Rd 22: Post Game quiet and frustrated discussion: Carlton vs Melbourne

[blue4life]

100/1, nice work. Mine's still running.

Yes, I agree with all of that. Another decent trade/draft, eventually superseding some of our current players

Phillips and Plowman for Geelong's first pick looks like a good deal as well, probably pick 16 or so.
Sumner is a bonus.

[laj]

Phillips and Plowman for Geelong's first pick looks like a good deal as well, probably pick 16 or so.
Sumner is a bonus.

Geelong don't have a first pick. They gave that to us last year.

[townsendcalling]

Geelong don't have a first pick. They gave that to us last year.

I think that's the point!!

[Bear]

Flew to Noosa today for a holiday... you're welcome folks.

[Gointocarlton]

That Hunt kid from Melbourne has some toe. He is one of the fastest players I have seen in a long time.

[Brettie]

Of course you don't hang your hat on SC scores - but Liam Jones scored 102 points, didn't have a massive disposal count, but that score shows all the small things he did......he was enormous today. Well done & should've been running around at senior level a lot sooner than this.

All the usual suspects played out of their skins today (i.e. Simmo, Doc, Gibbs, Cripps), but this time they dragged a few along with them......Plowman (who had been poor for a few weeks), Buckley, Armfield, Sumner, Kreuzer, White, Graham (to name a few). Everyone to a man cracked-in from the get-go against team who get ahead of themselves moreso than other team in the AFL. Can't remember seeing Carlton supporters so outnumbered by Melbourne supporters (the MCC was extremely busy).....all of them expecting this to be the beginning of their charge into the finals.....this is reality check # 3 or 4 for them this year, will they ever learn!?

Jesse Hogan should do the honourable thing and give his Rising Star award to the much more deserved Patrick Cripps......when you look at what each of them have them have done this year, Cripps is on a different planet to Hogan - who is a lazy footballer, who's only interested when the ball is coming at him lace-out.

Loved how Gawn kicked the first goal of the last & they were all "Come on!!!" (apparently 2 hands in the back is okay), then within 5 mins his direct opponent took a ripping grab & sealed the win......nicely done Andrew Phillips.

A nice win Blues.....one I certainly didn't see coming.

[enz]

That Hunt kid from Melbourne has some toe. He is one of the fastest players I have seen in a long time.

Mike Hunt

[Gointocarlton]

Mike Hunt

His brother Jayden.

[cookie2]

A very enjoyable afternoon with the boys sticking to tbeir tasks and producing a solid team effort. Our defence is coming along nicely and today we set up well and moved the ball forward from defence very well IMO. The midfield also did OK but is still a  WIP, Gibbs and Cripps very good. Jones was pretty good today also and did a lot of work in keeping pressure on the Dees defence. A win is always nice!

[DJC]

We did a lot better than I expected and our winning margin was twice what I thought

The effort that was missing against St Kilda and in the first half last week was certainly there from the first bounce.  It just shows what we're capable of when we're switched on.

I like what I saw from Cuningham today.  He didn't get a lot of the ball but he knows where it is, made good position and good decisions and affected the outcome of contests.  I reckon he'll be a regular next season. As B4L suggested, we'll have 5 for 5 if McKay lives up to expectations.

Anyway, it was a good day at the footy, even if there were lots of Melbourne supporters in what is usually a Carlton members' area.  They were a fairly inoffensive lot and one old bloke spent half the game twisted in his seat and trying to make conversation with the Blues supporters in my row.