AFL Rd 13 2024 Post Game Celebrations - Carlton vs Essendon

[PaulP]

A gutsy, never-say-die, 4 quarter effort and great efficiency in front of goals got us the points. Essendon would be justified in thinking they were the better team IMO.

[Lods]

Yep.
Not sure they were better. They were for some of the night.
The difference was the efficiency inside 50.

[DJC]

Yep , it's inconsistent and way worse IMHO.

It would have been a travesty if Weiters had been pinged when he fought through a tackle and got his kick away but, according to the new interpretation, it should have been a free to Essendon.

[BluePhantom]

Great win
Too many wing tackles now, someone is going to do a shoulder soon.

[ElwoodBlues1]

It would have been a travesty if Weiters had been pinged when he fought through a tackle and got his kick away but, according to the new interpretation, it should have been a free to Essendon.

Can't get the Yeo decision out of my head, if that's the new interpretation working then the game is ruined.
I preferred how it was....

[Baggers]

And to think we've still got plenty of improvement in us!

Not so long ago we would have surrendered that early lead, and fell away in the final qtr. The maturity and discipline is palpable.

Efficiency is an extremely good sign. Along with having such a strong 'bottom six' as noted by commentators.

Second top on the ladder was there for the taking, and we took it... reckon the 'expectation monkey' is off our back.

As an aside, I bet Wallsy loved watching that game and at the end raised a middle finger in the direction of Sheedy... a forlorn and p*ssed off, Sheedy.

Our forward line is now deadly; a real weapon. H, Charles, Martin, Fog, Cincotta and E Hollands... drool. And all so very different. Really good to see small Durds take a bloody ripper mark and convert.

TDK, take a bow. You've arrived young man.

[DJC]

How good was it that we wore navy blue and not the clash guernsey ❤️

[dodge]

The excitement is that we beat Essendon. Conversation maybe different if it had been a not so despised rival.

I thought the game was pretty ordinary - interesting B Scott was talking about our polish - while it existed in patches,  wasn't overwhelming- maybe deflection on ineffectiveness of the Bombers?

Very pleasing however, that we didn't rely on big games from big guns and got to cruising mode.  Would have been nice to win be a few more goals to improve our % and hurt theirs more.

[Lods]

The excitement is that we beat Essendon. Conversation maybe different if it had been a not so despised rival.

I thought the game was pretty ordinary

Yep
I think the "Essendon factor" is very much at play here.
We weren't that great.

[WASurfer]

We were way more efficient with the ball for most of the night and arguably the better team. It would've been nice to put them to the sword late in the last quarter and give the % a boost, but they were second on the ladder so it's not like we were playing a bottom team.

With the usual suspects, apart from Weitering, mostly quiet on the night, it was again a real boost to see the so called "role-players" step up. E. Hollands (best game), Cincotta, Boyd, Kemp, Williams, Fogarty etc all did their job to a man. Kemp took some great marks but still does try to overdo it sometimes.

I have it on very good authority that inside the walls of the club, Fogarty is very highly regarded as a player and has a very good footy brain and when fit, is one of the first picked....does exactly what is asked of him and might not always be reflected on the stats sheet.

I thought Durdin had an impact when he came on and kicked a clever goal.

Assuming Cerra comes back in after the bye, it'll probably be Carroll that's the unlucky one to miss out and Durdin might keep his spot.