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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
Last post by ElwoodBlues1 -
Port are garbage thats why its embarrassing, dud players like Esava, Allir and Zerk Thatcher outmarking our blokes isnt on, we dont have any KP backup at either end and lets be honest we dont have a CHB either. Did I hear we average more opposition marks in our defensive 50 than any other team?......
Smashed at centre clearances, beaten in the hitouts, beaten in general clearances and outackled, they were better with the ball and with Cripps and Walsh both held again to average games we were never going to win.
The loss of TDK has affected us badly as he impacts not only in the ruck but at clearances and in general play and its having a flow on effect to Cripps and Walsh who need to be extra dominant for us to win and thats not going to happen every week that TDK is missing.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
Last post by laj -
Quote from: shawny on
Seriously who do we have out. Like no team ever has no injuries.
We are missing TDK harry and Doc.
If we were as good i started to think we ate we still take care of the 7th placed interstate team at home.  If we played swans loins then maybe not having a full team may be a reason but against a middle of the road team at home nope im not buying that.
JSOS, Acres, Williams, Martin too would be handy.

I just don't understand how we can play one qtr the last few weeks that is premiership material then not fire a shot for the rest. Like after we do that we are cooked and sides just run over us. Up until 4 weeks ago getting run over by sides just never happened. If we were a few goals up, then the other side kicked a few, we'd lift and burying them unmercifully. Now we just get run over and crash after that one random qtr of brilliance.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
Last post by shawny -
Quote from: Lods on
Injuries 'are' an excuse...they're the best bloody excuse there is.

Make it in a decent ladder position.
With a reasonably fit side...
and I wouldn't expect that Port would cause us too many problems

But both of those are big 'ifs' just at the moment.

Seriously who do we have out. Like no team ever has no injuries.
We are missing TDK harry and Doc.
If we were as good i started to think we ate we still take care of the 7th placed interstate team at home.  If we played swans loins then maybe not having a full team may be a reason but against a middle of the road team at home nope im not buying that.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide
Last post by kruddler -
Quote from: Lods on
Problem is our talls are A graders, our smalls probably C's at best.

First choice maybe.
Replacement talls are d grade (don't give e grades anymore otherwise they would be here).

Look I was, I wouldn't say optimistic, but excited to see how we'd go with mix n matching the players we had available.

However....It was a terrible fail.

Both in terms of output and 'data collected'
We should've tried to move players around a bit more to find a mix that worked. We didn't.

I think pitto was good in the ruck.
I thought Charlie was good up forward.
I thought weiters was good down back.
I thought gov was passable.
I thought Kemp and young were largely disappointing.
Too many fumbles. Too slow to make decisions. Not enough 'swinging around' from vossy.