Not a bad start at all.
Absolutely weak Henderson and he was in defence then so no excuses.
OMG first cross against Barker needs to come up with something better than the long bomb to no one inside 50m.
Ratten Malthouse and barker all suffered from dumb bombs.
Barker needs to form some semblance of a defensive structure
It would be handy if we had a player up there to at least give a contest.
Curnows disposal is woeful...no future in the senior 22 IMO......
Mundy is killing us...
Word is that Simon Lloyd is the front runner for the coaching job so I wonder what he makes of our lack of forward structure....
Freo exposing our weaknesses.
Henderson must have already signed with the Cats. Or perhaps he is massively overrated.
Henderson even down back looks in a daze...
Henderson waaaaaayyyyyyy overrated.
Tuohy another dumb free in front of goal.
This could get ugly tonight.
Good intercept from Henderson...
Fk yeah! White doing a job on Fyfe if you don't mind!!
Getting smashed in the ruck but Kruezer has been very good around the ground.....hope he doesnt tire though....not sure Casboult has even touched the ball...
Some really dumb footy from Tuohy tonight.
Trade Henderson. Wimp.
OMG Tutt and Rowe just so so bad......
Momentum busting stuff.
Everitt is too reactionary re contests, waits rather than initiating hurt... wimp.
How many times are we going to get caught trying to over play the ball, then give it up so easily. What's wrong with going direct?
Tutt Tutt Tutt
umpiring???
Is Rowe injured? Just doesn't look with it tonight at all.
The most biased umpiring I've seen in a long time. This is a disgrace. All one way.
JUst fork off Henderson.
JUst fork off Henderson.
I reckon if we get a first rounder for him we should take it. Same with yarran.
Jamo hit in the back by a handball when he wasn't watching....
WHAT THE FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA#####CK?
One day we will learn to win the game you need to kick goals, how many times do we make a break and there is no one in the forward line? Play a forward deep at least we have a target to kick to
Jamo can take a very long walk off a very short plank. He is a dud.
Rowe needs chest-marking lessons. spastic.
Everitt PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!
Geez we have some passengers out there tonight.
I reckon if we get a first rounder for him we should take it. Same with yarran.
Agree ...Yarran been very poor with his kicking...
Fyfe blatant holding the ball right in front of goal. Play on golden boy.
This is a debacle from the umpires. Fuming.
Commentators totally biased also.
Jamo - out on the full. SPASTIC
Everitt must be dropped next week barring any miracles second half.
Everitt is playing some of the worst football in recorded history.
Walters dumps Docherty in the back. Docherty does the exact same thing to Walters 1.2 seconds later.
Free kick Freo.
I pine for the good old days when players were required to dispose of the ball by handball.
Might as well bring back the flick pass.
Some of those misses eg Everitt would not happen with fully committed players, would make a huge difference
The most amazing thing about this club is the sheer number of hacks we have. We have the blessing of no Gibbs tonight, but sure as sh*t, Henderson steps up to take his place. I'm at a loss as to why this club is so adept at attracting some of the worst talent ever seen on a football field.
Just truly head shaking stuff from go to whoa... :o :o :o
I pine for the good old days when players were required to dispose of the ball by handball.
Might as well bring back the flick pass.
Agree beyond a joke nowadays.
We can't be playing that badly, we're only 15 down! Any positive reviews of the boys?
Say what you will about the umpiring, but we deserve to be down by 10 goals. What we are doing out there is an absolute disgrace.
"Soft" is the word I would use to describe us. Every contest. Every tackle. Freo don't wait for the ball to come to them like we do or turn their back on the game (Jamo).
I'm so angry.
We can't be playing that badly, we're only 15 down! Any positive reviews of the boys?
Buckley awesome.
Cripps hard in and under.
Docherty very solid.
White held Fyfe to 10 touches and kicked a goal himself.
Buckley awesome.
Cripps hard in and under.
Docherty very solid.
White held Fyfe to 10 touches and kicked a goal himself.
Great! Thanks!!
We are playing on their ground with no doubt biased umpiring with quite a few of our guys injured and not playing... 15 down at halftime is not a disgrace at all. Obviously I'm not watching it but you'd take that scoreline with where we're at any day of the week?
I really do not want to appear to be picking on Henderson, but the bloke has no mongrel, no fierceness at the contest, no ruthlessness. I just witnessed two kids (Cripps and Holman) show more desire and commitment to the contest than Henderson has shown all year.
