AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

[crashlander]

Coaches' votes :

10 Ollie Wines (PORT)
6 Willem Drew (PORT)
4 Miles Bergman (PORT)
4 Charlie Curnow (CARL)
3 Aliir Aliir (PORT) Really? Who kicked half our score?
2 Travis Boak (PORT)
1 Jason Horne-Francis (PORT)

[PaulP]

I think Charlie took the points in the first half, kicking 3 goals, then Allir took the points in the 2nd half, when Charlie kicked a solitary behind in the 3rd. Not an unreasonable vote allocation IMO.

[Shakin77]

Re: Kemp

He is 39 games into his AFL career and often has to play undersized due to our lack of height.  He still is really a baby.  While he has had an average 4-5 weeks he has had a good year and need more exposure at the elite level.

[Gointocarlton]

Re: Kemp

He is 39 games into his AFL career and often has to play undersized due to our lack of height.  He still is really a baby.  While he has had an average 4-5 weeks he has had a good year and need more exposure at the elite level.

Agree, same with Ollie Hollands (re continued exposure).

[kruddler]

Re: Kemp

He is 39 games into his AFL career and often has to play undersized due to our lack of height.  He still is really a baby.  While he has had an average 4-5 weeks he has had a good year and need more exposure at the elite level.

I don't have an issue with Kemp.
I have an issue with the manner and the way the MC use him.
He's hung out to dry on a hiding to nothing played on the gorillas and then is the first one dropped when it doesn't work.
We've dropped him for marchbank this year and in the prelim and I am a fan of marchbank but they are the same type of player, albeit kemp is more athletic. So why would you?
If we had a genuine CHB Kemp would be praised as one of the best intercept defenders in the game.
Instead he is a bloke who can't stop the best in the game who have a  couple inches and 10kg over him.
Hardly seems fair.

[tonyo]

Agree, Kruddler, Kemp needs to play as an intercepting half-back a la Tom Stewart/James Sicily.  He is very good overhead, and will no doubt get better at skill execution with more experience.  

Getting him to guard 200cm gorillas is not really helping his development.  I think the development of Lemmey as a key back may be worth persisting with, that will give both Weitering and Kemp the help they desperately need.

[kruddler]

Seems a 14 point lost to Port is not as bad as people make out.

Check out the Port vs Sydney game.
Port 64.
Syd 0.
:o  :o  :o

[Baggers]

Seems a 14 point lost to Port is not as bad as people make out.

Check out the Port vs Sydney game.
Port 64.
Syd 0.
:o  :o  :o

The Port/Fluffy Ducks game has absolutely nothing to do with excusing or justifying our effort/position.

The issue is that we are no where near as good as we thought we were. Finals pretenders. And no amount of spin from you, others or the media with convince most of us otherwise - in the past month plus, under pressure, we've been submissive.

We're a very good side when things suit us. Otherwise, we're competitive. But definitely not a legitimate top 4 or even finals contender. So glad I didn't waste my hard earned on securing finals tickets.

[kruddler]

The Port/Fluffy Ducks game has absolutely nothing to do with excusing or justifying our effort/position.

The issue is that we are no where near as good as we thought we were. Finals pretenders. And no amount of spin from you, others or the media with convince most of us otherwise - in the past month plus, under pressure, we've been submissive.

We're a very good side when things suit us. Otherwise, we're competitive. But definitely not a legitimate top 4 or even finals contender. So glad I didn't waste my hard earned on securing finals tickets.

Awkward