Fasten your seat belts Ladies and Gents - tonight, we feel the need for speed.
Excited to see more of the youngsters.
Looking forward to your posts bluebaggers. My live pass has been playing up..
Go new Blues
At the game - Cripps doesn't look right. Went down the race and hasn't appeared. Any news?
No mention on fox
Evening all.
Nice to see some pace from our debutant. We didn't get the result on the scoreboard but some positive stuff
Murphy is on fire again....... a lot of wasted opportunities we should be a couple in front. all in all not a bad start we just need to finish it off with more GOALS !!
Controlled most of the quarter 6 scoring shots to 3.
Kids looking good again.
Concerned about cripps.
Simmo looks more like his old self tonight , would be a bonus if he can capture last years form
Nice to see some desire form out guys , they came to play
Cripps on the ground so must assume all is ok ?
Wow great skills Fischer , that's class
More scoring shots yet behind? Lynch is going to kick 10 at this rate.
Best pressure goal I have seen from our boys for a long time
Williamson has that but of animal about him.
I like it.
More scoring shots yet behind? Lynch is going to kick 10 at this rate.
that's the difference... he's kicked 5 straight. we've missed 4 or 5 gettable set shots... it's peeeing me off
Has been our down fall for several urs now. Missing those real gettable shots
Gold Coast field kicking and general skills are better but we want it badly, sheer desire might get us over the line.
Lynch leading Rowe to the contest by 5 metres every time, Bolton has to make a change there, is Marchbank quick enough?
Murphy, Gibbs, Kruez leading by example.
Young Charlie, Pickett, Marchbank, SOJ, McCreadie all holding their own. Charlie and Pickett looking dangerous. Hope they can convert 2nd half. Stunning debut half by little Zac. How was his run down tackle ;D ;D
Williamson again looking like he belongs.
Our biggest issue is how to stop sticky hands Lynch.. >:(
Ed Curnow very hard at it. Great to get on the end of one. Reward for effort. 7tackles so far.
No real passengers and lots of promise. Just need the class to finish off.
Go Blues
How good are our kids.
I want to win as bad as anyone but got to say the kids are really developing nicely.
Do we swap Weets and Rowe or back our blokes to kick more than the other mob?
Daisy mate, time to go!
Rowe has been our key, I say back him, help him.
First live game I've been to and boy that first half was more exciting than all our games combined last year - well
Maybe not going that far but has been very exciting and some great kicking and marking - loving it!
Crippa great tackle pressure
Our backs really have there hands full, being out marked regularly
Gee terrible quarter
Apart from Murphy and kruezer the mids are getting smashed.
Cripps worst game I've seen him play.
Looks tired or lazy.
This has turned to Sh.t real quick ????
Really been torn apart this quarter, missing tackles
Gee, really falling behind now. They've clicked into another gear
Suns seem to only have one way of kicking goals, but it's a good one - rapid fire, fast and through the middle. Very efficient with their scoring.
Good test for Bolts and the boys to see how they respond in the 4th.
Buggered from last week ?
Lyon would have been a handy freebie.
Our midfield non existent.
Really been torn apart this quarter, missing tackles
This is what you get with a team full of kids, some good stuff, but you have to put up with the bad and the very bad!
Rowe no matter how good his form, no KPD for that matter, can defend against a team waltzing the ball through the midfield coast-to-coast with such ease.
But let's not make any mistake about why this is happening, in the first half we kept GC in the game with multiple misses from within 25m.
Let's see what Bolts comes back with , we were led to the ball that quarter. Mids very ordinary, missing tackles & they were away.
No legs at all.
No spread.
Needed to maximize our chances to be in this and haven't done it.
Can see a 8-10 goal loss coming.
Bloody hope im wrong.
Gibbs ain't a kid, still picking and choosing when he goes and when he doesnt????
This is what you get with a team full of kids, some good stuff, but you have to put up with the bad and the very bad!
Rowe no matter how good his form, no KPD for that matter, can defend against a team waltzing the ball through the midfield coast-to-coast with such ease.
To true LP , had some very positive stuff early, inexperience telling in the 3rd qtr. Hope they reload for the last
Wouldn't it be lovely to have a big strong key forward who marks everything and kicks straight.
Not convinced with Boltons game style. When we are dominating we dont move the ball quick enough through the middle. It gives opposition sides time to settle.
We had them in both the first and second but are too slow to move the ball on, instead we kick sideways and backwards.
Yep, GC spoilt for fwd targets. Mids really moving. Let's hope we have the momentum for the last. Great challenge ahead. Nothing to lose, so go for bust Blues. Hope we have some fuel left.
Not convinced with Boltons game style. When we are dominating we dont move the ball quick enough through the middle. It gives opposition sides time to settle.
We had them in both the first and second but are too slow to move the ball on, instead we kick sideways and backwards.
I agree. I can see why he's doing it, but sometimes you just have get a move on.
Wouldn't it be lovely to have a big strong key forward who marks everything and kicks straight.
Sigh......
Bolton cannot kick it for them, we missed 3 or 4 from within 25m, GC should have been coming at us from 4 or 5 goals down not 6 points! ;)
It seems as though the Suns went man on man in the 3rd, in contrast to zones in the first 2.
