Rd 11: Post Game Excitement: Carlton vs Brisbane

[Brettie]

I must have been at a different game  ???

I thought that the effort, pressure, tackling, team defence and polished ball movement was as good as I have seen from a Carlton side in many years.  Yes the opposition wasn't all that flash but they beat us by 64 points last time; that's a 102 point turnaround.

What gave me a great deal of satisfaction was watching our defence set up and effectively create a wall that Brisbane struggled to penetrate.  The transition from zone to man on man was seamless.  We did get touched up in the clearances but that's understandable with Kreuzer off and Gibbs blanketed by Robbo.  Our pressure was so effective that Brisbane's clearance advantage was negated.

Thank you DJC.......I was beginning to think we must've lost (even though I was at the game 8))........some of our ball movement from coast-to-coast was as good as I've seen from any team this year, with forwards at times not finishing the good work done by others prior.

Umpiring was deadset rubbish in the 2nd half & gifted the Lions many scoring opportunities/denied us of just as many......absolutely horrible display from those 3 blokes.....bordering on cheating.

Whilst some players were a bit down, others ably stepped-up.....I love that aspect of our game today.