Carlton Supporters Club

Cripps blew me away.  His tackling was crush-tastic.  And his ability to stand up in a tackle and find away of giving off the ball in heavy traffic was astonishing.  Cripps was there for us when StKilda was ontop.  He kept up in the game.

Murph was fantastic.  He was smashed off the ball - as has been said here - but stood up, something he rarely does.  About time.

Rowe is a liability this year.  I would drop Bolt but give us something around the ground and is good in the ruck.  But his kicking is embarrassing.  Liam Jones tried hard, and should have kicked three, but like the Bolt, looses his bundle in front of goal.

Buckley's run was thrilling, even if he did stuff up a couple of times.  Buckley playing allows them to play Yazz through the middle and up forward.

Loved Hendo, but he needs to do that more often.  Same goes with Bell. Has the will, just needs to be more consistent and sort out his skills.

Gibbs - meh.  Can't deal with pressure.  Curnow got ontop of Stevens.  Carrots is shot.  Toooey continued his good form.  Same with Docherty.  Everitt mixes brilliance with some awful rubbish, but I like him in the team.  Simmo was Simmo.  Dicks reminded me of Laidler.  Broky is Lucas but can tackle and has smarts.

Jamo must be injured.  Thank God he played on Paddy.  Ellard played one of his best games.  Army murdered Savage and gave us run as well.  Wood played his best game and actually looked like a ruckman.

Overall, plenty to like.  We might even be able to put up a fight against the Scum. 

Dicks, Carrots, Rowe out for Jaksch, Judd and Menzel next week. 
In reality, though, if Menz and Judd are fit, they'll probably drop Dicks, Broky and maybe Ellard.

Funny as Meddy43 said he was the worst on ground early on.

He was ok. His best piece of play was giving a don't argue from defence before running it forward to deliver to boekhorst who popped it over the top for hendo. I think you were still around for that.
Didn't do anything to demand BOG status in the 2nd half, but certainly didn't do anything to suggest WOG status either. Solid.

I'd keep Boekhorst in the team....thought he gave us some run and it will good education for him vs the Pies, was handy today without being great but I thought he looked
like he knew what he was doing but just needs game time to adjust to the speed of the game so he gives himself more time to use the footy better..

The Good
Cripps, Simpson, Murphy, Everitt, Wood, Henderson, Buckley, Bell, Docherty, Armfield, Tuohy, Gibbs.

The Bad
Jones, Boekhorst (harsh for a first gamer), Ellard, Curnow, Dick (sub), Casboult

The Ugly
Carrazzo, Jamison, Rowe, Walker

Boekhorst in "The Bad" is rubbish. His debut was a hell of a lot better than Cripps' IMO. Yeah, he didn't get much of it but he had 4 inside 50s, and a couple of shots on goal. Definitely didn't make a fool of himself like Sam Rowe. Something to work with.

The Good
Cripps, Simpson, Murphy, Everitt, Wood, Henderson, Buckley, Bell, Docherty, Armfield, Tuohy, Gibbs.

The Bad
Jones, Boekhorst (harsh for a first gamer), Ellard, Curnow, Dick (sub), Casboult

The Ugly
Carrazzo, Jamison, Rowe, Walker

Ellard was good.

Site whipping boy, will get no love unless he grows a foot.

Forward pocket is the hardest position to have an impact on the ground. You are worn like a glove and no one kicks the ball to you.