Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney

[JonDorotich]

Yep.

presumably our board would be reminding BB what the pass mark is this year - suspect we expect 6-7 wins with clear evidence of progress.

BB will need to start adjusting the old MM formula of booting it down the line b/c we'll struggle to register a win with that game plan.

[Barbs]

I'm a a fan of state leaguers but happy to admit that Gibbons needs a spell in the NB's but I would also point out he is a midfielder by trade and we are trying to play him in a different role and that
isnt working for a variety of reasons.

The problem is that we don’t have a good enough player development system that makes afl players out of vfl players. The vfl success stories mostly happen at clubs that are already successful and produce good players. We do not.

[spf]

And this from the Hun:
Patrick Dangerfield had one piece of advice regarding the new 6-6-6 rule at this year’s AFL Players’ Association season launch.

“Put money on ‘Crippa’ for the Brownlow,” Dangerfield said.

It might’ve been a hot tip. After Round 3 Cripps might well have polled in three losing teams with Saturday’s performance in a 19-point loss to Sydney his finest.

Rarely has a football team been built so exclusively around one player. Cripps isn’t just the heartbeat at Carlton, he’s the entire aorta and the lungs as well.

The problem for Cripps is that’s where the superstar talent ends. He was helpless to stop Sydney squashing a wasteful Carlton at Marvel Stadium.

Cripps won eight of his 13 clearances bursting out of the centre. The next best was third-gamer Sam Walsh with three centre clearances.

Cripps laid eight tackles, three more than every other teammate. Boy, how he must yearn for some midfield mates.


Yeah, Cripps and daylight really. Walsh is showing a bit, but we still lack that support. Setterfield it should be remembered is playing his 4th game.

[Baggers]

presumably our board would be reminding BB what the pass mark is this year - suspect we expect 6-7 wins with clear evidence of progress.

BB will need to start adjusting the old MM formula of booting it down the line b/c we'll struggle to register a win with that game plan.

None so far, which is especially disappointing considering we're putting a better side on the paddock than this time last year, or the year before... etc.

[PaulP]

That sounds like a normal day at the office for Cripps. How very fortunate we are to have him.

[Lods]

I've been a Teague fan but.....
Teague's our forward coach
Our forward line is a shambles.

You would have to be an insider to know what's actually going on there ….but Teague has enough on his plate to get that functional before we hand over a senior gig to him.

[Barbs]

BB will need to start adjusting the old MM formula of booting it down the line b/c we'll struggle to register a win with that game plan.

The tactics of a risk averse coach. We’re losing anyway, may as well back your players to play some attacking footy by moving through the corridor. Sure, with our skills we’re going to turn it over a fair bit. But when we do it we’re competitive. When we go long down the boundary, we just stop and look uninterested.

[PaulP]

I've been a Teague fan but.....
Teague's our forward coach
Our forward line is a shambles.

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Was thinking the same, and was about to post. The idea that David Teague is the new messiah did at least give me a chuckle.

[Baggers]

Was thinking the same, and was about to post. The idea that David Teague is the new messiah did at least give me a chuckle.

Wo, wo, wo... taking a little creative licence there PP. I don't think anyone has suggested DT as a Messiah... nuh. I don't think it's necessary to have a dig at folks for expressing heartfelt concerns and beliefs. I understand that you're willing and wanting to maintain the course -- and respect that -- but there are some of us who believe that things are not quite as rosy and are expressing that.

[Professer E]

We lose Cripps we lose  20 000 members and we'll be in Tasmania within 12 months.