POST GAME: Rd 06 vs Richmond

[Red But Mostly Blue 3,612]

Ugh. We're terrible.

I got my 7-day-old son to watch this game. I told him when he was born that he's going to be a Dee. No joke, he started crying after the siren.

What have I done?

[640MD 2,743]

One quarter each weak,    then two goals for 3 quarters     wonderful,   I need a beer !!

[Wiseblood 24,636]

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Fritsch just absolutely panicks down back. Leave him up forward Goody ffs!

I didn't think he was that bad, and he is one player who can be clean with the footy, but I agree that he is a forward first.  I'd love to see them do the right thing and stick him down there for the rest of the season.

[Docs Demons 1,656]

7 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Drop Weideman and Tom McDonald. Seriously. Bring in Preuss and Keilty next week. Just to give them a go. Hunt also is gone. No footy brain.  

Agree on the Weid but thought TMac did well down back when the tigers were pushing forward every second and he saw what happens when Mids do not get back to help

[olisik 4,060]

3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Stretch, Hore, Melksham, Smith and McDonald (actually defended well against Lynch) all hold your head up high.

Weideman can take his 650k and [censored] right off. In all seriousness, he is severely out of form. 

Fritsch just absolutely panicks down back. Leave him up forward Goody ffs!

It’s not a coincidence that every one of our forwards is out of form. We know they can play, we have seen them before. It’s the coaching who needs to be held to account. Max Rooke.

[dave 183]

1 minute ago, Bates Mate said:

I signed up to a guaranteed GF ticket membership ?????

I didn’t but my sisters and nieces all bought memberships with guaranteed GF tickets, bloody hilarious, we will be bottom 2, we will be fighting out with  Norf for number 1 pick in the draft!!

[Yze_13 259]

1 minute ago, RedButMostlyBlue said:

Ugh. We're terrible.

I got my 7-day-old son to watch this game. I told him when he was born that he's going to be a Dee. No joke, he started crying after the siren.

What have I done?

When we lost after the siren at KP last year, I saw a 6 year old kid in an Oliver jumper crying. His mother looked embarrassed. I felt like crouching down and saying “Get used to this feeling....”

[Docs Demons 1,656]

1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

I didn't think he was that bad, and he is one player who can be clean with the footy, but I agree that he is a forward first.  I'd love to see them do the right thing and stick him down there for the rest of the season.

Wiseblood he needs to put his body on the line and do some hard stuff. I thought he was as soft as melted butter tonight.

[DV8 2,271]

3 minutes ago, RedButMostlyBlue said:

Ugh. We're terrible.

I got my 7-day-old son to watch this game. I told him when he was born that he's going to be a Dee. No joke, he started crying after the siren.

What have I done?

It's in the genes mate.

[Watts the matter 1,235]

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Stretch, Hore, Melksham, Smith and McDonald (actually defended well against Lynch) all hold your head up high.

Weideman can take his 650k and [censored] right off. In all seriousness, he is severely out of form. 

Fritsch just absolutely panicks down back. Leave him up forward Goody ffs!

The trouble is, he is so easy for defenders to play on. You just play a tall on him and take his body. Lost about 4 one on ones with Astbury in the last quarter. He doesn't add anything pressure wise either.

[dazzledavey36 48,642]

 

1 minute ago, olisik said:

It’s not a coincidence that every one of our forwards is out of form. We know they can play, we have seen them before. It’s the coaching who needs to be held to account. Max Rooke.

We've completely lost our mojo. We were the highest dcoring team under Rooke. Its not him. Something isn't right internally.

The only one who looked like who gave a [censored] and tried to create options was Tim Smith

[Smokey 4,112]

1 minute ago, RedButMostlyBlue said:

Ugh. We're terrible.

I got my 7-day-old son to watch this game. I told him when he was born that he's going to be a Dee. No joke, he started crying after the siren.

What have I done?

