Review Dees v West Horsham - Good, Bad & Fugly

[Biffinator]

Friends, VB is ditch-water compared with West Horsham's nectar of the gods . . . . West End Lager. I will be keenly watch this debacle (Crows by 10 points) to determine the WH bogans are more inbred than their Port counterparts.

 

[Surkin]

The great - Petracca

 

[schmuttt]

s**t game but can't complain about going 2-0 off this little road trip.

Hell of a lot of improvement required but 4-1 is a really strong start.

 

[booshboy]

8 points in 5 days on the road..Take it on move on.

 

[Scythe94]

Yeah, we were mediocre at best, but not stressed at all. Coming off a five-day break, carrying some sore players, playing interstate second week in a row. I'll take it and move on happily.

McVee and Windsor are massive reasons for optimism. Huge effort from May, too.

 

[DemonZombie_001]

I thought Adelaide started to find some form as that game went on and they can be hard to beat in Adelaide.

I thought most of the team did well but nobody was really that consistent for all four quarters (edited to say except Petracca).

So an average performance but still netting the 4 points. Would rather the team ramps up near the end of the year so I am not upset with the overall performance.

 

[Charlie_s123]

I'll take wins like that over losses any time. They feel like they've got a bit more of their selfless footy from 2021 back cuz of all the bullshit the media are pouring on them. Love it

 

[jhong]

You don’t win flags in April . You can set your selves up though . Take the 4 pts and move on .

 

[Dory_77]

Unconvincing win but bank and move on. May getting through unscathed (and playing excellent) the most important thing from tonight

 

[King Kunta]

It wasn't pretty but 2 from 2 against the SA teams in Adelaide is a huge result.

Shout out to TMac who I thought was absolutely cooked coming into 2024. Was solid again down back tonight.

 

[PerfectFooty]

Meh game, we looked a bit gassed and defaulted into old habits.

Adelaide though this season, the spirted loss late comeback kings

 

[Capt_Concussion]

More of the same really.

I'll not taking my veil off until I see two things.

1. Our tackles being effective at holding the ball in.

2. Our handballs in tight hitting targets and our midfielders running out of stoppages with clean possession as a result.

These two things were features of 2021.

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[Deelighted]

Not a great game, crows especially bad and made it pretty easy for our interceptors. Good to punish them enough to get a lead and hold on with lots of cooked players in the last quarter but we'll have to be better against good opposition.

Not heaps of great individual games but Windsor and McVee both showed plenty.

 

[mrmonkey]

s**t game but can't complain about going 2-0 off this little road trip.

Hell of a lot of improvement required but 4-1 is a really strong start.

Yep pencilled in at least one of those games as a loss looking at the fixture. Probably should have been a bit more comfortable in the end, but perhaps boys a bit tired/sore.

Backline was good again.

Forward line letting us down again. Petty and JVR really were poor and just couldn't take their opportunities. Brown was basically invisible, it's pretty bad how easily defenders just run off him. (Except that chase down tackle in the last)

Really is a take the win and move on sort of game.

 

[KickLongTackleHard]

TMac winding back the clock in defence and using the ball well by keeping it simple. Not trying to bite off more than he should and taking intercepting marks. Very handy, hope it continues.

 

[jhong]

Unsure …..there doesn’t seem to be any chemistry between Fritsch and JVR . I know it’s early days but-too many times they fly for the same balls .

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Unsure …..there doesn’t seem to be any chemistry between Fritsch and JVR . I know it’s early days but-too many times they fly for the same balls .

Its not just those two, we always have 5 idiots going for the same ball.

 

[DemonZombie_001]

TMac winding back the clock in defence and using the ball well by keeping it simple. Not trying to bite off more than he should and taking intercepting marks. Very handy, hope it continues.

He did some very basic things well, I noticed a spoil he did that should have been a mark to a Crows player. I think this role in the background really suits him.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Trac, McVee, Windsor clean, superb.
May and Lever back to their best
Gawn and Chandler fine
Get in the bin the rest of you.
Take the win, burn the tape/order it from Name a Game.

 

[KickLongTackleHard]

Billing’s had some disappointing moments with pretty soft tackle attempts but he could have also kicked at least 2 and delivers the ball well. Think that was always the knock on him at the Saints, hopefully he keeps working on his contest cause our forward half is better for his delivery.

 

[KickLongTackleHard]

He did some very basic things well, I noticed a spoil he did that should have been a mark to a Crows player. I think this role in the background really suits him.

He was always a decent defender but his kicking used to let him down. I agree, it’s a nice surprise to see him move well back there.

 

[dazzledavey36]

Take the win and move on.

5 day break with a few banged up bodies playing in Adelaide which isn't easy to win.

7 day break now and a big test against Brisbane next week.

 

[Sinoswooper]

Melbourne has its mojo back. Efficiency in forward line has improved. You guys are going to be very very hard to beat.

 

[jhong]

Great … can sit back after a win and watch all the others without the stress .

 

[Scythe94]

The Fugly:

Stats on the AFL website crashing. Someone said Matt Crouch

5

Matt Crouch

Age

29

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.4

5star

K

12.0

4star

HB

16.4

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.8

5star

D

24.9

5star

K

9.7

4star

HB

15.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

4.4

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

2.0

4star

had 26 possessions for 83 metres gained and I need that confirmed, because that's an unbelievable performance from one of the league's biggest plodders.