CARLTON B:B. Wilson (35), E. Phillips (55), M. Duffy (41) HB:H. Charleson (28), J. Boyd (37), R. Monahan (34) C:B. Acres (13), J. Binns (25), L. Camporeale (21) HF:D. Grainger-Barras (61), D. Hogg (70), L. Nelson (57) F:H. O'Keeffe (40), H. Lemmey (31), S. Phipps-Parsons (69) R: F. Riley (56), P. Dozzi (53), H. Ramshaw (51) Int: O. Warburton (78), C. Vickery (59), S. Paea (66), K. Ferronato (50), C. Hamilton (80) 23rd Player: O. Warburton (78) Em: L. Farrar (67), D. Harvey (73), T. Logan (68), N. King (63), J. Polkinghorne (76), W. Hayes (54)
IN: K. Ferronato, C. Hamilton, S. Paea, S. Phipps-Parsons OUT: F. Evans, W. White, B. Camporeale (suspended), A. Stevens (omitted) NEW: Cooper Hamilton 21, 185cm, GWS Giants/Rochester; Sam Paea, 23, 194cm, Werribee/Aberfeldie
CASEY DEMONS B: D. Smith (54), J. Adams (26), B. Howes (22) HB: R. Bonner (52), T. Fullarton (33), T. Sruk (53) C: J. Culley (46), J. Billings (14), K. Brown (41) HF: R. Mentha Jnr (39), H. Petty (35), M. Hardie (55) F: C. Spargo (9), L. Kentfield (44), A. Johnson (42) R: T. Campbell (29), T. Woewodin (40), B. Laurie (16) INT: M. Kirkwood-Scott (51), R. Baldi (56), W. Verrall (28), P. Cross (64), J. Ferraro (78) 23rd Player: J. Ferraro (78) EMG: K. Windsor (66), B. Laplanche (68), P. Ireland (48), J. Craven (75)
IN: T. Campbell, P. Cross, J. Ferraro, A. Johnson, M. Kirkwood-Scott, H. Petty OUT: H. Sharp (AFL), J. Henderson (injured), A. Lual (illness), N. Yze (hamstring), T. Freeman, P. Ireland (omitted) NEW: Jack Ferraro, 19, Dingley
Congratulations to your son, enz. Hope he plays well.
Notes: [1] It is very unlikely that Acres will play. He is supposed to be 'resting'. I'd be getting him fit for next year, but that is me. I hope that Will Hayes plays. I keep mentioning his leadership; maybe if I do it enough, the powers that be will notice. [2] We have 10 named listed players, and will probably have 9. Of them, only Acres has significant experience. They have 16 listed players. [3] Interesting to see us trial Sam Paea. He is a big lump of a lad who played as a forward as a junior. Apparently, he is set to play in defence, as we have no tall defenders. [4] Also interesting to see Cooper Hamilton named. I had hopes for him, but this is his first game. [5] Our team is very unbalanced; we have 1 key forward and a resting ruckman as tall targets. We have no real tall defenders, although Phillips does his best in this area. I hope Paea can show something, as we are desperate for tall at the moment..
"Carlton rank last for kicking efficiency, disposal efficiency, overall kick rating and kick rating for kicks going into the forward 50. They are second worst in kick rating for shots at goal."
That is probably the worst things you could say about a football team.
Carlton: B: 26 Nick Haynes 23 Jacob Weitering 42 Adam Saad HB: 2 Lachlan Cowan 22 Harry O'Farrell 15 Sam Docherty C: 43 Ashton Moir 9 Patrick Cripps 5 Adam Cerra HF: 45 Flynn Young 30 Charlie Curnow 8 Lachie Fogarty F: 3 Jesse Motlop 12 Tom De Koning 6 Zac Williams R: 27 Marc Pittonet 29 George Hewett 4 Oliver Hollands Int: 32 Matthew Carroll 44 Francis Evans 19 Corey Durdin 38 Will White 36 Cooper Lord EM: 37 Jordan Boyd 13 Blake Acres 40 Hudson O'Keeffe
I must admit, I look at this line-up and I scratch my head. I'm just not sure what we're trying to do. It might be a bit windy on Saturday night, but ... [1] I am surprised that Billy Wilson didn't get a guernsey. He was very good last week. Others, like White, impressed less. [2] Tom as forward; I know we're terribly short of marking targets (and McMahon is kicking goals for Essendon), but Tom's form has been faecal. I just don't see him getting back into form as a key forward. That said, Pitto has been good in recent weeks. It certainly hasn't been his fault that we've been so ordinary. I am pleased to see two rucks against Gawn, who often plays well against us. [3] Blake Acres is supposedly going to totally rested this weekend. He is not expected to play at any level. There is some noise saying that he's looking elsewhere. I don't know if I want to believe that. I'd much rather getting him fit for 2026. [4] I can understand why we selected Evans; he's done well in the VFL. However, there are others, like Fog, who haven't made any impact all year. Why are they getting games? [5] Boyd: I have no idea what is happening with him, but he could have been very useful. [6] Who are we going to play on Petracca? or Pickett?
