the heat for 2 hours.

It looked like Amartey was the only tall to kick to. Maybe the controlling umpire was too stuffed to call Rowbottom to move it on if took it 14 seconds from Heeney's kick. Take about 2 seconds off for that. Was Rowbottom in that grey area distance where he gets 30 seconds for a shot on goal or should he get the 7 seconds that umps are supposed to give.

 

[BettercallSaul]

Re Jacko, how was the decision to punch through for a point from the kick after the siren at 1/4 time! Just why Luke, why?

 

[Madas]

Re Jacko, how was the decision to punch through for a point from the kick after the siren at 1/4 time! Just why Luke, why?

Super dumb move

 

[Madas]

Super dumb move

Forgiven though as the rest of the game he was BOG for mine
Stellar effort

 

[BettercallSaul]

Forgiven though as the rest of the game he was BOG for mine
Stellar effort

. Just an example of one of the silly small things we do as a collective that can cost us.

 

[Purpleheart_56]

Re Jacko, how was the decision to punch through for a point from the kick after the siren at 1/4 time! Just why Luke, why?

I agree.. but I think that behind did not count...