Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd : Carlton vs. Western Bulldogs

[Barbs]

I missed the whole game and we won. I'm so p*ssed!
I hope to get to see the game during the week, so I can vote.

Just looking at the stats, I'd say that Kreuzer probably beat his man, even though he had less taps. English is going to be a player. But the Big Tractor is coming back after injury having played about 2/3 of a game in the VFL. He will get better. We will play better when he gets fitter.

But until we get a Grundy or a Gawn we will not win a premiership. I hate that thought. I have hopes for Tom deKoning, but he is a 19 year old kid. We need to find the next star ruckman and sooner rather than later.

That said, I am so happy to read that SPS was so good today. I am almost as pleased that Gibbons did well. I really hope out midfield can repeat this effort most weeks.

The stats show English had more hit outs, but I would suggest Kreuzer spent quite a lot of time out of the ruck.

Casboult also had 8 hit outs and seemed to go against English a fair bit.

Importantly, as a team we won the hitouts and smashed them at clearances.