Rd 16 v Essendon Bombers @ MCG

[Merdo5555]

To be fair, inaccurate kicking was to blame for this loss. Not much Horse can do about that.

Inaccurate kicking didnt help but the real problem, again, was when the pressure was at its hottest our midfield did its regular disappearing act.

[Kafka's Ghost]

Just a wasted game, should have been a 5+ goal victory. That is a game that will cost us a finals spot.

Pitty good form isnt rewarded like clarke, but we are happy to keep playing rampe who is woefully out of form.

Sent from my SM-A715F using Tapatalk

Completely agree. So many chances blown. Hit the post three times, didn’t make a score from 40m at least twice. Probably don’t deserve to make finals after such a woeful kicking display.


Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

[Merdo5555]

Pity we couldnt afford Clarkson, i think we would be a serious Premiership contender within 2 years!

[stevoswan]

We have not covered for the loss of Hewitt and that kid who went to Adelaide.....that is obvious. We miss Hewitt's grunt big time.

[Agent 86]

This sort of play really raises questions about the club, the coaching staff and players and whether there are some problems. We really shouldn't be losing to lower placed teams like this.

There’s not a great deal of difference between teams 3-16, really.

All the teams who got badly beaten last week have come back this week and won well.

If you come into a game thinking you’ve just got to show up, then you’re in trouble. We fell away so badly in Q2 (like so many times this year) and we were awful thereafter.

[Agent 86]

I would have dropped Campbell this week, not Clarke. A selection error that was obvious.

How did McInerney go?

Still has the Rona by the looks.

[U.S. Swan]

Jordan Dawson...doubt he would have changed the outcome.

[stevoswan]

There’s not a great deal of difference between teams 3-16, really.

All the teams who got badly beaten last week have come back this week and won well.

If you come into a game thinking you’ve just got to show up, then you’re in trouble. We fell away so badly in Q2 (like so many times this year) and we were awful thereafter.

Mentally we seem unable to produce the goods week in, week out. We seemed to be galvanising into a strong willed team but that has disappeared completely this season and just comes out every now and again. We are not finals worthy to be honest and there is a lot of work to be done in the off season, including at the trade table.

[U.S. Swan]

Mentally we seem unable to produce the goods week in, week out. We seemed to be galvanising into a strong willed team but that has disappeared completely this season and just comes out every now and again. We are not finals worthy to be honest and there is a lot of work to be done in the off season, including at the trade table.

True...but they are young. And most young teams, in all sports, have to lose a bit before they can win. Adversity creates the killer instinct...hell, look at Michael Jordan with the Bulls...got smacked around for 3 or 4 years before the broke through...

- - - Updated - - -

At the end of this season, I really think they are 13-9. Which isn't terrible in the least... four games over .500 But I think the miss finals...

[H2F]

True...but they are young. And most young teams, in all sports, have to lose a bit before they can win. Adversity creates the killer instinct...hell, look at Michael Jordan with the Bulls...got smacked around for 3 or 4 years before the broke through...

They are not young we were on average a year older than Essendon and 107 games average.

Mediocre comes to mind.

Feels like the 2007-2010 period of Roos final years.

[dimelb]

Again Heeney does very littel suggestions he is one of the elite are way off the mark, he is an absolute downhill skier.

Heeney is among our top 4 and is certainly elite.

Your judgment is rivalled only by your spelling.

[mcs]

Some of the overreaction is always funny. Very, very frustrating result but not sure it's like the gallows some would suggest.

A very annoying result but just a reflection on an inconsistent team. And at the be all and end all, we kick reasonably straight and we win by 5+ goals. Probably a lot more I suspect.

Very damaging result to say the least for our season, but just one of those days where we paid the ultimate price for not kicking it between the two big sticks, where they couldn't miss when it mattered.

Sent from my CPH2009 using Tapatalk