Game Day Round 20 - Freo v Cats (a.k.a. The Andrew Wills Cup)

[Grimoz]

We have 4 weeks until our season ends.

Fixed that for you

 

[kickazz]

Winning interstate is never easy. Even when you are the better team, it requires some effort.

Not enough shown this afternoon at all.

 

[Mr X]

Is this our worst loss to Freo since the home final nightmare?

Correct answer is every loss to them is shit - but this is elephant shit

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Haha hahahah

Well, duck this team

 

[Generalissimo]

I won't write the season off just yet, but whatever we're going to do to stop putting in these gutless efforts, we need to figure it out quick.

 

[Seeds]

Outs - Smith, Bews, Tuohy, Atkins, Menegola, S.Selwood, Henderson

Ins - Stanley, O'Connor, Dahlhaus, Taylor, Parfitt, Narkle, Constable

The stanley that was smashed by mcevoy. Sounds good.

 

[year of the cat]

No shock on reflection - this is the worst team we've put on the park this year.

 

[Spazz Cat]

20 year member, you?

Not all that far off, on and off. But man, you've never been to the footy and heard that stuff?
People get upset and lash out when we go poorly. It's the way it goes.

 

[Kingsfoil]

Guthrie been far from our worst today, nice goal

 

[Cataholic]

Must be still in a heavy training phase...sure hope it ends soon.
Can barely play.

No, that's an excuse for the desperado.

We've lost our way. We got the jump on a competition amongst average teams, but have been exposed as a slow side who prefer to play sideways and backwards, and without a sincere work ethic.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Scott has been badly out-coached here.

 

[Baudolino]

We had a formula that was working well and we should have stuck to it.

- Bringing Bews back in to the side brought us to critical mass of poor ball users off half back.
- Stanley is erratic but the dynamism of his follow-up work was a crucial ingredient for us. Smith is ludicrously uncoordinated below the knees and simply cannot take an overhead mark
- Constable never should have been dropped; his presence rejuvenated our midfield and eased the pressure on Danger and Kelly. "Oh he's poor on the spread" blah blah blah...
- Only one of Guthrie and S.Selwood should be in the side.
- Etc

 

[Micksy]

We have 4 weeks to get it right.

We had ten?

 

[ToreadorMarch]

Crap. In a year where the comp is so open and there to win... and we have a team to win it, we just dont have the desire. Crap, what a waste. I wondered why I hadnt been watching them for a while.

Astute judgement. What a waste

 

[BigCat1]

We have let Freo kick 81 points *so far*

???

That is absolutely embarrassing given the fwd line they rolled out

 

[giggler99]

Pathetic useless tatics by Scott in the second half has cost us this match.

 

[Scottland2007]

Cam Guthrie is the heart and soul....

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Where’s our next holiday?


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After first week of Finals, Mad Monday + then End of Season holidays

 

[Grimoz]

Slow clap for Guthrie!!

 

[year of the cat]

The stanley that was smashed by mcevoy. Sounds good.

If I could clone Grundy I would. But Smith has been shit. Hopefully Stanley is better for the break.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Don't play kids better to stick with oldies or half fit players.

especially the kids who got you top of the ladder... and the oldies who continue to shit the bed in finals and can't stand up to pressure.
We've literally taken a side that was fresh and new and exciting and GOOD, and replaced it with the shit slow and lazy 2018 side.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Crap. In a year where the comp is so open and there to win... and we have a team to win it, we just dont have the desire. Crap, what a waste. I wondered why I hadnt been watching them for a while.

We don't have the coach to win it. Lyon just pissed all over him today.

 

[PatrickBateman]

Although given how much better we were at the start of the year

1 - We were extremely efficient early in the year, which was never going to last
2 - I'm wondering if we got all those sides playing us with sub-par performances
3 - Our intent has dropped through the floor - offensively and defensively

We're playing easy football. We're arriving, hoping the opposition doesn't work hard, therefore we win on the basis of talent. We like it bruise free, 'nice', easy, etc.

This is Chris Scott's way, he's all steam out the ears but weak as piss. He NEVER challenges this side to work hard, NEVER drops senior players who don't perform in the effort stakes.

 

[frggr]

Why do we wait for the game to be lost before we take it on?

 

[Seeds]

Have we handballed to a player running past a mark yet? Have we kicked back towards the centre from the backline yet?

Nope. Teams have worked this out and are flooding the wings.