Can some one please explain to me why a free wasn't given when we have our head over the ball and Fyfe turns side on and bumps to the head?!?
I've always said it's easy to give free kicks against a bottom side and even easier to give them when they are playing away.
Great! Thanks!!
We are playing on their ground with no doubt biased umpiring with quite a few of our guys injured and not playing... 15 down at halftime is not a disgrace at all. Obviously I'm not watching it but you'd take that scoreline with where we're at any day of the week?
Yes agree , there are positive signs re only 15 down, especially when we gave then 2 frees in the square? If we can change the ratio of kicks into the 50 where we can actually take a mark, and have players there, we might put them under pressure.
I really do not want to appear to be picking on Henderson, but the bloke has no mongrel, no fierceness at the contest, no ruthlessness. I just witnessed two kids (Cripps and Holman) show more desire and commitment to the contest than Henderson has shown all year.
He looks like he's trying to not get hurt so he can sign a big contract. No second efforts and no toughness. Yet Kruezer who should be nervous about his future throws himself around at every chance.
You want to be positive, but when you have players giving half efforts and stupid turnovers from players who should know better it's hard.
Everitt has been inexcusable tonight.
Touhey's free to Pav in front of goal, is symptomatic of what I keep saying every week. A whole body to tackle, but they have to grab blokes around the neck. I would love whomever is our next coach to institute a system of fines, with the money to go to CFC main charity Peter Mac. Hit the players in the hip pocket, it's the only way they MIGHT learn.
Include in the fines, missing goals from 30 metres out directly in front.Kicking to the opposition. Fine them for basic mistakes which senior footballers should never make.
So far, I'm pleased with the effort considering the passengers we are carrying.
Rowe, Tutt, Henderson, Yarran, Curnow, just not up to it, and never will be. The jury is still out on Fields but he's done nothing of note. Carrazo, needs to retire at years end.
I said last week that I didn't want Barker as coach. I said that he lacked passion in the box and seemed to cop mistakes. I then watched his after match conference last week, and heard him interviewed.
It is gratifying to know, that he is fully aware of the lack of skill that his players posses, and the areas that need improving. In the interview, he was asked about his lack of apparent passion in the box compared to other coaches. he said that he's doing it tough internally, but feels that if he was to get too carried away, it would hinder him from thinking about exactly what he needs to do in the game.
I respect him for that, and don't know if he will get the job, but think that given some better cattle, he would do a devent job.
Whether or not a decent job would be good enough, is debatable.
AND one more thing about the umpiring.
The umpiring is disgraceful, and it is unforgivable that it is. There are three of those mentally deficient idiots out there, so you would think that they would have half a chance of getting it right.
However that last free kick on the buzzer given for a so called push in the back against Docherty, when 5 seconds earlier, he received exactly the same so called push in the back and it wasn't paid, is symptomatic, of umpires favouring teams at the top of the ladder against teams at the bottom.
They shouldn't do it, but they do, and always have.
And it's bloody frustrating.
However until such times as the sickly sweet commentators covering games, instead of saying like Dunstall said, "there wasn't much in that", when the free was awarded against Docherty, had said, "that was a disgraceful free kick given by an umpire who is clueless", then you might actually get a reaction from the powers that be.
And instead of the League licking the collective bottoms of umpires and telling us that these highly paid individuals, paid with our hard earned I should add, are a protected species, said that the umpires will be placed on notice that simple mistakes will have them umpiring in the under 8's, they might actually pay frees based on the rules, rather than what they think a free should be paid for, and start treating all teams equally.
Everitt has been inexcusable tonight.
Yep red vest him now and give Walsh a half.
A little too much left to too few.....but 15 points down at half time and you can't be completely unhappy.
I reckon most of us would have taken that at that start of the game.
Just a bit of superiority in skill.
As opposed to some of our long bombing some of those Freo passes are scorchers.
They barely seem to get off the ground.
You want to be positive, but when you have players giving half efforts and stupid turnovers from players who should know better it's hard.
Ditto.
I watch Henderson and see exactly what you do, this bloke seems to have already left the footy club. Indecisive and a fairdinkum liability, appears all about self and not team. Club, drop him until he makes up his mind because this bloke is not a committed team player at present.
Everitt has been inexcusable tonight.
I'm hoping for a reverse jinx..lol.
I forgot about Everitt. has obviously decided that now the season is gone, he aint gunna get injured so is just putting in enough to pick him each week so he gets paid.