Not convinced with Boltons game style. When we are dominating we dont move the ball quick enough through the middle. It gives opposition sides time to settle.
We had them in both the first and second but are too slow to move the ball on, instead we kick sideways and backwards.
We've won one game in 14 mate, do you think that could be due to confidence?
Wouldn't it be lovely to have a big strong key forward who marks everything and kicks straight.
We've had plenty of shots, the straight kicking is the key not the KPF, blokes earning $300K should not be excused for missing the goals or the target from 25m.
We've won one game in 14 mate, do you think that could be due to confidence?
I think that's s small part of it. Most of it is playing to instruction IMO.
Wright has been on the wrong end of a few decisions tonight but that was blatant ?
Well read SOJ
We've had plenty of shots, the straight kicking is the key not the KPF, blokes earning $300K should not be excused for missing the goals or the target from 25m.
This would've created scoreboard pressure in the first 2, but they changed things up in the 3rd, and went up another gear, and for whatever reason, we couldn't compete.
Nice Jack
Cripps to the bench - hobbling ?
Hasn't looked good all game PaulP , injured?
Hasn't looked good all game PaulP , injured?
Not sure matey - listening to the radio call, but the commentators didn't make it sound good.
Cripps to the bench - hobbling ?
He's been injured since halfway through the 1st, but we kept playing him because we need cover for the kids we have out there!
The exact scenario most sane supporters didn't want!
Well done Carlton, sell hope but delivery tragedy!
There 2 key forwards have kicked 9.1 , ours... Um not much there's a major difference
We've won one game in 14 mate, do you think that could be due to confidence?
Negative game style!
GC set shots really showing us up with the simple shots we missed early. We had the chance to put scoreboard pressure on early , we are paying for it now
This would've created scoreboard pressure in the first 2, but they changed things up in the 3rd, and went up another gear, and for whatever reason, we couldn't compete.
That's too simple, it's no certainty that GC would gain such confidence if they were 3 or 4 goals down in the 2nd.
Confidence is everything, we were all over them and kept them in the game.
There 2 key forwards have kicked 9.1 , ours... Um not much there's a major difference
Yes I noted that as well, we cannot convert.
The Suns have some real class, and their game plan, whilst simple, looks very good once it clicks into top gear. Fast, efficient scoring, smart, experienced players, and good structures.
Daisy please hit a target for once
100 less possessions normally equates to a ten goal loss.
The Suns have some real class, and their game plan, whilst simple, looks very good once it clicks into top gear. Fast, efficient scoring, smart, experienced players, and good structures.
Helps that their fwds are Giants
Helps that their fwds are Giants
No doubt. But more importantly, they're also very good forwards.
Mind you, I don't think any team will be kicking a 3:1 goal/behind ratio very often.
GC could kick 8 more goals in the next 20mins.
Our "kids" are statistically 8 of the 9 worst players on the field, that is reality! It's no point blaming blokes like Murphy, Gibbs, Thomas when you have a 3rd of the team not effective.
Just 1 crook player can cost you a game, we have 8 that have virtually disappeared after 1/2 time!
It's a bit like Cinderellas coach...half time came and we turned into a pumpkin. :(
So wasteful we are , we do create the opportunities , but just continually can not convert.
SOJ at 100% apparently
It's a bit like Cinderellas coach...half time came and we turned into a pumpkin. :(
Yes, the impression I get from the radio is the players just can't run.
Our field kicking at times has really let us down , our decisions in defence has let them for several easy opportunities
Gee, teams suffer after plaything us, we make them pay heavily without getting a positive result!
Well done Charlie
Levi continues to tease us with what he can do. Mark kick goal. Not that hard.
Another run down zac. Levi finishing :))
Levi continues to tease us with what he can do. Mark kick goal. Not that hard.
X2
Geez making this goal thing looking hard
Memo SoJ; - Forwards kick goals!
How do you end up with 2 GC players 30m clear dead in front on there own?
GC set shots really showing us up with the simple shots we missed early. We had the chance to put scoreboard pressure on early , we are paying for it now
We've kicked 5.7 from 15 set shots. Needs to be better.
Memo SoJ; - Forwards kick goals!
On queue :))
Anyone know the last time Cripps had more kicks than hand passes? Does that tell us something?
22 to 23 shots at goal.
Anyone know the last time Cripps had more kicks than hand passes? Does that tell us something?
He's a terrific fighter, very good leadership qualities, a contested beast, but his kicking needs work.
That 3rd qtr killed us.
Mods, can we lock the pre and in game threads ?
Anyone know the last time Cripps had more kicks than hand passes? Does that tell us something?
This might be an indicator those back issues are not resolved.
He's a terrific fighter, very good leadership qualities, a contested beast, but his kicking needs work.
No doubt inspirational , but didn't get hands on the ball in the mid field as per normal . We are beginning to expect a lot from him
No doubt inspirational , but didn't get hands on the ball in the mid field as per normal . We are beginning to expect a lot from him
Yes, more midfield depth to spread the load must be a top priority.