2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS

[blue4life]

You know how injury hit they are?

They had 16 on the ground and outscored us 7 goals to 1 in the last qtr. That you don't have patience with. That's a sacking.

Sack him now and we might as well hand in the keys.

[Gointocarlton]

You know how injury hit they are?

They had 16 on the ground and outscored us 7 goals to 1 in the last qtr. That you don't have patience with. That's a sacking.

is that true? 16 only? I was at the ground and didnt notice. In fact, they seemed to outnumber us at every contest

[Lods]

We won't get a PP, but GC will without any doubt!

I've changed my mind.
I think we'll now ask and receive one.
GC will get one too.
The AFL have to step in because these results affect the brand.
Good tight contests all weekend would have had them excited.... and now Carlton and GC step in and spoil the week.
Something will have to happen regarding free agency too.
We cant continue to have the best players going to the top clubs or this vast gap that already exists between top and bottom will grow even wider.

[PaulP]

is that true? 16 only? I was at the ground and didnt notice. In fact, they seemed to outnumber us at every contest

Only for a couple of minutes, but yes, I'm pretty sure it's true.

[ElwoodBlues1]

We gave up in the last quarter so they could have had 12 on the park as Paul suggested and we would still struggle......
Once Cripps was kept honest by Ward and Ed couldnt handle Kelly the game was over...Cripps to his credit kept plugging away and we saw some nice cameo stuff from Harry and Paddy Dow but we just didnt have the talent on the park to go with GWS.
A game to move quickly on from and I think most of our attention has to be in the trade/draft period...playing wise its just going through the motions and even the coaching staff look over it..

[madbluboy]

Only for a couple of minutes, but yes, I'm pretty sure it's true.

They had 17 on the ground for at least the last 10 minutes and they were still getting free. Bolton's time is up.

[PaulP]

They had 17 on the ground for at least the last 10 minutes and they were still getting free. Bolton's time is up.

His time may well be up, but that's not relevant to the discussion. 18 Sam Rowes are not not better than 12 Josh Kellys. 

[rocky]

Another abysmal display. It  was embarrassing.  They were alternating between 17 and 16 players on the ground in the last and actually looked prepared to run more while our blokes were happy to job around chasing arse. So many passengers still getting a game due to our lack of depth.
Oh and thanks to the umps for really driving the dagger in. Pathetic display.

[Jack Burton]

A new low. Again. The vultures will be circlinh this week

[blue4life]

His time may well be up, but that's not relevant to the discussion. 18 Sam Rowes are not not better than 12 Josh Kellys.

That's it in a nutshell.
Even allowing for our injuries, and they are significant, our list is paper thin and still needs major work, no team can carry so many sub standard players into a game against a good side and expect to be competitive.
We'll pick up one top class player at this year's draft which will help but we're still half a dozen short.
The next two years will be the biggest test of our recrukting.