dragit wrote:Johnny Member wrote:meher baba wrote:It's bad enough losing without having to read your drivel. You're like the most annoying kid in class. If you'd been a character in Lord of the Flies, you wouldn't have lasted past Chapter One.
Firstly, you dont have to read it.
Secondly, 'drivel'??
Have you actually read it? Its almost precisely, word for word accurate.
Does it make you feel better about the loss thinking that you got it right?
You got pretty much everything wrong except for the result…
The Dogs went in tall
Longer had 55 hitouts and 18 disposals, 11 contested, 6 tackles, 4 clearances.
To have a wake up call you need a result that you weren't expecting… after a 50 point hiding last week you would probably assume that this is a pretty expected result.
Looking forward to another genial missive about the crows next game.
The Dogs went small up forward - which as per the OP killed us and rendered our tall defence that has served us well thus far - useless. Tom Boyd kicked 1 in the final quarter - he was the only tall to register on the scoreboard for them. They outsmarted us.
As per the OP, this will now be the blueprint against us. It worked - and we had no clue what to do about it.
We couldn't get the ball out of defence. We had no clue what to do with the pill coming out of defence once the corridor was protected. No clue at all. We've been worked out in that regard badly. Roberton is our only option back there to create some run. We seem to have neglected this position at our peril. It's the most important spot on the ground - and we suck at it. Selecting Savage again just shows how little weight we give it. Seriously, Montagna, Savage and Roberton. And we expect to setup goals how exactly??
Our 'bomb it in' strategy failed yet again. 50 points in a match. 50 FFS! 49 scoring shots and the best we can conjure up is 50 points in game of footy! The Dogs only had 58 and due to their small forward setup. We showed our hand against GWS, and haven't been able to score since. We've been worked out and have no clue how to address it. We've averaged 63 points per game since that night. 63!
The ruck wasn't too bad. Credit where it's due. Far from a strength and didn't give us any advantage at all - but Longer tried hard and was probably one of our best!
The result wasn't the wake up call - it's these areas which are glaring weaknesses for us that are getting exposed badly. It wasn't 'Oh but Carlton aren't easy beats anymore!' or 'Gee, Sydney are back in business now!' - it's us. We're s*** in too many areas and are getting exposed, and we don't have any answers to. That was the wake up call.