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(04-01-2023, 11:29 PM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:GTC..If that call had been made on one of our players we would all have gone into orbit and picketed AFL house.
We got real lucky imho and the footy gods were smiling on us for a change which was very handy given the state of the game.
It wasnt winning ugly it more winning lucky imo and we were embarrassing most of the game.
GWS are the softest, most poorly led soulless team in the comp and we would want to deliver better vs Nth or we will get knocked over.
Our blokes have and continue to give away the stupidest free kicks at times so it wouldn't surprise me. I hope Voss takes the time to point to out that incident to our blokes and reiterate how much discipline is needed for 120mins of every game and that undisciplined acts like questioning with dissent and/or swearing at an umpire could cost you a win. Rules are rules EB, for us and everyone else. Would I be incensed? 100% but at the act not the rule. Only place I'd picket is PP if it happened to us.Just a dumb act form a player who should know better.
Footy Gods? Luck? Dont believe in either sorry.
2017-16th
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Great to see Lewis Young taking a mark in the goalsquare with 30 seconds to go to kill the game. He’s making a bit of a habit of that this year and it must be great for his confidence.
Interesting piece of trivia: the last time Carlton had a double digit win was against GWS in Rd 19 last year.
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When you win a game by 10 behinds, and a dodgy free kick is given at the death....it will always make headlines.
Let the headlines go. It doesn't matter to us.
We played a pretty poor game and we came away with another win. Move on to next week.
Good to see Jack prove the doubters wrong. I reckon he was our most important forward (who was even back in defence a few times) on the day.
Acres deserved a mention. Thought we were going to lose him early. Managed to tough it out. Still needs some work, but can't fault his attitude.
On the other side of that is LOB. I think we need to look elsewhere for a sub as its largely underwhelming.
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Pretty ordinary game to watch on TV for sure but bank the points and move on....as the cliche goes, you have to win ugly sometimes and we did. Should've put the game out of reach in the third quarter.
Positives
Cripps & Docherty in the midfield.
Acres...dropped off slightly in the second half but still a great game to back up last week's effort. He will be one of the recruits of the season for sure.
Hollands and Cowan again......Cowan got caught once or twice but both look composed and their kicking is a feature.
Newman.....Greene has been in fantastic form so to hold him to 5 possessions, beat him in a few one on ones and get 20+ possessions himself was massive.
JSOS...huge early. Just think he's way more value to us when he doesn't have to ruck.
Motlop...possibly his best game? Great pressure early and hit the scoreboard again. Expect both WA teams to come after him in due course.
Negatives
Harry....shocker of a game.
Weitering...was it just me or did he seem to struggle to get to contests and got caught out of position quite a few times.
Injury to Owies....hopefully only a week?
O'Brien....enough. Doesn't appear to have any footy smarts. Makes lots of the wrong decisions and when he makes a right one, can't execute the kick. Time for a VFL stint....maybe a Kemp/Carroll option for sub?
I note in the VFL that Cincotta was one of the best. If neither Kennedy or Walsh get up for next week, could Cincotta come in as a 7th defender and let Docherty play permanent midfield role?
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Didn't watch the game but saw the free kick and it was a shocker.
Did it cost the Giants the game? Perhaps but allowing us to have 10 more scoring shots hurt them more.
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On the radio they claimed that Lob missed the bus from the hotel.
I would have expected him to have a big game, that he didn’t is worrying.
I think he needs game time and on form it won’t be in the seniors unless Acres shoulder doesn’t come up.
Let’s go BIG !
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Happy to bank the 4 points but that’s where it stops.
Terrible display of what is the highest level of AFL in the country. All jokes aside seen far better skills in a local under 18 games than that display.
Stopping a team transitioning from defence is a major concern. Ball comes out way too easy when we kick a behind and rarely see us locking it in.
How odd is it when you have the previous 2 years Coleman medalists playing together and they consistently compete for the same ball have no clue still how to separate and play with each other rather then spoiling each other and then when they get a unless it on their preferred side under 30 metres out neither of them have any sort of a regular routine to go back and nail the goal. How do you win an award like that and then have no confidence at all to do what you are paid to do.
Newman was vital in the win and thought Jack was important too. Cripps had leather poisoning but thought he wasn’t as damaging as he had been with half those touches. Still tried his ar5e off as usual and liked seeing him tear into the team in the 1/4 time huddle.
Look forward to when the game is over at half time or 3/4 time and we can just watch without fear of losing. Genuine top tier teams crush weaker teams and we need to start getting that ruthless side into our game. Giving teams a sniff that they can win late in games is nerve racking for the fans and means every week is a tough slog. Good to kill the game early so we can have a lighter end to the games we should win comfortably.
Maybe next week.
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(04-02-2023, 03:17 AM)shawny link Wrote:How odd is it when you have the previous 2 years Coleman medalists playing together and they consistently compete for the same ball have no clue still how to separate and play with each other rather then spoiling each other and then when they get a unless it on their preferred side under 30 metres out neither of them have any sort of a regular routine to go back and nail the goal. How do you win an award like that and then have no confidence at all to do what you are paid to do.
THIS^^^^^^^^
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