The not so weekly 'bottom six' thread.

[Dice]

Chaplin, Houli, Newman Foley stood out for mine - Grigg, Conca Hampson not far off

 You've named a third of the team there Tony but left out Grimes ? I thought him and Foley were our worst. Grimes got smashed by Yarran when he was on him. Barely got a kick all nite or laid a tackle or anything ? He's short of a gallop. Dimma shoulda let him find form in the magoos.
 Also Dimma singled Newman out for special praise in his post match presser. What did he see that we didn't ?
 

[Diocletian]

Grimes was good doing what he was suppossed to do and had no more chance stopping Yarran than lovechild Rance would have.....Morris is meant to be our mosquito swatter.... where was he?

[tony_montana]

 I actually thought Grimes was ok in the first half Dice, fell away in the second which is understandable. Maybe if Rance was playing he wouldn't have come into the side? Agree he looked short of a gallop hence why Im not critiquing him too harshly. Asking him to play on Yarran had disaster written all over it, truth of the matter is, whether it was Morris, Houli or Grimes, yarran was having a day out. Conca and hampson tried hard but were beaten by their better opponents, no shame and Im not dirty on them, just added them in to make up the op's quota

As for Newman, got no idea, got me stuffed tbh mate.

[Penelope]

funny how we all see things different.

I agree with dice on grimes and foley, although subs dont normally get praise unless they do something dynamic.

I thought newman did some good stuff when he went down back later in the game when we were under siege.

as i was witnessing it i remembered my questioning of why dice wanted Newman to return to the backline 

Am i the only that when seeing grimes running hard for the ball i am expecting his hamstring to ping.

[Coach]

on the radio  they were giving petterd votes , maybe if you watched the game rather than spend 4q at the bar you might see it differently, 

Well good for "the radio"....maybe if you weren't a senile old fool who constantly talks out of his "clacker", I'd give a poo.

[Dice]

Morris is meant to be our mosquito swatter.... where was he?

Busy trying to stop Garlett !

[the claw]

in order for me.
conca - two in a row and he looks out of his depth. always panics and rushed.
chaplin - sheesh go back two yrs and what we got the first two rounds is exactly what port fans went on about.
grimes - was invisible at times just didnt do enough and got pantsed.
king - another who just doesnt do enough.
grigg - ffs he has to go. im getting on in age and id love to play on this weak prick.
deledio - to fall away so much injured or not was not good. if he was injured why not sub him out.

once again there were plenty of candidates who are lucky not to get a mention.

for what its worth i thought griffiths had a pretty decent game. id take his game over what vickery gave despite vickerys 4 goals.astbury stood up and did a decent job, and im giving petterd some kudos thought his game was more than servicable credit where its due eh.

[Chuck17]

in order for me.
conca - two in a row and he looks out of his depth. always panics and rushed.
chaplin - sheesh go back two yrs and what we got the first two rounds is exactly what port fans went on about.
grimes - was invisible at times just didnt do enough and got pantsed.
king - another who just doesnt do enough.
grigg - ffs he has to go. im getting on in age and id love to play on this weak prick.
deledio - to fall away so much injured or not was not good. if he was injured why not sub him out.

once again there were plenty of candidates who are lucky not to get a mention.

for what its worth i thought griffiths had a pretty decent game. id take his game over what vickery gave despite vickerys 4 goals.astbury stood up and did a decent job, and im giving petterd some kudos thought his game was more than servicable credit where its due eh.

If Vickery kicks 5 goals in a match will you say he had a good game?

[dwaino]

in order for me.
conca - two in a row and he looks out of his depth. always panics and rushed.
chaplin - sheesh go back two yrs and what we got the first two rounds is exactly what port fans went on about.
grimes - was invisible at times just didnt do enough and got pantsed.
king - another who just doesnt do enough.
grigg - ffs he has to go. im getting on in age and id love to play on this weak prick.
deledio - to fall away so much injured or not was not good. if he was injured why not sub him out.

once again there were plenty of candidates who are lucky not to get a mention.

for what its worth i thought griffiths had a pretty decent game. id take his game over what vickery gave despite vickerys 4 goals.astbury stood up and did a decent job, and im giving petterd some kudos thought his game was more than servicable credit where its due eh.

If Vickery kicks 5 goals in a match will you say he had a good game?

But if you take away the goals what is left?

[the claw]

in order for me.
conca - two in a row and he looks out of his depth. always panics and rushed.
chaplin - sheesh go back two yrs and what we got the first two rounds is exactly what port fans went on about.
grimes - was invisible at times just didnt do enough and got pantsed.
king - another who just doesnt do enough.
grigg - ffs he has to go. im getting on in age and id love to play on this weak prick.
deledio - to fall away so much injured or not was not good. if he was injured why not sub him out.

once again there were plenty of candidates who are lucky not to get a mention.

for what its worth i thought griffiths had a pretty decent game. id take his game over what vickery gave despite vickerys 4 goals.astbury stood up and did a decent job, and im giving petterd some kudos thought his game was more than servicable credit where its due eh.

