AFL Rd 2 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

[PaulP]

I hibernate during the off season, generally don't come back here until winter. Nice to see my sparing partner is still around.

Lol. We only sparred for a short while. Good to have you back.

[DJC]

The only problem with a good win like that on a Thursday night is that it's too long until our next game; the anticipation is killing me!

It was interesting to hear several players talk about the sessions where they analysed what didn't work against the Tigers and set about addressing those areas.

I thought that Cameron was Geelong's only clear winner.  With the exception of his opponents, all of our players won or equalised their positions.  It was an excellent team performance, with several players capping consistent performances with outstanding periods; such as Saad's first half, Crippa's third quarter and Harry's last ten minutes.  Ed turned the clock back with the job he did on Guthrie while having an impact in our forward half.  I loved Charlie's response when he goaled after Ed's pass.  The response to Ed's goal was pretty special too.  He is a heart and soul player and the decision to keep him on for another season looks like paying dividends.

I guess we've answered the question about whether we can play Charlie, Harry, Jack, Tom, Pitto, Crippa, Weiters and Young in the same team ... and why wouldn't you 

Jack did take a couple ruck contests, as did Cripps, but I thought that we got much better value from him focusing on his tall  forward role.  He is a smart footballer who can create opportunities for those around him with his positioning and good use of the footy. 

The Owies/Motlop/Durdin combination worked really well and created headaches for the Geelong defence while assisting our defence as required.  Having three small forwards with different bags of tricks is a positive.  I was surprised to see that Motlop wasn't credited with any tackles.  He laid several, including one where Tuohy gave him a forearm to the face.  Perhaps I need to look up the CD definition of tackle  :-\

Weitering was very good on Hawkins and Pitto and De Koning both rucked very well against him.  I imagine that Matty K put a lot of thought into stopping Hawkins getting shots at goal from ruck contests.

Vossy's pressers are always good value, even when we lose.  Scott is always surly when the Cats lose and he seems to go out of his way to find excuses for him and his team.  That said, I thought that he did try to provide relevant responses to some well-directed questions.

Scott's decision to sub Stanley out didn't help their cause.  Pitto and De Koning went to work on Blicavs, Cripps was freed up and Whyte didn't fire a shot.  O'Brien had more impact but I would have preferred Silvagni to have stayed on the ground.

Note to G2C: You can officially add Hollands to the top of our 2-way running power ladder 

Go Blues!

[Gointocarlton]

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Note to G2C: You can officially add Hollands to the top of our 2-way running power ladder 

Roger that, I noted at one point he had the highest distance covered out of all players on the field. Dunno if he finished up with the highest but he is an impressive lad.
Watching the replay today, I figured out he reminds my of ol mate Hoops in the way he runs and his kicking action.

[Lods]

I thought that Cameron was Geelong's only clear winner.  With the exception of his opponents, all of our players won or equalised their positions. 

Much as it pains me to say it ...but credit where it's due, Cameron was outstanding, and not just with his goalkicking. He worked both ends of the field with his run and picked up a lazy 25 disposals. One passage where he started the play on one side of the ground and ran to the other side to receive was an example of his work ethic.
We probably  would have won easily if he hadn't been there.

[madbluboy]

Cameron is probably the best player in the comp.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Roger that, I noted at one point he had the highest distance covered out of all players on the field. Dunno if he finished up with the highest but he is an impressive lad.
Watching the replay today, I figured out he reminds my of ol mate Hoops in the way he runs and his kicking action.

I was beginning to like Hollands too and then you had to mention the Houlihan comparison......?

[DJC]

Much as it pains me to say it ...but credit where it's due, Cameron was outstanding, and not just with his goalkicking. He worked both ends of the field with his run and picked up a lazy 25 disposals. One passage where he started the play on one side of the ground and ran to the other side to receive was an example of his work ethic.
We probably  would have won easily if he hadn't been there.

I recall him being quite upset when outmarked by Charlie when he drifted back to create a two on one at CHB.  His work ethic is outstanding.

[DJC]

Roger that, I noted at one point he had the highest distance covered out of all players on the field. Dunno if he finished up with the highest but he is an impressive lad.
Watching the replay today, I figured out he reminds my of ol mate Hoops in the way he runs and his kicking action.

Hollands’ disposal isn’t as silky as Hoops’ was and Hoops wouldn’t have run half that distance ?

[RiverRat]

Saad was superb.

Very much so - also impressed by the times that he dribbled the ball at his feet, rather than having a wild kick off the ground

[Gointocarlton]

Tommy D charged by the MRO with kneeing Stanley in a ruck contest. Thats too funny. $3000 fine reduced to $2000 with an early plea. Since farken when?