Round 14 - Blues v Western Bulldogs (Aftermatch Aftermath)

[PassIt2Carrots]

Geez Yarran was complete and utter rubbish tonight. As was Casboult. As was Tutt. We probably still should have won the game. Losing Everitt and Cripps killed us.

Henderson is not a 600k forward and actually looks more comfortable in defence.

Nicky Graham another great game bar for two awful handballs. TBH if we are going isnide 50m I want the ball in his hands. Can hit up a target.

[Wet Willie]

Boekhurst = Lucas 2015

[Mantis]

Barker will fix some of our problems. We looked a little flat and under-estimated our opponents. Once we lost confidence and self belief, the game just fell away and we went back to the Malthouse way of footy. Missing Gibbs, Carrazzo and then losing Cripps and Everitt killed our chances. An ugly night of footy by both teams. We were just uglier and we were killed in many areas after half time. Clearances, contested football just to name a few.

[PassIt2Carrots]

We had half our reserves out there.

Armfield was huge if only he had have taken his chances.

[ElwoodBlues1]

We were Caleb Danieled.....Yarran was woeful on him...

Tutt..useless
Boekhorst...disgraceful
Johnson...not up to AFL standard..
Whiley..lacks in most skill areas except tackling
Kruezer and Wood won the hitouts but had zero other influence
Simpson was ordinary
Henderson isnt strong enough...in reverse the kid down the other end Redpath is a bull, no wonder they gave us Jones.

Casboult was shite...
Army....gives his best allbeit he lacks class but keeps on keeping on..
Curnows disposal is just rubbish
Bells disposal wasnt much better than Curnow's tonoght..

Cripps, Graham, Touhy were good, Murphy tried hard but didnt impact or create much, Buckley ok at times.....

[cimm1979]

Boekhurst = Lucas 2015

Your only contribution on two sites.

I actually think he'll be handy player, first game back in an intensive game.


We had zero run after half time and still only lost by a goal and a half.

Decent fitness coach and we win that game even with all the kids we played.

[PaulP]

Judging by the last quarter, it was one of those games that had "blah" written all over it.

Hard to believe the Dogs will stay in the 8 with that sort of drivel. Really they weren't much better than us.

[Mantis]

We had half our reserves out there.

Armfield was huge if only he had have taken his chances.

Armfield rushes too much. I like what he brings to the side. We need him because we lost Betts. He will never be a Betts, but he is the best small forward we have at the moment. Needs to focus and not rush his chances.

[blue4life]

We stunk it up, a low standard game and we didn't look like winning it.
It was Tuohy then daylight really, maybe Buckley as well who at least showed some spark but the rest of them were putrid.
The last fortnight it's been hard to find a weak player, this week they were thick on the ground.
Boekhurst, seriously, what were we thinking?
Tutt, like Jones why did we think a Footscray reject would be any good?
Johnson, no tricks, no pace, limited skills, VFL standard.
Whiley, meh.
Curnow goes OK but he's the worst kick at the club, possibly the worst in the AFL.
Casboult, it's a mark or it's nothing.
Armfield, pacy, has a red hot go, skills are as rough as guts.
Holman, maybe, there's a glimmer of hope there.
Half a dozen who just aren't up to AFL standard and that's being generous to a couple of others like White and Wood, there's a very long way to go.

[PassIt2Carrots]

Boekhorst a big let down. So many players played poorly but the effort was still there from most of them. At least we get Gibbs back next week. We're going to need him.