Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos:
[1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less.
[2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps)
[3] Three players at least must get a mention.
[4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.
Team C
5 Cripps
4 McKay
3 Saad
2 DeKoning
1 McGovern
Team C
Cripps 3
TDK 3
McGovern 3
Mckay 2
Saad 2
Carrol 1
Newman 1
C
5. McGovern
3. Cripps
3. TDK
3. McKay
1. Newman
Team B
5 - McGovern
4 - McKay
3 - Cripps
2 - Saad
1 - Kemp
Ugly, but make no mistake Nthmond brought some heat, which makes this win better than it looks. I thought I was doing TDK a misjustice not giving him a vote, but in hindsight I thought the rucks nullified each other. To me Kemp deserved a vote simply because he did some brave hard to do things that had an impact, as did Saad. I largely ignored the fumbles as our whole squad had the fumbles.
Cripps is special, as a leader in pressure moments he is becoming Wayne Carey-esque.
Team B
Cripps 3
TDK 3
McGovern 2
McKay 2
Saad 1
Carroll 1
Newman 1
Kemp 1
Acres 1
Team C - I know a wins a win but seriously, WAY too many mistakes
Cripps 3
TDK 2
Newman 2
McGovern 2
McKay 1
Saad 1
Carroll 1
Curnow 1
Kemp 1
Acres 1
Team C+
Cripps 4
McGovern 4
Harry 3
TDK 2
Saad 1
Newman 1
HM : Carroll, Kemp, Hewitt
Good to see some of the younger brigade are becoming consistent contributors. It is often said that a Premiership is not based on the top 6 in your side, but the bottom 6..... hopefully, that weakness in our 22 is diminishing
Team: B
5. Cripps
4. McGovern
3. McKay
2. TDK
1. Owies
Team B - win ugly etc.
Crippa 3
McGovern 3
TDK 2
McKay 2
Carroll 1 well done young man 👏🏼
Acres 1
Saad 1
Kemp 1
Newman 1
Team B
5. Cripps
4. Gov
3. TDK
2. McKay
1. Newman
Team: B
4 - Cripps
4 - McGovern
3 - McKay
2 - TDK
1 - Acres
1 - Newman
HM: Carroll, Hewett, Kemp, Owies & Saad.
Team B-
5: Cripps
3: McGovern
2: Saad
2: McKay
2: Newman
1: TDK
5 Cripps
4 McGovern (best game for out Club)
3 TDK
1 McKay
1 Saad
1 Kemp
Team B+ (gutsed out a close win)
Team: B+
5 - Cripps
4 - McGovern
3 - McKay
2 - Hewett
1 - De Koning
Team B-
5- Cripps
4- TDK
3- McGovern
2- Newman
1- Harry
AFL 2024 Rd1: Carlton vs Richmond
Rating: B
We won, but we should have won by a lot more. We dominated large sections of the game, but failed t put in on the scoreboard.
Then again, Richmond did push us. They were highly motivated after their previous poor effort. But we didn’t just hold them off, we had a chance to really break them and we kept missing.
Votes:
[2.5] Patrick Cripps
[2] Mitch McGovern
[2] Harry McKay
[1.5] Adam Saad
[1.5] Nic Newman
[1.5] Tom de Koning
[1] George Hewett
[0.5] Jack Carroll
[0.5] Brodie Kemp
[0.5] Lewis Young
[0.5] Blake Acres
[0.5] Zac Williams
[0.5] Charlie Curnow
Explanations:
[2.5] Patrick Cripps: A brilliant Captain’s game from Cripps, with 31 possessions, 7 tackles and 4 clearances.
[2] Mitch McGovern: An excellent game in defence from Mitch. He managed 26 possessions and 8 marks.
[2] Harry McKay: Dominated his position and kicked truly.
[1.5] Adam Saad: Another Saad game, getting a lot of the ball while his opponent does a lot of chasing.
[1.5] Nic Newman: 24 possessions and 7 great tackles and kept his opponent on starvation rations.
[1.5] Tom de Koning: Held his own early, but got on top just before half time and through the last quarter. His work was high class when it was really necessary.
[1] George Hewett: Another solid game in the middle with 6 clearances.
[0.5] Jack Carroll: Another solid game in the middle, but he was caught out a few time for having no right foot.
[0.5] Brodie Kemp: A couple of errors, but an excellent game all up. Dominating in the air with 10 marks.
[0.5] Lewis Young: Kept his opponent to 2 goals, and they were dubious frees. 9 marks and showed more composure than he did last year.
[0.5] Blake Acres: Another solid game from Acres, in the right place at the right time.
[0.5] Zac Williams: A solid 2nd up effort from Williams.
[0.5] Charlie Curnow: `Charlie should have had 5 or 6, but he made a few terrible errors. Could have split the game open, he had his opponent beaten so often.
Honourable Mentions:
Matthew Owies: Not a lot of the ball, but he made them count. Probably the most productive small forward on the ground.
Adam Cerra: Not his best night, but he did good things at the right moments.
Matthew Kennedy: Trying to do Jack Silvagni’s job, and doing it well enough.