Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 13: Carlton vs. Western Bulldogs

[laj]

Old saying Jim was " mugs to the backline"...

Haha, yes.....and it's working.

[Lods]

It's a bit late in the night to be editing and deleting posts.

By all means attack the posts but let's do it without the personal stuff.

We've had a change.
Some people regarded it as necessary.
Some folks are really pissed.

We're probably going to have a couple of weeks while we come to terms with the result of that change.
Some will see significant differences, others will see more of the same...and we'll give greater emphasis to each of those things depending on how we feel about the decision.

I still see the skill errors, lapses and the fact we didn't win...but it was an 'honorable loss' and we'll be praised for it whether we like that term or not.
On the positive side we have Charlie returning to form and a close result with Cripps pretty well restrained for most of the night...that's a positive.

[JonDorotich]

McGovern is the most over rated and over paid player on our list.  Didn't even do his usual five minutes this game, was invisible all night.

I don’t like making excuses for players, but he did miss a large portion of pre-season which is impacting his workrate, which obviously needs to improve.

If he can start working harder he’ll be a great player

[cookie2]

Old saying Jim was " mugs to the backline"...

Our new back six?  )

[ElwoodBlues1]

McGovern is the most over rated and over paid player on our list.  Didn't even do his usual five minutes this game, was invisible all night.

Dont think the three specialist forwards works, I'd rather a workhorse like Jack play that 3rd tall forward role, problem with McGovern is that he is a good mark and kick but doesnt do anything else IMO.
Doesnt apply pressure and sometimes when you are having an off night you can make up for it by doing some grunt work like chasing, tackling, blocking and helping your team-mates out.
No Walker, Jenkins and Eddie means life is a lot harder too, and we dont have that delivery that the Crows have so he has to work harder IMO and create more rather than waiting for others to
get him the ball.

[Barbs]

I don’t like making excuses for players, but he did miss a large portion of pre-season which is impacting his workrate, which obviously needs to improve.

If he can start working harder he’ll be a great player

I would think 13 weeks of matches is enough to build up some basic match fitness

[ElwoodBlues1]

Haha, yes.....and it's working.

Jones sucess I could understand as he is a real athlete but the Bolt has surprised me with his groundwork and composure....has become a Cale Hooker type.

[Lods]

Jones sucess I could understand as he is a real athlete but the Bolt has surprised me with his groundwork and composure....has become a Cale Hooker type.

He isn't totally lacking in speed either which was one of the concerns expressed.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Our new back six?  )

Thats not bad Cookie ;D, we had less mugs than usual tonight..

[laj]

Our new back six?  )

Nice work!!!