How the f*** do we lose to the Hawks?

[magnifisaint]

I just don't understand!
Gold Coast made them look like s***.

[Waltzing St Kilda]

Sicily wasn't there to kick it to.

[bigcarl]

Their midfield smashed ours and Sicily was the definitive best on ground.

[Scollop]

I just don't understand!
Gold Coast made them look like s***.

Why worry?

It's fine. Don't get too stressed

There's a lot of stuff you won't understand in life

[Sainter_Dad]

They weren't coming off a bye - but more importantly - Gold Coast weren't playing Markers Up with a half back

[Devilhead]

Gold Coast in Gold Coast are a different proposition than Gold Coast away

We will be playing there in 3 weeks

[shanegrambeau]

Has a team ever been so flattered to be fifth on the ladder after 15 Rounds?

[saynta]

I just don't understand!
Gold Coast made them look like s***.

Sicily

[magnifisaint]

We've really lacked a high quality backman for a long long time. We need someone who can dominate from CHB.

[The_Dud]

We play the 3 bottom teams in the next 5 weeks… how many will we beat??

[Banger9798]

The real question emerging is , how have we won 8 times?
We seem to be a different side to the first 6 games.
Just dour and defensive now as opposed to exciting and daring.

[Templar]

We seem to be a different side to the first 6 games.
Just dour and defensive now as opposed to exciting and daring.

The transition from the Ratten game plan to Lyons?
(ducks for cover)

[Teflon]

Their midfield smashed ours and Sicily was the definitive best on ground.

Bingo

[B.M]

Should we have tactically tried to stop Sicily?

[SaintPav]

We play the 3 bottom teams in the next 5 weeks… how many will we beat??

At least 1. Maybe 2.

[samoht]

I just don't understand!
Gold Coast made them look like s***.

Sicily

I guess we're not au fait with the Sicilian Defence - it's basic chess 101, FFS (fee for service, but first lesson free).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence

[saintkev]

Should we have tactically tried to stop Sicily?

Yeah. By not kicking it predictably to him. There is more than one avenue to goal. Kick the ball to strong leads and not the one static player.

[B.M]

Not that simple.

His opponent needed to engage him defensively

And in offence get more dangerous- and get used

[Teflon]

Not that simple.

His opponent needed to engage him defensively

And in offence get more dangerous- and get used

Coaches don’t make a difference so it has to be on the players in field
We shoulda put Owens on him like last time….oh wait….he was injured
Who were you putting on him???
And how were you stopping your love child Seb from kicking it to him ????

[Teflon]

Should we have tactically tried to stop Sicily?

Yeah. By not kicking it predictably to him. There is more than one avenue to goal. Kick the ball to strong leads and not the one static player.

Spot on

[The_Dud]

BUMP

[Otiman]

This thought literally just went through my head.

My only answer is "Sicily".

[samuraisaint]

Considering we were twenty points up with ten minutes to go and were attacking in our forward line at the time, this was the one game I look at so far this year and consider some of the performances by our players as pretty much unforgivable.

One player, particularly a defender no less, should not have been the accelerant for a victory by a bottom side.

The only thing I can suggest is that we have been playing an under 19s forward line all season, and are still undermanned in the midfield, so therein lies the answer to that question I'd wager.

[Otiman]

When I look at our games this year, you can rank into a few categories.

Very Poor
Adelaide, Hawthorn

Poor
North Melbourne, Brisbane, Richmond

Average (about where we are at)
Sydney, GWS, Port, Carlton, Collingwood

Good
Essendon, Fremantle, WBD, Gold Coast

[Life Long Saint]

Thought we were good against both Port and Collingwood.