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POSTGAME: Opening Round vs Sydney

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On 10/03/2024 at 23:51, Pirlo said:

Brisbane, Collingwood, Essendon, Geelong, GWS, Richmond and until recently Port, Sydney and the Eagles all traded in their #1 KPF.

We have been notoriously lax at the trade table since May and Lever, including the failed attempt to bring in Adam Cerra.

We traded in BBB.

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    14 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    watching the game live and then finally seeing the replay there were two things that stood out for me.

     

    1. The fumbling was off the charts. Sydney handed the conditions well. We had NFI. Again our poor handling and decision making probably cost us the game. We could have taken a 3/4 goal lead at qtr time instead we had 1 goal. We over handled the ball and it cost us

     

    2. Sydney continually switched play to find a loose player before kicking back into the corridor. Our defensive positioning was woeful. When they had the ball we were stagnant  and had 2 or 3 players standing 10m away from their kicker 'guarding grass'. Sydney players would run wider and further allowing the kicker to spot up their players with relative ease. And under no pressure which made them look more sure handling

    Similarly when we had the ball we crowded the player with the ball rather than spreading out the ground. Sydney were able to create huge width with their positioning. We simply crammed players together in the middle. You could easily see this when we handballed to a teammate standing 2m away. And then we fumbled by putting ourselves under ridiculous pressure.

    Both issues reflect poor coaching and on field leadership.

     

     

    Definitely agree with this and add that it made us look somewhat unfit and that couldn't be possible could it?

    Oliver not withstanding because he must have covered many kilometres.

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    17 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    watching the game live and then finally seeing the replay there were two things that stood out for me.

     

    1. The fumbling was off the charts. Sydney handed the conditions well. We had NFI. Again our poor handling and decision making probably cost us the game. We could have taken a 3/4 goal lead at qtr time instead we had 1 goal. We over handled the ball and it cost us

     

    2. Sydney continually switched play to find a loose player before kicking back into the corridor. Our defensive positioning was woeful. When they had the ball we were stagnant  and had 2 or 3 players standing 10m away from their kicker 'guarding grass'. Sydney players would run wider and further allowing the kicker to spot up their players with relative ease. And under no pressure which made them look more sure handling

    Similarly when we had the ball we crowded the player with the ball rather than spreading out the ground. Sydney were able to create huge width with their positioning. We simply crammed players together in the middle. You could easily see this when we handballed to a teammate standing 2m away. And then we fumbled by putting ourselves under ridiculous pressure.

    Both issues reflect poor coaching and on field leadership.

     

     

    It also shows that we have learned nothing as these problems have been apparent for 3 to 4 years

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    2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    "The weather took us by surprise" - Trent Rivers on SEN.

    Not sure if he was making an excuse but he went out of his way to mention it.

    Its a cop out. Yes it was steamy but Sydney had very little trouble with it. It was more our positioning that put ourselves under pressure - then we fumbled.

    Sydney had a lot more clean possession because they largely switched play and went wide before breaking up our defence and coming through the middle. Many of their possessions were not under pressure. Ours on the other hand were highly pressured. Our kick to HB ratio was well off as well.

    Our leaders were largely woeful, crashed into each other and did nothing to spread the field out. We were stagnant when in possession with no one moving to space.

    Max did nothing to counter Gundy's crowding of space at ball ups.

    He had better get used to it and come up with a solution because he is going to be pole-axed every game by opposition rucks 

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    3 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Lose this week and we are staring down the barrel of 0-5. 

    How does this make sense?

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    34 minutes ago, Pirlo said:

    How does this make sense?

    Nothing is certain but with games against Port and Adelaide in Adelaide is not something I’d put my house on at the best of times. 

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    4 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Lose this week and we are staring down the barrel of 0-5. 

    0-23 is on the table too

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    3 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Nothing is certain but with games against Port and Adelaide in Adelaide is not something I’d put my house on at the best of times. 

    How did we draw both Adelaide teams in Gather Round…..????

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    29 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    How did we draw both Adelaide teams in Gather Round…..????

    Then we have Lions after that. It’s one helluva draw. 

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