Post Game Postulations: AFL Rd 7: Carlton vs Port Adelaide

[Mantis]

North might be crippled but we don’t have a great record against them. Very easily be 3 and 5 by next game. Hate these close lost games.

[LoveNavy]

@ shawny
I agree. Next week even more important than today imo.
Today we showed we can match the best. V North we must show our Achilles heel is no longer our greatest weakness

[capcom]

Cruel .... nothing more to say.  Other than I don't like Port. 

[PaulP]

If we play like we did today, we'll beat North by 10 goals - they're in all sorts.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I see it different, Ports poor goalkicking late kept us in the game, Dixon went off and they only had two on the bench. We had a lot going for us and still couldn't win it.
If Dixon had kicked straight it would have been a comfortable Port win imo.

[LoveNavy]

Other than composure under high level fatigue at the siren, we matched them all over the ground. That's from watching the game, not a stats viewpoint.

Terribly disappointing for sure, but as I've been saying all year. It's fixable.

We played some very good football against the ladder leader. It could have just as easily been a W. Our boys will take a lot if confidence and belief in their systems from the game. 

[Gointocarlton]

Yep, and it took their best player (out of form this year admittedly) to kick the impossible goal. A most unfortunate time for him to pull out one of his party tricks.

Poetic justice really, they missed 3-4 sitters from infront, probably fitting they kick the impossible one after the siren. They were just smarter than us in the last 2-3 minutes.

[Gointocarlton]

I see it different, Ports poor goalkicking late kept us in the game, Dixon went off and they only had two on the bench. We had a lot going for us and still couldn't win it.
If Dixon had kicked straight it would have been a comfortable Port win imo.

Yep. We definitely stole defeat from the jaws of victory.

[rocky]

Just heartbreaking. Utterly draining. Felt like we were going to steal it for a fleeting moment when SPS got that dinky kick to Gibbo, but then bad decision to kick down the line and then lack of effort cost us. Still we took it up to them. Would be nice to steal one once in a while. God knows plenty of sides do it to us. Everyone looked out on their feet.
I'd give blokes like Murphy a miss next week and write it off as "managed". Plenty of kids to choose from. Time to experiment.
Can't say I was bitterly disappointed. Didn't think we'd win and Port had a few chances at the end to ice the game. Sort of thing we'd do and unlike Port we'd ultimately lose it. For the main part our blokes showed a bit but couldn't make the most of our opportunities in forward 50.
One thing I will say though,  after that effort if we come out next week and played like a pack of girls against North I'll do a Terry Wallace.

[laj]

I see it different, Ports poor goalkicking late kept us in the game, Dixon went off and they only had two on the bench. We had a lot going for us and still couldn't win it.
If Dixon had kicked straight it would have been a comfortable Port win imo.

Fact is we were in front and didn't show the composure in the last 45 sec. We missed a few too earlier on. We're a bonfide finals type side now so this loss was a stinger even if it did show we can again match it with the best. In such a close season a couple of poor starts early in the year might cost us (can't believe i just said that about Carlton...lol).