POSTGAME: Rd 21 vs Western Bulldogs

[Deemolition2021 16]

We showed really character at the start of the year, given the goings on in the off season. Not sure when it started to turn, but tonight really showed the gap between a contender and a ‘Pick 6 in the draft’ team …

[fr_ap 2,478]

Saddest for our supporters really. 3 years of dominance and we couldn't see a single finals win in person. Unreal. 

[doc roet 1,287]

6 minutes ago, Little Richard said:

No midfield, no Dees.

No forwards either 

[loges 6,767]

At least Picket will be able to say, time for Jeffo and he'll be right

[dees189227 12,388]

6 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

If you had told me at the start of the year that our midfield would become our worst performing area, I’d call you crazy. I’ve got more faith in our forwards than I do in our mids.

Also, I fear for the crowd size next week. Port could out number us.

Nah you still go because the stress is off now. 

[BAMF 4,349]

Very disappointed. I pretty much wrote the season off after the final loses last year. I thought we might sneak into finals of we were lucky. 

Tonight was a real low. I went expecting a loss but hoping to see our young guys perform, but it was a [censored] show. No glimmer of hope there tonight. Felt like a 100 point loss, and it should have been.

[Colm 2,151]

6 minutes ago, BoBo said:

Any injuries, put those players on ice and get the kids in. Load up for 2025.

Apart from Jeffo we have no kids. Cupboard is bare. 

[Little Richard 6,262]

Max Gawn is a legend. 

[Ollie fan 3,370]

It's been clear for weeks that our season is shot. Losing Trac was a step too far. I don't blame Goody at all. I know everyone is going to be calling for his head but he has not had enough good players -simple. No Gus, Smith out, Trac gone now, Oliver at 50%, Petty well below par following his foot injury, Brown has gone on too long..... what Goody HAS done is bring in new players, and that sets us up for a real crack next year. 
 

Yes, get the surgeries done now.

[Heart Beats True 1,227]

8 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

When we lost Gus we lost our season. 

 

This season was lost well before the loss of Gus. It was lost in the football department throughout the past 3 years. 

[poita 3,902]

Any faint hope was lost in the first ten minutes when all our match ups were completely wrong and our players were just casual observers.

If the Bulldogs had kicked straight we would have (deservedly) lost by 100 points. 

The sooner Goodwin, Lamb and their ship of fools departs, the better. 

[Brownie 5,980]

I'd say we are now...

Footscrays, Collingwood's, Sydney's, Freos and the lion's [censored]

I worry about our mental state and eroding confidence from this horrible season.

Women's water polo has just started. Go stingers.

[Deemolition2021 16]

3 minutes ago, Buzzy said:

Well, that was pretty sad and boring to watch.

Actually thought we were becoming a dependably competitive team there for a while, but that's a distant memory now.

1 x compromised premiership and zero finals wins in the next 3 seasons is a travesty for this group.  Very disappointing.

 

 

Yep - feeling the same. Loved having a 3 year period where the team I love were pretty much always in the game …

[Theo 272]

1 minute ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Yep, get the off-season surgeries out of the way early.

 

3 minutes ago, BoBo said:

Any injuries, put those players on ice and get the kids in. Load up for 2025.

What kids. the cupboard is bare. Casey was smacked again today. No shining lights coming through. We are well and truly on the slide.

[Little Richard 6,262]

2 minutes ago, doc roet said:

No forwards either 

I believe we have the players there, but our forward coaching is a joke.

[Deelectable 1,043]

1 minute ago, Ollie fan said:

It's been clear for weeks that our season is shot. Losing Trac was a step too far. I don't blame Goody at all. I know everyone is going to be calling for his head but he has not had enough good players -simple. No Gus, Smith out, Trac gone now, Oliver at 50%, Petty well below par following his foot injury, Brown has gone on too long..... what Goody HAS done is bring in new players, and that sets us up for a real crack next year. 
 

Yes, get the surgeries done now.

Snap!

[Pennant St Dee 13,171]

3 minutes ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

Absolutely smashed. Should have been 100 points.

It’s kind of fitting and sad that the doggies did this to us tonight. We smashed them to win a GF to herald what we thought was a dynasty and they have smashed us not even 3 years later to close our door. Is it closed for this year? Or for good with this list? I don’t know. But all I know is they must have felt good ending our season.

We were terrible.

Cant believe I’m saying this, but can we do a turnaround like the dogs? They were lost last year, slid out of the 8 as we have and started poorly this year. It can be done, but it takes honesty and hard work. 

I may hold my 20+ year membership next year, unless I see we’re actually going to perform a review on what has happened. I know we lost Gus and Trac but that does not mean effectively 100 point loss. We didn’t lose to an invincible either. 

Lots of questions to be asked at year end.

sad tonight, friends. That was woeful. 

We will always have 2021 I guess ❤️💙

 

You have actually almost answered your own question 

Yes we can if we get our list shuffle/management right. Couple of more mids needed or half backs to throw Rivers and Mcvee in there permanently.

Big if, very big and important post season coming

[Jibroni 5,003]

Such a waste, the only silver lining is that it gives a club a chance to start planning for 2025 now.

If Goodwin decides to do this is another question.

Edited August 2 by Jibroni

[whatwhat say what 22,740]

9.10 (64) scores against us off turnover

6.6 (42) of that from 27 forward half turnovers

ugly numbers

Edited August 2 by whatwhat say what

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

As i called a few weeks ago, season over.

Fix the broken and rest anyone who's carrying a niggle.

Its time to play Jeffo, Brown dog and Sestan.

Viney rest

Bring in Fullo for Max and get him set for next season.  He's obviously still NQR.

Can't question the effort from most.

Plenty of outs.

But gee we play a junk brand of footy now.

Not enough players running to support, not enough leg speed in general.

We don't change lanes very often by foot and our work by hand is up there with the worst in the league.

Mostly easy to defend as we continue to just run in straight lines and kick in straight lines.

My fear is not only do we lack some mids and a quality KF, if we continue with the same coaching staff we are just going to see more of the same old rubbish game style and meanwhile lose so many of our greats as the years pass.

And once that happens we'll be set back a good 5 to 8 years and into a major rebuild plus a new coach or two along the way.

We had one of the great mid line ups in recent history and didn't cash in when we had the chance.   Yes 21 was a beauty but we needed to make more of the golden era.

It's been a bit of a botch up by the FD since 2021 in far too many aspects of our game and list imho.

Edited August 2 by Demon Dynasty

[Wells 11 5,397]

We are now a very young Injury ravaged team playing arguably the worst footy in the comp. It’s  been hard to watch how far they’ve fallen in 24. 

Hopefully they can rebound next year but I guess there’s no guarantees is there. 

[OhMyDees 1,834]

Can we get Burgess to come back?

[dice 705]

1 minute ago, Jibroni said:

Such a waste, the only silver lining is that it gives a club a chance to start planning for 2025 now.

If Goodwin decides to do this.

Exactly. Any chance Fullarton and Pup can get a game now under Goody? Nah

[whatwhat say what 22,740]

Just now, OhMyDees said:

Can we get Burgess to come back?

crom's fitness is a real issue too

perhaps that style that worked so well in the past has gone by the wayside

it wouldn't necessarily be a surprise, as the style of football that is successful has definitely changed

[seventyfour 1,141]

I've never wanted Goodwin sacked, until tonight. Feels like if we don't, and we fall further behind, we'll be left wondering why we didn't change earlier... and he's end up getting the flick anyway. Hmm.

There's still hope for the future. Geelong are a team we can look at, they found a way through with an old list. Collingwood too. We can do it next year, it's just whether we have the guts to really make some changes.