Rd 20; Carlton vs St Kilda: Post Game Profanity

[bratblue]

In retrospect two things I enjoyed watching yesterday were Cripps over the shoulder  handballs and that familiar Silvagni gait when Jack cleared the ball from fullback.

As with Williams when he first came to Carlton and players were being hit on the back not expecting a handball the receivers are leaning to expect Cripps freakish handballs.

Seeing Jack with that unique gait the years rolled away and I was reminded of watching his dad as a young player. Jack looked confident with his skills on the backline and I wouldn't mind seeing him tried there while he's developing.

[Gointocarlton]

In retrospect two things I enjoyed watching yesterday were Cripps over the shoulder  handballs and that familiar Silvagni gait when Jack cleared the ball from fullback.

As with Williams when he first came to Carlton and players were being hit on the back not expecting a handball the receivers are leaning to expect Cripps freakish handballs.

Seeing Jack with that unique gait the years rolled away and I was reminded of watching his dad as a young player. Jack looked confident with his skills on the backline and I wouldn't mind seeing him tried there while he's developing.

And the roar from the Carlton faithful whenever he did something. Sigh.

[blue4life]

Pace without skill is useless, Armfield is lightning quick but he butchers the ball 50% of the time.
Hawthorn aren't a quick side apart from one or two, Geelong at their peak weren't either.
Ling and Mitchell are slow by current VFL standards, Hodge is only average and so is Lewis.
So is Cripps.

[shadesy]

...You only need to be foot quick, when your teammate kicks the ball 10 metres either side of you, handballs behind you, to your feet or bombs it on your head.

[Lods]

In retrospect two things I enjoyed watching yesterday were Cripps over the shoulder  handballs and that familiar Silvagni gait when Jack cleared the ball from fullback.

As with Williams when he first came to Carlton and players were being hit on the back not expecting a handball the receivers are leaning to expect Cripps freakish handballs.

Seeing Jack with that unique gait the years rolled away and I was reminded of watching his dad as a young player. Jack looked confident with his skills on the backline and I wouldn't mind seeing him tried there while he's developing.

Wasn't it uncannily familiar

He did it another time earlier in the game too but that was more striking.

Not sure it's been mentioned...but Hawthorn were pretty flat in their game as well.
Maybe the week before took a bit of a toll on both teams.

[crashlander]

...You only need to be foot quick, when your teammate kicks the ball 10 metres either side of you, handballs behind you, to your feet or bombs it on your head.

I felt for Buckley quite a bit on Sunday. The number of times he ran past and the handball landed at his feet or behind him was incredible. And the worst offenders were Simpson, Tuohy and Docherty, some of our more reliable disposers of the ball.
We also overdo the handball, which puts pressure on the kicker and slows down our forward movement. The results there were lethal when we finally decided to kick the ball.