Carlton Supporters Club

Plowman marchbank macredie doc  rowe..... the rock of gebrolta today.

Loving Williamson and sps today.

Murph bog.
Kruez inspirational.
Special mention to  Caz today. Crashed packs all day.

Well done boys.
Fantastic.

How disappointed did BT sound when it was obvious we were gonna win?!?  Ha ha!

Going to watch a full replay of the match, will make some more comment after that.

He was pi55ed off b/c he wanted to say Fantasio's name more often

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-04-10/murphy-hails-memorable-win-as-carltons-blueprint

I know that changing a winning team doesn't happen very often, but we DID have some players who must come under some pressure. Unfortunately the 2nds did do enough to put some real pressure on. However, we must consider all options.

I am not saying drop all of these guys, but:
[1] Jack Silvagni: now before I get killed, I do have some reasons to bring up Jack. I like the lad a lot. However, this season he does not appear to have the same confidence as he had last year. He is 2 - grabbing a lot of marks. Last year his hands were like a vice. He appears to have lost some confidence in his kicking. Last year he was deadly, having only 1 shot that was not on target (yes, another couple hit the post and a couple got touched, but they were headed for the goals). This year he hasn't had any close shots and he isn't the biggest kick we have. He has got the yips. Thirdly, he is fumbling more this year. One of the things that stood out for much of the year was the clean hands - not fumbling. This year he is fumbling a lot more.
None of these are hanging offences in a young lad, but I think he could go back for a couple of weeks and get his confidence back by kicking 5 or 6 in the VFL.

If he goes out, then we might blood Harry McKay, or give Jones another chance. Jones is not the long term answer, but he has been performing and probably deserves a game.

[2] Jarrod Pickett: Pickett got games because we badly need a goal sneak with pace. So far he hasn't done a lot. he did well in the pre-season, but has not done so well since. Worse in my eyes is that he has not shown composure under pressure, but made some critical errors, including dropping a high ball he was in easy position to mark and fumbling in the clear, allowing opponents to get into the contest.

I think he offers enough to persevere with. But a couple of weeks getting 20+ possessions and getting his confidence up would be beneficial.

The counter argument, alas, is easy. We are about to play GC on the fastest track in the comp and we NEED pace. 2ndly, who do we bring in? As well as some of our mids played in the VFL, not many of them can play the small forward role. Polson isn't ready yet. Armfield has been tried and has been in poor form.

[3] Harry Macreadie: I like this kid. He DOES have composure. However, he played probably his least effective game on Sunday. I would give him a spell for a few weeks and then bring him back. We do have to manage our kids.

[4] Rhys Palmer: I had hopes for Palmer, but his kicking pi##es me off big time. He had a chance to really nail Essendon and he didn't manage a score.
Maybe I am being too harsh, but we haven't seen the pace and composure yet. It was his first game.

I know that changing a winning team doesn't happen very often, but we DID have some players who must come under some pressure. Unfortunately the 2nds did do enough to put some real pressure on. However, we must consider all options.

I am not saying drop all of these guys, but:
[1] Jack Silvagni: now before I get killed, I do have some reasons to bring up Jack. I like the lad a lot. However, this season he does not appear to have the same confidence as he had last year. He is 2 - grabbing a lot of marks. Last year his hands were like a vice. He appears to have lost some confidence in his kicking. Last year he was deadly, having only 1 shot that was not on target (yes, another couple hit the post and a couple got touched, but they were headed for the goals). This year he hasn't had any close shots and he isn't the biggest kick we have. He has got the yips. Thirdly, he is fumbling more this year. One of the things that stood out for much of the year was the clean hands - not fumbling. This year he is fumbling a lot more.
None of these are hanging offences in a young lad, but I think he could go back for a couple of weeks and get his confidence back by kicking 5 or 6 in the VFL.

If he goes out, then we might blood Harry McKay, or give Jones another chance. Jones is not the long term answer, but he has been performing and probably deserves a game.

[2] Jarrod Pickett: Pickett got games because we badly need a goal sneak with pace. So far he hasn't done a lot. he did well in the pre-season, but has not done so well since. Worse in my eyes is that he has not shown composure under pressure, but made some critical errors, including dropping a high ball he was in easy position to mark and fumbling in the clear, allowing opponents to get into the contest.

I think he offers enough to persevere with. But a couple of weeks getting 20+ possessions and getting his confidence up would be beneficial.

The counter argument, alas, is easy. We are about to play GC on the fastest track in the comp and we NEED pace. 2ndly, who do we bring in? As well as some of our mids played in the VFL, not many of them can play the small forward role. Polson isn't ready yet. Armfield has been tried and has been in poor form.

[3] Harry Macreadie: I like this kid. He DOES have composure. However, he played probably his least effective game on Sunday. I would give him a spell for a few weeks and then bring him back. We do have to manage our kids.

[4] Rhys Palmer: I had hopes for Palmer, but his kicking pi##es me off big time. He had a chance to really nail Essendon and he didn't manage a score.
Maybe I am being too harsh, but we haven't seen the pace and composure yet. It was his first game.

Palmer was rusty IMO and Kerridge woeful apart from that last kick but I reckon both will play.....Polson is a bit more AFL ready than Fisher IMO but I expect both to play senior footy this season..
Got to be careful we dont over do the kids and play too many at once even though the temptation is great after Williamson's fine debut, but you can see why he was picked as he is a good size and more developed..

If you've got the game recorded just got to 2:43 minutes to go in the last quarter and enjoy the hit Plowman puts on Heppell. Just came in and gave him one ALMIGHTY whack to the breadbasket. So funny he was shaking his hand afterward. I'm not sure it was because he hit him that hard but it was bloody beautiful.

Other observations

For those of you who are into Daisy I suggest you have a closer look at his game. Did a lot of hard off the ball work, some tough in and unders and timely pressure acts. Will not be dropped on that effort.

Can't believe the last free kick to Kerridge when you take into account the number of boots flying about before that. A very good run from the umpires in the last. No doubt.

The joy the players showed after that final siren was something else. The faces, the excitement, the sheer happiness, well it was like when cheatsfc won the flag 2 weeks ago.