Ditto.
I watch Henderson and see exactly what you do, this bloke seems to have already left the footy club. Indecisive and a fairdinkum liability, appears all about self and not team. Club, drop him until he makes up his mind because this bloke is not a committed team player at present.
You might be spot on Baggers , show you want to be here or go
Ditto.
I watch Henderson and see exactly what you do, this bloke seems to have already left the footy club. Indecisive and a fairdinkum liability, appears all about self and not team. Club, drop him until he makes up his mind because this bloke is not a committed team player at present.
This is the thing - if he's dropped surely we'll be less likely to get anything decent from him?
I would love to bench him for the remainder if the year if it's clear he's going but it'd be to our detriment
Yarran OMG...
We will not learn, keep going back as first option ? Why?
Yarran OMG...
Ditto Yarran for Henderson, there seems to be a new team ethic that neither of these two blokes are willing to buy into, and that makes them liabilities.
Screw Yarran. Get a first round pick for him and use it on someone good (Treloar). He's not interested.
I almost think he did that deliberately. Refused to play on and run, held the ball up and then deliberately kicked it over Tuohy's head. It's like he's trying to sabotage us.
Smh... Law of averages says we will make a decent decision eventually.
Holman continues to grow. A real positive.
When Everitt cannot get a game in the seniors, although in good form, we will know we're on the right track.
Now we know why the Dishlickers and the Fluffy Ducks were glad to see the @rse end of him, skills? Yes. Ticker? No.
Murphy's kick backwards was awful.
Can anyone tell me how this umpiring could be any more biased!????????????
How bad was the high hit on Bell?
Yarran... shell of his former self.
Can someone at the club ask the AFL for a please explain on the umpiring.
IT IS BEYOND A FRIGGING JOKE NOW
HOW CAN WE BE EXPECTED TO PLAY FAIR BALL WITH 90% DECISIONS GOING AGAINST US.
UTTER BULL CRAP
DING DING DING!
Yarran... shell of his former self.
Yarran is lazy and doesn't really care about what he is doing.
Can anyone tell me how this umpiring could be any more biased!????????????
Henderson kicks it 60 metres and gets called deliberate... McPharlin... Throw in
Bell does not have a brain between his ears.
Kicked two great goals that quarter though. Easily in our best.
Bell does not have a brain between his ears.
Maybe that's the clue no brains but can kick goals ? A rare commodity at the Blues
As a CFC Member I am appalled at the poor level of endeavour shown by Henderson and Yarran this evening.
These two have shown anything but leadership, in fact, they've demonstrated how ordinary you can be during contract negotiations, in Henderson's case.
Apparently they both have a very good relationship/connection with JB... JB, these blokes are not honouring the friendship - time to choose and decide because these two blokes will not help your coaching cause.
Screw Yarran. Get a first round pick for him and use it on someone good (Treloar). He's not interested.
I'd be surprised if we even got a 2nd round pick for him. If a club puts a player on the trade table it means they don't want him and other clubs will only offer unders. e.g. Jeff Garlett.
It'll be another example of the club not being able to control a players' desire, efforts and selflessness. We keep blaming the head Coach for players not playing team football and lack of work rate. Time to make an example of a few and play Yarran in the 2s for the rest of the year and refuse to trade him. Bring him back in next year when he wants to actually play for the club. (he's still contracted for another year)
It is also very, very important to note that when the real accountability is called for, Meat goes missing.
Why doesn't Fields kick the ball in?
Geez Rowe has been absolute caca tonight.
Geez Rowe has been absolute caca tonight.
Next week Henderson to CHB, Jaksch forward.
Next week Henderson to CHB, Jaksch forward.
Please.
I am piiiisssing myself laughing at that so called attempt from Rowe, to mark the Simpson kick.
We need an outsider who has been totally unadulterated by personal friendship with players, and who is tough and uncompromising, to coach this club.
We need a fitness coach who will actually get them fit, and a tackling coach who can teach them to tackle. and a skills coach who will teach them to hit a target.
And just to repeat a point I made last week, Buckley, is a real go getter, but totally lacks a football brain. That is highlighted by his terrible decision making. bell, gutsy, gives his all, but no football brain. his decision making is terrible.
Correct decision making is an art form, and the really good players, have got it in spades. I really hope that they will improve in this area, or they won't be around for the long term.
Also Everitt out for Watson.
Watching cricket tonight....broke through stokes out....
