VFL 2022 Rd 18 Carlton vs Williamstown at Williamstown

[Baggers]

Willi are tough work at home with that gale that blows , remember watching some VFA games down there and you were getting blown to pieces just watching with that Antarctic weather they have, a half eaten pie went cold real quick....

Too true. The one fond memory I have of Willi was being there for one of JSOSs first games. And you're so right about the pies... gotta eat 'em in a hurry if you want to enjoy them better than lukewarm!

[kruddler]

There is a very unique home ground advantage down at Willi.

Very different to the pristine conditions of PP....and Marvel!

[pinot]

Conditions were tough but none the less what a rubbish game

[Baggers]

Conditions were tough but none the less what a rubbish game

Agree. There was no excuse for the cr@p we served up in the first 3 quarter. I wonder how much responsibility fall to the coaches. We persisted going to the wing that Willi loved and knew. Should have been a wet/windy weather strategy... scrap it out. So obvious early on we were trying to play to our regular game plan... or the coaches did give them a different strategy and players just didn't adapt/cope. Finals at the G can be wet and windy.

[crashlander]

What a shocking day.
[1] Fogarty wants to play seniors. Not sure many others do, not on this performance.
Stocker didn't do enough. 13 possessions isn't enough in the circumstances.
Mirkov was beaten for one of the few times this year. Downie had a really good game and showed how far Mirkov has to go.
Martin is not looking like he wants it enough. He is going to have to do more. He might get a go because Durdin got hurt, but that would be all.
Akuei did nothing at all. 2 possessions.
Marchbank's 16 possessions wasn't really enough either.
[2] Our VFL boys didn't have good afternoons.
Glass-McCasker barely had a touch and kicked only 1 point.
Crocker had only 7 possessions for no score at all.
[3] Kemp stood up. He didn't have a lot of mates.
[4] We still came home with a wet sail; 5 out of the last 6 goals. Says what we could have done, if we'd been on song all game.

[Gointocarlton]

What a shocking day.
[1] Fogarty wants to play seniors. Not sure many others do, not on this performance.
Stocker didn't do enough. 13 possessions isn't enough in the circumstances.
Mirkov was beaten for one of the few times this year. Downie had a really good game and showed how far Mirkov has to go.
Martin is not looking like he wants it enough. He is going to have to do more. He might get a go because Durdin got hurt, but that would be all.
Akuei did nothing at all. 2 possessions.
Marchbank's 16 possessions wasn't really enough either.
[2] Our VFL boys didn't have good afternoons.
Glass-McCasker barely had a touch and kicked only 1 point.
Crocker had only 7 possessions for no score at all.
[3] Kemp stood up. He didn't have a lot of mates.
[4] We still came home with a wet sail; 5 out of the last 6 goals. Says what we could have done, if we'd been on song all game.

Sounds like players in the 2s also dropped their bundle this week? Did Dow travel with the 1s?

[kruddler]

Sounds like players in the 2s also dropped their bundle this week? Did Dow travel with the 1s?

Dow played.

[Baggers]

Too true. The one fond memory I have of Willi was being there for one of JSOSs first games. And you're so right about the pies... gotta eat 'em in a hurry if you want to enjoy them better than lukewarm!

...and if my memory serves me correctly, Ye Rat O' The River was also with us at that Willi game... though he was much more modest with his pie consumption ;D