I promised my 6 month old multiple times since she was born in October last year that she was born at the right time to be a demon haha 

[Hellish Inferno 992]

3 minutes ago, Docs Demons said:

Agree on the Weid but thought TMac did well down back when the tigers were pushing forward every second and he saw what happens when Mids do not get back to help

1%ers stat today

Tmac 19

Frost 8

Gawn 4

Oliver 3

6 players on 2

10 players on 1

Weideman and ANB on 0

Edited April 24, 2019 by Hellish Inferno

[bing181 8,149]

1 minute ago, Hellish Inferno said:

The perceived pressure rises and confidence drops

There's so much in this. Confidence drops, you start to second guess yourself, not take chances, not put yourself out there, you even lose confidence in those around you. What got us through much of last year was real high-pressure, exuberant, risk-taking football - and a game plan to support it. But so much of that is in the head, and without it, we just look error-prone and pedestrian.

And there are no answers to any of that, not in the short term. We badly need May and Lever, at least.

[What 18,810]

20 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Got home and watched first 10 mins of last quarter. Unable to watch, I then immediately flicked over to a recording of Open Mike featuring Ray ‘Razor’ Chamberlain FFS. 

 

Damn thats brutal lol

[Ethan Tremblay 28,288]

Not disappointed because I saw this coming. All I feel for this club now is disdain and contempt. Like me, the club should just give up. 

[deebug 1,754]

1 minute ago, Smokey said:

this is going to be a very telling post game interview from goody. 

I want to see him angry. I want to see him irrational. If I have to listen to him telling us that this isn’t our brand and that we will improve I will lose it. 

No the AFL will give him the talk, we don't like it when you get angry speech. Blah, blah, blah

[Demon Dynasty 15,202]

3 minutes ago, pinkshark said:

Wow.  

Pathetic execution of skills.   Pathetic.

Easily the worst team in comp at the moment.  by far. 

Well done Maxy.  Thats it.

Season over.

Some fan just interviewed on channel 7 said she feels sorry for the players, the club and the fans.  A couple more losses and we'll be back in that familiar spot of people having pity on us.  What a shame.  A middle aged woman 'feels sorry' for a bunch of young, fit, professional footballers.  Thats where we're at.  

 

 

Maxy and Hore can hold their head up. 

Frosty ok in patches.  Other times he joined in as part of the comedy capers.

Garlett ok in first half.  Nowhere to be seen in second.

Bull Smith competed when it was in his area but no good at ground level and zero pressure once his opponent was out and away.

Viney tried hard but too slow and takes too long to decide/dispose and is running in concrete like the rest (outside of Frost).

As for the rest...cue cricket sound...

[Watts the matter 1,235]

4 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I didn't think he was that bad, and he is one player who can be clean with the footy, but I agree that he is a forward first.  I'd love to see them do the right thing and stick him down there for the rest of the season.

He was awful, dropped so many marks and left his opponent on the ground each time flying in as a third man. His skills which were good last year continued to be poor tonight.

[Skuit 9,109]

At least we lost our old fashioned way: over-handballing through the middle and kicking it straight to a sweeper. Who said Goody can't change it up.

[Sorry kids 635]

It gets worse. Max saying there was improvement.

[dazzledavey36 48,642]

5 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I didn't think he was that bad, and he is one player who can be clean with the footy, but I agree that he is a forward first.  I'd love to see them do the right thing and stick him down there for the rest of the season.

He is exposed one on one because he is physically not strong enough. Panicked with 2 direct handballs to Richmond player which resulted in goals.

Time to leave him up forward as a Jack Gunstan forward.

[Earl Hood 5,787]

3 minutes ago, Smokey said:

this is going to be a very telling post game interview from goody. 

I want to see him angry. I want to see him irrational. If I have to listen to him telling us that this isn’t our brand and that we will improve I will lose it. 

He might get angry but a lot of this is sitting on his shoulders. Our game plan, systems, cohesion is [censored]. Professional, full time footballers playing together like they are a group of wheat farmers up in the Wimmera who are lucky to get to training once a week during harvest time. 

[SFebes 4,692]

I’ve been patient but that was absolutely putrid, we have major issues, just shocking, mini league kids have better skills 

[Wiseblood 24,636]

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

He is exposed one on one because he is physically not strong enough. Panicked with 2 direct handballs to Richmond player which resulted in goals.

Time to leave him up forward as a Jack Gunstan forward.

I agree re: physicality.  If he is there to play third man up he goes okay, but anything else and he can be found out.

He did some great stuff for us last year up forward and through the wings.  I agree - time to leave him there.