Autopsy Round 4, 2021: Fremantle defeat Hawthorn, 11 April 2021, 4.40pm AEST @ Optus Stadium

[hawkman]

Impey had a mare IMO. Butchered it.

Hardwick was the best in the backline

 

[MinerBoy]

Hardwick was the best in the backline

As he has been all season.

 

[Zack]

Mcevoy has rucked solo for a large portion of his career with us, and was fantastic at it.

It was very noticeable in the last Clarko refused to put Ceglar on the ground unless he had too give BB a rest.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

not even o'briens biggest defenders could back him up today - INSIPID

As bad as O'brien was, he was better than Kosi was last week.

 

[WWSD]

Don’t mean to speak badly about a club champion but we may already be there. Breust has been very, very average the last 4 games

To be fair though, part of his form slump can also be attributed to the low number of inside 50s per game as well as the style of play which isn’t helping him. Gunston and Breust benefit from quick forward 50 entries.

 

[TylerDurden]

Hard to watch. Hard to digest. We're bottom 4. Only decision now is how many kids to we play and stay competitive. We can't cop 100 point beatings each week.

As shit as we were, we fought it out til the bitter end.

Mitchell unbelievable game.
CJ had 12 marks. What more do you want?
Hartley ain't great, but 25 touches was a fair return.
Chad 26 class touches. More please.
Lewis 8 marks. Great game.

Moore was outstanding. Give him an extension.

Impey tried his guts out. Same with Frost and BB.

We need a look at Jeka, and both TOB and Cegs need to go. Is it time for Reeves?

Worp is down on confidence.
Phillips is a butcher.

So many holes. Where do you start?

 

[Roddy]

Five contested marks also.

Fantastic return in a game like that.

 

[Charchi]

Does Champion Data have a stat ‘handball to a team-mates feet‘? We’d be leading that one.
Imagine how bad we’d be if they weren’t fully professional.
At present it‘s like watching us during the Crawshay years, total lack of basic skill level.
At least Geelong lost, after beating us that is a certainty.

 

[badboybobba]

Particularly when this revolting gameplan is continued by AC.
We have got to play kids. Find out about Conor, Jekka, Morris etc and take the f.....g game on.

Exactly, look at Swans and Port. They play their talented kids and it works. Yes they will be inconsistent but it’s the only way they improve.
Get Jeka in and have Morris at his feet zipping around. Downie on the wing creating plays with his penetrating kick.
Play Kosi at full back over Hartley and Hartigan. Give the supporters some hope.
Rant over.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Impey had a mare IMO. Butchered it.

He went at 75% efficiency from 28 touches.

 

[Roby]

wasn’t as attacking today - he did though have fredericks playing on him

He toweled him up. CJ had 24 disposals, 88% efficiency, 8 interceptions, 4 rebound 50 and 3 inside 50.

 

[Zack]

Also don’t see why we made the old man the sub - long flight here and back on a cold, miserable day, when he could of been at home with his feet up on the lounge

To get to 400. Clarko guaranteed it last year as the reason they signed him. (Real reason he was supposed to be in the coaches box but Covid lowerered the numbers of coaches but they already had a contract as he was still a player and we are crap they could pay him this year to continue without it being out of the rules as a coach)

 

[Sleutheren]

He only kicked 1 and that was only because he dropped a mark

Ah right. For some reason I thought he kicked a junk time goal in the last.
And yes, he was bailed out of his dropped sitter with a lucky free kick for a high tackle - brilliant.

 

[Linda CRS]

As bad as O'brien was, he was better than Kosi was last week.

That’s a fair call but ones reached his best and we are hoping Kosis going to improve. Somehow think TOB still plays next week with Ceglar dropped.

 

[Luv_our_club]

I think this was Phillips best game for the club - it was not perfect obviously.

 

[hawkman]

Hartley ain't great, but 25 touches was a fair return.

Half of them were probably running out of the square from a kick out

 

[LegendLewis]

At the risk of being stoned, I totally disagree with this comment.

