Rd 7: Post Game Pleasure: Carlton vs Collingwood

[shawny]

Did anyone see Bolton link arms in the huddle at 3 quarter time. This little man is building something special IMO. Haven't seen that before in a H/A game.

Also Trelor was on Sunday Footy show.

Said blues players do a lot of talking and directing on the field and
said was surprised as to how determined we were all day. Didn't drop off at all.

Everything points to players 100% buying into this coaches plan.

Can't ask for more then that.

[cookie2]

Did anyone see Bolton link arms in the huddle at 3 quarter time. This little man is building something special IMO. Haven't seen that before in a H/A game.

Also Trelor was on Sunday Footy show.

Said blues players do a lot of talking and directing on the field and
said was surprised as to how determined we were all day. Didn't drop off at all.

Everything points to players 100% buying into this coaches plan.

Can't ask for more then that.

Shawny were are on the right horse alright mate! I will stick my head right up over the parapet now and say that I'm very confident we are going to become a very formidable and feared force in AFL footy with BB, and SOS, at the club.

[thrunthrublu]

im not concerned with which player at the moment is good or not.
The confidence in me grows, because for once in a long while, we have a very good coach
He is astute, intelligent, measured and consistent in his message. He is devoted to his message and the playing group
believes this.
We had good players in the past that we lost over the journey, because the club was lost and directionless and the players came second
My comfort today come from the fact that we have a coach that will ensure that the next group of good players will stay and thrive as the group and its mission comes first.

[Lods]

Everything points to players 100% buying into this coaches plan.

It's an interesting point.

At the start of the season, in the first couple of games, it would probably be fair to say that the "Older Carlton" players (those that had been at the club for more than just a year or two) were struggling to get back to their 2015 form....and it wasn't just one or two, it was the majority.

The enthusiasm was very much being shown by the new players and it had me wondering whether some of the older players mightn't have been a bit resistant to the change....whether some could perhaps see themselves been replaced by the new group.

Over the last three weeks that seems to have turned around.
The older group are going as well, if not better than the new guys.
A bit of it has been caused by injuries and illness (Weitering,C Curnow Phillips), but the older group have stepped up now and are playing like they're 100% on-board.

[Thryleon]

The only player in any real danger on the back of yesterday's game is jamison.

Everyone played their part in what was an excellent team win given where we are at, but he is one player who seems to have lost the ability to compete.

He will try though, but he is the only one I can see who the game seems to have passed by.

He has been an excellent servant of the club, but those shoulder injuries appear to have gotten the better of him.

[LoveNavy]

@ Shawny

The Doc is a very level-headed, consistent, dedicated, non-egotistical jet. Those are the blokes that go unnoticed...... But win premierships ;D ;D

[kruddler]

Some very negative posters on here 'still' after notching in up 3 in a row.

They say we win ugly and only beat of of form ordinary teams, yet in the last 3 years these so called ordinary sides pumped us along with everyone else - we were the side that even ordinary sides we would play back into form.....Well not this year.

Don't forget where we were at the same stage last year. And still with plenty of upside, so improve in those areas and watch out. We look unified, settled in defence, play to a plan and don't rely on a few stars to get us over the line.

As BB said we are on a journey - enjoy it.

Also is it just me or is Docherty the most unrated player.  Hear very little about him in the media yet not many better in the league then this fellow in the role he plays. So relaxed when he is near the ball.

Maybe winning 4 in a row might impress those still wanting more.

JUst because some people, like me, point out that we are winning ugly and are playing out of form sides which is why we are winning, doesn't mean we are not enjoying the wins.

Its keeping a lid on it. If we lose the next 10 games i won't throw in the towel and call for the coaches head. I know we are in a rebuilding stage and 3 wins in a row, or not, we are a long way off where we want to be. As long as our kids keep performing, and some of our senior blokes stop going backwards then i couldn't give a stuff how many wins we get.

[JonHenry]

JUst because some people, like me, point out that we are winning ugly and are playing out of form sides which is why we are winning, doesn't mean we are not enjoying the wins.

Its keeping a lid on it. If we lose the next 10 games i won't throw in the towel and call for the coaches head. I know we are in a rebuilding stage and 3 wins in a row, or not, we are a long way off where we want to be. As long as our kids keep performing, and some of our senior blokes stop going backwards then i couldn't give a stuff how many wins we get.

I think it also highlights some peoples expectation or goals.
I want us to assemble the list so we win flags not just make finals.
If that means we trade murphy Gibbs Kruezer and cripps then so be it.
Btw I wouldn't suggest trading cripps

[PaulP]

JUst because some people, like me, point out that we are winning ugly and are playing out of form sides which is why we are winning, doesn't mean we are not enjoying the wins.

Its keeping a lid on it. If we lose the next 10 games i won't throw in the towel and call for the coaches head. I know we are in a rebuilding stage and 3 wins in a row, or not, we are a long way off where we want to be. As long as our kids keep performing, and some of our senior blokes stop going backwards then i couldn't give a stuff how many wins we get.

Generally agree, but those wins are pretty sweeeet................

I want more.

[malo]

Docherty - went to a whole new level today. Looked like Bruce Doull back there - clean hands, kept running away from half back. Such a calming influence on the others.

Jeza, as I was watching the final stages of that last quarter, i was thinking back to some of the great half backers of past great Carlton eras to compare Docherty to.  I went back to mid 90s...Mackay, hmm......sort of , but not quite, seems silkier than Macca...similar to Secca ? in his composure, yes, but his delivery is better.

So, what about back another 15 years to the late 70s/early 80s ?  McConville ?  nope........., Hunter (when he was at half back)...yeah, closer to the mark, Geoff Southby......well....now I think we're getting pretty close to the mark...he was composure personified, a brilliant reader of the play, great runner & pinpoint kick up the field.....

But, then I saw how much time Doch seems to have at times, almost as if he's pressed a slo-mo button on the rest of the game....and there was only one other bloke I've seen who could look like that.....Doull.  The thought entered my head almost against my will, I mean surely that's a ridiculous (almost sacreligious) comparison.  He's got along way to go of course, but in those few moments of the game, that's the player who Docherty most reminds me of among those greats of the past.....

And it's been a long time since I've been as confident about someone in our back half !!!

cheers

Mal.