2018 Rd 1 Post Game Party: Carlton vs Richmond

[percy]

SpecialK hobbling off had a real effect on our playing group, the change in body language was palpable.

We must find ways to get around this, too much depends on too few.

X2

[LP]

Can someone explain to me how Nthmond players keep ending up with Cripps collar in their hand, giving him a collar coat hanger half-a-dozen times per game, yet Cripp's is almost never awarded a free kick for a high contact. He walks of the ground with his neck and collarbone covered in scratches, how can that be for a bloke 195cm and go unrewarded!

It seems his collar must just jump down into their hands whenever he gets near!

btw., Four, the number of times Dusty poked a Carlton player in the throat and wasn't penalised! I just don't get it, and now his team-mates are starting to copy him, and getting away with it!

Lastly from me tonight, friendly jumpers, that is what we have. Jones, Marchbank, Plowman, Casboult, all fly for marks over Nthmond players and barely make contact. Jones should have hospitalised Cotchin tonight, and Casboult, Marchbank and Plowman all had opportunities to attempt marks with severe aggression and instead floundered looking for a tunnelling free. Sorry, that is not what heavily built marking players are supposed to do, they should remember that in a future game as they feel Franklin or Roughead burying their knees into their kidneys or shoulder blade!

[LoveNavy]

Lang for Thomas/Lamb one obvious change....

Willo for Byrne/Mullett/Weitering...

But overall, losing Kennedy early was a huge blow and one not easy to cover....

Big H should have played and we missed Pickett.

How did Garlett fare?

Byrne had a shocker tonight. Lacked awareness and got caught. They made us pay for that.
I thought Daisy was ok. Lamb ok in patches too, needs to show more consistency for mine.
Garlett was solid for his first game since 2016. Linked up well and positioned himself well without taking too much risk. I'm hoping he'll take the game on a bit more when he's adjusted. 
We lost momentum when Kruez went off. He was in the rooms a long time.

Enjoy the replay fb. My hunch is you'll like what you see  ;D

[crashlander]

The Bad
Byrne was putrid. Zero awareness, gets caught too often and made stupid mistakes, not AFL std I’m afraid. I’d almost say he should never play 1s again.
SOS should plays twos, a witches hat tonight.
Weiters - still a kid but I’m starting to worry a little.

The Good
Charlie-Wow!
Crippa-Ditto
Simmo-Like a Penfolds Grange
Wright’s-Mr Reliable

I wouldn't be quite so negative about Byrne. He is a guy who does have a future. But at the moment he is struggling. He gets caught too often and he dropped marks he normally swallows. He really had a shocker and needs some time in the 2's to:
(a) get his pace back
(b) get some confidence
© work on his game awareness
He has the basics, but he needs to put them together, especially his awareness. I'd drop him, but I would not exile him forever.

Jack Silvagni also needs an extended period in the VFL. He played probably his least effective game tonight. He was slow and got run off continually. His chasing was aweful. Absolutely terrible and he didn't appear to have the desperation that is a hallmark of his game. His reaction times were very slow today as well.
He needs some time to work on his pace, which is his biggest weakness. He needs to get his enthusiasm level up. I want to see him flying for the ball, not getting outbodied all of the time. And he needs to work on his reactions. His dad had brilliant reactions and great strength.


Jacod Weitering is another who needs to work on his body work and his pace. He was OK tonight, but he was always trailing his man. He has to get close enough to get a spoil in on the lead, as he is struggling with this aspect.

Liam Jones didn't have a great night either, as the Richmond forwards worked hard to keep him out of the contest, and tunnelled him when he did succeed to go for marks. This was ignored a number of times. He made one very unrealistic attempt, but the rest should have been frees to him and were not.
His effort in the last quarter was nothing short of brilliant.

I would like to bring Alex Silvagni in. He is a player who adds a lot of solidity to our defence. However, he left the ground before half time with an ice pack on his hamstring. That is not good.

[LP]

Fisher was good, some of our more heavily built players should be taking note!

[Brettie]

The gap between our best & worst players tonight was huge......not enough decent performances in the middle of that gap to ever cause an upset.

Pretty well summed up by most, with our outstanding performers clearly standing out for all the right reasons & our worst clearly outstanding out for all the wrong reasons.

So should I mention the elephant in the room & suggest that Jack Silvagni is not good enough....not even close?

Whilst the likes of Byrne & Weitering deservedly copped their right whack, can I also suggest that Plowman isn’t far behind? I’ve never been convinced by him as a player......he’s sloppy, he’s slow, he’s unreliable, he’s a friggin’ worry......

Our forward line was generally a mess & 36 scoring shots against suggest our backline wasn’t much better, so with all that said, I’ll happily take that 26 point loss.....

[townsendcalling]

Day 1 of a new game plan against a very formidable opposition. Gold Coast, Collingwood and North would want to be on their games in the next 3 weeks.

[Jb]

Murphy was putrid tonite.. I counted at least 7 missed targets from his disposal.. bloody awful for a captain..

[RiverRat]

Weitering is another who needs to work on his body work and his pace. He was OK tonight, but he was always trailing his man. He has to get close enough to get a spoil in on the lead, as he is struggling with this aspect.

Weitering lacks pace because he has a poor running action and limited acceleration so he has always been poor and will likely always be poor against a fast leading opponent. His forte is zoning off, reading the play and taking intercept marks but that is not how he is being used. The guys with acceleration and closing speed are Jones and Alex Silvagni.

[LoveNavy]

Fisher was good, some of our more heavily built players should be taking note!

Agreed. Little Zac has shown a very steady rate of improvement. He always looks so focussed. Maybe that's why he's progressed so well. That and his increasing tank. It's likely we have a capable Murphy replacement.
He's becoming one of my favorites. His kicking is superior to many of our seasoned players as is his attack on the ball. Like a Jack Russell Terrier is our Fisher.