Sorry to say, CJ is now believing his own press.
Watch the replay.
Every single time he got the ball, he stopped for a long time, did nothing, then eventually kicked a backwards up and under.

There was no devil-may-care dash and bravado. Just stop and look around for a long time.

He can do it.. And will get better... But today was certainly not a highlight.

I saw that too but completely thought it was COACHED stuff.
He has been told not to do what he did last week...so sad...

 

[Hawk Hawkins]

Cegs, Burgers and O’Brien all had similar games today.

 

[Blackhawk42]

How awkward is it going to be now when Burgoyne plays his 400th* game but it's actually his 399th.

 

[kazzooka]

I’m sick of TOB being dropped and not doing enough at VFL level but almost always coming straight back into the side. Needs to doninate at VFL level before being brought back.

Hate the Ceglar/Big Boy combo, just isn’t working. Cousins and Nash must come in for extra run and energy, we where really flat at certain periods of the game which hurt us badly.

Hartley ain’t up to it. Kosi > O’Brien, more physical and more effective at ground level. Reeves needs to play a few games to see where he is st.

Obrien has never dominated the Vfl never yet he still got games when Roughead and gunston were firing. Lewis kicked 3 goals a week for a whole year and got 1 game and then dropped.

Then in 2019 it took forever for him to get in even though Roughead was cooked and Obrien was Obrien. Then kicked 20 goals in 12 games. Full season and he has 35-40 goals.

Then we get patton to delay Lewis development for some reason. At the time i said 2019 Lewis was better than Patton will ever be (due to injuries and already being slow as hell)

Jeka kicked more goals in last 2 weeks than Obrien can kick in a year.

 

[sociable hawk]

Actually think we Lost this at the selection table.
Forward line still too tall and slow, bringing in Tim. O'brien too play beside Mitch Lewis( who I thought competed well) with a resting ruck is poor. Freo just ran ball out too easy.
Also Bolton needs to work on having a defensive mid at center bounces. Embarrassing how many times they ran out with no pressure what so ever. Lucky their skill was so poor or we would have been smashed by 10 goals. Was super proud of the way that Chad has applied himself. Tackling and chasing and applying pressure. Also special mention to Dylan Moore

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Dylan Moore

Age

25

Ht

177cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.9

3star

K

5.1

2star

HB

6.7

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.9

4star

G

0.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

, from nearly delisted to going back with the flight to take contested mark.
He will be first picked this week just due to his courage.
Not gunna bad mouth anyone as we all know who should spend extended time at Box Hill.

 

[chopflop]

Hard to watch. Hard to digest. We're bottom 4. Only decision now is how many kids to we play and stay competitive. We can't cop 100 point beatings each week.

As sh*t as we were, we fought it out til the bitter end.

Mitchell unbelievable game.
CJ had 12 marks. What more do you want?
Hartley ain't great, but 25 touches was a fair return.
Chad 26 class touches. More please.
Lewis 8 marks. Great game.

Moore was outstanding. Give him an extension.

Impey tried his guts out. Same with Frost and BB.

We need a look at Jeka, and both TOB and Cegs need to go. Is it time for Reeves?

Worp is down on confidence.
Phillips is a butcher.

So many holes. Where do you start?

Hartley took kickouts. That is like 18 kicks right there

 

[badboybobba]

That’s a fair call but ones reached his best and we are hoping Kosis going to improve. Somehow think TOB still plays next week with Ceglar dropped.

Ceglar won’t get dropped, we are coming up against Gawn and Jackson. Although I think he should be.

 

[Hawk Hawkins]

The opposing ruckman had more agility. Think about that for a second. If people think he is the answer then the question you are asking is wrong

I have more confidence in him covering ground and taking a contested mark than Ceglar.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I was just thinking that if someone came to me in January and asked if I'd take a Bombers come from behind win in Round 1, a combined loss of less than 6 goals to the two GF teams, and a 16pt loss to Freo at home, with no Day, Gunston, Downie, DGB or Sicily......I'd probably take it.