Carlton Supporters Club

Mckay kicked 3.5.
In the third quarter, Fogarty kicked at goal truly only for a mark to be taken on the line.  If that one, and Harry's poster both go in we might have gone on to win the match.

Thats the margin right there guys.  Harry kicks 5.3 instead of 3.5 and we are that much closer too.

When it comes down to it, we werent that bad.

For all the Gibbons haters, he is an onfield coach for us, and plugs a lot of holes that earns him very little on the stats sheet.

He went off, and we crumbled in a way that surprised me.

It just goes to show, that we are still working out a complementary group of players.  I think we have enough of each type, and that our improvement doesnt come from changing players over for another, but getting the group to work together for longer.

Time for my weekly hitout report??

Pittonet had 31 hitouts from 58 contests - He won 53.4% of contests he was in.
He had 8 hitouts to advantage meaning 25.8% of his hitouts went to advantage.
My stat - hitout to advantage from ruck contest % - 13.8%

DeKoning had 13 hitouts from his 28 contests - He won 46.4% of contests he was in.
He had 6 hitouts to advantage meaning 46.2% of his hitouts went to advantage.
My stat - hitout to advantage from ruck contest % - 21.4%

Sinclair had 24 hitouts from 68 contests - He won 35.3% of contests he was in.
He had 5 hitouts to advantage meaning 20.8% of his hitouts went to advantage.
My stat - hitout to advantage from ruck contest % - 7.3%

McLean had 6 hitouts from 16 contests - He won 37.5% of contests he was in.
He had 1 hitout to advantage meaning 16.7% of his hitouts went to advantage.
My stat - hitout to advantage from ruck contest % - 6.2%

As far as ruck craft goes.....we dominated the ruck.

Lets look at some other stats.......Total Hitouts Swans 30 vs Carlton 44, Clearances Both teams had 35 each, Centre Clearances 16-12 for the Swans,
 Stoppage Clearances..think we had the edge by 3-4......in short for 14 extra tapouts we really didnt dominate at all.
Pittonet and DeKoning had one mark between them, Sinclair had six.........Pittonet had -10 metres gained so he was stuck in reverse after every stoppage. For the 14 extra hitouts we had they didnt amount to any outstanding dominance as far as resulting play goes and our two rucks were shizen around the ground.
With Hickey out we needed to really dominate the ruck, we essentially played three ruckman vs their No2 ruck and a part time inexperienced kid forward. If that was a dominating performance from our blokes then the bar is set low.....

Read the last line i wrote.

Mckay kicked 3.5.
In the third quarter, Fogarty kicked at goal truly only for a mark to be taken on the line.  If that one, and Harry's poster both go in we might have gone on to win the match. Yep. We were attacking attacking and attacking for no results. Just though at the time that if we get a couple of more goals it could be the spark for us to put the foot on the throat. But Sydney kept defending, desperate spoils, tackles, and moved the ball to their forward line and scored goals. It was like we have thrown our best at them and we still cannot put them away. Hence maybe the 4th quarter fade out.

Thats the margin right there guys.  Harry kicks 5.3 instead of 3.5 and we are that much closer too. Papley got into it in the second half. His opponent, Stocker, was ball watching a couple of time and Papley got out the back were he got the ball and scored a goals. Maybe the wrong matchup for him at the time.

When it comes down to it, we werent that bad.

For all the Gibbons haters, he is an onfield coach for us, and plugs a lot of holes that earns him very little on the stats sheet.

He went off, and we crumbled in a way that surprised me.

It just goes to show, that we are still working out a complementary group of players.  I think we have enough of each type, and that our improvement doesnt come from changing players over for another, but getting the group to work together for longer.

Thought we got the rub of the green.

Coaches' votes :

Sydney v Carlton
10 Isaac Heeney (SYD)
6 Patrick Cripps (CARL)
4 Jake Lloyd (SYD)
4 Harry McKay (CARL)
3 Harry Cunningham (SYD)
2 Josh Kennedy (SYD)
1 Tom Papley (SYD)

Sam Walsh currently sits 8th overall.

You can't confuse the overall count with the consequences of individual decisions or non-decisions.

I'm assuming all that early good luck, and the associated booing ferals, is the reason why we missed out on getting several frees inside our F50 later in the game.

Mckay kicked 3.5.
In the third quarter, Fogarty kicked at goal truly only for a mark to be taken on the line.  If that one, and Harry's poster both go in we might have gone on to win the match.

Thats the margin right there guys.  Harry kicks 5.3 instead of 3.5 and we are that much closer too.

When it comes down to it, we werent that bad.

For all the Gibbons haters, he is an onfield coach for us, and plugs a lot of holes that earns him very little on the stats sheet.

He went off, and we crumbled in a way that surprised me.

It just goes to show, that we are still working out a complementary group of players.  I think we have enough of each type, and that our improvement doesnt come from changing players over for another, but getting the group to work together for longer.