All ready for Friday.
They just put a graphic up on Fox, players yet to fire for Bris
Rayner
Dunkley
Fletcher
Will Ashcroft
Hold my beer.
Rayner will have a blinder lol
I know one thing, Crippa is good at winning tosses.
Have to find the positives! 😁
Already two kicks out of defence land on the chest of opponents.
Brodie Kemp is better than that
They took 12 mins to kick a goal, yay.
Walking through navy blue witches hats in the centre
Cripps hospital bandpass when he should have kicked. Turnover goal.
Put Jagger in the middle FFS!
We are unwatchable
He ignored the Jagga handball running through the middle and kick a long.....intercepted kick.
His decision making is terrible,
Played like crap and still in it.
Our players run to the worst possible areas plus they hang on to it for an eternity allowing the lions to have us snookered up ahead.
Cripps twice has kicked inside 50 to a gaggle of players, none of them are clear and/or in space.
Some of the decision-making is really poor, it is having a big effect on ball movement & overall flow..
Why is Weitering 10m off his man every time the ball comes inside 50?
Ok Im definitely putting a line through Haynes, Saad and Williams
100+ points
He knows change is around the corner lol.
Agree. No future for these 3.
I like Haynes, but the game is passing him by
Midfield is getting smashed
How unsurprising
20 to 7 in clearances, isn't that our one wood?
If we came.umder scrutiny for Elijah doing weird things then I don't think Harry looks much different.
What has happened to our dominant midfield?
Once upon time we played like $h!t, but at least we could rely on our midfield to get clearances.
Not any more.
Cripps trying to do too much, now trying to take the ruck duties off Harry.
Hes defending space rather than men.
Ultimately he has spent a career coming off his men to help a team mate.
When push comes to shove we have a green second key back, and a geriatric 3rd.
We arent quick, dont play on instinct because our players are a bit basic.
At the end of the day, we just arent very good and its not purely coaching. Look at kemps two set shots for goal as an example.
Brodie Kemp used to be a reliable kick.
Harry must be giving him goal kicking practice. ::)
Young fella running rings around the AA FB.
Should not be playing, should be in the reserves.
When you have a team of blokes low on confidence, maybe its best to give them more of a one-on-one challenge.
There is your man. Beat him. Stay on him. Don't zone off. If you beat your man, and your team mates beat their man, we win.
Would we be worse off with Ison in the side rather than Harry tonight?
I don't think so.
Harry+Gov+Kemp = 0.3 (and one out on the full)
Can't win games with that.
Cripps prime
Walsh
Kennedy
Cerra Prime
Hewett
Dow
Setterfield
V
Old Cripps
Walsh
Hewett
Cooked Cerra
Baby Jagga
Wilson really struggling with AFL level pressure.
Probably not the best idea to get him into a game against the best team in the comp, away, first up.
Also Cunningham, Acres, Cottrell
This list is bottom 4, if you accept it you will be proud of our efforts.
Williams injured.
Could be season or 10 minutes.
I've accepted it, but it still surprises me how quickly we've fallen off a cliff.....and continue too.
Welcome to the darkside !!
He could also win us the game.
Voss is likely cooked already but if we walk out with the same midfield mix in the 2nd half it should be his last game. Our defensive structure is abysmal.
Williams couldn't win $2 on a scratchie
We lost 3 legit key position players last year and didn't replace them.
What is the midfield mix that he should start with?
Look who you are talking too.
I'm well aware. ;)
I reserved my judgement about Weitering, whether he is carrying an injury or just not interested...... I think that he is appalled by the easy in which the ball is delivered, and he's lost interest.
...and as Vice Captain, that is unacceptable.
Such a pity that we need to totally rebuild our list, just one year before the Tasmania draft. :( God knows we ned athleticism, pace and skill.
Still, a couple of players have responded. Pity it isn't a dozen more.
As for Wilson, we may as well play him. He will get the pace of he game. And when he does, he has some of the pace we need.
Way too many to times our players stop & prop, they cannot play on or drive past the approaching defenders, we are too easy to defend against.
Another thing I've noticed tonight, a lot of our guys are not a 'one grab' mark thus giving the defenders a second chance to spoil.
And I just got out the Hubble telescope yet still couldn't see one thing that Ainsworth brings to the table - what a lemon !!!
We are playing the best team in the competition with the worst part being that our most senior & more experienced players are out of their depth here.
