We went up one spot even though we lost last week. This week we play Gold Coast who are a shadow of what they were last year. However, they should have a LOT more talent on the park than we can manage.
The game is at Carlton on Saturday morning at 10:25.
I really hope Motlop plays: if he does OK, then he'll be in the 1's next week replacing Fantasia.
B: [42] Adam Saad, [23] Jacob Weitering, [2] Lachlan Cowan HB: [17] Brodie Kemp, [11] Mitch McGovern, [24] Nic Newman C: [4] Oliver Hollands, [9] Patrick Cripps, [13] Blake Acres HF: [6] Zac Williams, [10] Harry McKay, [20] Elijah Hollands F: [14] Orazio Fantasia, [30] Charlie Curnow, [44] Matthew Owies R: [12] Tom De Koning, [18] Sam Walsh, [7] Matthew Kennedy Int: [37] Jordan Boyd, [29] George Hewett, [39] Alex Cincotta, [8] Lachie Fogarty, [16] Jack Carroll
Em: [19] Corey Durdin, [33] Lewis Young, [25] Jaxon Binns
In: Adam Saad, Lachlan Cowan, Lachie Fogarty Out: Corey Durdin (Omitted), Marc Pittonet (Injured), Caleb Marchbank (Managed)
[1] We will miss Pittonet, who usually plays well against Witts. Tom has a very poor record against Witts and has always played to his weaknesses against him. If he plays to his strengths and moves Witts around ... Still, I see this is a major danger.
[2] Saad, Cowan and Fogarty in is good for us. Saad defends and attacks. Fogarty keeps the ball in our forward half and provides opportunities for his team mates. Cowan played well last week in the 2's: I'd be thinking of using his in the middle.
[3] GC's strength is their midfield. If we can keep them under control, we should do well. But we should match up carefully.
[4] How Fantasia still gets games amazes me. Corey Durdin was good against Melbourne, but has been too quiet too often. How is he not better than Fantasia though? Fantasia has 1 goal in the seniors for the year and hasn't looked dangerous.
[5] Marchbank - he has to be a worry. If he can't play 3 weeks in a row, then he is done.
[6] Olli Hollands was brilliant against Melbourne for 3 quarters, but that's been it. He needs to stand up this round.
AFL 2024 Rd 10: Carlton vs Melbourne We dominated this game, but for the last 10 minutes, but Melbourne are a dangerous side and hard to score against.
Trends: [1] There were 12 voters this round, which is 3 less than then last week's loss. Please, do take the time to vote. Everyone is appreciated.
[2] The rating was a 9.47, which is bwteeen an A- and B+. definitely not a whole number this week!
[3]16 players managed a mention this week, which is incredible. Everyone out there did something of note.
[4] The average vote this week was 30. Much better than last week.
[5]4 players managed 100 votes or more this week.
[6] Jacob Weitering was BOG with 292 votes, only a couple ahead of Sam Walsh ([color=limegreen]284 votes[/color]) . Cripps was next with 229 votes.
[7]Two players managed votes from everyone this week. A number of guys got close, like Cripps and Owies.
[8] Ollie Hollands had a good one, as did Cincotta.
[9] Our defenders and midfielders were the main area of vote getting, which tells you something of the game.
Votes: Weitering, Jacob 292 Walsh, Sam 284 Cripps, Patrick 229 Owies, Matthew 166 Pittonet, Marc 87 Newman, Nicholas 75 Acres, Blake 75 Cincotta, Alex 47 Kennedy, Matthew 39 Cerra, Adam 32 Hollands, Oliver 28 Curnow, Charles 24 McGovern, Mitchell 20 Hewett, George 8 de Koning, Tom 8 Hollands, Elijah 8
Progressive Voting: Patrick Cripps 2080 Sam Walsh 1424 Harry McKay 1315 Jacob Weitering 1056 Tom de Koning 841 George Hewett 751 Blake Acres 584 Charlie Curnow 546 Marc Pittonet 468 Mitch McGovern 454 Nic Newman 353 Adam Saad 310 Matthew Owies 274 Matthew Kennedy 273 Adam Cerra 262 Brodie Kemp 206 Matthew Cottrell 144 Jordan Boyd 126 Elijah Hollands 91 Zac Williams 85 Lachie Fogarty 68 Jack Carroll 64 Lewis Young 60 Alex Cincotta 53 Oliver Hollands 49 David Cunimngham 13 Orazio Fantasia 13
AFL Rd 9: Carlton vs Melbourne Rating: B+ We dominated the game until the last 10 minutes and should have won by more.
