Review Round 22, 2024 vs Melbourne

[GoPorts]

I'm fairly sure they can't do what they did here, and just made it up. But the AFL will tick it off.

Surely being able to call a review can't be dependent on if a mark is taken relatively soon after.

And if it's a quick break down the other end for a goal, or 2 min before another stop in play? What then?
They either stop play at the time or it's play on. Can't have it both ways
It's bush league

 

[Black 18]

If we play another game like that for the remainder of the year we lose, and lose big.

That was bad.

 

[Chrizzt]

Terrible game by Jordon Sweet.

Needs to focus on ruckwork and not on using his jumper for hold onto Max Gawn's fist.

Gawn will go down as one of the best rucks of all time and while Sweet lost the battle he was competitive and damaging enough (particularly in the last qtr) to hold his head high

 

[SureBuddy]

****ing hate when teams play this god awful gameplan against us. Just flood the hell out of the defence and corridor. Makes it a horrible game to watch and we have no counter for it.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

The other 5 games this weekend so far, have been upset wins/losses. Geez we gave it a good shake to be #6.

 

[Winganeen]

Great win, sometimes you've gotta guts them out especially against a negative press.

JHF the epitome of determination to win and was class all night.

Not pretty but a stirling effort, on to the showdown.

 

[FishingRick04]

That was a shit display of football that instills no confidence in our ability to hold up to finals pressure.

But still, good to beat a team the had the umpires and commentary team on their side.

I disagree

Finals footy will never go your way 100% of the time. Unlike last year, under adversity we are stopping the run on of goals better.

If it was a more balanced umpiring display I suspect it would have been a 5 goal win to us in reality. However they stopped us many times and rewarded them.

I would love Butters to stop the dinky flashy stuff and dinky kicks and start going back to basics.

JHF nothing more needs to be said.

Time for a Todd to go, 4 concussion tests this year? Most minor knocks also, he needs to retire, shame, he showed promise but it’s stuffed now.

 

[Coobk001]

Hung up the match thread, couldn't keep going, just find us so hard to watch when we are choked and we allow opposition sides to get on top of us like that. They get in our heads and turn us into a scrappy, messy, mistake ridden side. Our gameplan has zero plan B, and we just struggle big time when the oppo plays that type of game and works that hard on the ground. We just got extremely lucky we held on all night despite playing shit.

The good though was the grit in the last quarter, despite some phenomenally bad umpiring killing us in several key moments. Rozee stood up. JHF was outstanding. Plus the defence held up (except for BZTs 2 brain fades).

Well if they wanna achieve something from here, they only need to win 5 more now. It's there in front of them. Sitting in 2nd, basically locked into top 8 now. The chance against the Non-Vic top 4 has suddenly opened up things. Tell ya what though, lose another ****ing showdown though and/or drop a key final all hell is set to break loose.

 

[PJ Power]

****ing hate when teams play this god awful gameplan against us. Just flood the hell out of the defence and corridor. Makes it a horrible game to watch and we have no counter for it.

Nights like this you need mercurial forwards to break it open up forward.

 

[Coobk001]

Thought Boak was excellent all night. Sweet had a much better last quarter. Played smart.

Disappointed in Wines and Drew. 16-18 touches each on a night we got smacked in the contest is poor.

100%

 

[Visenfest]

It was ugly and my nerves are shot, but that puts us in box seat for top 2.

 

[power09]

The X factor that Narkle provided is why you should never waste a spot in the team on a player like Jed.
Pick players that can play, dunno why that has to be said

 

[Rowd072]

Great win.

I have not been this angry for a while. Umpire 29 is a cheat and when that little sniper Pickett smashed Bergman and it wasn't 50 metres, I lost my shit.

Wife gone to bed pissed off now but at least we got the win.

 

[Burningleviathan]

Dixon and Rat seems like a good idea when Mitch is there kicking goals but with him and Todd out it was the most uninspiring forward line in the game.

We really need Scully, Lord or someone come in and replace one of them.

Bollocks of a game, wasted so many opportunities in front of goal in the first. Butters must have turned it over four or five times.

We could not bust the flow of the game open but credit for fighting out the win when we couldn't get the game on our terms.

 

[PJ Power]

I disagree

Finals footy will never go your way 100% of the time. Unlike last year, under adversity we are stopping the run on of goals better.

If it was a more balanced umpiring display I suspect it would have been a 5 goal win to us in reality. However they stopped us many times and rewarded them.

I would love Butters to stop the dinky flashy stuff and dinky kicks and start going back to basics.

JHF nothing more needs to be said.

Time for a Todd to go, 4 concussion tests this year? Most minor knocks also, he needs to retire, shame, he showed promise but it’s stuffed now.

Marshall barely got touched in that contest. Very concerning to be concussed from that. I think he needs to consider his future.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Shoved out of every contest and couldn't breathe on them. If Hinkley actually backs in his players (lol) he'll cop the fine and call out that absolute disgraceful umpiring performance in the presser.

Couldn't transition the ball for shit after Marshall went off. Midfield really struggled. Just did enough to fall over the line on a night where nothing was going right for us and we made lots of dumb decisions and skill errors.

JHF is the best player in the league.

 

[Kenny_Powers]

Melb wanted it more, but didn't have JHF......we are fit this year, but still lack a system or game-plan that stands up under pressure, we yo-yo throughout the season as a result, a coach in his 12th year and team vying for a flag should have a base level of consistency.

That umpiring, my lord, the 50 million calls they'd get, then the complete non calls we'd cop......almost every contest a Melb player would throw the arms out appeal for a free and 9 times outta ten get it. Just a shitshow league really.

Thought Rozee ended up pulling his finger out in the last and really contributing, wish he'd start playing like that every week



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[LittleLika]

Never knew there was a worse coach in the league. All that talent and reverting to tree****er football. Goodwin's a joke.

 

[El_Scorcho]

****ing hate when teams play this god awful gameplan against us. Just flood the hell out of the defence and corridor. Makes it a horrible game to watch and we have no counter for it.

Other teams deal with this by spotting up targets. We don't even really seem to try unless Georgiades, Marshall, Butters or JHF take it upon themselves to lead.

We could really open up that corridor if we had any movement forward of the ball whatsoever

 

[davesnothere]

The umpiring against Sweet was beyond belief.

Sweet was competitive. He puts in 100% nobody was expecting anything other than being competitive and giving 100%.

That umpiring was that bad I'd have started laying people out. You can not play against cheats and not react.

 

[afl2004]

We lost the one player we couldn't afford to lose. What do you expect.

The method sucks

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Great interview by JHF with the 7 commentators.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Exactly what happens when you play Melbourne. It’s the type of game you get.

Umpiring was a disgrace

Butters and Rozee came back in the 4th as they should.

I thought Aliir and BZt good games.

JHF BOG by a mile.

Lachie Jones is a disgrace please delist, he’s the anti JHF. Zero composure, shocking handling, just a fking plonker of a footballer

 

[Windy Cindy]

Nights like this you need mercurial forwards to break it open up forward.

Yep and hopefully we will have one next year.. even if he has the same goals per game as owies..

 

[WillemDaDrew]

WE CAN ACTUALLY STILL FINISH TOP! TOP! TOP!