AFL Rd 7 2022 Post Game Permutations Carlton vs North Melbourne

[LoveNavy]

So glad to hand it to NM. We’ve struggled against them long enough.

I know it’s against the bottom side but the experience of putting the foot on the throat will be valuable.

[Lods]

I have a feeling we're going to develop an extreme dislike for Jason Horne-Francis over the next ten years or so

On the other hand, Jack Carroll has the potential to give us ten years+ of happy memories. ;D

[RiverRat]

LoB vastly more effective than Setterfield in the wing role,  might be finally finding his feet.

Ditto with Newnes - both are much more effective (than Setters) when delivering the ball by foot

[RiverRat]

Innovative forward line set up for the centre bounces
Carroll (or Walsh) at CHF 
Martin + Fisher (or Owies) on the HFF
Durdin (or Owies) in the goal square
Harry + Charlie in the forward pockets (more or less)

[Thryleon]

Highlight of the match was young ironing out zurhar for mine.

Disappointed the scoreline wasn't more.  We were wasteful in front of goal and should have won by 70 points.

Still a win is a win.

[crashlander]

Freudian slip Crash?

Fun fact....

CARLTON RESERVES              4.3    9.8    15.8    17.12 (114)
NORTH MELBOURNE VFL        4.0    5.1    7.2      9.5 (59)

CARLTON                5.2    8.5    15.8    17.12 (114)
NORTH MELBOURNE        2.3    7.3    9.4      10.4 (64)

2x 50(+) point wins against North in the same day with the same exact scoreline from us.

Good day for the bluebaggers.

NO. With our injuries, we are far from the best we can be, much closer to where our VFL team could be if we had a full list to chose from. No 1 ruck out and a heap of others, and yet the defence stands up, and we win the clearances by a huge margin.

[Thryleon]

Oh I almost forgot North Melbourne's best player was eleni glouftsis.  I counted 4 score involvements that were just inexplicable.

[crashlander]

Oh I almost forgot North Melbourne's best player was eleni glouftsis.  I counted 4 score involvements that were just inexplicable.

She had a terrible game. She didn't keep up with the play. She guessed. She didn't bring the ball back when her bounce totally advantaged Goldstein. She took Tom de Koning out, and failed to blow the whistle and stop play that she interfered with. Some of her decisions were laughable.
I think bringing in women umps is not a bad thing, but Eleni doesn't appear to have what it takes. Not AFL standard.

[Lods]

I kept asking myself whether it wasn't a subconscious thing because she was female.
I think that's part of it.
She's clearly identifiable.
If an individual male umpire has a shocker, well they all look the same (except the Leprechaun) so you don't tend to notice it.
Bust seriously that was a very poor performance.
The thing was a couple of her decisions actually helped us, half tackles on North players which were called holding the ball very quickly.

One other thing while I think of it.
When O'Brien get's the ball these days rather than worrying I'm pretty confident he'll hit the target, or do something constructive, which is a dramatic shift from previous years.

[LP]

I didn't think that the umpires had much influence either way, despite some clangers both teams benefited at times.

The most important umpiring trait isn't correctness, it's consistency!

One thing I've picked up on is the new dissent rules have made it worse for fans as the clangers seem to go unnoticed which makes fans livid.