Autopsy Round 3 = Collingwood 91-104 Geelong

[JB007]

Fly failed to stop momentum in the last.

We should never have lost that game………….full stop.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Just a quick one, from outside looking in, i thought you guys played fantastically until the umps got involved and looked after Duck Selwood and AFL poster boy Dangerfield.

Appreciate the sentiment. All the best tomorrow.

 

[bleednavyblue]

Appreciate the sentiment. All the best tomorrow.

Thanks Tarkyn. All the best for the season. Good too see our teams finally being competitive.

 

[Stoods]

Dissapointing to lose in that fashion but if you take a second and consider where we are at as a team compared to someone like a Geelong there is a lot to like.

The last qtr was basically a young side breaking under pressure when a seasoned opposition had all the momentum.

Let's lower our expectations and not get carried away with the first 2 weeks, we aren't winning the flag this year, we have already shown plenty this season to tell me we are going to be ok moving forward so let's take positives out of this as hard as it is.

On to West Coast, go pies!

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Maynard was a bit quiet first game back too.
IQ was immense all night


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Yep Quaynor backed up an excellent game last week. You love to see it.

 

[Mollythedolly]

not sure I agree with the whole “we ran out of legs”

We were playing one speed all night, clearly when momentum had shifted we needed to slow it down and hold possession.

That and our back structure looked off all night.

That’s closer to my view. Cats brought the heat and we just weren’t clean enough with our ball use to survive it. Gave them the upper hand in too many last quarter 50/50’s, rub of the green turned their way. Disappointing, but the kids will learn a lot from that.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Yep Quaynor backed up an excellent game last week. You love to see it.

Thought he was BOG (Pendles second) at half time. Seemed to lose his opponent a lot in the second half which was worrying though. Needed to tighten the screws a bit and probably become more conscious that he is a defender first and foremost but overall a very impressive game.

 

[DinoSoar]

Scott would have had a reality check about the quality of his team who were made to look ordinary for 3 QTR’s - they got out of jail.
We made a contender look second rate - that’s the story of tonight.

Our competitiveness is far better than most expected it would be in 2022.

Fly hopefully fine tunes the game plan because running out of legs in consecutive weeks is a concern.

Pretty much this is the key takeaway - yes, we lost but I’d much rather be in our position with the rebuild and a lot of promising youngsters than Geelong’s. A bunch of old men, no promising youth and no danger of doing anything meaningful in September yet again. That’s not salty at the loss, just cold hard reality.

The team will learn from it and move on. Next.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Is there something wrong with Grundy? He looks gassed out huffing and puffing even after just 5 minutes of running around.

He had one relatively decent quarter in the 3rd. Otherwise he never looked like stamping himself on the game in the way that truly great players do.

 

[danielnajdek]

Thought Reef already looks like he belongs.

Also is there some rule that “contact below the knees” is only ever paid against Collingwood and never for us?

Geelong players did it a few times in that last quarter. Umps didn't pay them obviously.

 

[jonbe54]

That’s closer to my view. Cats brought the heat and we just weren’t clean enough with our ball use to survive it. Gave them the upper hand in too many last quarter 50/50’s, rub of the green turned their way. Disappointing, but the kids will learn a lot from that.

There is a rock solid basic rule in AFL football that is incontrovertible.

Bad kicking for goal is bad football - we kick half of those points in the first half as goals and the cats are never in the game.

 

[Aussie pie]

You watch Wet Toast bring in 14 senior players next week and a certain J McGovan to have a million marks.

 

[nahnah]

You watch Wet Toast bring in 14 senior players next week and a certain J McGovan to have a million marks.

half their team will come straight out of ICU and look like they havent missed a beat

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

that lipinsky dude looks so soft.... he looked like he wanted to go home to momma...

He has played one good game and has since largely provided evidence of why he couldn't get a game at the Bulldogs.

 

[Finnishpie]

He had one relatively decent quarter in the 3rd. Otherwise he never looked like stamping himself on the game in the way that truly great players do.

He's almost gone backwards.....

 

[TradeDraft]

Dissapointing to lose in that fashion but if you take a second and consider where we are at as a team compared to someone like a Geelong there is a lot to like.

The last qtr was basically a young side breaking under pressure when a seasoned opposition had all the momentum.

Let's lower our expectations and not get carried away with the first 2 weeks, we aren't winning the flag this year, we have already shown plenty this season to tell me we are going to be ok moving forward so let's take positives out of this as hard as it is.

On to West Coast, go pies!

Thought that could Happen that Geelong being Bigger/More Experienced then we are

 

[stormskye]

anyone questioning McRae after a 2 goal loss to last years prelim finalist might want to go check out north.

 

[danielnajdek]

Only Postives I got are:

- Nick Daicos played his best Game so Far

- IQ Another good Game

- Reef Solid on Debut

- Ginnvan good again

Not sure about this. Barely noticed him.

 

[Finnishpie]

Dissapointing to lose in that fashion but if you take a second and consider where we are at as a team compared to someone like a Geelong there is a lot to like.

The last qtr was basically a young side breaking under pressure when a seasoned opposition had all the momentum.

Let's lower our expectations and not get carried away with the first 2 weeks, we aren't winning the flag this year, we have already shown plenty this season to tell me we are going to be ok moving forward so let's take positives out of this as hard as it is.

On to West Coast, go pies!

Totally.

 

[Old Spice]

Umpiring was a f*cking disgrace.

We ran out of legs in the end, but some poor ball handling and double grabbing in critical moments. De Goey over the shoulder handall in the centre at a critical time was shit as were the shots on goal. Thought defence was pretty disorganised at times, pushing too high up.

We have a young squad, but was that a young team tonight?

Having said all that, the future does look good.

 

[stormskye]

You watch Wet Toast bring in 14 senior players next week and a certain J McGovan to have a million marks.

No surer thing!

 

[Stoods]

Thought that could Happen that Geelong being Bigger/More Experienced then we are

People need to realise as well, 5 goals in modern footy is nothing, can easily be ran down in half a qtr especially with such an experienced side like Geelong

 

[Looney]

Not sure about this. Barely noticed him.

Even with that blond hair?

 

[No SPIN]

So many people will come back tomorrow and not believe the BS they’ve posted tonight.

 

[parano1a]

As much as I hate to say it, going into 3QTR time with a 30 point lead, we needed to switch to the Buckley-era defensive lockdown game style to kill the momentum in the game. Only problem is we may have lacked the match fitness to execute it.

It's still a commendable effort from a young side with a new coach, just need to learn how to stem the bleeding.