Review R4: The Good, Bad and the Umpiring vs. Gold Coast Suns

[Cromulant]

Good: The #25 jumper showing class again.

Again ??

I suppose Mark Mickan was the inaugural BnF winner.

 

[Angry_Crow]

Angry post, Angry_Crow, and fair enough too. Get ready to lose it next week .

I think both Murphy and Borlase are a special kind of ineffective, but in different ways.
Luckily, they are not first-choice, but even as back-up they are preferred to others with more upside or potential.
I'd have liked Pedlar (maybe as sub next week?) instead of Murphy. and Butts instead of Borlase.

There are so many options before putting borlaise into our afl side. One would be - bring in Cooke

Angry post, Angry_Crow, and fair enough too. Get ready to lose it next week .

I think both Murphy and Borlase are a special kind of ineffective, but in different ways.
Luckily, they are not first-choice, but even as back-up they are preferred to others with more upside or potential.
I'd have liked Pedlar (maybe as sub next week?) instead of Murphy. and Butts instead of Borlase.

There a numerous options that come before ever naming borlaise in our side again. One would be have cook play curtains position (whatever that currently is) and then have curtain play the tall back. Just until Murray or butts are fit.

 

[Southerntakeover]

Again ??

I suppose Mark Mickan was the inaugural BnF winner.

You disrespect Truck?

 

[Cromulant]

You disrespect Truck?

I dont, but I wouldnt describe him at "class"

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I dont, but I wouldnt describe him at "class"

Was an All Australian so he deserves to mentioned amongst our best players.

Easily amongst our best 40 players.

 

[Cromulant]

Was an All Australian so he deserves to mentioned amongst our best players.

Easily amongst our best 40 players.

No doubt at all.

 

[DJ75]

I said in a post above "Rankine was not our second best player".
Wrong, again ...
Coaches' votes:
VOTES
PLAYER (CLUB)
10 Riley Thilthorpe (ADEL)
7 Daniel Rioli (GCFC)
5 Bodhi Uwland (GCFC)
4 Izak Rankine (ADEL)
4 Touk Miller (GCFC)

So GC's two best players were both half back flankers. I wonder if our defensive forwards will be held accountable? Surely their job is not to roam around and pick up 15 ineffective disposals?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

So GC's two best players were both half back flankers. I wonder if our defensive forwards will be held accountable? Surely their job is not to roam around and pick up 15 ineffective disposals?

Nearly everytime Murphy plays his opponent is best on ground or near it. It's a huge problem as opposition coaches know they can expose him.

 

[cleanhands]

Nearly everytime Murphy plays his opponent is best on ground or near it. It's a huge problem as opposition coaches know they can expose him.

One of the world’s great mysteries, still gets picked

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

One of the world’s great mysteries, still gets picked

It's not a mystery to me that Nicks is not a very smart coach.

 

[Cromulant]

It's not a mystery to me that Nicks is not a very smart coach.

He's not, but surely our forward coaches can see it ??

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

He's not, but surely our forward coaches can see it ??

Burns also lacks coaching smarts.

I hope Davis works out very quickly that Murphy is a dud at AFL level.

 

[cleanhands]

It's not a mystery to me that Nicks is not a very smart coach.

Two things I just can’t stand, listening to Nicks and watching Murphy so much so I haven’t seen a ball kicked. It’s more frustrating than being tied to a chair and getting a naked lap dance by Jennifer Hawkins

 

[Cromulant]

Two things I just can’t stand, listening to Nicks and watching Murphy so much so I haven’t seen a ball kicked. It’s more frustrating than being tied to a chair and getting a naked lap dance by Jennifer Hawkins

I think I'd still have more fun in that position than watching Murphy play

 

[PeterSalt]

A few Draper highlights

 

[cleanhands]

A few Draper highlights

Gee didn’t Murphy burn him

 

[Interloperer]

Gee didn’t Murphy burn him

Murphy immediately cleaned up his own mess and dished out to a more skilled teammate. Meanwhile Draper proceeded to make two more basic skill errors in the same chain of play.

 

[cleanhands]

Murphy immediately cleaned up his own mess and dished out to a more skilled teammate. Meanwhile Draper proceeded to make two more basic skill errors in the same chain of play.

100% burnt him

 

[Cromulant]

The poise will come, but gee he still looks very exciting already

 

[1970crow]

So GC's two best players were both half back flankers. I wonder if our defensive forwards will be held accountable? Surely their job is not to roam around and pick up 15 ineffective disposals?

This was always going to be a problem. All forward line players need to contribute to defensive action, we will continue to struggle in that area.

 

[AFC979810]

Murphy immediately cleaned up his own mess and dished out to a more skilled teammate. Meanwhile Draper proceeded to make two more basic skill errors in the same chain of play.

What highlight were you watching? The handball was on and if he did that Murphy wouldn't have to clean up his own mess.

 

[cleanhands]

What highlight were you watching? The handball was on and if he did that Murphy wouldn't have to clean up his own mess.

There was no guarantee he wouldn’t f*** up the handball

 

[AFC979810]

The poise will come, but gee he still looks very exciting already

Yup - the game will slow down for him. Right now he has a bit of the Ben Keays panic about him.

Not concerned considering he has just played 2 full games.

 

[Interloperer]

100% burnt him

I didn't say he didn't.

What highlight were you watching? The handball was on and if he did that Murphy wouldn't have to clean up his own mess.

The one where Draper took a fresh air volley at a high ball rather than a simple punch and/or taking possession and quickly disposing. And then followed it up by failing to make the distance on a 15m pass.

 

[DJ75]

This was always going to be a problem. All forward line players need to contribute to defensive action, we will continue to struggle in that area.

The point is that Murphy is meant to be a defensive forward. He's not a scoreboard impacter like Rachele.
He came into the team and their half backs were the best players on their team.
Surely he is held accountable for that?

Of course we all know he won't be.