And just to repeat a point I made last week, Buckley, is a real go getter, but totally lacks a football brain. That is highlighted by his terrible decision making. bell, gutsy, gives his all, but no football brain. his decision making is terrible.
Amazing you pick out two of our best. Delusion on the menu tonight again BN?
Why doesn't Fields kick the ball in?
because barker, is lacking in the thinking department.
Surely, he could have said. "We will try Fields kicking long bombs to the centre. You blokes gather there and let's see if we can win the ball that way, rather than these pissy kick outs that go tem metres and do nothing for us."
that takes just a little bit of intuition on the part of a good coach.
Barker needs to be far more pro-active than he is.
Suggesting Watson for the seniors is delusional.
Suggesting Watson for the seniors is delusional.
Not giving him one last crack at it is delusional.
OMG, I just witnessed Everitt surrender well before the contest. Thank you, MM, you brought into our club another bloke who is great when all is good, but cannot sacrifice for his team mates... as you didn't
Amazing you pick out two of our best. Delusion on the menu tonight again BN?
You really are a Richard Cranium, Carrots.
You have absolutely no comprehension or understanding about what you read.
I said, you imbecile, that they are two of our go getters. So I was not criticizing their endeavor at all.
What part of that did you not understand.
However, I pointed out,that their decision making is terrible. And if you possessed any intelligence at all, you would understand that it is an area in which they are sadly lacking, and requires massive improvement.
Buckley breaks the lines, runs, and then has a mental blockage as to what to do. Bell, is tough and courageous, but makes shocking decisions. He kicks the ball anywhere
If you can't see that, then the only delusional one is you.
Suggesting Watson for the seniors is delusional.
carrots lives in delusional fairyland, Prof.
I believe that the people who live there, think we will win the flag this year. ;)
You really are a Richard Cranium, Carrots.
You have absolutely no comprehension or understanding about what you read.
I said, you imbecile, that they are two of our go getters. So I was not criticizing their endeavor at all.
What part of that did you not understand.
However, I pointed out,that their decision making is terrible. And if you possessed any intelligence at all, you would understand that it is an area in which they are sadly lacking, and requires massive improvement.
Buckley breaks the lines, runs, and then has a mental blockage as to what to do. Bell, is tough and courageous, but makes shocking decisions. He kicks the ball anywhere
If you can't see that, then the only delusional one is you.
Buckley has been sensational in every aspect tonight. You're not delusional, you're blind. A visit to OPSM beckons me thinks.
Geez up by 41 now, that happened way too fast!
Just back home - oh dear, doesn't sound like I've been missing much. I'll watch the replay tomorrow now.
Good competitive 3/4 qtrs against the the top side on their home patch but a very disappointing last qtr.
Yarran, Henderson out, Byrne, Watson/Foster/Jaksch in.
Glen Jakovich been scathing of Everitt and his attack on the footy......
Reckon John Barkers chances of getting the coaching job are slipping away, last quarter we have not given a yelp and its only been Freo's lack of method forward that has saved us from a real beating..
Alot of rookie listed players tonight. A good thing getting game time into them.
Everitt, Yarran, Henderson, Tutt, Casboult, Walsh all non-events. Many many injuries. We did well to stay in touch for three quarters.
Yarran, Henderson out, Byrne, Watson/Foster/Jaksch in.
Byrne hurt his hammy again.
Yarran and Rowe out, Henderson to CHB, Jaksch in and up forward.
Buckley has been sensational in every aspect tonight. You're not delusional, you're blind. A visit to OPSM beckons me thinks.
Once again, another idiotic post from an imbecile.
Mind you, I should apologise to all the imbeciles out there. You give them a bad name.
Great effort by Dylan, but his decision making needs a lot of work.
Let me just say, that a close family member of his understands that, even if you don't.
so back to fairy land for you.
Once again, another idiotic post from an imbecile.
Mind you, I should apologise to all the imbeciles out there. You give them a bad name.
Great effort by Dylan, but his decision making needs a lot of work.
Let me just say, that a close family member of his understands that, even if you don't.
so back to fairy land for you.
You shouldn't stay up past your bed time BN you get grumpy. :)
Glen Jakovich been scathing of Everitt and his attack on the footy......
Reckon John Barkers chances of getting the coaching job are slipping away, last quarter we have not given a yelp and its only been Freo's lack of method forward that has saved us from a real beating..
Reckon it's time for JB to realise that his mates, Hendo and Yazz, are not his mates.