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Re: AFL 1st Semi Final Carlton vs Melbourne Post Game Prognostications - Lods - 09-19-2023
Supporters come in all shapes and sizes.
We should never tell another supporter how to support (unless it's complete whacko behaviour) because it's a very individual experience and it all stems from a deep passion and love for a club.
I'm probably closer to Paul at the moment in expectations.
But that's not to be critical of anyone who is riding the success.
My ride is just a little more cautious, a little more subdued.
It's like the bloke sitting quietly, knuckles turning white with the nerves, as he grips his seat, while the bloke alongside is screaming his head off and jumping up and down.
Half way through the last quarter on Friday I was thinking we were probably done, but what a good effort to get as far as we had.
Fifteen minutes later and it was a totally different experience...but I doubt I felt the euphoria any less than those who had had 'kept the faith' all the way through.
In some respects it may have even been greater, because it was unexpected.
Brisbane will be tough.
I'm not confident....but "while there's life, there's hope."
Re: AFL 1st Semi Final Carlton vs Melbourne Post Game Prognostications - Gointocarlton - 09-19-2023
Omen of the week
Everytime Argentina has won a world cup, Carlton has won a premiership the year after:
1978 Arg
1979 Car
1986 Arg
1987 Car
2022 Arg
2023 ?
Re: AFL 1st Semi Final Carlton vs Melbourne Post Game Prognostications - BluePhantom - 09-19-2023
I'm suddenly enjoying looking at the away guernsey. 8)
Re: AFL 1st Semi Final Carlton vs Melbourne Post Game Prognostications - kruddler - 09-19-2023
(09-18-2023, 11:49 PM)PaulP link Wrote:Thanks to those who have enquired after my emotional well being. Apart from fairly self evident, big ticket issues which should be of concern to any sane person, I’m fine.
I consider my assessment of the game to be fair and balanced, and free of any Navy Blue bias. At any rate, I don’t want to put a dampener on the euphoria that is clearly sweeping through the supporter base, so I’ll leave it at that.
Wasn't meant to offend.
Wasn't directed at one post, but a pattern over....well....weeks.
Seemed out of character.
*shrugs*
Re: AFL 1st Semi Final Carlton vs Melbourne Post Game Prognostications - pew2 - 09-19-2023
well game forgotten already got lions on my mind
Re: AFL 1st Semi Final Carlton vs Melbourne Post Game Prognostications - kruddler - 09-19-2023
Lions are heavy favourites.
Hopefully they let it go to their heads and our boys do what they do and grind out a contest and get our noses in front at the final siren
Re: AFL 1st Semi Final Carlton vs Melbourne Post Game Prognostications - DJC - 09-20-2023
Clarrie Oliver has gone up in my estimation. He could have drawn Crippa’s bleeding nose to an umpire’s attention and got him sent off under the blood rule. Instead, he alerted Crippa to his nose bleed and that enabled him to wipe the blood away and stay on the park and in the contest.
Analysis of the game has been done to death now and there’s general consensus that we won because Melbourne’s team selection was flawed, their tactics and coaching were poor, and the team was Ill-disciplined. Nothing about poor kicking for goal.
Re: AFL 1st Semi Final Carlton vs Melbourne Post Game Prognostications - LP - 09-21-2023
(09-20-2023, 01:04 PM)DJC date Wrote:Nothing about poor kicking for goal.I don't think the goal kicking impacted the result, it's easy to make that claim but fans forget after every behind you get the opportunity to lock the footy in your F50 and if you don't you can't complain about the miss.
Making claims about the overall result based on behinds is flawed.
Despite Melbourne making lots of F50 entries we routinely took the footy beyond the wing even though Gawn was camped behind the ball, he just can't be everywhere and where he wasn't we either had TDK or Charlie competing and I thought we did OK at stopping the Melbourne turnovers from hurting us. I think Melbourne made two mistakes, only playing Gawn against TDK and Pitto was the first, and the second was leaving McDonald deep in F50 when he could have been further up the ground. Maybe McDonald wasn't match fit enough and that compounded the problems. The net result was May and Lever had to get further out of our F50 than was comfortable for them and they failed several times to get back, it was a structural flaw.
In those final minutes, when we saw McGovern, Kemp, Acres and TDK deep in our F50, according to Doc on 360 that was a drill, so it seems in that moment Voss outcoached Goodwin. You have to win finals, and Voss placed a winning bet!
Re: AFL 1st Semi Final Carlton vs Melbourne Post Game Prognostications - madbluboy - 09-21-2023
We had more scoring shots against Collingwood when we lost to them this year.
Collingwood had more scoring shots than us when we beat them last time out.
Re: AFL 1st Semi Final Carlton vs Melbourne Post Game Prognostications - LP - 09-21-2023
So many times in the past decade we've had games in which we bombed the ball to the goal square form +60m out only to see it rushed over the line and carried away to the other end, something we complained about over and over again as a losing tactic, our fans should be cognisant of that when they discuss goals and behinds.
Then go back and watch Melbourne repeatedly bombing the ball to the top of the square for Gawn, Smith, McDonald, Pickett or all four to launch against each other, and compare that to our last 90s of the game!
Think about our early season, when Charlie, Harry and SoJ flew against each other, the continual calls for them to create space!
Surely the analogy is strong enough for fans to understand.
Goals to Behinds is more often than not largely irrelevant, it's how it happens that matters.