Review Round 5, 2024 vs Fremantle

[SC_Power]

Well that guarantees 'bomb it to Charlie' gets another week as our only tactic.

As well as “keep Charlie forward so Ollie can play second ruck”

 

[Coobk001]

Burgoyne is our best wingman on the list. He is young, he is super raw, but he wins contests and can rack up uncontested possession. PLAY HIM. He also has those fast twitch reflexes which help him avoid fumbling where many of our other players can't avoid it.

BZT has been so good for us. I hope he's ok. If not, someone mock up a superman outfit on McKenzie for our ins.

Dixon is so cooked. Again next week he'll play on a fast, amazing CHB in Moore. He will again be demolished. He needs to be luring their keys away from the contest. If we want to kick long. Get Dixon to empty out the forward line by leading, get Moore to follow and let Marshall and Georgiadies contest. He's going to need a rest, but with Finlayson and Lord out he is going to have to push through 2 more weeks.

JHF, quiet game after having the flu all week, but executed in the key moment when many others choked. Well done.

Burton and McEntee, friggin horrendous.

Soldo with heaps of HO, but smashed around the ground by Treacy and Jackson, and ultimately we were absolutely outplayed at the clearances. It it wasn't for our ability around the ground where we clearly are better we would have been pantsed. That forward line is just such an issue though.

George with a couple nice goals, needed to nail that last one though, that was the moment to stand up. Meanwhile Marshall has just been nonexistent this year. Gets to so many contests but is so ineffective.

So many bad individual moments that it's impossible to call them all out. And conceding a late shot is so on point for us.

****in got out of jail tonight. Now to watch Collingwood embarrass us next week.

 

[StuMan]

Eddie betts defending him.

No surprise that Ben Dixon wants him drawn and quartered at sunrise.

 

[SC_Power]

The absolute hysteria about ‘protecting the head’, as Ben Dixon and Brad Johnson debate whether Zak Butters was really going for the ball when he might’ve clipped that Docker with his arse(?).

Expect a 2 week penalty.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

I come in peace.

Well played - just a bit better in the clinches than we were. Looking forward to the rematch later in the year.

 

[240volt]

What can a lead up player like Marshall actually do when he's clearly playing to instruction in a congested forward line and the ball is bombed in consistently?

I find the criticism of Marshall fascinating cause it defies logic that he can kick 40 goals a year playing in a forward line structure that isn't designed to his strengths.

He’s not the same since the last head knock.
Has really struggled and I’m not surprised considering how many times he’s been concussed.

 

[Nelso]

It is actually mind boggling that we played into Freo's hands all night.

Do any of our coaches watch how Freo have played this year?

They thrive on taking intercept marks in defence and what do we do? Bomb it in long.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Burgoyne is our best wingman on the list. He is young, he is super raw, but he wins contests and can rack up uncontested possession. PLAY HIM. He also has those fast twitch reflexes which help him avoid fumbling where many of our other players can't avoid it.

BZT has been so good for us. I hope he's ok. If not, someone mock up a superman outfit on McKenzie for our ins.

Dixon is so cooked. Again next week he'll play on a fast, amazing CHB in Moore. He will again be demolished. He needs to be luring their keys away from the contest. If we want to kick long. Get Dixon to empty out the forward line by leading, get Moore to follow and let Marshall and Georgiadies contest. He's going to need a rest, but with Finlayson and Lord out he is going to have to push through 2 more weeks.

JHF, quiet game after having the flu all week, but executed in the key moment when many others choked. Well done.

Burton and McEntee, friggin horrendous.

Soldo with heaps of HO, but smashed around the ground by Treacy and Jackson, and ultimately we were absolutely outplayed at the clearances. It it wasn't for our ability around the ground where we clearly are better we would have been pantsed. That forward line is just such an issue though.

George with a couple nice goals, needed to nail that last one though, that was the moment to stand up. Meanwhile Marshall has just been nonexistent this year. Gets to so many contests but is so ineffective.

So many bad individual moments that it's impossible to call them all out. And conceding a late shot is so on point for us.

