Red But Mostly Blue

Our backline has been humbled big time tonight. Really really truly embarrassing. 

Far out that’s annoying.

Can we get Waterman? 

That was pathetic. 

Hopefully we get a rocket and the boys come out remembering that we’re supposed to be a top 4 side.

Not interested in the complaints about the umpiring. It’s not why we’re losing, not why we’re kicking everything straight to them. Not why a first year player is creaming us in the middle. 

Need to be better, a lot better, and beyond this, work out why we’re such a frustrating, inconsistent team with wildly significant differences between our best and worst. 

This is shizen 

That goal was all McAdam, but wow great stuff by Brown 

lol if we manage to steal this . Don’t know how mind you, we’re a top 4 team apparently. 

To the ‘we will/must win this by 6-7 goals, minimum’ crew - is that still the projected margin?

We’re being embarrassed here. Should be down by more. 

Every single team thinks they can beat us, and there’s a reason for that. Here it is. We have our moments, no doubt, and our best can beat anybody, but we don’t do it often enough anymore, and there are far too many threatening teams on the up. Really sad actually. 

Because we’re such an inconsistent team, we’re always open to the idea that we can be beaten with pressure. And this is how we keep getting these bottom teams being plucky against us. Same as Richmond, who have been creamed since.

Talking about being creamed, absolutely single handedly creamed by Harley just then. Pretty embarrassing, will want to assert dominance pretty soon. Other teams are watching this. 

Hmmmm

Early days yet, but seriously, a lot of people here talking about a 6-7 goal minimum win. Nah. This is a danger game, I’ll be happy with an honourable win, where we respect our opponents and play 4 quarters.

Also , Trac was held there. 

Tigers are getting smoked. Not even Q1 finished yet. 

Feel bad for Ooze 😔

Carlton getting a solid reality check here

We should have iced those dorks last wk 😔

Looking back, aside from the tigers’ win against the swans, we have been the closest to them - with a 22 point loss - and we played like TRASH - and were in it at 3Q (2 points down) before they ran away with it in the conditions.

Gives some comfort I guess. 

Anyway, good to see the blues getting smoked. Just wish we did it! 

2 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

BBB & McAdam have just come in from stints at Casey Bin.

Very generous to have Petty in the 'a little underdone' list imo.

His first five matches were atrocious and he was a mile away from being anywhere near AFL ready in those first five games.

Has since played one decent match against the Cats in Rnd 8.

Averaging 0.3 goals a game and 0.3 tackles inside 50.  That's 2 goals and 2 tackles inside 50 in seven matches.

He's been netting 2 effective disposals (effective disposals less turnovers) per match.

Not blaming Petty either.  Brought back far too early imho.

Hopefully he can ramp things up from here.

Agree. 

It's a good game for him to find some form and confidence! 

If he doesn't stand up against the Eagles, there will be added pressure to question whether his spot is safe. 

I like him. Has good hands and is a good kick. But clearly not match fit, underdone and is obviously frustrated himself. 

Looking for a strong game from him.

4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Had not noticed that Bowey was in last nights IC list so no room for Tholstrup as sub.

Woey to sub... again

That's really unfortunate if it happens (likely) - he was good last week, and really needs/deserves a consistent crack for his development and confidence. 

Just now, whatwhat say what said:

petty or plugger mac will need to ruck as required, i guess?

Yeah I reckon. Not ideal, but they should be able to hold their own sufficiently at either end. Maybe wrap Petty's foot in something, though! 

There you go, INS - McAdam, Salem and BBB

Pretty happy with that. 

1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

 

Toby crunched the numbers and decided it was a financially wise move to make.

#demon maths 

We're running out of vowels (which included the sneaky hybrid 'y') and I'm not going into Demon Meths - but maybe it could mean the method by which we do our good things. 

The way we strangle our opponents. 

#Demon Meth(od)s 

9 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Can someone remember what is our record as the Narrm Football Club?

 

I prefer not to remember.

Hint: not good.

I know he came on fresh, but I really liked Woey's attack on the ball last week. Really hope (for his continuing progress as well) that he's not left out this week. 

24 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Just remembered: Chin trained with everyone else and had no strapping on either knee. Likewise BBB. So there’s that. 🙂

Hey, that is something indeed! ❤️

45 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Essendon nearly lost to them last week. They're the media's current darlings.

