VFL 2024 Rd 16 Carlton vs Footscray at Footscray

[laj]

Just as we get close we give up 2 goals.

[madbluboy]

Motlop!

[laj]

I think the next big task for Brian Cook and the football department is to bridge the gap between the AFL and VFL teams. I maintain my long held opinion that you can't be successful at the top level unless the seconds are also doing well. 

Our VFL side has been playing with ring ins most of the season.

[LoveNavy]

Carroll injured?

[PaulP]

Apparently Jack Carroll also off injured.

[LP]

Something I don't like that is coming into AFL, the players executing the hip drop tackle, it's going to end in a lot of players with ankle and lower leg injuries. Too many occurrences for it to be accidental, they are training it.

Tackle an opponent around the waste, then curl up your legs to put your full weight into the opponents legs.

AFL must act in my opinion, it's an awful look.

[madbluboy]

Shocking umpiring.

[madbluboy]

Young just turned it over and probably killed the game.

[LP]

Notice you keep hearing that phrase "cough up" for the blues, it's not an accident, and it happens too often at all levels.

[PaulP]

A virtual rinse and repeat of yesterday. Never really looked like winning, but never blown out of the water. We manage to close the gap, and yet the Dogs do enough to keep us at arms length.