Game Day Round 7, 2016: WB vs Crows at Etihad - Eddie Does Dalhaus

[Wright Away]

Drop walker, elevate Obrien, play Obrien.

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[brucetiki]

If we got a fair run by the umpires, we win.

So you are wrong!

If we nailed the simple shots in the first quarter we would've won

If we didn't try and take so many head shots at the Bulldogs players (a few were ducks, but a few were blatantly there) we would've won

If Tex took a few clutch marks we would've won

If we didn't leak 100+ points again we would've won

So you are wrong, well half-wrong.

 

[subaru]

Yep it's one of the things,
Tex takes his marks - we win
Umpires better - we win
Smith kick better - we win
Betts turn up for the first 3/4 - we win

Plenty of things cost us.
Let's fix them all

The upside on this performance is huge

I'm not concerned - play like shit now away from home and learn from it

 

[Niximus]

I'd rather not rely on the umps to win us a game because it is never going to happen.

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No, it happened once in the 90s and it was pretty bad.

So bad they've made certain it never happened again.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Brouch was not fit enough to play tonight.

Wayne's-World - I was right!

I was with you brother ... Would have given him at least 2 more at SANFL level

 

[Mattrox]

Centre clearance was a disgrace.

You will always lose Centre Clearences with so many frees in like that in the Centre Square.

 

[Wright Away]

Were not relying on them to win it for us we just want an even starting position

If the senior players performed it wouldnt be an issue. if you allow a side to be first to the ball at nearly every stage of a game you are going to get smashed by the umps.

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[mistylake]

This.. my god this.
Least Lyons would have put some scoreboard pressure on. Crouch needs 2 months solid in the SANFL before even coming into contention for match committee

Runs like he's got a large piece of blue metal (gravel) in his shoe.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

Yes the umpiring was shocking however we got smashed in the clearances and we had no idea on how to defend their game plan

Their structure pants ours

 

[Niximus]

If we nailed the simple shots in the first quarter we would've won

If we didn't try and take so many head shots at the Bulldogs players (a few were ducks, but a few were blatantly there) we would've won

If Tex took a few clutch marks we would've won

If we didn't leak 100+ points again we would've won

So you are wrong, well half-wrong.

But look at good teams. They get praise for being able to get the 4 points even when they don't play well. That's seen as a positive.

That's what we're denied.

 

[Wright Away]

4-4 for us next week. No leadership at this club. Pyke acting like a rookie coach.

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[FR0GGY]

If the senior players performed it wouldnt be an issue. if you allow a side to be first to the ball at nearly every stage of a game you are going to get smashed by the umps.

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That's the thing even if they performed, it would have still been an issue. How can you say it wouldn't be, shit umpiring is shit umpiring.
But yes we have to be better.

 

[SugarShane]

What was Talia's DE? Seemed like everything he touched ended up Bulldogs.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

If we nailed the simple shots in the first quarter we would've won

If we didn't try and take so many head shots at the Bulldogs players (a few were ducks, but a few were blatantly there) we would've won

If Tex took a few clutch marks we would've won

If we didn't leak 100+ points again we would've won

So you are wrong, well half-wrong.

We had to win more ball in midfield and have more good players on the day role through there

It was only our defence and forward line that kept us in it all night

We were slaughtered in midfield

 

[SpeciousArgument]

A massive factor. But plenty of passengers to

Credit to the bulldogs, they played well, and we absolutely played like shit.

There are 3 maybe 4 momentum killing free kicks that were incorrect or were missed that the bulldogs capitalised on.

Im not even that fussed about the uneven free kick numbers, its those momentum killers that influenced the game and we will never know who would have won if the umpires didnt **** up in a massive way.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

JJ with the cheeky dig at the Dogs free kicks

 

[crows1991]

Groundhog Day, another game having the guts ripped out by bad umpiring. ******* hard to follow this comp.

Apparently ducking to get a free kick is okay if you play for the bulldogs.Who knows if the umpiring cost us the game but it makes it hard to watch

 

[DylanR]

Feel sorry for you guys, yous get robbed everytime you play in melbourne this year

 

[brucetiki]

But look at good teams. They get praise for being able to get the 4 points even when they don't play well. That's seen as a positive.

That's what we're denied.

Exactly. We don't know how to win when playing crap (unless we're playing a crap side like Richmond or Fremantle). We need to learn to win the tight games against the elite teams, even if we've had an off night.

 

[mistylake]

Restart his journey to becoming one of the elite players in the game. Something Lyons will never be.

Do it somewhere else not in a team trying to get in the top 4.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Because they kept getting frees in the Centre.

I have no idea what any of those frees against Jacobs were about.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I was with you brother ... Would have given him at least 2 more at SANFL level

2nd bad selection decision after nonselection of hartigan against the Roos.

Btw, Talia should gave been on stringer tonight too.

 

[Southerntakeover]

But look at good teams. They get praise for being able to get the 4 points even when they don't play well. That's seen as a positive.

That's what we're denied.

That's what we deny ourselves.

We're the honourable loss specialists.

 

[Tyls83]

Look at the draw and the umpiring and you'd almost think that the AFL have the top 8 already decided.

 

[King Elvis]

How about Tex's inability to take a mark for the first 3.5 quarters?

How about our defence leaking 100+ points for the 5th time this season?

How about some easy shots missed?

How about a pile of missed tackles and weak efforts?

How about some shocking turnovers?

The umpiring was bad, but we made enough mistakes to offset their effort.

To beat our opponent, we should need to perform at 101%, to their 100% - we shouldn't need to be 10% better to compensate for shit umpiring.