Carlton Supporters Club

By the way, Cowan & Hollands are two of the best pick-ups we have made in some years.

Fans tend to focus on only certain aspects of the creative stuff and the finishing. But the other side to the creative stuff is what we see Ed and Ollie doing over the first couple of weeks, especially Ed last night.

When you see those turnovers it's easy to focus on the tackler or the one who spoils, but the truth is the Cats got disrupted because blokes like Ed and Hollands did the hard running to close of exit avenues. This type of creative defence can't be under-estimated in value.

Further, the return of Durdin allowed more run across the full game time from Owies, Motlop and Fisher, so we get a compounding effect. Ed and Hollands prepared to work, and the others remaining fresh enough to genuinely assist.

he acknowledged that and said they will look different in 4 weeks time and again at the end of the year. I heard him talk about the coming season during the PS and he stated they would need to be different to 22 otherwise they will get knocked over. They do have some fair key personnel missing so they can't play structurally they way they would have planned for in the PS, the two losses show that. Apart from his coaches box antics/theatrics, he is one of the football people I like listening to when interviewed. Astute, measured but ruthless (just like he played).

Also, plus 1 to the coaches for finally dropping Curnow behind the ball in the last few minutes.

Both us and Collingwood have knocked them over with the same game plan and he hadn't been able to find the answers apart from saying it's all ok.

Watching the replay of second half Fish was better than how I saw him at the game. Lots of pressure play, yes some silly errors - how TF do we kick into the man on the mark!? - but overall better.

JSOS looked a little sore at one stage - he is important to us and needs to be given some slack. Kid does not stop and keeps at it.

Was concerned we’d run out of legs in the last but they rallied. Was nervous until final 30 seconds, not good for the heart, these games.

With disappointment and close losses, comes learning, resilience and hardened resolve. There was a difference last night and even last week, to end of last year - slight but it’s there 💪🏼

Since Dow and O'brien. ( Roll eyes)

Gov was a major reason behind our success in the first half of season 2022. He has a rare combination of intercept marking, run and adventurous kicking which can open up opposition forward presses. Sure, his marking is rusty at the moment and his decision-making is questionable at times, but both will improve with games under the belt after having little match practice in the preseason. Getting high quality exits out of D50 against a pressure team like the Tigers is pretty much down to Saad and Gov.

bratblue, you've been a little quiet these past few months. Tutto bene ?

I hibernate during the off season, generally don't come back here until winter. Nice to see my sparing partner is still around.

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Note to G2C: You can officially add Hollands to the top of our 2-way running power ladder 

I thought that Cameron was Geelong's only clear winner.  With the exception of his opponents, all of our players won or equalised their positions.