If they can't at worst, match it with them, then why the feck should we persist with them ??
I can excuse the younger less experienced guys but leaders have to lead by example, ours are not and never look like it.
Harry McKay is finished, he's a shell of his former self.
Just watching him & Cripps argue over who is going up in the ruck made me think I was back in primary school.
Kemp is acceptable but someone needs to put him through an intensive kicking course, his set shots are pathetic.
Draper is slapping Pittonet around like a redheaded stepchild too !!
And can our players stop sooking up to the umpire about a flimsy free kick they didn't pay to them, it's goddam emabarrassing.
Well, our defensive focus may just keep Brisvegas to four goals a qtr.
No creative or bold offensive plays from us. In fact, our lads looks petrified of making a mistake.
He has never been great defending on the lead. I would swap.him and McKay.just to get McKay to actually play football and for Weitering to have a break.
We are being slaughtered in the midfield and clearances. That’s where the sh1t is starting and we need to fix that first. This game is looking like a massacre and maybe Vossy’s farewell.
"Carlton's pressure rating of 152 against St Kilda was its lowest of the season, but that's no surprise. The Blues are the only team in the AFL yet to have a single game this year where they've recorded a higher pressure rating than their opposition."
Thats not a skill issue
Oh no😕! A McKay and full back is not a great mix at the moment!!
For that reason I'm confused as to why Lord is out of favour.
Look he has ro get involved and contest or he may as well retire.
Its not a skill issue. But can still be a consequence of poor skill.
How many times do you see us on a fast break, deliver forward, straight to the opposition.
Players drop their heads, opposition run it back for a goal. Players drop their heads more.
Instead of that 'captains goal' type lift that give you a boost, we are constantly let down instead.
A Harry miss.
A Florent turnover.
A Walsh holding the ball.
It saps the guys of energy and desire.
I think the most embarrassing part of this game is that the Lions are nearly 40-points up yet they really haven't played at their normal pace, they are just going through the motions and still making us look stupid.
GIve me one good reason why that wasn't a free to Harry for holding the ball/incorrect disposal???
We are crap, but the umps are not having a great one either.
2 minutes ago Frankie got a swinging arm to the head in a tackle but was overlooked as well.
The Captain handballs to Jagga with 4 BLs around him. My lord.
Centre clearances are 11-3.
Last week it started 12-0 (or was it the week before??)
Don't think thats ever happened in Cripps career....yet its twice in 2 (or 3?) weeks
Another bad handball from Cripps
Would have been nice to get the Ashcrofts and Fletcher for F-all, plus a swag of A-grade imports
I dont think I have ever seen a side so flat, soulless and uncompetitive.
I have. Carlton about 2001.
While being already a top 4 side.
I've got no problem with Cripps nominating for the ruck.
But what is the point of doing that when Harry is just standing there as well.
Harry is basically useless in a clearance situation if he is not rucking.
Stupid call by Cripps.
Pressure rating gives an indication of effort. The fact we have haven't once got a better pressure rating better than the opposition is indicative. Not side side full of real effect. More like someone has lost his players, especially his leaders. Weitering pretty well intimated that during the week.
Puit Weitering a FF and Gov and FB
Cerra giving chase and Kemp steams past him.
That's our problem
Midfield.is too slow
I would really like to know how much time Kreuser spent with McKay this week trying to teach him ruck craft, given that he was to be the backup. I'd suggest zippo!!!
I don't know about you Jimbo, but if i'm paid to do a job, i'm doing that job. Even if 'the boss' is the worst person in the world, i have enough self-respect to do the job for myself.
These players are paid VERY well, and if they can't get themselves up for a game or can't find it within themselves to give a $h!t, then those players are the wrong players, regardless of who is coaching them.
Especially Weitering as VC.
I was very much against trading away Weitering, but given the last 24 hours of his comments and his efforts tonight, i might very well offer my services to drive him to a club of the highest bidder.
Reville to Fletcher who then took a bounce, it highlighted why Cerra ia a problem, he is just too slow by foot.
When you are incapable of closing in on an opposition player when they take a bounce then it's time to say goodbye.
....plus Cerra is a crap truck who should have been dropped a month ago. Has zero fight in him. Just jogs around at half rat power. So over him.
And H is so screwing useless ATM surely is a mental health issues? There must a problem... Have a go FFS
2 hands and a giant push in the back.....play on.
