04-25-2015, 12:56 AM
Our 3rd loss on the trot was an improvement, but a loss is a loss is a loss, especially against the Drug Cheats. :-[ :-[ :-[
Our match rating this week was 7.52, a considerable improvement in C+ territory. That may be a little inflated for where it should be, simply due to the fact that our first 2 losses were relatively poor. There were side effects though. This week's side is looking like the Diggers after the Gallipoli landing: shot to bit and the walking wounded.
The spread of votes was considerably higher this round, as people generally considered that more players made a useful contribution.
One of the side effects of our 3rd loss and poor outlook was that the number of voter dropped off. We had 25 voters in Round #1, while only 14 of us voted this time around. However, this was better than last year. After our 3rd loss last year only 12 people bothered to vote.
Hopefully a good showing today will bring the voting population back in force. 8) 8)
The Votes: Round #3 Carlton vs. Essendon
Cripps, Patrick 210
Murphy, Marc 150
Everitt, Andrejs 145
Wood, Cameron 137
Armfield, Dennis 116
Docherty, Sam 73
Walker, Andrew 64
Yarran, Chris 59
Judd, Chris 54
Simpson, Kade 54
Carrazzo, Andrew 21
Gibbs, Bryce 16
Tuohy, Zach 16
Byrne, Ciaran 13
I am assuming Yarran got his votes for his well aimed punch at Chapman. The full details of that tale I think we will never know.
Ciaran Byrne had an excellent impression in his first game. Unfortunately a minor hamstring prevented him from repeating the effort in Windy Wellington.
Another sign for the future was our response to Patrick Cripps. We rated him our best player for his excellent 4 quarter effort in the middle of the ground.
Progressive Votes:
614 - Docherty, Sam (0)
399 - Judd, Chris (0)
302 - Everitt, Andrejs (0)
252 - Simpson, Kade (0)
249 - White, Simon (0)
210 - Cripps, Patrick (0)
198 - Wood, Cameron (0)
153 - Murphy, Marc (0)
116 - Armfield, Dennis (0)
115 - Gibbs, Bryce (0)
89 - Yarran, Chris (0)
71 - Bell, Tom (0)
65 - Walker, Andrew (0)
63 - Carrazzo, Andrew (0)
59 - Tuohy, Zach (0)
30 - Casboult, Levi (0)
14 - Byrne, Ciaran (0)
8 - Henderson, Lachie (0)
6 - Menzel, Troy (0)
3 - Curnow, Edward (0)
3 - Jones, Liam (0)
2 - Ellard, David (0)
Docherty still has a comfortable lead, with Everitt catching up to Judd. The relatively poor showing by some of our better players (Gibbs, Murphy, etc) shows that we still have a long way to go before we reach the standard we all expect to show.
Our match rating this week was 7.52, a considerable improvement in C+ territory. That may be a little inflated for where it should be, simply due to the fact that our first 2 losses were relatively poor. There were side effects though. This week's side is looking like the Diggers after the Gallipoli landing: shot to bit and the walking wounded.
The spread of votes was considerably higher this round, as people generally considered that more players made a useful contribution.
One of the side effects of our 3rd loss and poor outlook was that the number of voter dropped off. We had 25 voters in Round #1, while only 14 of us voted this time around. However, this was better than last year. After our 3rd loss last year only 12 people bothered to vote.
Hopefully a good showing today will bring the voting population back in force. 8) 8)
The Votes: Round #3 Carlton vs. Essendon
Cripps, Patrick 210
Murphy, Marc 150
Everitt, Andrejs 145
Wood, Cameron 137
Armfield, Dennis 116
Docherty, Sam 73
Walker, Andrew 64
Yarran, Chris 59
Judd, Chris 54
Simpson, Kade 54
Carrazzo, Andrew 21
Gibbs, Bryce 16
Tuohy, Zach 16
Byrne, Ciaran 13
I am assuming Yarran got his votes for his well aimed punch at Chapman. The full details of that tale I think we will never know.
Ciaran Byrne had an excellent impression in his first game. Unfortunately a minor hamstring prevented him from repeating the effort in Windy Wellington.
Another sign for the future was our response to Patrick Cripps. We rated him our best player for his excellent 4 quarter effort in the middle of the ground.
Progressive Votes:
614 - Docherty, Sam (0)
399 - Judd, Chris (0)
302 - Everitt, Andrejs (0)
252 - Simpson, Kade (0)
249 - White, Simon (0)
210 - Cripps, Patrick (0)
198 - Wood, Cameron (0)
153 - Murphy, Marc (0)
116 - Armfield, Dennis (0)
115 - Gibbs, Bryce (0)
89 - Yarran, Chris (0)
71 - Bell, Tom (0)
65 - Walker, Andrew (0)
63 - Carrazzo, Andrew (0)
59 - Tuohy, Zach (0)
30 - Casboult, Levi (0)
14 - Byrne, Ciaran (0)
8 - Henderson, Lachie (0)
6 - Menzel, Troy (0)
3 - Curnow, Edward (0)
3 - Jones, Liam (0)
2 - Ellard, David (0)
Docherty still has a comfortable lead, with Everitt catching up to Judd. The relatively poor showing by some of our better players (Gibbs, Murphy, etc) shows that we still have a long way to go before we reach the standard we all expect to show.
Live Long and Prosper!