Post Match. Pies lose to Port. All comments, please.

[Sicks Bux]

[The Boy Who Cried Wolf]

Welp... whatever is wrong with Grundy... we better fix it pronto - also he needs to learn to thump the ball forwards...

[alexjvillani]

[pieboy]

They have had enough time to fix the entries into the forward line, but Buckley is still showing his failings as a coach.

We should be winning a lot more games with the number of forward entries yet when the opposition go forward they are able to score more easily.

Sadly our season ends next week and probably in a similar fashion.

[melliot]

We just need a tidy 4 wins now and everyone is happy!

[PyreneesPie]

[masoncox]

[The Boy Who Cried Wolf]

[Lone Ranger]

We are our own worst enemy. Seriously, how many times can you miss the target by foot or hand? How many poor decisions can one team make?

Apart from the terrible errors that plague us, I hate that our first thought is to handball backwards or sideways. You can see that often they don't even look forward!!!!! The first look is most often sideways/backwards.

[Raw Hammer]

Our scores this season (warning, makes for unpleasant viewing):

86
36
81
64
48
59
57
45
49
50
62
44
65
72
34
68
45

What an absolute disgrace.

[melliot]

I think we need a game plan change. More direct ball use. Particulary out of stoppage.

[Monco Matt]

The team did the best it could given the abilities it had. This is an 8th best team playing the #1 team in the comp and we lost by 3 goals which is perfectly reflective of where the two teams are at.

Now, why we are the #8 best team in the competition when we had players out there like Pendles, DeGoey, Treloar, Grundy, Adams, Moore, Crisp and host of other players that should be either very good or excellent like Stevo, WHE, Elliot, Mihocek, Maynard is a serious question that continues to hold us back. Our general skill level is still an issue, especially under perceived pressure. Far too much fumbling going on. Not enough overlap running. Poor decision making even with time to think. Constant rushed no-look kicks and backwards handballing when a direct quick kick i50 is needed all adds up to a cocktail of under performance.

Not to mention our lack of "intimidation" factor. That intimidation factor can win you games before they even begin or at least give you a huge edge. I don't see anyone push the opposition around, mouth off to them etc outside of Maynard and Greenwood, not enough. Our big men are just not physical enough and don't set the standard.

We weren't too far away on the scoreboard but we never really looked to trouble them, they looked in 3rd gear to be honest and should have won by a few more goals. It's clear our depth is a problem, I can reel off a lot of names that are simply just either spectactors or liabilities with their turnovers. Hate to throw in Grundy, but currently he is more a liability than an asset. Too many poor decisions in the ruck contests giving away goals, too many taps direct to opposition or going backwards losing us momentum. Not sure what is up there but he is hurting us right now.

Thomas, Brown, Greenwood, WHE, Stevo & Varcoe are giving us next to nothing, genuine passengers over the course of 4 quarters. They may give some 1% stuff and chip in occassionally but they are awol 90% of screen time. We are carrying too many and the load is felt by too few. This is the true heart of our problem and it filters through the confidence of team when not all of the 22 pull their weight. Our bottom 6 are a true liability and it needs to be the strength of every premiership team.

No reason we can't still beat the Eagles though (but probably won't). They aren't goiong all that flash and have their injury concerns too. Only question is do we have the balls for the challenge?

[alexjvillani]

[Magpietothemax]

[masoncox]

The interesting thing is that we lose the mid field clearance's but win off the back half.
But the forwards don't win.
Hence we lose.
Fix the midfield clearance's and break even in the forwards then we could win the flag