Autopsy Round 5, 2024 - Suns destroy hopeless Hawks

[eldorado]

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[Slysh]

First off the good - I love D'Ambrosio, the guy is all heart and wasn't expecting that.

Now the bad... That is one of the worst midfield performances i have ever seen at AFL level. Newc, Ward, Nash and Mackenzie for a half all showed absolutely nothing. It was so one sided it is actually hard to even judge the other two ends of the ground.

Concerned about Ramsden and Butler at the moment as well.

 

[kenneje]

I'm a fairly positive guy and have great faith in our rebuild.

Tonights the first time I can remember players genuinely pissing me off haha.

Slipped tackles. Dropped marks. Losing 3 v 1s. Young players being soft. Senior players losing their heads.

Gold Coast have a lot of talent on their list, there's no doubt. Effort doesn't require much talent though, and I thought our effort tonight was shameful.

What in the heck is going on with Ward, Mackenzie and Newcombe? 20 odd disposals and a substitution between the three of them.

Maginness, Scrimshaw, Meek, Amon, Frost and D'Ambrosio all excellent.

4 of those 6 you would assume on talent are ranked between 16-25 at the club, and it is both a positive and worrying sign that they're in our best.

We have and can play significantly better than we did tonight. Reinforcements are badly needed.

 

[DrSalt]

Very tough watch. Inconsistent umpiring is frustrating but was not the deciding factor but makes it less enjoyable to watch.

Top of the day for me were Scrimshaw, Massimo and Maginness

 

[Kuuz]

There's no ceiling on our VFLW side this year!

Fixed

 

[Breustiful]

I’m not sure what was more embarrassing our performance or the trumpet player.

I’ll take our performance. Insipid from the get go.

 

[Hodginator]

That was as poor an effort I’ve seen in a long time.

Hard to pick out any positives, but I’ll try

Finn first half. Meek. Scrimshaw. Weddle. Amon.

The jumper.

 

[Restricted Free Agent]

Weddle, Scrimshaw, Meek, Mass, and Finn were good... that's about it

 

[Dazza the Viking]

So what is the news on Meek, injured or rested in the last

 

[Dr.J]

Went into the game tactically un prepared.
They played a game style we had no answer too
Completely out coached, out played and more importantly the displayed more effort
Best to forget about it and move on

 

[crazywildhorse]

That was West Coast bad.

 

[Faraway Hawk]

Deep breath…more deep breath. Ok, I have nothing. When is Day back?

 

[WWSD]

I don’t think Josh Ward is best 22 material.

 

[HappyHawk_1]

Moore & Finn trying their guts out and flying the flag - love it.

D’Ambrosio & Weddle - good to see the effort!

Umps can GAGF. It was disgraceful.

Some very poor efforts from senior players like Sicily & Impey.

Ginni is criminalised by the umps.

 

[Mr Chuckles]

What on earth has happened to Newcombe and Nash? Both were super reliable last year, but they’re stinking it up on a weekly basis in 2024

 

[ShoveYourCOLA]

Not many positives to take from that performance, completely outplayed and outclassed across the board.

Cause for alarm.

 

[eldorado]

As Thumper's mum once said "if you cant say something nice, don't say nuthin' at all.

So I'm out.

See you all sometime in the next fortnight.

Go at it.

 

[Gaston]

There's a. lot of Bulldogs about our side, should be playing better but are not, we all know the Doggies issues, are the same issues apparent at Waverley?

 

[LunchboxLegend]

 

[hawker11]

There are some younger players thinking they can bank a game each week that require a rude awakening.

 

[f4zz]

Our midfield was top 5 in stats last year and was out strength. It's easily the worst this year..what's going on.

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[Davo-27]

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goated first post, i think we are all gutted tbh, i need to spend some time with a boxing bag...

 

[Siri]

My sincerest apologies to Port, Freo fans & the wider AFL audience. That tripe was not worthy of free to air coverage. A sad indictment of what we've become. A rabble.

Hawthorn is broken & each week I'm less convinced that Mitchell is the prodigal son.

 

[NewkTheLot]

Can’t believe how Chol forgot how to play in the humidity!

 

[Kuuz]

The midfield as a whole has regressed extremely badly.

Whilst I believe that clearly these players were getting ahead of themselves, serious questions need to be asked of what the hell the mid coaching setup is, as for it fall off this badly, it's basically all factors are contributing to it.

Day, Newk, Worps and Nash were all top 4 PCMs last year - one is out, one is playing well, but the other two have dropped off the face of the earth. I just have no idea what's going on and what is triggering such an alarming fall in performances