If Vickery kicks 5 goals in a match will you say he had a good game?

that will depend.
did i say he had a poor game. i said griffiths was better.
ffs vickery touched the ball just 7 times is that acceptable.
he worked hard lead at the ball took a couple of contested  marks one over a 179cm  player.  laid a decent tackle which resulted in a goal . he also did nothing for a huge part of the game id call his game servicable and it would not want to drop off even a tiny bit.
who had the better game griffiths or vickery give me griffiths game anyday.

[Chuck17]

in order for me.
conca - two in a row and he looks out of his depth. always panics and rushed.
chaplin - sheesh go back two yrs and what we got the first two rounds is exactly what port fans went on about.
grimes - was invisible at times just didnt do enough and got pantsed.
king - another who just doesnt do enough.
grigg - ffs he has to go. im getting on in age and id love to play on this weak prick.
deledio - to fall away so much injured or not was not good. if he was injured why not sub him out.

once again there were plenty of candidates who are lucky not to get a mention.

for what its worth i thought griffiths had a pretty decent game. id take his game over what vickery gave despite vickerys 4 goals.astbury stood up and did a decent job, and im giving petterd some kudos thought his game was more than servicable credit where its due eh.

If Vickery kicks 5 goals in a match will you say he had a good game?

that will depend.
did i say he had a poor game. i said griffiths was better.
ffs vickery touched the ball just 7 times is that acceptable.
he worked hard lead at the ball took a couple of contested  marks one over a 179cm  player.  laid a decent tackle which resulted in a goal . he also did nothing for a huge part of the game id call his game servicable and it would not want to drop off even a tiny bit.
who had the better game griffiths or vickery give me griffiths game anyday.

If he kicks 4 goals then yes 7 touches is acceptable, no Vickery last night no win

[Diocletian]

Yeah bit harsh there santa I have to say...since when are key forwards expected to rack up possessions? They're not midfielders.

Morris is meant to be our mosquito swatter.... where was he?

Busy trying to stop Garlett !

Garlett looked to me like he was mainly playing of half back and only popping up forward. He & Yarran were named at HF & HB respectively before the match but pretty sure Malthouse switched that for most of the match.

[bojangles17]

on the radio  they were giving petterd votes , maybe if you watched the game rather than spend 4q at the bar you might see it differently, 

Well good for "the radio"....maybe if you weren't a senile old fool who constantly talks out of his "clacker", I'd give a poo.

24 possies at 75% 6 marks, yeah he was woeful ...and who you calling old sucker , I'm only a bit older than dustin fletcher 

[the claw]

in order for me.
conca - two in a row and he looks out of his depth. always panics and rushed.
chaplin - sheesh go back two yrs and what we got the first two rounds is exactly what port fans went on about.
grimes - was invisible at times just didnt do enough and got pantsed.
king - another who just doesnt do enough.
grigg - ffs he has to go. im getting on in age and id love to play on this weak prick.
deledio - to fall away so much injured or not was not good. if he was injured why not sub him out.

once again there were plenty of candidates who are lucky not to get a mention.

for what its worth i thought griffiths had a pretty decent game. id take his game over what vickery gave despite vickerys 4 goals.astbury stood up and did a decent job, and im giving petterd some kudos thought his game was more than servicable credit where its due eh.

If Vickery kicks 5 goals in a match will you say he had a good game?

But if you take away the goals what is left?

i know your taking the pee but an honest answer to that would be. not a lot.
it leaves
3k, 1hb, 1 tckle, 0 marks, 1behind. geezus he didnt even compete for a hit out.
all im saying is yep he snagged a few  but he didnt do a hell of lot else other than tryhard and compete. it wasnt a great game by anyones standards.
 
to become a good player he just has to add to his game.  an awful lot of weeks the goals will dry up what then?  this is it in a nutshell with him.
everyone hanging their hats on 4 goals.
anyway good on him he kicked 4 3 of which were well deserved he competed much better gave more contests layed a tackle and played in front more. but 4 goals or not his overall game was just servicable. you would never ever want to see it drop away. he has many areas he needs to be better in. after last week it was a step in the right direction.

[Dice]

grigg - ffs he has to go. im getting on in age and id love to play on this weak prick.

 

Now that is funny ! Nearly spat me beer on the keyboard reading that.

ironic that the most courageous act Grigg's ever done was last night....unfortunately it was his own teammate he collected.