2017 Round 4 : Post Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast

[laj]

This happens to young sides,  we pushed them hard for half a game then fell away.
Our field kicking is as bad as ever, tthat's the one thing that needs dramatic improvement if we have any pretenses to being a top side.

Hopefully what we have recruited will sort that over time.

[blue4life]

Losses are never good but there were still some positives.
Charlie Curnow missed a couple of shots but his game was good on the whole and he's showing improvement, likewise Jack Silvagni.
Zac Fisher looks a very likely type and Jarrod Pickett was much better and will be a good player with another 20 games under his belt.
We have no one good enough for Ablett and he killed us but he kills a lot of sides, our defence cracked under pressure tonight  but they'll be a tight unit when they've had a couple of years together.
All in all not too disappointing, just beaten by a more seasoned outfit with a good sprinkling of top quality players.

[Professer E]

88 tackles says they had a go, just beaten by a better unit.

[Rational_Expectations]

I disagree that Ablett 'killed us'. Many of his possessions were cheap handball receives at the back of the mark, and 1-2 combos, the only impact of which were to inflate his possession count.

[spf]

88 tackles says they had a go, just beaten by a better unit.

Yes, exactly, no questioning the intent and that's fine by me. They were simply better and we could not stop a quality forward in Lynch.

[spf]

One other positive but not related to this thread - E.Betts (D22 M5 G6 B2)

A replay I will be watching. I have a suspicion we are closer to Essendon than they think.

**edit fixed spelling

[shawny]

I disagree that Ablett 'killed us'. Many of his possessions were cheap handball receives at the back of the mark, and 1-2 combos, the only impact of which were to inflate his possession count.

X2. Did hurt us more in the second half but his posssession count rarely reflects his damage - he loves the sideways 20 metres chip in defence and as you said the one two round the back play. Those touches don't hurt the ones were he runs out of the centre into then f50 are the ones that are damaging.

Thought we tried but really think last week took its toll after the half time.

Just couldn't spread and played static stop start footy and once they ran with it the mids just couldn't apply then pressure needed and they got way too many easy spot entires.

Watching live Doc, Murphy and young SOJ tried their guts out and ran hard all game.

Cripps looked very sore and kruezer battled on but wasn't as effective as usual.

Loved fishers goal - the kid can play. Loved his pressure acts.

Overall liked the kids again. Definitely saw signs in most of them.

[LoveNavy]

88 tackles says they had a go, just beaten by a better unit.

Agreed. We had nearly double their tackles and 17-4 were inside 50. We were close in contested possies, and only -2 inside 50's. Given some goalkicking class (I.e. Charlie 2pts will soon be 2goals), we'd have hung around longer. It was a credit to our very young mob. They really showed up and had a crack against a seasoned star filled side. There's no stopping their big forwards, and they can kick straight too.

That said, Casboult was great in front of goals with his 3. He created some headaches in the marking contest too....

The youngsters were solid tonight. McCreadie, Marchbank, Williamson held their own and would have had a lesson of some very good big fwds. Pickett is building nicely, he'll have a breakout game real soon. Sammo, just keeps at it, his vision is A1. Just needs the tank and bulk to execute. The latter 2 looked dangerous.

How was Zac Fisher people?
A couple of sensational run downs, and a classy goal on debut. No less.
He looked tired at times, but kept throwing his body in.
Take a bow son. Did the Navy blue proud. May you have many more.

Well done new Blues

[LoveNavy]

One other positive but not related to this thread - E.Betts (D22 M5 G6 B2)

A replay I will be watching. I have a suspicion we close to Essendon than they think.

See 2017 AFL season thread spf ^-^

[John Corey]

Thought the effort was outstanding.We are always going to struggle against a big forward like lynch. We just don't have the defender to do it.

Once again though I'm disappointed with the skill errors made by our Captain. Missing targets. But what disappointed me the most was his attempted tackle on Assad, who just shrugged him off. The captain is supposed to set the example.