Rd 5: In Game Thread: Carlton vs. Fremantle

[Mav]

Charlie!  He and Weets are giving us a reason to keep going ...

[Baggers]

The Liam Jones stage fright has returned!

Wright is a ripper.

[crashlander]

Point to Ed Curnow before baby brother shows him where the goals are. Down by a point.

Still over 40 possessions behind, but Cripps, Murphy, Gibbs, Simmo and Kerrdige getting a lot of the ball.

[Mav]

Jones is giving us a contest at FF and bringing the ball to ground.  If he has the stamina to keep it up, he'll earn his pay check this week.

[crashlander]

13 contested possessions to Cripps, easily the best on the ground. Wright has 6, which is 2nd best on the ground.
Points still coming.

[LP]

Jones is giving us a contest at FF and bringing the ball to ground.  If he has the stamina to keep it up, he'll earn his pay check this week.

The rucks resting forward bring the ball to ground just about 100% of the time but it doesn't help us. We need blokes the size of Jones and Casboult taking marks and kicking goals.

[Barbs]

Gibbs - the worst 14 possession half ever. Fumbles, shirking the contest and missed an easy goal. I'm pretty sure I even saw him actually run away from a contest and behind a shepherd at one point.

[laj]

If someone had've said we'd be leading Freo at half time at Subi 6 weeks ago I'd have been ecstatic thinking how much we have come on. Time unfortunately changes alot of things.

[jeza]

Jones is such a bad football player. Utterly clueless.

Forget about playing him ever again. Why is he there instead of Jaksch?

Brendon Bolton has got a lot to answer for. I've had a gutfull of his SH#T already. Horrific decision to play Jones. HORRIFIC.

Ruck setup a disaster AGAIN!

Slaughtering them in the ruck and can't get a clearance. Why worry about filming documentaries when you can't get a basic coaching decision right.

[Mav]

Wright's a pleasant surprise.  Can find the ball and is a good set shot at goal.  Kerridge is a bit of a beast in close.