Just now, homsar said:

Wow you genius 

Wow thoughtful comment.

Better 2nd half of qtr.  from the view from the game, it’s been a game of almost, often just out of touch.

Kelly and eagles around packs are doing well.  Their plan seems to be slow us down around packs to stop our quick breaks. 

Edited April 9, 20233 yr by darkhorse72

Not at our best but credit to the Eagles for turning up and applying the pressure

Grundy Fritsch TMac Lever doing well. McVee and Chandler having off days. JVR hitting packs and creating contests

The 4 points are safe but would like to see tidier ball use in the second half

Commentary out West isnearly as bad as the umpiring 

Mindset still not where it should be.  This is the type of game we should just fire up and kill.  But no.... Our mindset is way off. 

Trac needs to lift.

2 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Free kick count is 9-9. But it’s the ones they don’t pay that frustrates me.

Whats the point of having the 4th umpire if they still refuse to pay the bleeding obvious?

Thank you. It's the incorrect disposal by wc that sucks.

1 minute ago, leave it to deever said:

I think I prefer bbb to Petty up fwd.

And another free to wc 20m from goal. Nice.

I've liked his ruck work

6 minutes ago, DeeSince73 said:

Fair dinkum, the biased umpiring in the West Coast games should come under investigation. Of course nothing will happen with the protected species they are. Makes watching so hard. 

Umpire No. 6 seems to be the problem.

Daniel Johanson

From WA,  number of AFL games 40

Just now, ucanchoose said:

Commentary out West isnearly as bad as the umpiring 

Listen to ABC.... SEN has Gossage who wanks over every WC possession. 

Some spargo magic just in time.

In a game like this you look for positives........

Fritsch ... maybe

Just now, Soidee said:

Listen to ABC.... SEN has Gossage who wanks over every WC possession. 

Lol surprised that got through the filter.

We are not switched on. How many times have we kicked it to a West Coast player. 

Disclaimer: Positive Police leave thread now, Melbourne are in front but people are negative. We get it.

We're ticking along, doing just enough. Been clinical up forward which is good. Skills have been off though wit a tonne of wormburner kicks through the middle. Need to clean that up. 

We did work our way back into it with more uncontested ball 123 - 114 but the worry is the turnovers West Coast are getting in dangerous areas where but haven't been able to convert. The Eagles should probably be 2 goals down at worst right now. 

Win contested ball, be clean, no need to Hollywood around with it and just put it in the right place and kick some goals.

More like a 2022 performance so far. Fritsch has a [censored] laser boot and has been the difference between the two sides.

 

These [censored] wce supporters are close to being insufferable. 

11 minutes ago, Kent said:

What is the free kick count?

9-9

We're playing so terribly we're almost double their score.  Cheer up, little Demonlanders.

4 minutes ago, Mincho Mania said:

I've liked his ruck work

It's OK but I think bbb is a much stronger mark.

 

Trac has 2 contested possesions, no tackles and 1 clearance so far. Needs to lift.

Fritata is a world class player

JVR relentless competitor

Viney doing the tough work in the middle

Not much more positives so far

5 minutes ago, BDA said:

Not at our best but credit to the Eagles for turning up and applying the pressure

Grundy Fritsch TMac Lever doing well. McVee and Chandler having off days. JVR hitting packs and creating contests

The 4 points are safe but would like to see tidier ball use in the second half

100% Eagles are crowding the contest and putting on the pressure in numbers. 
It's making it difficult to break out of the back half unless we switch the ball. 

I think the players you mentioned + Trac will have a better second half. 

Someone to clamp Hunt, he's been left completely alone all game

4 minutes ago, Soidee said:

Listen to ABC.... SEN has Gossage who wanks over every WC possession. 

God, there's a name I was happy to forget🤮

The Eagles are cracking in and taking it on. Nothing wrong with our effort but our focus and attention to details is lacking. Would prefer us to simplify and stop the Hollywood handballs.