AFL Rd 9 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

[Micky0]

Only highlight (besides Owies understanding that footy is about kicking goals!) is Fev behind up on level 2 and being a great sport, getting into the game and the Carlton chants. He took numerous photos with people lining up and if only he could go teach H how to fking kick!

[Professer E]

That Brownlow medallist is becoming a  massive problem.  His inability to defend is killing us.

[LoveNavy]

I know it's natural to point the finger at this point. I can honestly say I'm baffled. I have no idea what we're doing or who we are any more.

I realise our list has a couple of pieces missing but in all honesty I can't see a way out atm. Unfortunately, we're running out of time to get points on the board. It's been really telling seeing teams like the Crows and Pies to a lesser extent, improve like they have. Meanwhile we have gone backwards IMO. We're terribly out of form.

As difficult as it is to muster hope, I'll take a deep breath and hope this looks brighter tomorrow.

[LoveNavy]

Only highlight (besides Owies understanding that footy is about kicking goals!) is Fev behind up on level 2 and being a great sport, getting into the game and the Carlton chants. He took numerous photos with people lining up and if only he could go teach H how to fking kick!

Evidently H declined Fevs offer to lend a hand ?

[crashlander]

That Brownlow medallist is becoming a  massive problem.  His inability to defend is killing us.

It isn't that he doesn't chase ad tackle; he has a lot of tackles this year. But his possessions are not getting to Carlton players. And he is another whose kicking for goal has dropped off markedly. The way he is held before the ball gets near is amazing; he should have more frees than anyone else in the comp, but he just doesn't get them.

[shawny]

Another year where we are built up only to shown up.

The club has broken me. I refuse to attend any game live and now watch without much emotion at all.

Even when we had a talent less list I still cared and felt the pain of a loss. Today after too many years of lies Im now immune to losing and no longer care. Sick of waiting and have realised after 10 plus years of being a laughing stock we have amounted to at best a middle of the road team.

Time to call it as it guys the rebuild is over and it failed. Thing is where to from here. I have no idea.

Watching Harry, cripps, Jack, Motlop all horribly spray gettable goals kicking set shots around their body or with their non preferred foot confirmed we are unprofessional and as amateurish as any club in the comp.  How the f*ck does Harry go from a Coleman medalist 1 year ago to an absolute idiot
when having any set shot. The bloke has lost all confidence and had no fling idea what to do. It’s an inditement on the club how far he has fallen.
To think after 8 hard long years this is where we are at is quite depressing to be honest.
Amazing to think it appears we need a broom through the club from the president down.

[Macca37]

Isn't it time the club had the gumption to tell Big H that it can no longer indulge him in his fantasy that he is a forward?

Perhaps his brother is the smarter of the two, realised his limitations years ago, and opted for a position on the backline.

Maybe we could swap Big H and McGovern, as McGovern could do no worse on the forward line.

[31Tommys_barber]

It was like they showed us for 5 mins what they could do just to tempt and tease us……
Then no your 23 year cycle of sub par mediocrity is to continue and after another brief taste of what it’s like to have that love of club and football it’s gone and life goes back to a grind of not wanting people to ask who you barrack for as your almost embarrassed. Back to copping crap at work, not wanting to read the paper or watch the sports report.
Worse of all watching your grandkids in another clubs jumper when you are a third generation Blues supporter 
Passion for the fight has gone it seems from the players and me

[LP]

The way he is held before the ball gets near is amazing; he should have more frees than anyone else in the comp, but he just doesn't get them.

I hope we are asking the AFL why, and in a very public way?

If we don't make an issue of this, in the media chat and talkback, do not expect anybody else to, and our club seems mostly silent on it. A mate of mine thinks we are deliberately quiet because we are at a disadvantage if the AFL crack down of holding, because most of our blokes are second to the ball.

[LP]

AFL media stirring the pot as usual, we have to expect it.

Voss spent the bulk of his media conference telling the reporters about the shortfalls, managing emotions and the need to get better, the media use "Voss Proud" as a headline!

If you see headline rubbish like this, do not click on it because refusing the clickbait is the only way it stops!