Round 10: Carlton vs Adelaide After Game Thread

[Juddkreuzer]

Better effort but the scoreline flattered us. We lost by 9 points and they had 9 more scoring shots.

There were also plenty of times we should have goaled but stuffed it up without getting a scoring shot, so I think we were a lot closer than you're suggesting.

[madbluboy]

The scoreboard doesn't lie.

Buckley gave Betts a bath.

[blue4life]

Very sad to see Juddy finish up like this, he's been a great champion and we should make sure he stays at the club in some capacity in the future.
Good effort by the boys today but we just lacked the polish to finish it off, a magnificent Captain's game from Marc Murphy.

[Juddkreuzer]

Is the fitness guru good enough to stay on?  Boys were on the ground cramping up all over the place

I'm sure they'll be looking at him. Another legacy of Malthouse. >

[laj]

Better effort but the scoreline flattered us. We lost by 9 points and they had 9 more scoring shots.

Scoreline didn't flatter us. That was a genuine game that could've gone either way.

We had alot of out of the fulls and stuff up near goal. That goal square smother in the 2nd qtr that was rushed up the other end for a goal being an example. a 12 pt turnaround there alone.

[laj]

Is the fitness guru good enough to stay on?  Boys were on the ground cramping up all over the place

We're just not used to running out a hard game for 4 qtrs. No amount of training will substitute for that.

[Baggers]

Better effort but the scoreline flattered us. We lost by 9 points and they had 9 more scoring shots.

Sorry mate, not right. Inside 50s were almost identical. Statistically pretty even. They scored more from our errors than we did theirs. And we lost a key mid early. The scoreline did not flatter us. Could have been a 3-5 goal loss, and just as easily we could have won.

You have to give credit where it is due and our boys deserve acknowledgment for a much improved effort in all respects. Now to continue to improve.

[PaulP]

Ruptured ACL for Judd confirmed.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-06-06/ch...inst-crows

[Vivian]

A most entertaining game of football, with great pressure from each side and the extremes of good and bad skills on display. The sequence where walker didn't quite get the ball over the line was one of the wackier bits of play I've seen in my time.

Murphy stood tall today, with a great performance. He was well supported by Henderson,  cripps, bell as the stand outs for me. Good to see Kruezer back and take some strong marks, along with Casboult who is starting to look like a real footballer.

Skill errors though are the killer and some awful turnovers from defence. Carrazzo had a couple of shockers along with Simpson whose preference for his left foot is the difference between him being a very good player and just a brave ordinary player. It frustrates me no end that such an experienced player still struggles to kick both sides of his body and has to turn to get onto his left.

At least our set up was more up to date with a spare man in defence for a period, then moving to more one on one as the game progresses.

Umpiring stunk today, with poor decisions going each way. Paying Casboult that mark deep forward was ridiculous and the holding the ball decisions are now providing too much reward for tackles. Its a case where the umpires are required to adjudicate to force a style of game to be played rather than the rules themselves.

This is the intensity level required as a minimum for the rest of the year. Now the skills nedd to lift to get a better return from effort. Such a shame for Judd to get a knee injury, and it could be a truly underwhelming end for a champion of the game.

By the way, we saw why Betts, great forward pocket that he is, still couldn't provide run in the middle when it was needed.

[laj]

Ruptured ACL for Judd confirmed.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-06-06/ch...inst-crows

That's the career sadly.