Rd 6: Post Game Passion: Carlton vs. Essendon

[laj]

We'll agree to disagree Barbs.

Don't watch the game closely do you. What do you expect, the worst most movement and delivery in the comp and you expect key forwards to rack up goals from bombs surrounded by 4000 defenders. You must expect miracle workers to play key position forward for us.

[laj]

haven't made up my mind on Sumner yet - but 8-9 touches and a couple of tackles + goal every week is that enough?

I'd like to see what DVR brings to the table.

Cripps will come in for someone next week. I think Jaksch will come in for the injured Weitering. That'll be about it for changes.

[IvanAwfulbigone]

The weitering incident looks ugly.  Why was he one on two?

From memory he might have contributed to the situation via an errant handpass prompting a chain of fumbles.

Good sign though - he was desperate to make amends and put his body on the line evoking memories of SOS.

What I'm livid about is how yet another Carlton player has been injured in a borderline act of aggression by someone from CheatsFC. So you CAN slide in with your knees while a player is on the ground???  >

[DJC]

Yeah cant believe the amount of crap Gibbs is getting on this forum.. pretty amazing...

It reminds me of the way Collingwood morons used to criticise Buckley  :

They'll just have to suck it up because he'll be running out in navy blue for at least another 5 or 6 years

[Jean-Claude]

From memory he might have contributed to the situation via an errant handpass prompting a chain of fumbles.

Good sign though - he was desperate to make amends and put his body on the line evoking memories of SOS.

What I'm livid about is how yet another Carlton player has been injured in a borderline act of aggression by someone from CheatsFC. So you CAN slide in with your knees while a player is on the ground???  >

Weitering actually made a great play to knock the ball on to Rowe before an Essendon player got onto it, but Rowe could not f0rken pick it up and just stared at it so Weitering had to go get it again and ended getting injured because of it. So frustrating a basic skill can't be executed because we still have VFL players running around and our best kid gets injured because of it.

[Barbs]

Don't watch the game closely do you. What do you expect, the worst most movement and delivery in the comp and you expect key forwards to rack up goals from bombs surrounded by 4000 defenders. You must expect miracle workers to play key position forward for us.

+1 hundred billion on that

I think the irony is that when I see Jones and Casboult working the hardest its when they don't get the ball, but when they get the ball for either a set shot or quick snap they do fork it up quite badly.

Team selection against the pies will be interesting. If they go in with Cox, Moore and maybe Cloke we can't rely on Plowman and White to get the job done. Plowman is good but its a big ask to have him always give away that much height. He's a good match up for Howe though. Up forward, well there are problems lets face it. But are Everitt and Jaksch really better options than Jones right now? And what if Walker and Curnow are right to go?

Again, lets not lose sight of the fact it was a poor game - BUT WE BEAT THE BOMBERS!!!!! and I for one intend to stick it to some Essendon supporter friends tomorrow who haven't held back in recent years and even in the pre-season. It just goes to show, (drug) cheats never prosper 

[Shonkytonks]

Armfield, Docherty, Byrne, Wright, Curnow, these guys are grunt players, and they all did well today.

We lacked speed today, hopefully Boekhurst gets back in.

No forwards, but we kicked enough. Once the wind died, things got better.

Crap game to watch though until the 4th.

go baggers

[LordLucifer]

I was driving home from a weekend market listening to the game via the app on my phone, got out of the car 10-mins into the last. It all sounded like a complete borefest with plenty of fumbles and mega-low scoring.

Got to watch the match from late in the third due to some weird delayed telecast on 7Mate and didn't change my opinion whilst watching.

During this time, I didn't like what I saw from Casboult whilst Jones, Graham & Lamb annoyed me at times plus seeing Weitering with his arm in a sling pissed me right off.

Plowman is such a smart player, extremely dependable and miserly, Thomas looked like a new man, Murphy was inspiring and the two rucks (Kreuzer & Phillips) really wanted to be part of a winning team.

The one thing that really stood out to me was that all of the team were playing for each other, they are a 'team' now in the truest sense of the word. Bolton's hard work is not going unnoticed.

Hard to believe that we are in 14th slot on the ladder but I'll enjoy it whilst it lasts.

[Jean-Claude]

Very painful game to watch at the ground. Plowman has a bit of the Andrew Mackies about him looks composed etc. Philips is looking better each week and clunking marks and one that looks promising, while Kreuzer stlll jumps at the ball like when he was 18 and still doesn't know how to use his body.

[townsendcalling]

Id make three changes

Out: weitering, casboult, sumner
In: Dick, Jaksch, DVR

Has to be Cripps and Curnow for starters.

Loved Byrnes game today. He takes it on and had no fear AND he hits targets.