AFL 2025 Rd 17: Carlton vs Collingwood Another embarrassment.
Trends: [1] There were 8 voters this round, which is still far from ideal. Unfortunately, our performance was so bad that it almost justifies the lack of interest. Still,please do vote, win, lose or draw: it is something we appreciate and it makes our statistics a lot more reliable, especially as I've got the spreadsheet behaving again..
[2] The rating was a 5.71, which represents a E-. It isn't good, but it wasn't as bad as last week.
[3]17 players managed a mention this week, which is actually very good, but most were bit votes for guys who showed something, rather than for clear winners.
[4] The average vote this week was 19, which is merely poor. We weren't that embarrassing in the bad old days of a few years back.
[5]2 players managed 100 votes or more this week, which is one worse than last week. Williams and Ollie Hollands managed it this time.
[6] Zac Williams managed his 1st BOG for us with 264 votes and he didn't even manage 4 quarters of football, followed by Ollie Hollands.
[7]1 players, Zac Williams, managed votes from everyone this week. Ollie missed from one voter.
[8] Again, our youngsters made some contribution this week, led by Hollands and Cowan.
[9] This was a round where none of our lines stood out. Our mids did best, but that wasn't saying a lot. I hate writing this!
Votes: William, Zac 264 Hollands, Oliver 150 Cowan, Lachlan 93 Cripps, Patrick 64 Docherty, Sam 61 Pittonet, Marc 50 Motlop, Jesse 43 Weitering, Jacob 29 Cerra, Adam 29 Hewett, George 14 Haynes, Nick 14 Moir Ashton 14 Curnow, Charles 11 Acres, Blake 7 Carroll, Matthew 7 Lord, Cooper 4 Young, Flynn 4
Progressive Votes: 2959 George Hewett 1503 Tom de Koning 1506 Patrick Cripps 1415 Adam Cerra 1231 Ollie Hollands 1043 Sam Walsh 1003 Jacob Weitering 846 Jack Silvagni 845 Nick Haynes 627 Adam Saad 546 Harry McKay 480 Zac Williams 472 Mitch McGovern 425 Sam Docherty 351 Charlie Curnow 337 Jesse Motlop 275 Brodie Kemp 215 Corey Durdin 201 Cooper Lord 199 Blake Acres 142 Lachie Fogarty 127 Jaxon Binns 119 Alex Cincotta 118 Lewis Young 96 Lachie Cowan 79 Matthew Cottrell 72 Elijah Holland 64 Marc Pittonet 45 Orazio Fantasia 33 Matthew Carroll 32 Will White 21 Lucas Camporeale 15 Ashton Moir 6 Harry O'Farrell 4 Flynn Young
AFL 2025 Rd 16: Carlton vs Port Adelaide Another embarrassment. What more can I say?
Trends: [1] There were 9 voters this round, which is a 50% improvement over last week. Pity opur game wasn't the same. Our performance was so bad that it almost justifies the lack of interest. Still,please do vote, win, lose or draw: it is something we appreciate and it makes our statistics a lot more reliable, especially as I've got the spreadsheet behaving again..
[2] The rating was a 4.96, which represents a F. A new and unwelcome low.
[3]13 players managed a mention this week, which isn't bad. Alas, none of them were match winning.
[4] The average vote this week was 16. A new low.
[5]3 players managed 100 votes or more this week, which is better than last week. Hewett, Hollands and Haynes managed it this week.
[6] George Hewett managed yet another BOG for us, followed closely by Nick Haynes and Ollie Hollands.
[7]2 players, Haynes and Hewett, managed votes from everyone this week. Ollie missed from one voter.
[8] Again, our youngsters made some contribution this week, led by Hollands.
[9] This was a round where none of our lines stood out. Our mids did best, but that wasn't saying a lot. I hate writing this!
Votes: Hewett, George 201 Haynes, Nick 163 Hollands, Oliver 152 Docherty, Sam 66 Fantasia, Orazio 44 William, Zac 33 Lord, Cooper 22 Curnow, Charles 19 Cincotta, Alex 17 Young, Lewis 11 Cripps, Patrick 8 Fogarty, Lachlan 6 de Koning, Tom 3
Progressive Votes: 2944 George Hewett 1503 Tom de Koning 1442 Patrick Cripps 1386 Adam Cerra 1082 Ollie Hollands 1043 Sam Walsh 974 Jacob Weitering 846 Jack Silvagni 831 Nick Haynes 627 Adam Saad 546 Harry McKay 472 Mitch McGovern 365 Sam Docherty 341 Charlie Curnow 294 Jesse Motlop 275 Brodie Kemp 216 Zac Williams 215 Corey Durdin 198 Cooper Lord 191 Blake Acres 142 Lachie Fogarty 127 Jaxon Binns 119 Alex Cincotta 118 Lewis Young 79 Matthew Cottrell 72 Elijah Holland 45 Orazio Fantasia 32 Will White 25 Matthew Carroll 21 Lucas Camporeale 14 Marc Pittonet 6 Harry O'Farrell 3 Lachie Cowan
AFL Rd 16: Carlton vs Port Adelaide Team: F I can’t think of a worse game that’ve played in recent times.
