AFL Rd 7 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

[laj]

Need to get our defensively structures functioning properly. Last 3 weeks the opposition has kicked 100, 98, 118. Those 3 scores have been 16.4, 15.8 and 18.10 while we couldn't hit the side of a barn door from point blank range when shooting for goal. Our 2 losses this year, we've lost it more than the other side has won it.

[Lods]

Well that was annoying and not worth dwelling on.
They were efficient.
We were not

[madbluboy]

Worst umpiring I have seen in years

[LoveNavy]

24 tackles i50. How many were rewarded?
Of the more obvious non-decisions was Elijah's perfect tackle about 25m in front of goal ?

Actually, he played very well. Seems to be finding his feet and understanding the game plan.

Cam Guthrie's deliberate oob non-decision, followed by a slingshot Cats goal was another frustrating moment.

[Baggers]

Well, stats do lie.

We were wasteful. Created plenty of opportunities, then butchered those opportunities - too often. The Pussycats were clinically efficient. They had no passengers.

For the commentators to be reporting that the Pussycats were getting the 'rub of the green' was telling. Umpire nude-nut needs a 'please explain' from the AFL.

[Gointocarlton]

Yep. The end.

I'm hoarse from my all too frequent umpiring advice ?‍?

6 days on, we're up against the other best in the business.

Rest, recover, review, reset.
Go Blues

I find yelling at the screen or at the umps when at the ground about as futile as the players arguing the point with them. Yeah there were some bad ones missed, but there were plenty they didn't get either. When you watched them just get on with it and we were carrying on about them, they made us pay every time. They are such a professional outfit, at the moment they just dont lose focus. I've just always been a bit meh about umpiring, had we not have butchered the ball, we could have easily won. Make no mistake, we did a lot right, we also did too much wrong (mainly skill errors under their pressure).
C'est la vie.

[pinot]

Drop the axe Vossy - too many players are getting a free ride.

[Micky0]

That was ours to lose - and we did ?

Think we panicked early and then couldn’t make up ground.

Umpiring was putrid and whoever said when the calls are made the Cats just get on with it whereas we didn’t, not what I saw.  In fact a few that should’ve been called for dissent thst just sail thru like a lot of the run Geelong got today. We got zero reward for our efforts and they were able to kick out of bounds with no penalty, hold the ball long after being tackled and/or dropping it without penalty too. 

That being said, we were a good chance to snatch it until some strange 50m penalty to give them more breathing space ?

Need more pressure in our forward line, they were MIA badly.

[pertz]

Drop the axe Vossy - too many players are getting a free ride.

And bring in who? The injury list doesn't allow this, although I would be tempted to just axe a couple to send a message.
Sorely missing the run of Saad and McGovern down back.
We are too predictable going forward and inefficient when it gets there.
The stats say it all.
Bring on the Pies. 

[Micky0]

^in saying that some strange shit kicking by even Kennedy, was perplexing. Can’t imagine they were exhausted from last week so not sure what happened.

And Tuohy can piss right off.