Four-headed monster

[anfo27]

Doesn't matter what our forward line looks like when you deliver the footy to your forwards like that. Disgraceful really.

[Boots]

Holy shit I'm ropeable

I just read this on AFL.com.au:

"...however Aaron Naughton, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, Rory Lobb and Sam Darcy were kept to a combined two goals."

What the hell is the point.

[jeemak]

Holy shit I'm ropeable

I just read this on AFL.com.au:

"...however Aaron Naughton, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, Rory Lobb and Sam Darcy were kept to a combined two goals."

What the hell is the point.

It's upstream. Forwards don't create chances to score, they should just get on the end of what's presented to them.

[Boots]

It's upstream. Forwards don't create chances to score, they should just get on the end of what's presented to them.

For sure - not blaming these guys. Ropeable at how pathetic the output was given all the hype.

[Grantysghost]

Sad part is, the forward entries were bad not necessarily due to Melbourne's pressure.

A lot of them were just poor execution.

I wish we would stop with this super high press, we don't have the leg speed to defend the turn over.

And tempo footy. Melbourne when threatened took back control of the game with possession. Then once they scored loaded up the centre bounce and backed their mids.
It was really a thing of beauty.

Tactics were awful.

[AshMac]

By the middle of the fourth quarter Naughton looked furious with the F50 entries. Don’t blame him. First time I’ve seen that type of body language from him

[Grantysghost]

By the middle of the fourth quarter Naughton looked furious with the F50 entries. Don’t blame him. First time I’ve seen that type of body language from him

Marra even gave Macrae a burst.

He yelled to him to put it out in front not on his head.

Macrae, Bont and Smith are terrible kicks to advantage.

[Go_Dogs]

A few times it was like we looked to find Gawn in our F50 and then kicked it right at him. Weird ploy.

I hope we stick with the four headed monster, maybe not every week, but I think it’s going to work better when we have the right mix of smaller and medium players fit and in form.

[MrMahatma]

Naughton should’ve had 3.
Darcy should’ve had 1.
Marra should’ve had 2, could’ve had 3.
Lobb thought we had a Sunday match.

I’m not sure the fwd line set up is our real issue. Entries were bad. Turn overs off HB were bad and there was very little decent transition to allow our fwds space.

Conversion in front of goal remains terminal.

[bornadog]

Naughton should’ve had 3.
Darcy should’ve had 1.
Marra should’ve had 2, could’ve had 3.
Lobb thought we had a Sunday match.

I’m not sure the fwd line set up is our real issue. Entries were bad. Turn overs off HB were bad and there was very little decent transition to allow our fwds space.

Conversion in front of goal remains terminal.

It's amazing how a few gettable goals can make a difference to a game. Bont and Naughton missing sitters could have changed the game. In the second quarter we had 8 scoring shots for 3 goals. Melbourne had 7 shots for 6 goals. Their confidence was now sky high.

[angelopetraglia]

It's amazing how a few gettable goals can make a difference to a game. Bont and Naughton missing sitters could have changed the game. In the second quarter we had 8 scoring shots for 3 goals. Melbourne had 7 shots for 6 goals. Their confidence was now sky high.

100%. Agree. But it always appears to fall this way for us in the Bevo era outside two golden runs in September. We just never appear to seize our moment and allow the opposition to seize theirs when it really matters.