Rd 10: Post Game Paradise!: Carlton vs Geelong

[Milhanna13]

Cripps was a little quieter in the first half and wasn't able to get his usual clearances because Blicavs did a reasonable job of tagging him.  Cripps flogged Blicavs in the second half but played more as an outside mid.  I thought that he showed his versatility and was just outside my best five players.  Keeping Blicavs to no possessions in the second half is an exceptional effort.

He was a touch fumbly, though - which is very unlike him.  Might have just been that the heat at the contest was up another notch from any other game this year

[blue4life]

Bolton's post game comments show how little the average supporter knows about what's going on inside the team, and I'm no exception by the way.
We've kicked a huge goal employing this fella, better late than never.

[shadesy]

Probably the first game where Weitering hasn't looked like he has played 100 games already... still had 17 possessions and took 8 marks. Think we can cut the kid some slack.

Don't underestimate the 2 clean pick ups in the back half... clean hand sin pressure situations are absolutely vital.

Tough School.

[PaulP]

Bolton's post game comments show how little the average supporter knows about what's going on inside the team, and I'm no exception by the way.
We've kicked a huge goal employing this fella, better late than never.

Indeed.

[mateinone]

Anyone knocking Weitering's game is wrong, he played another very good game of football and still continues to look far more composed than a first year player.

This guy will be a superstar and if Boomer's prediction on Cripps were to come true we will be made

[Jeffy38]

Anyone knocking Weitering's game is wrong, he played another very good game of football and still continues to look far more composed than a first year player.

This guy will be a superstar and if Boomer's prediction on Cripps were to come true we will be made

I missed it, what did he say?

[PaulP]

I missed it, what did he say?

I'd also like to know.

[bignic]

Since when have set shots from 50 out on an angle tighter than 45 degrees ever been considered sodas? Would be 50% shots for most of the best forwards in the competition and though he went 0.2 for those, it wasn't some fortuitous miracle he did. in fact 0.2 would have been just about as likely as 2.0 imo.


Okay just went back and looked at both on the 'smart replay' and it showed Hawkins was 10.16 from that range over his career (I think that is what those stats are showing), which means he was considerably more likely to miss both than score both and without doing the math, only marginally more likely to score 1.1 than he was to score 0.2

With great respect, mateinone, Hawkins should have kicked both goals. The fact that his record from that area is 10.16, is frankly a reflection of his poor kicking, rather than the fact that any decent footballer would have kicked those goals. Thankfully, he didn't.

[bignic]

White was amazing in the last and he seemed to have some added confidence and just pushed forward - great effort.

Agree with Big Nic on our accurate kicking - I said earlier Army sometimes just misses those running into goals but nailed his three - however I disagree the cats would've walloped us had they kicked straight in the first - still think we were on yday and nothing was going to change that.

Also agree re Lions - would not be at all surprised if we were beaten as we were fierce and must be feeling it today - I hope we can win it though!

Bottom line Mickey, is that we won by 19 points. If we kick 2.2 to 6.3, we don't win the game no matter how on we are.
If 4 of those Geelong behinds which should have been goals are kicked, we lose.

I would have agreed with you, had we beaten them by 6 goals.

Anyway, it's the old saying, if my aunty had balls she'd be my uncle.

We all know, or at least should know, that straight kicking makes a huge difference to a result. While taking nothing away from the boys endevour, this game was a prime example of that.

[bignic]

He was a touch fumbly, though - which is very unlike him.  Might have just been that the heat at the contest was up another notch from any other game this year

Agree, completely with that Mil. In fact, I can't recall him fumbling more in a game than he did on Sunday.

Having said that, if his body stands up to the inevitable wear and tear of this gane, he will be one of the greatest footballers to have ever played for our club.