Carlton Supporters Club

Saw bits and pieces on TV.  A couple of bits that I liked - Dow had the footy and Rioli lined him. Dow rode the tackle and Rioli went down.

In the first(?) qtr, McKay tired to kick a bit round the corner to Casboult and ended up out of bounds - Derm, mentioned that with a bit more experience, there was a sidestep and easy pass.  Late in the game SOSOS did that - sidestepped the opponent and put it on McKay's head - mark and goal.

The kids did some good stuff and we didn't seem to try to be so cute, which helped.

One annoying thing was Phillips (twice) and Charlie were having set shots from 55 out. Never going to work...

H will be the Rising Star this week.

I recall Phillips kicking a goal from 55m set shot once before to win the game for us. Ripped his hamstring off doing it too.

Cam O'Shea had 10 possessions - 8 of them clangers. I don't know if a player in double figures for disposals has ever had a 80% clanger rate before or will again. That is remarkable. I can't see how we can keep him in the team based on that alone. Experienced player too.

A clanger in Australian rules football is a term coined by Champion Data founder Ted Hopkins which refers to a turnover or a silly mistake made by a player. Its vague description in statistical tables is "errors including frees against".

Playing as a young key forward in a team getting hammered for large periods will do that.

I particularly relished that moment - Rioli would have regretted deciding on that move, and Dow looked rock solid. 

Charlie Curnow was much more prominent more frequently and hit the scoreboard less.

It's workrate and application not anything else.

You have a few things wrong with this statement.

Firstly, he did have 10 possessions and he did have 8 clangers.
However, not all clangers come from possessions.

He actually went at 50%, not 20% as you suggest.

He had 2 Free kicks against, which count as clangers.

FWIW...

Fisher is getting better every week, runs hard both ways and uses the ball well.

Fisher is a real footballer and makes good decisions...Samo needs to learn from Fisher about application and attacking every contest, he is just choosing when to go at the minute...

Rowe was the missing piece (or Alex Silvagni): it stops Jones being played on the wrong sort of opponent. It allowed Jones to play his game more and he did it very well.

Too true unfortunately - and he certainly doesn't trouble himself to chase with any intensity.

x2... on Fisher..

re: OShea's kicking was terrible, dont know who he was playing on or how he defended so I cant judge if he stopped his man but he is lucky Marchbank is injured and
he is of the same dimensions.