Round 10: Carlton vs Adelaide After Game Thread

[RiverRat]

Henderson hands were back today

The big difference in Henderson's hands was that he didn't have an opponent knocking the ball out of them - Talia gave him so much latitude I thought Matthew Watson had switched clubs and was wearing #12.

Henderson is a very smart player but not a great contested mark.

[LP]

The big difference in Henderson's hands was that he didn't have an opponent knocking the ball out of them - Talia gave him so much latitude I thought Matthew Watson had switched clubs and was wearing #12.

Henderson is a very smart player but not a great contested mark.

The reason Henderson had more space was because we didn't spend 2 minutes wrestling the ball around the boundary line!

[RiverRat]

A loss is still a loss, we're just getting a bit excited because we've been beyond bad this season and yesterday's loss was more respectable.
The most pleasing thing was that we had lots of contributors, even our lesser lights like Armfield, Tutt and Graham put their hands up at various times during the game, but whether we can muster the same effort over four quarters against one of the better teams remains to be seen.
After the last month any loss under 5 goals is a massive improvement but I'll be waiting until we play some good sides after the bye before I say we've turned the corner, personally I think there's still some heavy losses coming over the next 12 rounds.

It is indicative of how badly we have been playing that we are all so justifiably happy to lose a match.

[MosquitoFleet]

It is indicative of how badly we have been playing that we are all so justifiably happy to lose a match.

I agree.

Honorable loss, great effort, tried hard, some improvement, we turned the corner, blue skies ahead,....etc etc

we still lost, we are still equal bottom and the wooden spoon is real.... >

[Juddkreuzer]

It is indicative of how badly we have been playing that we are all so justifiably happy to lose a match.

I think we all know that if we turn up with effort like that each week and a game plan that plays to our strengths the wins will come, as will the improvement in skills.

[PassIt2Carrots]

I think we all know that if we turn up with effort like that each week and a game plan that plays to our strengths the wins will come, as will the improvement in skills.

Hence the level of positivity among Carton supporters. Finally we have hope again, under the previous bloke, there was no hope.

[Amers]

Just another side note, anyone who was watching the game at home, how good was Eddie's calling. Sure he is Collingwood but his emotion in this game was all for Carlton, the mark Kreuzer took, Eddie called early and you would have thought it was for the game. Then late in the third I had to check what quarter we were in because of Eddies passion for the close game. I makes a refreshing change from the backslapping of the Friday night team or when we get a Dwayne Russell / Brian Taylor lead commentary team.

I'm a long way from being an Eddie Maguire fan, but just watching the highlights, I have to agree with you Raydan. Kudos to Eddie I suppose.

[Thryleon]

Hence the level of positivity among Carton supporters. Finally we have hope again, under the previous bloke, there was no hope.

Whilst the powers that be make cowboy decisions at our football club, hope is a difficult thing to come by. 

Not to mention the disposal by foot leaves hope of achieving a lot hard to come by from our group.

[Baggers]

I think we all know that if we turn up with effort like that each week and a game plan that plays to our strengths the wins will come, as will the improvement in skills.

Exactamundo.

[kruddler]

I think we all know that if we turn up with effort like that each week and a game plan that plays to our strengths the wins will come, as will the improvement in skills.

So all we are after is some wins?

We will be able to win a flag with that effort and level of skills?

We need to realise that we don't just need wins, we need to come up with a gameplan and a list that will demand wins and be able to do that in September.

Our bar is so low at the moment that we are excited with anything other than a 10-goal smashing. We need to look at the bigger picture and ensure we get a coach who can not just take us to the next level, but the 3 levels above that!