Autopsy Round 23 2024 - Good guys vs. Jesse's ex-girl, 1:45pm AEST Sat 17th August, Engie Stadium

[Adam Giant]

Great game today.

It was highly entertaining but stressful (for both supporter groups I’m sure). Got to say Freo are a pretty impressive unit and look well coached.

 

[Adam Giant]

Himmelberg needs a massive tune up, his head is outside the game.

He seemed to take a lot of poor options today and lacked composure under pressure.

 

[Colonial]

Just watching replay after working all day.

Good win, locking in finals, probably kills their finals which is disappointing as I kinda like them, don’t tell Simo, but hopefully they get the win next week.

A much more, consistent?, game from us.
Don’t have the lows of the past weeks but I guess didn’t haven’t the highs either.

Very tired so will have to watch tomorrow to give the points.

As an aside good to see the crowd increase and building.
It is getting much louder and more passionate at the Stadium too this year which has been great.

 

[sydney_gws]

He seemed to take a lot of poor options today and lacked composure under pressure.

He has an enormous kick, needs to use it more.
Maybe he could be a big winger.
Could Haynes come back into the team or Aleer?

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

He has an enormous kick, needs to use it more.
Maybe he could be a big winger.
Could Haynes come back into the team or Aleer?

If Ash is suspended, I’d say Haynes is ahead of Aleer

 

[Battlepants]

If Ash is suspended, I’d say Haynes is ahead of Aleer

If Ash is suspended surely we bring in someone like Stone or Fonti rather than a key defender.

 

[Adam Giant]

The following options are now possible for us in FW1:

• Finish 4th and play Sydney in Sydney.
• Finish 2nd and play Port or Geelong at Giants Stadium.
• Finish 3rd and play Port in Adelaide or Geelong in Geelong.

Given Geelong’s weaker percentage, their chances of finishing second are now very low, so a match somewhere in Sydney or Adelaide looks most likely.

 

[Orange crush]

The following options are now possible for us in FW1:

• Finish 4th and play Sydney in Sydney.
• Finish 2nd and play Port or Geelong at Giants Stadium.
• Finish 3rd and play Port in Adelaide or Geelong in Geelong.

Given Geelong’s weaker percentage, their chances of finishing second are now very low, so a match somewhere in Sydney or Adelaide looks most likely.

I reckon Port fall to Freo with Treacy back …. 2nd is a real chance

 

[JC100]

If Ash is suspended surely we bring in someone like Stone or Fonti rather than a key defender.

Correct. We would lose so much run by bringing in Haynes or Aleer

 

[Land of the Giants]

As an aside good to see the crowd increase and building.
It is getting much louder and more passionate at the Stadium too this year which has been great.

There was real outrage at some of the umpiring, especially when it was right under our noses.

Our core supporters can match those of any other club.

 

[Vic pokiesmon]

Yeah agree.Was thinking same thing at the game on members wing.Tv really doesnt capture the atmosphere on the members wing ..Assuming our core grows over the next decade it could be quite volatile in a good way

 

[Giant YoYo]

There was real outrage at some of the umpiring, especially when it was right under our noses.

Our core supporters can match those of any other club.

Yep.

It's like a rocket gets lit up under the crowd when the crowd perceives unjust decisions (or so many non-calls!!) towards our team.

Gets very loud, very quickly.

 

[BarryAglett]

Yep.

It's like a rocket gets lit up under the crowd when the crowd perceives unjust decisions (or so many non-calls!!) towards our team.

Gets very loud, very quickly.

It was interesting after we gave the umps a spray or two that they suddenly saw a few holding the ball calls in the 2nd half.

 

[BarryAglett]

The replay showed this was a high quality game and the pressure was applied by both sides.
I agree with the poster that mentioned that Freo were big bodies and that was a strength of theirs.
They aren't that slow, but our guys are just that bit faster and that caused Freo a lot of issues as we could break their disciplined defence. We could have won this by 4 goals if we were a fraction sharper, but I think the final score reflected that we played a very good team. Imagine if we had Michael Fredericks...

 

[Giant Pete]

What was that call right near the end of the game where Toby G took a mark in our D50. He took a couple of steps back directly in line with the mark, and they called play on. They are the kind of absolutely ridiculous calls that can make fans skeptical.

 

[sydney_gws]

I reckon Port fall to Freo with Treacy back …. 2nd is a real chance

And no Houston for Port after a possible 4 weeks or longer suspension.
Also helps us if we finish 3rd and go to Adelaide for week1 of finals.

 

[Battlepants]

Also after his 6 goals in that game, Jesse Hogan

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Jesse Hogan

Age

29

Ht

196cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.0

4star

K

9.3

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

10.3

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

4.3

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

0.0

1star

G

0.0

1star

D

13.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

6.4

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.8

5star

has equalled Jeremy Cameron

5

Jeremy Cameron

Age

31

Ht

196cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.5

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.6

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

2.9

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

2.0

5star

at 67 for the most goals kicked by a Giants player in a season.

Will be very likely to break that record next week. What an amazing season he's put together this year.

 

[GWS Goose]

Didn't Cogs miss the 2019 GF through injury? Gutted if it were to happen again. But we can't carry passengers through finals.

He had 24 disposals and 6 tackles.
Quite a few clearances and was about the 7th highest rated player on the field.
He wasn't his best. But hardly a passenger.

 

[Adam Giant]

I agree with the poster that mentioned that Freo were big bodies and that was a strength of theirs.

It’s a good call. Even someone like Serong who looks smallish on tv is very strongly built in reality.

 

[Adam Giant]

He wasn't his best. But hardly a passenger.

Having watched the replay I was probably a little harsh in my assessment of his game initially. He had a few dodgy moments but overall wasn’t too bad.

 

[Giant Pete]

Having watched the replay I was probably a little harsh in my assessment of his game initially. He had a few dodgy moments but overall wasn’t too bad.

He missed a few tackles that he’d normally stick

 

[Orange crush]

Stormy must be close to an AA jacket now

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

Stormy must be close to an AA jacket now

Nope
It doesn't work that way
They have to be talking about a non-vic for at least 2 or 3 years before they can name him AA.

It's the "If-he-played-for-a-Victorian-club..." hurdle

What he is close to is being named in the 40, which is the first step.

but he's not beating out Bont or Petracca for the small forward role this year - not that either of them play there, but this is the AA where Pavlich is a fullback

 

[Giant Pete]

Be interesting to see which small forwards get the nod. Some kick more goals but do very little else. Daniels is the opposite to that.

 

[Vic pokiesmon]

Daniels is without doubt the most crucial player to our ball movement..Whenever we aren't scoring or struggling to move the ball it's usually when he isn't involved.He even said this in his post game interview haha...

Difference to few years ago is now he is also kicking crucial goals as well l.He was kicking lots of points years ago except that goal where he sprung out of nowhere and kicked that amazing running banana to win that final against Brisbane in 2019