Rd 21: Post Game Political Solution: Carlton vs West Coast

[mateinone]

I am honestly completely okay with the result, of course I prefer to win and last week also, but then part of me says it doesn't matter as much as seeing the growth the club has asked us to buy into and I seen plenty of that tonight with Pickett, Fisher, Seton  & Curnow all good or very good in flashes or in some cases throughout. Jack was having a shocker, but nailed two crucial goals to bring us back into it also.

So yeah I can take this result and march forward, to me I believe this is where we start to look at Phase two, where the completely defensive game plan starts to evolve and our players are given more license to run and carry, whilst also having that background of understanding their defensive/team roles.

So whilst I do buy completely, hook, line & sinker into this game plan, next year is the year we must start winning these winnable games. Next year is the year we need to get ourselves up to at least 10th, as that team sitting just outside the finals (or hopefully in) that could very well be playing finals with a bit of luck.

If we are an evolving/learning team, then the game plan and the results need to reflect this evolution.

Well done to the lads on heading to the West putting up a good fight and almost getting it done. For not chucking in the towel into the breeze in the last and for showing us they can take on players and beat them.

Now next year show us that you can ice games!

[LoveNavy]

Charlie Curnow should win the NAB Rising Star easily this year, hang on he doesn't play for Melbourne!

He was fantastic tonight. He's been as good as more than half the senior players for weeks now.

Maybe Kouta's on the voting panel. He loves Charlie ^-^. Might swing a few votes his way. OK I'm fantasizing, but seriously he's a jet.

[mateinone]

I think Charlie is the best kid in the game at the moment, but he can't win it because he didn't get his nomination until late. Long after all the journos have been talking up the front runners.

If they were fair dinkum he should win it, but I predict he won't get a vote

[LoveNavy]

Great post MIO.

A very pleasing result for this group. What with injuries, inexperience, travel, and some unlucky ( :o) umpiring decisions, we can hold our head's high. This is a seasoned finals bound side with the most dangerous KPF of the last few years, and 2 Brownlow  medalists. We nearly knocked them off ^-^

[Barbs]

Frigging umpires  why do they pay htb when there is no prior.?

Depends who is holding it and who is tackling. If we are tackled it's holding it, when we lay the lay they can just drop it or hand it to their team mates.
Umpires royally screwed us tonight.

[mateinone]

And this year is not ridiculously strong.
Compare (for example) the numbers of Burton vs Cripps the year Cripps didn't win it.
The gap is embarrassing.

[blue4life]

I think Charlie is the best kid in the game at the moment, but he can't win it because he didn't get his nomination until late. Long after all the journos have been talking up the front runners.

If they were fair dinkum he should win it, but I predict he won't get a vote

As good as Charlie is Sam Petrevski-Seton's first season has been as good as any that I can remember, and he was great again tonight.
It's scary to think of how good he might be in two or three years.

[Micky0]

Weiters also had a bit of attitude in him - he is a bloody good player

[LoveNavy]

Our seniors stepped up tonight. Our second tier players played their role. Our kids were bloody fantastic against hard bodied seasoned  opponents. Samo, Weiters, Charlie, SOJ, Zac, Williamson, Pickett. It's hard to believe they're 1st and 2nd year players (allowing for injuries).

When we add Cripps, Ed, Byrne, Marchbank, Cunningham etc plus a quality mid or two, the future looks bright. Oh, add pick 1 to that...

[Swan43]

Hate,hate,hate potting umps but four goals or more . . . Ffs