*in got out of jail tonight. Now to watch Collingwood embarrass us next week.

Billie Frampton could play on and thrash tonight's Charlie.

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[240volt]

The absolute hysteria about ‘protecting the head’, as Ben Dixon and Brad Johnson debate whether Zak Butters was really going for the ball when he might’ve clipped that Docker with his arse(?).

Was his arse raised?

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I come in peace.

Well played - just a bit better in the clinches than we were. Looking forward to the rematch later in the year.

****. Do we have to sit through that again?

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[ifitaintboak]

Ben Dixon

Ben Dixon

Age

47

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.8

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.4

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

0.8

3star

G

2.4

5star

unbelievably trying to get Matt Crouch

5

Matt Crouch

Age

29

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.4

5star

K

12.0

4star

HB

16.4

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.8

5star

D

24.9

5star

K

9.7

4star

HB

15.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

4.4

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

2.0

4star

off for a much worse action than Butters. What an absolute knob.

 

[Del165198]

Billie Frampton could play on and thrash tonight's Charlie.

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Liked for "bikkie Frampton"

 

[Duck Farmer]

BZT was huge again. Ratagolea, Aliir and BZT probably had the best game for Port this season, although not perfect. Could have leaked huge goals in the second but held tough.

Good game by Zerk. Just shaded by the great man.

 

[Windy Cindy]

Just the clearest display of how poorly coached this team is.
Continue to bomb it long despite Pearce and Ryan rebounding everything that comes in. Any idiot who's watched Freo knows that's their main strength, not only do we start with that but we keep doing it when the expected happens.
Then that last 2 minutes, multiple players doing everything they can from playing on, letting Aish rove the throws in or kicking it out of bounds to try and turn the ball over.
We just have nothing going on. It's all reliant on individually brilliant players with no structure or thought at all.

Spot on.. it was close based on talent..almost lost in the coaching box.. nothing has changed for a decade.. kick it on Charlie’s head who plays from behind or falls over. Marshall is so soft, such soft hands so frustrating drops so many easy marks..

Reality hits that this game plan will
Never win anything regardless of how much talent we have.

 

[Del165198]

I come in peace.

Well played - just a bit better in the clinches than we were. Looking forward to the rematch later in the year.

Not me, every Freo game this year has been eye cancer to watch.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Was his arse raised?

His arse left the ground

 

[tribey]

Was his arse raised?

Remember how all the talk was “you’ve got to get lower”. Can’t get much lower.

 

[Coobk001]

As bad as Dixon has been Marshall is worse.

The commentary was "Surely one day we'll see Marshall in an AA jumper"...... other commentators, holding back their laughing.... "Ah, it'll be tough he has to be in the top couple tall forwards in the comp for that"

Yeah, he's never going near AA.

 

[Izzy01]

Thought Lachie Jones took a big step forward tonight.

Agree, some of the good things he does are very good.
Shame he still makes some really bad mistakes.

 

[PowerBaz]

The butters thing isn’t even a thing. The bombing it in thing is just Ken…

 

[Coobk001]

I50s are our main problem.

They are, but the clearances were the big issue tonight. It meant we were attacking from the back half all night. That isn't easy to do against a side like Freo. Without scoring from clearance, our game plan starts to fall apart.

 

[PowerBaz]

Burgers was great. Quick hands.

Also Mead is way better that McEntee, why start him in the bench?

 

[Del165198]

Marshall is a long way from what I expected this year. Not taking a set shot from 53 m out when we trailed by 2 points late was disappointing IMO.

He can't kick that far. 40-45 is his limit. To get 50 his accuracy goes out the window.

 

[GoPorts]

The absolute hysteria about ‘protecting the head’, as Ben Dixon and Brad Johnson debate whether Zak Butters was really going for the ball when he might’ve clipped that Docker with his arse(?).

Yeah but Matt Crouch doing the same thing is ok when looked at by the same guys 2 min later because reasons

 

[Doctor Feel]

Soldo 96% tog. Surely we arent gonna burn him like that week in week out.