Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

[GVGjr]

For those who aren't familiar with the Slaps and Sledges thread:

A slap on the back for a job well done by 2 players. (not to be confused with the Woof Player Awards)
This can be a passage of player or even a spirited effort.

A sledge to two players that let down the team. Try and make this constructive critique and not just overly critical.

Provide us with your thoughts on this afternoon/evening game against the Eagles.

[KT31]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

May be a bit dangerous putting this up so early GVGjr.
Some of our more overzealous posters might jump in early with the sledges.

[Missing-Dog]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Well ill go early

Slap - Libba has been ok
Sledge - Where do you start...Midfield, Backline...forwardline
Williams, Higgins and Grant ...terrible

[always right]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Slaps:
Morris and Sherman....simply because they tried.

Sledges:
Lack of defensive running and workrate
Our skills......we are the new Richmond when it comes to footskills. Who would have thought?

One more sledge.....whoever was not picking up Shuey. Absolutely disgraceful that a bloke who ran and bounced the ball for a goal in the third quarter could find himself 30 meters in the clear in the next passage of play.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Slaps: ..........

Sledes: The team do we play for each other? do we have passion? do we believe we are at an AFL standard?

We'll think again!

[Remi Moses]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

May be a bit dangerous putting this up so early GVGjr.
Some of our more overzealous posters might jump in early with the sledges.

How could you perceive posters to be overzealous after that lame effort!

Slap - the pidgeons at least got to a contest and showed no fear

Sledge- The players who shamed our football club today and envoked memories of the Royce Hart era!

[comrade]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Slap:

Libba for showing composure and working hard right until the end.
Morris for saving our arses on multiple occasions.

Sledge:

Complete lack of work rate and defensive pressure through the mid field. 40+ scoring shots to 12 is a disgrace.

Huddo. What a warrior he has been but the AFL ended his career prematurely by reducing the interchange. He was smashed today and compounded it by giving away numerous stupid free kicks. All of this while Minson twiddled his thumbs in our forward 50.

[GVGjr]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Umm.....

Slap: Libber's work rate great.


Sledge: there is never, ever, an excuse for a 100+ point loss. It has replaced the Sumich 13 goalfest in the memory bank as a horror afternoon out west.

Sledge: people are being overly positive about those pigeons. I didn't see much tackling or chasing from them, and their lack of run cost us dearly.

[Greystache]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Slaps-

Libba- showed a bit under immense pressure, looks a future superstar.

Jones- I thought he showed a bit in the first half and converted well. Is a genuine marking target.


Sledges-

Don't have enough time to list them all...

EDIT- one sledge, why after his success last week did Gilbee start in defence? He's looked cooked for the past two seasons in defence, But showed some great signs last week up forward, yet for some reason he gets put back in defence and has a shocker. I don't get our tactics at all. If he can't play forward he should be playing for Willi.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Slap - Libba , did his best , for a young player he will learn from this

Slap - Picken , just grits his teeth and gets on with job

Sledge - Bringing Higgins and Wood in underdone , fail

Sledge - No Mulligan to support Williams

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[boydogs]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Slap - Libba & Jones, good signs

Sledge - Markovic & Williams, absolutely smashed

[Bornadog]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Slaps - Gia - he contributed half our goals with limited opportunities

Libba, tried his guts out.

Sledge - The entire team for putting up a piss weak effort after the 12 minute mark of the third quarter when we were 22 points down and then didn't score for the rest of the match.

[soupman]

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Sledge - No Mulligan to support Williams

Not a criticism of your sledge, but would Mulligan have made any difference today? At all?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Not a criticism of your sledge, but would Mulligan have made any difference today? At all?

Well, an extra tall on the 40m arc might have helped to interrupt the ball movement but that being said you have to have a hardworking midfield to stop the ball being there in the first place

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[Ozza]

Re: Round #9 - Slaps and Sledges

Slap: Morris for turning up with the attitude and intensity at every contest.

Sledge: Markovic - has done well in previous rounds - but I can't think of a contest in the match where he didn't get completely out-pointed....whichever WCE player he got - got on the scoreboard instantly.

Sledge: Huddo - Its one thing to get completely outclassed - but giving away free kick after free kick by petulantly bowling blokes over - often after they disposed of the footy - isn't tough, isn't smart and doesn't help us.

Sledge: Cross - Liability with the footy.

Sledge: This run and gun game style that we blindly follow is just kamikaze footy in the current game, gets found out against good sides who have adapted to the modern game.