Carlton vs Freo in Freo Practice Match

[WASurfer]

Late entrance. Saw the game on the weekend and apart from a few encouraging things, our ball use was nothing short of disgraceful. The Jones kick across half back straight to an opponent who ran into an open goal was almost funny but seasoned players like Simpson and Docherty had a few shockers too. Docherty you can cut some slack given first real competitive hit out in 2 years. Polson still doesn't looked to have improved his disposal skills even into his 3rd (or 4th?) season? He took a nice mark and then slaughtered the shot at goal.

Good signs were Martin's first half. He went hard at the ball and the man. Fisher was in an under a lot more than usual and Pittonet did a few okay things in the second half. Walsh just picked up where he finished last season and will be giving Cripps a good run for his money in the B&F this year. He is an incredible work horse in just his second year and put a lot of the more senior blokes to shame last year and in this game too.

Yes our forward line was missing 4 key players in McKay, McGovern, Charlie and Betts....but even they would've struggled give the ball coming in was all over the shop.

First practice game in a long season for sure but we hear all about how well everyone has been going in pre-season training and we turn up and put those skills on display!