VFL 2023 Rd 1 Carlton vs Geelong

[spf]

Yep, Cats flooded back well. No smarts going inside 50.

[spf]

Final Siren.

Geelong 12.13.85
Carlton 10.9.69

[Lods]

Dow's had 30...22 of them handballs.

[pinot]

Dow was seriously good
Chris Judd in VFL and Jack Spud in AFL - why the huge gap in output?

Carroll was good I thought - his toughness and decision making is excellent.

Jaxon Binns showed alot

[PaulP]

The dynasty teams of recent times tend to do well at VFL level as well as the seniors. Plenty of improvement left for us at both levels IMO, but certainly the VFL quality needs a fair bit of work IMO.

[tonyo]

Watched most of the game online.

Cats kicked 5.3 before we had barely got the ball into F50, and the margin stayed in the 20s until the last quarter.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was similar last week against the Tiggers where we were a long way behind at the start.  I think there's a focus point during training next week - switch on from the first bounce!

Dow is too good for VFL.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Lemmey looks a prospect and I like Cincottas defensive work and how he shepherds for teammates and does the 1% ers.
Dow got plenty of ball but is still playing U18 footy ie doesn't do enough when he hasn't got the ball and disappears when the other team have momentum.

[Gointocarlton]

Lemmey looks a prospect and I like Cincottas defensive work and how he shepherds for teammates and does the 1% ers.
Dow got plenty of ball but is still playing U18 footy ie doesn't do enough when he hasn't got the ball and disappears when the other team have momentum.

I dont see Dow as a Judd type player who will pick a team up and carry it on his shoulders. I do see him however as a very good soldier with enough grunt, not super pretty but good enough. Again, like the question I posed earlier, who would he, along with Walsh and George,  displace?

[Baggers]

I dont see Dow as a Judd type player who will pick a team up and carry it on his shoulders. I do see him however as a very good soldier with enough grunt, not super pretty but good enough. Again, like the question I posed earlier, who would he, along with Walsh and George,  displace?

Especially with Edward C showing he can fill the breach in their absence.

[Lods]

Dom Akuei (shakes his head at the possibilities of what might be, but probably never will) :
Mark of the year one minute and easy fumble in the backline shortly after.