JLT 2018 - Carlton v Hawthorn (Sat 10th Feb)

[LP]

his sweep kicks across his body he screws up  , are frustrating at times and costly

How many of those were there tonight?

[LP]

A couple of things.

Q: When is it OK to punch a bloke in the back of the head in a marking contest?

A: Obviously when Charlie Curnow is in front and marking, check out the lead-up to the Dawks 2nd goal form Poppy.

Q: What sort of effort almost makes up for a spilled defensive mark?

A: Check out Jones effort after he spilled that mark running with the flight late in the 2nd, he almost got to the spoil despite a chain of Dawks handballs!

[RiverRat]

Positives for returning players:

Lamb looks like he has had a decent preseason - tank seems bigger and previously questionable pace is no longer an embarrassment - he just needs to stop dropping chest marks.

Levi was effective in the ruck - so much fitter and trimmer than previous years

McKay used his body in the ruck contests and chased with intent - showed more than he did at any time in the VFL last year.

Pickett is now chasing almost as hard as he runs when he has the ball.

Fisher = stronger, fitter, faster and seems likely to have more impact on a game

Cuningham - shows he can tackle effectively

Byrne - he is playing

Simpson doesn't seem to have lost any more pace - might have actually recovered a little bit

[LP]

Getting sick of Huddo's calling, he's becoming more anti-Carlton by the day.

Pretty much every time we scored it was about some poor Dawks mistake, he called the whole game from a Dawks perspective which is odd for a Geelong supporter!

[LoveNavy]

Unless we totally shut up shop in the last, we are a real chance to break 100points for the first time in eons

Well done Nostradamus

[LoveNavy]

That was Levi's best ruck effort against a reasonable opponent, even excluding them running Schoenmakers against him a fair bit.

Ignoring his opponent, he actually hit some targets with taps and followed up his work with some shepherds and body work. I'd like him to apply a few tackles when rucking.

Agree Levis ruck work looked measured. As though he's taken on some good tuition and is putting it into practice.  Impressed from a player development view. We haven't been able to say that for a while.  Although it's not a big gain, if all players regardless of skill level, improve a little in several area, we're harder to play against.

[LP]

As long as we keep in mind it's JLT, the competition where Jack Watts kicked 6 straight!

[LoveNavy]

As long as we keep in mind it's JLT, the competition where Jack Watts kicked 6 straight!

Indeed, just jlt.
For mine I'm interested in our performance relative not to other teams per se, but to our previous years. On that measure at least, there are definate signs of progress. Obviously our youngsters will be inconsistent this year, and tire as season passes. Nonetheless we look to be headed in the right direction.

[sandsmere]

Always good to beat Hawthorn even if it is only JLT.

Daisy and Weitering both had great games.
Murphy and Cripps both had very good second halfs.
Best all round I've seen from Levi too.

Plenty to like about the whole game. We will win more games than a lot of people think this season.
I reckon we could finish around 10th - 12th on the ladder in 2018  with the big push coming in 2019.

[PaulP]

Another tick from me - depth of F50 entries. At the point when we had 9 goals on the board, 4 of those goals were from entries that ended up about 15m from goal. Our F50 entries have been poor and too shallow for ages, one of my big gripes. Hopefully this is now being addressed.