Sydney was behind them for half the game in Gather Round. They're the undisputed number 1 seed right now.

If Yeo and/or Waterman play, they are a much stronger side.

I don't accept that if we don't "win this easily" we "have some way bigger issues".

Completely agree. There are no easy games. Taking oppo for granted is a recipe for disaster. We play them at their home, in front of their crowd - I am not expecting anything other than us treating them with respect and trusting that 4 quarters of our brand of footy will prevail. If we win, based on our system, I will be happy. If we win by 50, great. But I won't expect it. We snoozed against the Blues last week, and it cost us a win. That's the stuff I am more interested in. 

It's not great that we're down two forwards - but tbh it's the best time to have these issues. We're looking pretty good, it's vs the Eagles (who should not be underestimated of course, especially as it's there) - but I would far rather these issues now than against teams in the 8 right now. 

We have recruited Fullo for a reason, so it really isn't a bad time to use him! Yeah he may not set the world on fire, but he kind of doesn't need to. Just chop out ruck relief, hopefully snag a few marks and if he scores, even better. He would be replacing JVR who, while being handy with the ruck relief and is developing well for a 21 yo, has not been in red hot form, so we just need someone who competes well. I think Fullo should be able to do this. 

17 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Disco has a strained calf and will be out for a couple of matches. He’s in really good spirits despite this. He said he’s confident he’ll be back for our Freo match. 

Poor guy can't catch a break. Has been solid since joining. Looking forward to him having a good run after Freo. Seems like a good kid, and knows where the footy is. Can kick. Much to work with. Just needs some luck!

2 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Same thing as what happened in two of our three games prior.

Just dead said flat.

We need some sort of new motivation drill before games. We can't continue coming out so dozy.

Yeah it's just so strange. Can't be fatigue relative to the Blues, because we ran over them in the end, and they played 3 games in 13 days (like we did against the Lions - but they held up, whereas we didn't). 

We need to upgrade whatever psychologists we have on the payroll. We are a better team every day of the week. All between the ears.

5 minutes ago, binman said:

Of course. Particularly the point in the match those misses occurred. 

Petty's miss wa a heartbreaker.

But players miss a high percentage of such shots. 

Against that, we kicked some clutch goals.

Tracc was unbelievable, discos nailed a long set sho on an angle and maxys long range bomb, after barely taking any time, was elite. 

I did refer to the miss as Petty and the Heartbreakers, which I thought was a decent call. 

At the end of it, aside from a dud umpiring call here and there (which I thought were wrong calls, but won't blame for the loss), we lost in in Q1 for numerous reasons - aside from the fact that we gave up a 5-0 start (and then 6-0 at the start of Q2) (which you just can't do against sides, let alone dangerous sides like the Blues), which was partly because of their midfield dominance, but also because our i50 entries were so poor and we could not land a mark in there (they did, several times) - AND they were as you say, unusually accurate - an anomaly - any other day, they kick 4.1 or 3.2, and if so, we win. 

A very strange game. Won the i50 entries again, more scores, and x score - another moral victory, but no points. 

Just gutted we gave them another close one. I truly dislike their fans and am bummed we don't play them again this year. We can only hope we both make finals, and if we face them - we actually beat them. They are claiming us as their bunnies now. And while we know this is not true. The proof is in the results. They knocked us out of the finals, and now claimed another close one. We have to beat them on the scoreboard and not fluff it. Again. 

Long wait until then. But overall I think we're in good health. Really positive signs. But they will need to examine what happened in Q1. 

3 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Nothing for the boys to be ashamed of as a result of that last quarter and their persistence in the third quarter beforehand. We know what happened, we know how it happened. 

Agree. Proud of the boys for not giving up. I hope we see these [censored] again and finally collect the debt. 

9 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Sounds stupid given a 0.0 to 5.0 first quarter but I really didn’t feel like the score reflected the effort. It was our usual arm wrestle first quarter but the score somehow didn’t reflect.

This game was a freak anomaly for mine. I write it off as a disappointing loss that we should have won and move on.

That’s how I felt. I thought we started well. They took their chances, had some lucky bounces, and we didn’t. Mind you we didn’t mark anything in our 50 and they did and that was a big difference. But not a 5-0 difference. Agree. I’d rather write this off as an unlucky night with some costly misses and a particularly bad dangerous tackle call.