Votes: [3.5] Nick Haynes [3.5] George Hewett [3.5] Ollie Hollands [1] Sam Docherty [1] Orazio Fantasia [1] Zac Williams [0.5] Tom de Koning [0.5] Charlie Curnow [0.5] Patrick Cripps
I’m not doing the explanations this time, I’m too frustrated.
AFL 2025 Rd 15: Carlton vs North Melbourne Another embarrassment, and we still almost won. Just goes to show how poor we were for so much of the game.
Trends: [1] There were 6 voters this round, a new low that I hope never to see again. Our performance was so bad that it almost justifies the lack of interest. Still,please do vote, win, lose or draw: it is something we appreciate and it makes our statistics a lot more reliable, especially as I've got the spreadsheet behaving again..
[2] The rating was a 5.50, which represents a F+ or an E-. That is on par with the Richmond game.
[3]14 players managed a mention this week, which isn't bad. Alas, none of them were in the range of the previous few week's results as even our best players were overshadowed by North players.
[4] The average vote this week was 18. Our equal worst result since I've been doing this.
[5]2 players managed 100 votes or more this week, which says so much about how we were dominated by North.
[6] McGovern and Hewett were the only 2 to pass 100 votes, with McGovern getting his first BOG for the season. George was 2nd.
[7]No player managed votes from everyone this week. Nobody really stood out.
[8] Again, our youngsters made some contribution this week, led by Hollands.
[9] This was a round where none of our lines stood out. Our mids did best, but that wasn't saying a lot.
Votes: McGovern, Mitchell 193 Hewett, George 174 Hollands, Oliver 83 Acres, Blake 69 Saad, Adam 64 Docherty, Sam 64 Weitering, Jacob 55 Cerra, Adam 28 William, Zac 28 Fogarty, Lachlan 18 Haynes, Nick 18 Motlop, Jesse 14 Binns, Jaxon 9 Cripps, Patrick 9
Progressive Votes: 2743 George Hewett 1500 Tom de Koning 1434 Patrick Cripps 1386 Adam Cerra 1043 Sam Walsh 974 Jacob Weitering 930 Ollie Hollands 846 Jack Silvagni 668 Nick Haynes 627 Adam Saad 546 Harry McKay 279 Mitch McGovern 472 Charlie Curnow 298 Sam Docherty 294 Jesse Motlop 275 Brodie Kemp 215 Corey Durdin 191 Blake Acres 183 Zac Williams 176 Cooper Lord 137 Lachie Fogarty 127 Jaxon Binns 107 Lewis Young 105 Alex Cincotta 79 Matthew Cottrell 72 Elijah Holland 32 Will White 25 Matthew Carroll 21 Lucas Camporeale 14 Marc Pittonet 6 Harry O'Farrell 3 Lachie Cowan
AFL Rd 15: Carlton vs North Melbourne Team: E What an embarrassing game! A half decent first quarter, and a decent last quarter just doesn’t compare to the disaster that were the middle two quarters. And we still lost be less than 2 goals!
Votes: [2] Mitch McGovern [2] George Hewett [2] Jacob Weitering [2] Nick Haynes [1] Patrick Cripps [1] Adam Cerra [1] Sam Docherty [1] Ollie Hollands [1] Zac Williams [1] Adam Saad [0.5] Blake Acres [0.5] Jesse Motlop
I’m not doing the explanations this time, I’m too frustrated.
I must admit, I've rarely seen the ball move as much off the pitch for so long on a test pitch, no matter what sort of ball they were using. About the only one I recall was Melbourne a few years back when a certain Victorian quick skittled England cheaply twice. That was considered to be an aberration, but at least it didn't swing as much or bounce as unreliably.
I always thought the ideal pitch was one that gave the new ball bowlers some assistance and the spinner a little help on day 4 or 5. Haven't seen many of those anywhere in the world in recent years. Indian pitches wouldn't be day 5 pitches in Australia during their 1st session. The ones delivered in Sri Lanka; they wouldn't be Aussie pitches after 2 weeks! I know teams have always prepared pitches that favour the home side, but never to the degree that happens now. For most of history this crap would be called blatant pitch doctoring. And some people, like us, haven't followed suit very often. When India won here not long ago, we prepare flatter pitches to the test would last until the 5th day, as it would provide Cricket Australia with more money. Took away every advantage we had.
With modern batting techniques, having dodgy pitches is lethal.
"Carlton rank last for kicking efficiency, disposal efficiency, overall kick rating and kick rating for kicks going into the forward 50. They are second worst in kick rating for shots at goal."
Recruitment or Game Plan?
Good question, and definitely something to do a LOT of work on.
Not many runs to be had over in the West Indies: this pitch isn't making things any easier, even without the pink Dukes ball. Not much to be garnered, to be honest, because conditions are designed to help their bowlers. Maybe they should realize their bowlers don't need a nightmare deck.