Whitely laughed and didn't say anything
Jagga smith has the footy iq
We have controlled this quarter but scores are even.
Hopefully a new coach might start by working on the basics!
Goal kicking, starting with actual kicking technique. Candidates including Kemp, Harry & Crippa.
Tackling technique. Other teams seem to break out of our tackles repeatedly.
Inside 50's this quarter.
20-6....our way.....now 21.
Any danger we can convert though???
Ainsworth and Hayward didnt get the memo.
Comeback's on. ::)
Try looking through it with the open eye. ;)
I even put in my viagra eyedrops so I could have a long hard look and still can't see anything.
Lions unable to stop the run.
Sack Fagan.
Where did that purple patch come from ??
Lions will slip into Grand Final mode in the last and blow us away again, they have hardly raised a sweat this far.
That's what we need, a bit of belief in the cause!!
Turned around the clearances and magic started to happen.
Obviously Voss was out coaching Fagan.
Based on the utter crape they have served up all season after halftime, its a little hard to get enthusiastic here.
This is a funny thread :))
Vossy must've told the players between the big ones gets your more points.
Harry .......... who woulda thunk ??
Uh oh, Harry learned to kick.
If H kicks a goal we are a chance
Oh that stupid f***ing ruck rule does us again.
Duck you Pittonet
Oh dear ........... they replied with relative ease & prowess.
Pittonet over the line. Last week all over again.
fffin umpires fffin s#it me
The rule nobody wanted and the game didn't need.
F ing idiots continuously miss Frankie getting smacked high or H being held in a Soo flex but Pitto goes one nano metre over the line ...
Throw the ball straight up in the air and it not an issue.
Bang bang, they nearly backed it up with a second goal within a minute.
Lucky let-off.
That's a blatant free against Cameron not paid.
Cripps wtf. Guy is lining up for goal.
Whatever the result here, credit to the boys for fighting it out.
Credit to the coach for turning it around.
Fair comment, we were all expecting a fade out in the second half, thankfully some pride has kicked in.
Entries into F50 have been better.
Simply taking the height out of it is making a huge difference
We might not win the ball, but it is stopping the lions from winning it, which is a win for us.
Umps are against us.
No less than 3 occassions there's been a 50-50 free that should be paid to us, isn't, then the same exact thing happens the other way, yet its paid to them.
Walsh firing up, with is unusual.
Gives away a 2nd shot on goal in the process.
For a 'future leader' that is unacceptable.
Deck him for real ffs
We needed to throw some fists there and not put up with that crap.
Farken cockeyed prick, I would have 100% decked him
fffin umpires fffin s#it me
Did Smith get a second shot when felled late on the third, or another case of wrong coloured jumper?
Frankie is firing up
Free kicks are 19-13 their way.
There's at least 10 we haven't got that we should've.....and a fair few they got that shouldn't have.
Definitely having trouble seeing blue jumpers.
Ollie Hollands take a bow.
I dont think we'll win but at least we didn't fold in the 2nd half
Come on!!!
9 of the last 11 goals.
Sack Fagan.
Who is this team I'm watching ??
screw Saad just screw off
The fat lady is singing now, bad handball from Saad who has had a pretty dirty night all round.
Saad makes a terrible handball there.
Given the time left, he was trying to win the game for us so can't be too harsh on him, but f*** me that hurt.
screw saad
Saad. Why is he playing?
Almost 29 minutes on the clock Saad had to go.
Yep, thanks for the service Adam, enjoy playing out the year in the seconds
Hopefully this is a wake up call for the players.
When you put in, you get results.
If they did this for 4 quarters, probably would've been a win!
They had a crack
Harry got his mojo back mid game and dominated lol
he flopped like a dead fish for the first free, and then flopped for the jumper punch. Was a weak act and he should be ashamed of himself.
fffin umpires fffin s#it me
Insipid first half, spirited second half .............. ??
Jekyll & Hyde stuff.
It was really good to see but gee, it's hard to imagine its the start of a resurgence.
I was expecting a 10+ goal flogging. Gallant in defeat. Good effort by the boys, a 1 win team against a team in with a chance of a 3 peat.
Sure....but you can't get sucked in. If you give away a free.....actually hit him!
agree, it's told my wife if I was playing tonight I wouldnt be playing next week, and neither would he.
Yep, if you are going to go down, then go down swinging !!