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

[flyboy77]

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.

exactly - he stands out the back and demands the ball. i reckon 20+ of his stats were gained in this manner....

[Vivian]

A very young and inexperienced side tonight. Alot is resting on our few senior players now to drag the newbies along. Fighting back a bit in the last was the best sign. It showed some steel and persistence. Add in the high tackle count and it demonstrates that they are getting the message.

Lynch put on a clinic. He and wright make a pretty dominant old fashioned forward line that is hard to stop when the ball is getting thumped down there with little pressure.

Our forward line remains a shambles, mostly due to a lack of work rate. Casboult just doesnt move enough, preferring to wrestle. He looks more capable when up the ground, but we know what he is and he isnt going to improve.  Pickett did some nice things but needs to convert to make the most of few opportunities. Our kicking generally was poor and it is shown up on a fast dry track like docklands.

Murphy, docherty our best, with gibbs putting in. We fell away in the middle badly after that. Well done to silvagni for a four quarter game.

Umpiring has become confusing this year. Holding the ball, that bane of many a fan is more baffling than ever. The propensity to tap the ball on has also made throwing even more endemic.

Long season...

[flyboy77]

our forward line fails when our midfield fails.

We needed to pick up a mature mid in the off season. They didn't arguably because of the bigger fish in the Club's sights for 2018.

Cripps was wounded, Gibbs was back to his lazy ways....

Daisy was booed during the player intros, copped flak during the game from our supporters and even on the way home on the train the talk wasnt about Zac Fisher's goal or nice debut it was all about Daisy and what a waste of time he is....

I never condone booing, even opposition players, but Daisy Thomas is COOKED. GONE. FINISHED. We'd get better value out of playing another kid or even playing Graham to see if he can cut it, or Jaksch as a last chance.

Daisy gives us nothing other than cheap turnovers. Not doubting hi endeavour, he's just cooked.

He should not get picked again imo.

[Professer E]

But Fly, people want him picked for the outstanding leadership he apparently offers...

[cookie2]

Daisy, Kerridge, Palmer, Graham, Army - take your pick.

[Professer E]

Polson, Sheehan, Jones (at least he can play a role).

[kruddler]

Daisy was booed during the player intros, copped flak during the game from our supporters and even on the way home on the train the talk wasnt about Zac Fisher's goal or nice debut it was all about Daisy and what a waste of time he is....

Getting booed is BS, especially your own. You can't blame the opposition supporters for it, as its Gold Coast and they have none.
People should be ashamed of that.

One thing these same people probably failed to see was what happened during the run through.
There were 2 young girls who were the mascots for the game. Ran through the banner and did some running around and warmups with the boys. Almost all of them ignored the girls. Daisy went to them and was talking to them about how to stretch and what not.

Now none of that means squat once the ball is bounced, but those girls will remember that for the rest of their lives and will be forever grateful to Daisy for it.
However, things like that go a large way to fixing the culture at Carlton and are in line with what Bolton has been preaching within The Journey.

Now i don't know if anyone else noticed that, or if anyone else cared.
But that is the guy people are booing.  :-[

[kruddler]

But Fly, people want him picked for the outstanding leadership he apparently offers...

What people want is irrelevant.

Bolton and co are the ones doing the picking. Why do you think that is?

[kruddler]

our forward line fails when our midfield fails.

We needed to pick up a mature mid in the off season. They didn't arguably because of the bigger fish in the Club's sights for 2018.

Palmer not mature enough?

Perhaps we SHOULD have gone after Barlow.....oh but he got injured, again. Dodged a bullet there.

[madbluboy]

I can't remember any AFL team booing their own player, shameful.