I thought I'd start this now as the game is essentially over.

 

I think we have played ok, endeavour and effort there, but we have been way to fumbly. 

Quite often we have two players peel off to cover the same player which allows the quick kick over, this will get better with time.

we still handball too much instead of kicking but hopefully as the skills lift this will be a weapon.

 

Hogan must love it when watts gets the ball.

im not going to talk about the fIoggies or the run they are getting from the umps, but to beat them we need to get cleaner.

 

wasnt a win, but I thought we would lose by 30, but I can see if we improve our handling of the ball, get a few better players in and some like Olver, trac etc get more games we will play finals next year.

Can I have a job as an umpire?

Apparently you only have to do half the job and even then only the half you like. 

 

1 minute ago, Gorgoroth said:

I thought I'd start this now as the game is essentially over.

 

I think we have played ok, endeavour and effort there, but we have been way to fumbly. 

Quite often we have two players peel off to cover the same player which allows the quick kick over, this will get better with time.

we still handball too much instead of kicking but hopefully as the skills lift this will be a weapon.

 

Hogan must love it when watts gets the ball.

im not going to talk about the fIoggies or the run they are getting from the umps, but to beat them we need to get cleaner.

 

wasnt a win, but I thought we would lose by 30, but I can see if we improve our handling of the ball, get a few better players in and some like Olver, trac etc get more games we will play finals next year.

But it's not over yet G!!

Other than the siren it was over. That's why I said essentially.

Why do we insist on kicking it high to Garlett. He is a crumber not a key forward.

Oliver is a jet.

petracca showed more. 

Gawn showed that he is human.

viney is elite.

Not quite the moment 

I made Gawn my captain this week... Poop!

Been a very very frustrating game.

I hate the dogs. 

I hate the umpires more. 

Bloody frustrating

Bad game by the umps. Glad its over.

You are, however, now allowed to throw the ball.

Stringer is a [censored]. Good player though. 

Drop em all except Michie

That wasn't much fun was it!

How'd the bullies get to be so fn slick?

9 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Other than the siren it was over. That's why I said essentially.

Was over an hour ago

Can't fault the effort of the players.  They had a dip all day.  We were just beaten by a side who ran just that extra bit harder and used the ball better going forward.

Some of our younger players, like Hunt, Wagner, Oliver, Harmes and Salem probably didn't give us enough, while some of their younger players did.  That's life.  We'll learn from it.  5 goals is a fair reflection of the game, really.

In terms of our defence, which people seem to be fixated on - remember that our midfield turnovers hurt us in that regard.  I agree that it needs tweaking, but it needs pressure up the ground and good ball use to function at it's optimum level.  We clearly didn't get that today.

One last thing - really pleased with the game from Stretch today.  Thought he was excellent.

Bring on next week.

Effort was good. Skills not great. They beat us at our contestant game today which I'm sure will sting the boys. The Bont was very good and the extra season or 2 they've had together as a group in the midfield really made them much cleaner around the ball.

Having said that not sold on the dogs. They are essentially a younger North Melbourne but without absolutely any spine. I can't imagine that they'll frighten many sides in September when the big blokes come out to play on the G.

Beaten by a better side. Jetta's really good. Jack Watts and Jesse Hogan should exchange some tips. They'd make a perfect player.

1 minute ago, Return to Glory said:

You are, however, now allowed to throw the ball.

we shouldn't have won but what was the count? the 50s were ridiculous too

Thought the scoreboard was reflective of the difference. It's disappointing,  but I thought the effort was there, just too many poor kicks, dropped marks etc against a class side. Bit of a reminder of where we are at I guess.

Onwards and upwards.

A creditable loss I suppose. We need to take out a couple of sides in the eight soon that when we can show improvement

Effort was first rate. They were just too strong in the tackle and much quicker on the spread. We're nearly there but not quite.

Roos might have to kick it up a bit....more than one change needed

Frustrating, at arms length all day, we're just not as good as them. Their short kicks through our defence are what the teams we've beaten can't do. Their kicking is top notch, their team defence just as good. 

I liked the effort, thought we deserved to be closer but the umpires didn't pay [censored] our way. 

I think the worst thing to take out of this is that the Bulldogs are better coached than we are. They always get to the right positions. Surely our coaching staff is being payed enough to be able to tell our players where to stand.