3 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

May kicks in to the left and close to the centre square with 15 seconds left.. [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored] gotta go closer to the boundary!

Did exactly the same near the end of the third quarter 15 seconds to go. Suns consequently scored equaliser. Give it to Bowser.

 

Anyway, take the 4 points on the road and be happy with no injuries.

Conditions probably difficult to play in and lot of players looked out on their feet for the last quarter.

Thought Max and Viney were immense. 

2 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

We fought incredibly hard in the last 2 mins.

Shame we didn’t do that for the entire game

Hunter’s cooked and Grundy’s a headless chook so there goes our recruits from last year.

Fritsch needs a wake up call.

Chandler’s struggling with his leg, had no explosiveness in the second half. 

I thought Oliver had left behind these shocker games in 2020 but he’s had a few this year now.

May and Lever madness bubbling along. Petty could help but he gives no offensive drive and that’s how the ball gets stuck at the wrong end. Disco was really coming in to the game late in the 3rd with some intercept marks, not sure they subbed the right guy.

When a team turns up the pressure and speed and we can’t get the backline set we’re coughing up goals.

And our ball movement just becomes gimmicky or bombing because too few of our players make quick accurate decisions.

Well i can now watch the Johnny Balance Magic Show on the goodship boozalot in a relaxed state regardless of whether it's great, just ok or a giant shizenfest put on to prevent this drunken mob from rioting

Interesting ,that when we play teams with 3 really big blokes we struggle. I think??? Scott (Essendon) may have found the magic formula

We seriously tried to choke ourselves out of the win. Don’t really know how they got there. A mere shadow of a contender at the moment. You pressure us hard at the stoppage and the contest, and our defensive system becomes very very fragile. Dare I say jittery and slow. Congrats to Noah Anderson, phenomenal. Also Jarrod Witts, based on that he might be the best stoppage ruckman in the league. Gotta feel for Bailey Fritsch, his confidence was utterly shot. A lesson to Kade Chandler, JVR and Dan Turner also. Despite the 4 points, hard to draw anything positive 

Just now, Demon Disciple said:

Turner needs to stay in the reserves until he is physically ready. Petty needs to stay in the backline for the remainder of the year and our forward connection and centre work needs a complete overhaul.

Not bad for a team currently on top of the ladder hey. FMD.

Agree, Turner isn't ready. He did a few good things tonight but struggled in the body work.

Christ I hate Kayo. no pregame on Post Game. How hard is it to run an extra streaming line.

Ugly win, but thank Jehovah for our core players.

I can only assume Fritsch got dumped by his girlfriend this morning, or one of his pets died. 

Was Langdon tagged? 

Again, May not playing great, but again, posters here talking about him like he’s the worst player in the league. At least he was getting to the ball, unlike Lever, Fritsch and Ed. 

The dearth of centre-clearances continues to astonish. Having said that Rowell and Anderson are both extremely good midfielders. But there’s no point raving about Gawndy if there’s no connection. 

6 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

Out of Jail.

Agree, but that’s what good teams do!  For the most part we were awful, but g&d got us over the line.  Great relief when the siren sounded.  Now I need something to ease my hoarse throat.

I don’t care how average or otherwise brown has been playing, he needs to come in next week and we keep Petty down back. Having him in the forward line allows JVR and Fritch to play on second and third defenders, much better for forward line balance. And having petty down back shores up the defensive wall.

7 minutes ago, Kent said:

May had a [censored] game no leadership and panicked all night

He showed leadership in stopping people causing the free to be overturned.

7 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

As soon as I saw him with ball in hand I thought we were cooked. He is such a dumb player under pressure. 

My kingdom for a fit Salem! 
 

Fritta needs to walk home. He nearly cost us that game in the last. Also goodbye 35 game goal kicking streak. 

The biggest frustration with Fritta tonight was he didn’t chase or pressure with intent. If you haven’t touched the ball at least do those and make a difference that way.

I thought hunter was a better player. I'm sure he kicked plenty of goals at the dogs.

3 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Turner needs to stay in the reserves until he is physically ready. Petty needs to stay in the backline for the remainder of the year and our forward connection and centre work needs a complete overhaul.

Not bad for a team currently on top of the ladder hey. FMD.

Turner needs to bulk up a bit.

A significant win - they are hard to beat at home and we were well below our best. I wish we had Noah Anderson - an absolute gun.

11 minutes ago, Kent said:

May had a [censored] game no leadership and panicked all night

Same as me then.

1 minute ago, DeeSpencer said:

Hunter’s cooked and Grundy’s a headless chook so there goes our recruits from last year.

Fritsch needs a wake up call.

Chandler’s struggling with his leg, had no explosiveness in the second half. 

I thought Oliver had left behind these shocker games in 2020 but he’s had a few this year now.

May and Lever madness bubbling along. Petty could help but he gives no offensive drive and that’s how the ball gets stuck at the wrong end. Disco was really coming in to the game late in the 3rd with some intercept marks, not sure they subbed the right guy.

When a team turns up the pressure and speed and we can’t get the backline set we’re coughing up goals.

And our ball movement just becomes gimmicky or bombing because too few of our players make quick accurate decisions.

I’d say let the adrenaline wear off a bit more, DeeSpencer. 

This is hyperbole. 

1 minute ago, Gorgoroth said:

He showed leadership in stopping people causing the free to be overturned.

The biggest frustration with Fritta tonight was he didn’t chase or pressure with intent. If you haven’t touched the ball at least do those and make a difference that way.

Fritta don’t do the 1 percenta 

1 minute ago, Gorgoroth said:

He showed leadership in stopping people causing the free to be overturned.

The biggest frustration with Fritta tonight was he didn’t chase or pressure with intent. If you haven’t touched the ball at least do those and make a difference that way.

What about kicking twice to the left in the dying seconds? That's a killer, could've lost because of that.

I’m struggling to find any positives other than getting the four points for a lucky win. The best I can come up with is that they did beat (a depleted Geelong) at the start of the year.  Pretty poor, scratch that.

Just going to spend the rest of the weekend feeling miserable, as if we had actually lost the game.

Tough game. We got the 4 points, that’s all that matters. 

7 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

The combination of Turner in and Petty forward totally ruined the balance of the team.

When Goodwin tries to get cute bad things tend to happen.

Of course this thread will get stuck into Goodwin.

I thought his decision to put Vinny on Royal was critical. Rachel is absolutely killing us.

 

AllI thought his decision to put Viney on Rowell was critical. Rowell was absolutely killing us.

 

Also, a lot of criticism of Oliver in this thread. I thought he was by miles our best player with his effort and reliability under pressure.

Are Gcs better than we think ?

Maybe 4 out of 8 games away had a toll?