2017 Rd 2 Pre Game Panic Carlton vs Melbourne

[Jack Burton]

wow sorry for giving an opinion, won't make that mistake again, but seriously, some of you guys should go to a game occasionally, its a whole new perspective

[cookie2]

I suspect we'll see a much better showing from our blokes on Sunday next against the ...'Go Dees' (said with a posh lisp from a bloke wearing a Range Rover bow tie).

McKay, Palmer, Kerridge, Lamb and Graham would be in line for promotion but, looking back on last year we are loathe to make wholesale changes so I would anticipate 2, max. Should be interesting.

I really hope you're right  Baggers (I won't be there due to a family commitment) but I fear the Dees may well be a bigger handful than the Tigers, even though Dusty won't be there!

[LP]

wow sorry for giving an opinion, won't make that mistake again, but seriously, some of you guys should go to a game occasionally, its a whole new perspective

Your opinions are welcome, but we don't have to agree with them!

[Gointocarlton]

When Thomas got wrongly pinged for the throw I was in the bar getting a drink and the feckwits all screamed for him to fork off. Even when the video showed he was wrongly pinged they mostly did a Trump and dismissed the video like it was an alternative fact. Fecking Morons.

It was odd at "The G" last night, the atmosphere just wasn't there. As a crowd it was pretty mixed up with people just there because it was the first game. Lots of supporters from other clubs, they were more objective and balanced in their comments about the Carlton players than most of our supporters.

You should have sat with me in front of two of the most biased, one eyed Carlton, battle axes I have ever heard. At half time, I looked up stats an saw frees were 9-7 our way. One of them said "I'd like to see the free kick count". I turned to her and said "its 9-7 our way" and she looked me in the eye and said "Bulltish". They saved their best till last though, when Cripps tried to bump Dusty and came off second best, one of the battle axes yelled "Bloody Umpire, didnt you see what Martin did to Cripps". I turned to my mate at that point and said "we need to go".

[Thryleon]

Yep, Cripps tried to hit Martin and came off second best because he didn't commit to it.

If anyone doubts why daisy gets a game, for me it was the third quarter, ball was in dispute at half back and we managed to get it to our mids on the wing. Murphy,  Gibbs, Thomas all in the vicinity.  Ditto SPS.  Anyhow I can't recall the entire play,  but it ended with a bit of a fast break where Pickett marked inside 50 and handballed over the top to Thomas on the line who kicked an easy goal.

The bloke runs, and runs hard to make position.  He does it both ways, and Kreuzer aside was one of our only players switched on at the start of the game.

His body let's him down, and blokes like him and Rowe will be criticised weekly as they're easy targets.

[RiverRat]

If anyone doubts why daisy gets a game ... The bloke runs, and runs hard to make position.  He does it both ways, and Kreuzer aside was one of our only players switched on at the start of the game.

Spot on Thry - gives both-ways effort, tackles hard, puts his frail body on the line, wins the hard ball but he needs to stop trying to kick the ball because he can't do it effectively. He and Ed Curnow need to develop their handball skills.

[sandsmere]

Spot on Thry - gives both-ways effort, tackles hard, puts his frail body on the line, wins the hard ball but he needs to stop trying to kick the ball because he can't do it effectively. He and Ed Curnow need to develop their handball skills.

Yes. We had quite a few players that were much worse than Daisy.


too many on here knock him because they want him to fail. Very shallow-minded.

[kruddler]

In respect of last night, there would be five or six ahead of him getting the chop if the decision is based on performance.

Yet everyone is calling for his head for this game.....almost exclusively.

Peoples bias are clouding their judgements in regards to daisy.

Their bias comes from many areas.
1. His paycheque
2. His former club
3. His recruitment coinciding with the exit of a much loved small forward
4. His friendship with a not-so-loved former coach
5. His bad luck with injuries

NONE of that is his fault.

[cookie2]

The main issue for folks, from what I can see, is the question of his value which is obviously related to the size of his paycheck.

If, for the sake of argument, he was being paid half of what he was contracted at, would the same criticisms be advanced? Don't know, but I would suspect they would be at a much lower level.

Without criticising Daisy, but much much more was expected by many from him, primarily in terms of on field performance,  for what he is/was being paid. He acknowledged that himself. I think what we are really mainly seeing is a lot of frustration being vented rather than actual blaming or hatred of him personally tbh.

[Vivian]

Spot on Thry - gives both-ways effort, tackles hard, puts his frail body on the line, wins the hard ball but he needs to stop trying to kick the ball because he can't do it effectively. He and Ed Curnow need to develop their handball skills.

Agree. He ran as hard as anyone and runs to space. As silly as his contract is, we are a better side right now with him in. A smattering of very experienced players will speed up the development of the youth.  Big picture