Rd 18: Post Game In depth Analysis and Soul Searching: Carlton vs Sydney

[LoveNavy]

Just watching a bit of the delayed telecast and saw Boekhourst(not sure of spelling) MASSIVE chase and tackle in the 3rd. Others could have/would have given up seeing how far in the clear the swans player was. Awesome to see.
And I love The forward pressure of SOJ.

Yes it was a real showcase of his speed and determination.
What was even more impressive from a team perspective was that Sumner was running in parallel, pressuring him on the inside. Excellent efforts.

[Professer E]

Hey EB, what did you think of Boekhorst today?

[pinot]

Good effort from the lads gotta be happy with that considering three key position players are like 18 years old.

Hopefully Big Harry and Cunningham have a good game tomorrow and go in the game against the Hawks with five first year players.

Murphy will add polish to the team...when he is good to play. In the draft we go for a bunch of talented mids.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Hey EB, what did you think of Boekhorst today?

Good question Prof....did enough to get a name next week IMO, nice chase to run a player down, kicked an easy goal and managed to extract himself from traffic a couple times to set up play.
Saying all that he is still yet to convince me he is the real deal to get another contract but didnt do his chances any harm vs a team that do contest well and dont give up space for players like Boekhorst to sneak out on there own and use their pace to carry the ball. Given we lack a player or two who have some natural flair and X factor I hope he makes it..

Couple of other 50/50 players:

Dylan Buckley....like BB probably did enough to get another game next week....nice snap goal, 4 tackles and about a dozen possies...nothing outstanding and he did miss a couple of tackles including a bad one early where Josh kennedy kicked a goal after Buckley couldnt tackle and bring him down...

Nick Graham...workrate wasnt bad, 10 tackles but his impact as a mid playmaker was negligible,  he just doesnt cause enough damage with his disposals ...

[Professer E]

I thought Boeky was ok, we don't exactly have a heap of players on the list that can play his role.

[jeza]

I thought Boeky was ok, we don't exactly have a heap of players on the list that can play his role.

Wasn't really an outside runner's type of game today. He wasn't bad but he'd want to go a bit better than that next week. A few times I see him get worried about his opponent when he should be focusing on getting the ball.

Great run-down chase down the back flank though. That's the sort of stuff that gets the team going. Only one highlight but it was a big one.

[cookie2]

BB, despite recognising the positives, was certainly not getting too excited about today's effort according to the post match presser. Emphasised again that we need to be better for longer and was critical of our 3Q effort. The culture is certainly being established particularly in terms of expected work rate. We just need to inject some more better quality talent now!

[townsendcalling]

Looking over game again, I think that there were 22 players today who looked interested, committed, determined and 'team first' focused. The fact that we have players of varying abilities, some who are not up to 'premiership' standard, at this stage is irrelevant. That's where our improvement has come this year.  The next set of players who arrive will have a set of 'non negotiables' of a high standard that we have not seen for years. 

Happy days are coming. 

[Gointocarlton]

He's me expecting a proper flogging and instead, we took it right up to the flag favourites (IMO). Murphy plays or Curnow doesnt get hurt and we probably win. Only saw the first half and abit of the 3rd, will watch the replay today but I liked what I saw. Effort and desperation, Sumners goal off the ground and pace to get to it were sublime. If he can get himself fit, look out. A cracking start to the game was the key I reckon, from the first bounce, we matched them in every dept except a big key fwd to stand up and kick a mini bag ie Buddy). Not a win but feels like one.

[Professer E]

We're not the only side to struggle with this but we really lack chunky, strong, fast players... all our pacy blokes are little light blokes like Boeky, Sumner and Buckley and we don't have a match for the likes of Heeney, that fast, explosive burst kind of player.  Heeney killed us in the third and our blokes with pace couldn't match his strength or attack on the ball. 

Swans are light on for outside run IMO and looked far better with Heeney up the ground.

Oh GITC, a lot of Buddy's goals were from smart forward play, but gees he cheats and sneaks forward of the contest a lot and score easy goals as a result.  I thought a lot of Swan's scoring opportunities came from space created by questionable err "handballs" across F50 arc, it craps me no end when  sides get away with that.