Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 18: Carlton vs Gold Coast

[ElwoodBlues1]

Great game from Liam Jones and I thought Plowman played his best game for the season, Kennedy has provided that Josh Caddy type forward player and was very good
with his reading of the play and taking his opportunities.
Cripps was down but that wasnt a bad thing and a few other players stepped up to pick up the slack. Liked Casboults game and he is a different player after going down back and getting some ball and it seems to have lifted his confidence.

Ugly win but thats how you have to do it sometimes as you get dragged down to lesser teams level, GC are not very good and without Lynch and May dont have much
to build around, if those two had played today I'm not so sure we would have won but you can only beat whats on the park.

re: Deluca...felt the speed of the game and didnt have much left in the tank, couple of good moments but needs an AFL pre season.

re: Obrien...still a weak link IMO and I dont get what others see in him, kicking is erratic, sometimes good and then he just gives the ball away with
no pressure applied often with kicks that go out on the full.

Good games from the two old blokes down back  in Simpson and Thomas, remain unconvinced about Lang and still dont rate him....Liked Setterfields game, nothing too flash about how  plays but he contests well and plays an old fashioned solid game, ditto for Jack who continued his good form from his previous games.
Kreuzer had a tough opponent in Witts and struggled in the ruck but kept on keeping even when he got whacked in the head and he gives you 100% effort every week.
Good win IMO and Teague keeps the training wheels off for another week...

[cookie2]

@ EB1

Pretty fair summary EB. I think I am a little more optimistic about Lang. De Luca was certainly sucking in the big ones a few times but I am optimistic about his future prospects. Keep going boys, just keep those wins coming!

[flyboy77]

Why weren’t any 50m’s called when we continually got dumped after taking marks?  Is it not a thing any more, like incorrect disposal?

Yes, that happened a half dozen times and not one whistle....normally, it's a guaranteed fifty.

[flyboy77]

I must admit i see nothing in LOB to suggest he'll be a player.

Granted he's young, but for a #10 pick, awful.

[cookie2]

I must admit i see nothing in LOB to suggest he'll be a player.

Granted he's young, but for a #10 pick, awful.

He was much better earlier in the game but faded as he fatigued. Maybe with more fitness he would improve his overall performance?

[Thryleon]

The umpires favoured gold coast because they cant afford to get spanked every week.  They won't survive so this one was always going to be tight.

They want pick 1 so they weren't going to win today either.

[kruddler]

The umpires favoured gold coast because they cant afford to get spanked every week.  They won't survive so this one was always going to be tight.

They want pick 1 so they weren't going to win today either.

Surely a spanking by the  (At the time) 2nd worst team in the league would've been enough justification for the AFL to award them a PP and not give one to us though.

[flyboy77]

Any thoughts on Fiorini's game?

He certainly racked up the numbers (I'll have to watch the replay after all).

[Thryleon]

Surely a spanking by the  (At the time) 2nd worst team in the league would've been enough justification for the AFL to award them a PP and not give one to us though.

they'll get one anyway.

It's hard to retain players if you're getting smashed every week even by the side who's second bottom.

Side note, that was possibly the most experienced side we've fielded in a while.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Any thoughts on Fiorini's game?

He certainly racked up the numbers (I'll have to watch the replay after all).

Got a lot of ball but didn't impact much with it, skills were OK but I thought he wasn't as good as Brodie who contested well and earned his kicks the hard way, Brodie's kicking needs work though.