AFL Rd 22 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Melbourne

[crashlander]

Ready for after the game.

[Mantis]

Feck me. I did not see this one coming. How much opportunities to win, do you give your side by hitting a lead early in the last quarter. That has to be the best victory this season yet. Forget the Saints game. This was a tight game against real quality opponents. We have knocked over the three best sides in the league. What does that tell us? Any mention of Collingwood having the best coach this season will piss me off more than anything. I don’t know how we have turned a bottom 4 side into a potential genuine contender in 8 weeks is something I have never seen. 8 wins in a row. Three of the best sides. All with an injury list. How many wins in a row are needed to win a flag? lol. Kidding with that comment. Too many injuries to bring back into the side and trouble pushing players out. TDK was ordinary in the first half. Absolute warhorse after that. We won without the clearance domination we have had.

We had the umpires call every opportunity to keep Melbourne in the game. Without bias and I will not call umpires out often enough, but tonight Lever and May could jumper hold, wrestle, and push Charlie in the back with every opportunity. Nothing to see here. How many push in the back free kicks were paid the other way with our defenders. Free kick for a dangerous tackle which is very debatable in the last minutes of the game. I just hope Doc is good with his calf corker. We miss him so much when he is not on the ground. You can’t put a value on this guy.

[kruddler]

I'm leading 2 tipping comps, and i tipped us tonight, and everyone else in the top 8 tipped the dees.  >

VERY happy with that win.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Great gritty win, finals beckon, that game had real heat in the contest and we had a good even contribution that stood up in that finals type atmosphere and that's what you need to win finals.
Very happy to bank that victory and we should win straight through to finals now...

[crashlander]

What a victory! Mirabile Visu!

[laj]

That was a tough night for a man of my age. The longest penalty shootout in history before the Matildas won, then this, another nerve racking cliff hanger.

That was a tough win. Had to really earn that one more than any for a long time. Great performance!

[pinot]

good tough win.
We are playing finals!

[PaulP]

Martin is a gun - smart, tough, skilful. Marchbank is the goal line hero. Dow may get dropped, but he doesn't deserve that fate - he's barely put a foot wrong. De Koning, whom I dearly love, will start clunking those almost marks sooner or later.

And Acres is everywhere. Those MCG Acres were his tonight.

[crashlander]

good tough win.
We are playing finals!

Hard not to at the moment. I will enjoy watching the game tomorrow. Just wish I'd been there tonight.

[LP]

Still doubting TDK, plays like a mid, might top our contested possessions against a team that has Gawn, Oliver, Petracca, etc., etc...

Once he stops worrying about winning the taps and concentrates on 2nd efforts even Gawn can't go with him, the opponents just do not have the recovery or mobility, all TDK has to do is contest in the air then mop stuff up on the ground. Guys like Cripps and Hewett must absolutely love playing with him when he gets on a role!

Gawn had a crap load of taps but stuff all impact, that's the magic of our ruck combination!