AFL Rd 23 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Gold Coast

[ElwoodBlues1]

Some may consider Drugcheats abysmal 20 goal shellacking as the cherry on top!

Yep good today,  but great would have been knocking them out in a final...

[PaulP]

Charlie did a good imitation of Kouta, setting up a goal then going back and saving the day in the last line of defence with a great mark. What a player.

Yep. Good point.

[crashlander]

Some may consider Drugcheats abysmal 20 goal shellacking as the cherry on top!

Incredible! Something I never thought I'd see.
Now, all we have to do is beat the team that did that.

[Micky0]

Me and my best mate have been on the beers and reds all day watching the game. That was as stressful as I have experienced. All the horrid memories from last years end to the season came flashing back. Thank fark for Charlie!

I couldn’t watch / my kid was telling me to leave the Loungeroom as I was so frustrated!  I sat at the MCG holding it together last week, including sitting behind Melb goals when THAT touched behind occurred. Just didn’t have it in me to watch it unfold  today unfortunately and had to leave the house ? ridiculous but that’s what it means, especially for Cripps to get the taste of finals he desperately wants.

[31Tommys_barber]

Scotch and Coke

In separate glasses I hope! One must maintain standards!??

[Sub-Zero]

Yep good today,  but great would have been knocking them out in a final...

Yes, but it's now 19 years without a finals win all but assured. That equals their last streak before this one without winning a flag (1965-1984)!!!
Now, we wouldn't want that to stop, if they beat us, would we?

[kruddler]

From the pre-game thread....

But he's always going to play finals if fit, and probably better to get a few games into him before the finals.

Yes, there is no way Vossy and co wouldn't pick Harry.

My preference is to pick him and 1 ruck only, which has the same effect of not picking him and playing 2 rucks, that is pressure would remain equivalent.

I'm just worried that us messing with the side too much going into finals could hurt us. Going away from the players, the positions and the pressure that got us on the streak could be a hard lesson to learn.
Harry wasn't great today, and our pressure was definitely down from what it was. Some of that is to be expected, some of that could be coincidence, but i'll be keeping a strong eye on it.

[RiverRat]

Harry didn't rack up lots of possessions but he kept Collins well away from helping out Ballard against Charlie; this alone was massive.

[Blue Moon]

Didn't turn up to play, missed opportunities to seal the game in the third quarter, then let them kick away at the start of the last, almost a typical Carlton game of the past, but fortunately we didn't blow it this time. Hopefully the attitude at the club is not satisfaction of making the eight but disappointment at not making the top four. We have won nine on the trot and have five to go. We are just starting to meet our potential but we have just got to keep working on our mindset and keep developing a winning culture.
Gold Coast have a lot of talent after all the draft help they have received and they would have been smarting after how we embarrassed them last time so it should not have been a surprise at how hard they came out of the blocks this time. The third quarter was typical of Carlton's fear of failure fear of success conundrum we have lived through over the past few years. However we did not drop our heads this time when Gold Coast kicked away but found a way to get back to the front and we managed to hold on.
Walsh, Cerra and maybe McGovern to come back and then a week off. Need to win next week and set up ourselves for a real tilt at the finals.
Go Blues.

[Baggers]

With our injuries to key personnel a number of blokes have risen to embrace increased responsibility and effort over the past 2 months, impressively... but it does take a toll on some.

We looked 'off'/tired at the start and the Suns were sure 'on'. But we found a way to win. A 44 pt turnaround is impressive in anyone's book... especially against a side that grows extra legs and brims with confidence on their home dung heap. Culture, discipline and leadership on display after qtr time.

I think we missed Fog's forward line pressure and support for others, and I wonder if we weren't a little top heavy with adjusting to H being there taking a little time. H will be better for the run.