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(08-05-2019, 07:46 AM)Lods link Wrote:I thought Harry had a pretty average game.
My memories of the game were that he did a bit of good work up around the wing but not a lot else.
I doubt many would have him in our bests but...
Apparently stats wise though it was one of his better games
https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2019-0...WCFY7L9BZ4
18 disposals, a career-best 11 marks and a team-high seven score involvements.
Nice article. H is coming along nicely.
As I mentioned previously we really only lost our way for a period in the 2nd qtr, but this is too similar to the 'bad old days'. It's still something we have to clean up on, those terrible 15 minute lapses.
As an aside, I wonder if DT is the coach the club was hoping it would get with BB? Young, capable bloke to grow with the group?
Really liked Weiters game. Gibbo is rapidly becoming a fave among BlueBaggers. Sharp pick-up, that Newman - future winger for sure, once the injured army of defenders return (Willo, Doc, Jones, Marchbank...)... loves a goal.
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Another point of difference. West coast were much more vocal. I was on level 3 and could hear them that's how loud they were.
We are like church mice by comparison.
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Without the size and speed of Jonesy, and the smarts of Daisy, I expected an 8 goal loss.
In all, i thought we did well enough to hold them to 4. Our weaknesses were i50 match ups, and turn overs. Mainly from poor decisions or execution. At times we had more time than we realised.
WC are in premiership form. And yes, the umpiring seems to disproportionately penalize the underdog at times.
Our backs held the most potent forward line at bay. Weiters can chalk one up over JK, which he can be proud of.
Unfortunately the great game of several players was overshadowed by the passengers. We all know who they were.
I liked that our goals came from unexpected sources. Newy and Walshy in particular. I also loved Gibbons somehow leading for Walshy then putting some body on WC on the goal line. He's the ultimate team player who has evercharged long life batteries.
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We were due a 'let down' game and WCE take no prisoners....give them an inch (which we did on numerous occasions) and...
Add in Jones, Thomas etc out and we were always behind the 8 ball.
And the umpires made sure of it....
Whilst I fully understand Liam's absence (RIP his mum), it showed just how important he is to our structure - we often had none once we coughed the ball up....our mids were darn ordinary running defensively too....
Finals, then 4 in a row!
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08-05-2019, 11:08 PM
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Average age:
WC: 26.2
Blues: 24.3
Average games:
WC: 125
Blues: 74
WC were 2 years more mature, with 2 seasons more game experience.
Image that Carlton team playing themselves in 2 years time.
I'm confident we will be more than a 4 goal better team in 2 years.
(Gold Coast actually fielded a more experienced team than us on the weekend, and got thrashed by the 69 points.)
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(08-05-2019, 11:08 PM)thefutureisblue link Wrote:Average age:
WC: 26.2
Blues: 24.3
Average games:
WC: 125
Blues: 74
WC were 2 years more mature, with 2 seasons more game experience.
Image that Carlton team playing themselves in 2 years time.
I'm confident we will be more than a 4 goal better team in 2 years.
(Gold Coast actually fielded a more experienced team than us on the weekend, and got thrashed by the 69 points.)
Take Simmo out of that equation and tell us how it looks.
He is the definition of an outlier (we would have been smashed without him in as he was one of our best).
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(08-06-2019, 02:14 AM)PaulP link Wrote:https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2019-0...ged-by-mro
Daisy not playing so they had to ping somebody! :
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A Wet Toast player deliberately legged Harry just outside the F50 arc and nothing, nada, and it would have been unmissable on video as the player was lying on the ground and reached out for Big H's ankle!
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If you get a chance, check out Liam Ryan punching SPS in the guts as the quarter time siren goes. SPS had already disposed of the ball when he gets blind-sided.
The little sniper disguised it well, but obvious what his intent was as you can see him look back the the damage he did.
... and this was not even mentioned in the MRP report.
