Round 17 Carlton vs Hawthorn Game Commentary

[Mantis]

I thought we were bad. Tonight I really don't even know how to describe how bad it really is for us. Umpires are not helping, but we are just %$#@*$.

[Micky0]

Even if the frees were 50-0 in our favour, the scoreline would hardly read any differently. Whatever we showed in the Port game, seems almost like a dream.

I'm not delusional I know we wouldn't be close but are you watching live at the ground? 90% of the free kicks to them Have been absolutely inexplicable- absolutely. And they are dirty divers too along with being snipers and corkerers! I will enjoy their downfall when it
Comes arse holes

[PaulP]

Judd carried us for years and now that he's gone our weaknesses are badly exposed.
Apart from Murphy we have a pedestrian midfield which lacks pace, we have no forwards at all tall or small, we have no outside runners with pace and skill and our one decent key defender is approaching the end and his best days are past.
Of our young players only Cripps looks certain to develop into a 200 game player, Holman and Buckley look likely but they could just as easily go the other way, we have no young key position players and no young ruckman.
It's going to take years and if we take anything from tonight it should be just how much work we have in front of us to match it with the best, let alone beat them.
Umpires are irrelevant to good teams by the way.

Docherty ?

[Milhanna13]

A fully fit Gibbs, Thomas, carrots, walker, graham and yarran (assuming he's not fit) would help the mid field.  But it still doesn't help up forward - what the f do we do to fix that.  Hendo is doing stuff all, but if he goes, we will have less than nothing up there

[cimm1979]

Not to mention;
- the tunnelling in the marking contest
- the 6 meter kicks that are paid marks
- the cribbing the mark
- the non-holding the balls
- the sniping off the ball

That dont get paid against hawthorn.  They play unsociable football, yet that's the free count????

The guy who is now in control of the MRP, the Umps and what is allowed in football, used to be the Hawks CEO.

This is the HFL. He oversaw their rise as an football power and sticks his finger in every aspect of the comp.

Flag is theirs.

[Mantis]

Our tackle rate and tackle efficiency tonight is back to as bad as it has ever been. I am struggling to find a decent player. Murphy getting the pill often but has no space to really use it properly.

[cimm1979]

A fully fit Gibbs, Thomas, carrots, walker, graham and yarran (assuming he's not fit) would help the mid field.  But it still doesn't help up forward - what the f do we do to fix that.  Hendo is doing stuff all, but if he goes, we will have less than nothing up there

You'll find that better players allow you to set up differently.

[hanwell]

John Barker's job interview is about to begin

[Micky0]

MickyO, I said exactly the same thing last week at the Freo game. Watched him all night and I said to the people next to me "he's on the take".

It's a terrible accusation, but some of his screw-ups (when your saw them live) were just suspect.

He improved after half time last week when it looked like Freo had control.

It's not that he's disinterested he dead set looks the other way when the balls coming. I don't know what the club has done to piss him off but he's making us pay now  :'(

[kruddler]

Simpsons tackle - Free Kick -  .....to the opposition?  :o

Rioli tackle - *after about the 3rd replay* "He may have got him a bit high in that tackle"

Replay...


21 - 9 free kick count. Guess who is winning.  :