Bankers and Anchors R2 2025 vs Collingwood

[merantau]

Bankers
Libba - simply magnificent
Lobb - has really found his mojo down back
Freijah - best young player since Bont.

Anchors

Players on big money who don't perform
Turnovers and missed tackles
Umpires were horrible

[Grantysghost]

Bankers

Lobb he was outstanding and definitely a bankable defender now.
Dale, bank those kicks he ain't missing.
Darcy, take those long arms to the bank woofers they should be locked in a safety deposit box.

I have to put Libba. What a son of the west performance. Best extractor the game has ever seen.

Anchors

Naughton he really gets crowded out and knocked off his run so easily he's almost aerially without impact. Worked his way into a dirty night late though as a ruck. But as a forward, anchor.

Bramble, not sure what was happening but he provided zero of his normal run from defence. Dirty night.

English, I don't want to but ..... You simply have to take those marks he dropped. We bank on him to do that and he anchored it last night. He was ok until he started marking like the ball was a ball of oil (Seinfeld fans).

[Bornadog]

Bankers

1. Libba - he was sensational last night . 34 Disposals , 18 contested and ran at over 70% DE.
2. Darcy - Just to big and agile - what a weapon.
3. Bevo - cobbling a team of youngsters with a game plan that almost paid off against a far more experienced team.

Anchors

1. Tackling - Bevo also mentioned the weak tackles that just didn't stick.
2. Umpiring - worst one sided umpiring in 100 years - really Pathetic.
3. McNeil - poor game, no tackles what was he doing out there. 6 touches not good enough

[SonofScray]

Missed tackles really hurt us. Probably the main negative for me, blotched things on an otherwise manful performance

[G-Mo77]

Anchors
Players on big money who don't perform

Also to add to this one. Wankers who are on big money, getting paid for nothing, out with mates on gameday while his teammates are in an absolute slugfest.

[Scorlibo]

Bankers

Freijah & Davidson - thought they both struggled in the early parts of the game but had big impact late. Shows great confidence and work ethic to turn form around mid-game, and they'll only get better at reducing the gap between their best and worst.

Atmosphere - absolutely electric in the last quarter. We didn't win but the guys did justice to the occasion, and I had fun.

Libba - Libba Libba Libba Libba Libba


Anchors

Naughton - the second and third grabbing cost him three or four crucial marks. Probably as frustrating for him as it was for all of us. Might need to get your eyes checked Aaron.

Darcy - now obviously he was great and the biggest presence on the field, but those two missed shots were deflating and the difference between a great game and a mammoth one.

Umpiring in the second half - free kicks were level at half time at around 10 each. 23-4 in the second half can not be explained by anything other than Pie fan whining.

[merantau]

There was an old bloke out there who, had he been in our team, we would NEVER HAVE LOST THAT GAME. I'm talking Gary Dempsey. And doesn't he look fantastic for a 76 year old

[Bornadog]

Umpiring in the second half - free kicks were level at half time at around 10 each. 23-4 in the second half can not be explained by anything other than Pie fan whining.

How the hell can one team only have 4 frees in a half of footy, ie in almost one hour of footy.

[Prince Imperial]

How the hell can one team only have 4 frees in a half of footy, ie in almost one hour of footy.

The Swans got only 8 in one game a few years back...

[jeemak]

The Swans got only 8 in one game a few years back...

I think it was around 3/4 time where I said, I'm starting to empathise with Swans fans (I wasn't really empathising with them, not even close). I couldn't imagine it would get so much worse........

[Scott2016]

Bankers
Lobb
Libba
Darcy

Anchors
Small forwards. After the first 10 minutes of the game, they gave us nothing. It was Darcy or bust. They need to rove him as they opposition wont outmark him.
Arty on the wing was not what we need. They have to give Sanders more of a go there. He is not a forward and when Bont and Treloar come back into the side he will struggle for midfield time. Id rather play Williams down back in Duryea's role and Sanders on wing.
How often we go sliced open with plays down the middle of the ground where Collingwood had 3 guys in their forward line free. We were lucky they missed easy shots at goal other wise it was a 6 goal loss.

[Rusty12]

Bankers:
Libba, Libba, Libba.
Davidson's defensive running.
Connection.

Anchors:
Too many passengers, considering the injury list, it is understandable all the same.
Duyrea, Is he washed? Not having the impact in the air, losing 50/50 ground balls, losing his feet, ineffective disposal
Arty is just not an AFL level player.