VFL 2023 Rd 5 Carlton vs Sandringham at Carlton

[Baggers]

Blues win by 3 pts! Phew. Pretty good effort considering the late 'outs.'

[Lods]

Dow 40 touches....he's got to be better than that, :

[Baggers]

Blues: 9.17
Sandy: 10.8

8 more shots on goal, including 2 OOTF.

Ned Cahill 4 goals, rest singles.

Fogarty, Dow, Binns & Carroll probably best of the AFL listed blokes, and Boyd until he went off.

VFL boys: Cahill & Swaney deserve a mention.

11 more frees to Sandy, definitely got the rub of the green. Some pretty perplexing decisions.

[townsendcalling]

O'Brien and Kemp held over as the two emergencies and TDK actually 'managed' due to soreness etc??  Maybe he just needed a rest!

[WASurfer]

TC....I reckon they both might play....not sure on McGovern and someone mentioned Acres in doubt today too. They would both likely be the replacements?

[LoveNavy]

Quite frustrating in front of goals. Basically kept them in the game.
I liked Fog, Dow, Binns. O'Keeffe is light but was good at ground level.
Cahill and Ronke understandably worry their opponents.

4pts is 4pts.

[Gointocarlton]

Dow 40 touches....he's got to be better than that, :

He could 80 and wouldnt get a game.

[LP]

Dow 40 touches....he's got to be better than that, :

It's a better game when he was running out of D50, but he still turns over a high percentage of the footy he gets which remains a problem. We were lucky the opposition wasted it just as much as we turned it over.

Fogarty is a much better ball user, early on I thought we were all over the opposition, and the setup was better with Dow in D50 and Fogarty up the ground, not sure why we changed it, crooked kicking for goal isn't caused by where Dow and Fogarty start.

Binns got plenty, but was also pretty wasteful, very lightweight for an AFL lister.

[crashlander]

An excellent result for such an undermanned team. Pity this is so different to who actually played, and it was published the day of the game.

[crashlander]

Ned Cahill could well get a call up if he continues getting the ball like that. He, at least, has some idea where to go to get the ball in the forward line.

With some of the poor form from some senior players, I reckon Dow has to play next week. Maybe Carroll: I'm not sure he has what it takes, but he is showing a tad more than Honey is at the moment.

We had 8 taps, yet Dow has 40 possessions!