Votes: [2] Jacob Weitering [2] Patrick Cripps [2] Sam Walsh [1.5] Oliver Hollands [1] Matthew Kennedy [1] Adam Cerra [1] Matthew Owies [1] Charlie Curnow [1] Marc Pittonet [1] Alex Cincotta [0.5] Nic Newman [0.5] Mitch McGovern [0.5] Blake Acres
Explanations: I didn’t really have enough votes this week to reasonably cover the way our players performed over most of the night. We really did have some great performances. [2] Jacob Weitering: The most dominant player on the ground. He destroyed his opponents and provided a lot of drive. [2] Patrick Cripps: 35 possessions, 5 tackles, 5 clearances and could have been more if he’d got a free or two. [2] Sam Walsh: 34 possessions, 11 tackles and 5 clearances. Says it all. [1.5] Oliver Hollands: Probably his best game. He was fantastic early, but lost influence as the game went on. [1] Matthew Kennedy: Extremely solid in the middle. [1] Adam Cerra: We lost drive from the middle when Cincotta went off. He was excellent. [1] Matthew Owies: 3 really important goals. [1] Charlie Curnow: One of his better gams for the year, even though he didn’t get heaps of the ball. [1] Marc Pittonet: Worked well against Gawn. When he was off in the last few minutes, Gawn got on top. [1] Alex Cincotta: Deserves a lot more than 1 vote for destroying Pickett. A really good job in shutting him down and doing some great defensive work. [0.5] Nic Newman: Solid [0.5] Mitch McGovern: Brilliant early, showing why he is so important to our defence. [0.5] Blake Acres: Did some good things and won his position.
Honourable Mentions: Brodie Kemp: Deserves a mention for destroying his opponents. Jordan Boyd: Like Kemp, he deserved a lot more than just a mention. Tom de Koning: Dangerous as a forward, not so great in the ruck. Harry McKay: A solid target at CHF.
AFL 2024 Rd 8: Carlton vs Collingwood We lost by a kick and should have won, but really didn't play that well.
Trends: [1] There were 15 voters this round, which is pretty good for a loss. Traditionally, fewer voters bother when we lose.
[2] The rating was a 8, which is an C. This is the 2nd time in 2 weeks that we averaged a whole number!
[3]13 players managed a mention this week, which is only one less than last week. Again, it suggests that a lot of players made a contribution. The difference was that nobody seemed to dominate.
[4] The average vote this week was 26. This is the second lowest of the year so far.
[5]5 players managed 100 votes or more this week. This usually indicates a win, but even these 5 voters were not as outstanding as others have been this season.
[6] Harry McKay was BOG this round with 260 votes . the other 4 100+ vote getters were all around the 160 mark.
[7]No player managed votes from everyone this week. A number of guys got close, but nobody was so significant that everyone recognized it.
[8] Not a lot from our younger players, as far as votes so anyway. Cincotta managed a mention, as did Elijah Hollands.
[9] Our defenders were the main area of vote getting, which suggested that the ball was spending too much time down there.
Votes: McKay, Harrison 260 Weitering, Jacob 165 Newman, Nicholas 165 Walsh, Sam 160 Acres, Blake 150 Owies, Matthew 93 Hewett, George 65 de Koning, Tom 50 Pittonet, Marc 45 Cripps, Patrick 33 Hollands, Elijah 5 Young, Lewis 5 Cincotta, Alex 5
Progressive Voting: Patrick Cripps 1851 Harry McKay 1315 Sam Walsh 1140 Tom de Koning 834 Jacob Weitering 764 George Hewett 743 Charlie Curnow 522 Blake Acres 509 Mitch McGovern 434 Marc Pittonet 381 Adam Saad 310 Nic Newman 278 Matthew Kennedy 234 Adam Cerra 231 Brodie Kemp 206 Matthew Cottrell 144 Jordan Boyd 126 Matthew Owies 108 Zac Williams 85 Elijah Hollands 83 Lachie Fogarty 68 Jack Carroll 64 Lewis Young 60 Oliver Hollands 22 David Cuningham 13 Orazio Fantasia 13 Alex Cincotta 5
Ned Cahill: 1 goal 5 behinds. Tom Phillips: 12 disposals - not enough from one of our few experienced players. Not doing what we really need him to do.
Just turned on to see that we lost after the damned siren. That's the third time this year we've lost heartbreakers! Binns: 28 disposals: must play AFL next week. Cowan : 21 possessions - came home well.
Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos: [1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less. [2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps) [3] Three players at least must get a mention. [4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.