All ready for Sunday. It will be very interesting to see what conditions are like.
The boys are on early.
First 2 goals to us.
Harry and gov on the board early.
The boys are on early.
First 2 goals to us.
Harry and gov on the board early.
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Cunners doing his best Dusty impersonation.
Big don't argue and then quality finish from the boundary. - Goal of the week!
Silvagni playing the Tom Lynch role
Kruze playing some sort of a game IMO
...and some were saying Casboult is a better kick than McKay? Ha!
Blues are on today.
On for the win.
and
On for another 100 points!
Kruze playing some sort of a game IMO
It just got better!
Steal and long goal from the big fella.
Early call, but if we play like this all the time and we could beat every side. What a huge play and goal by Special K.
...and some were saying Casboult is a better kick than McKay? Ha!
Blues are on today.
On for the win.
and
On for another 100 points!
30mins done, gotta do it for another 90.
...and some were saying Casboult is a better kick than McKay? Ha!
Blues are on today.
On for the win.
and
On for another 100 points!
McKay is a better kick, leave that in no doubt. Nice pass to him though by Casboult.
I haven't seen such skilful, error free ball movement and easy scoring in ages.
Who knew ?
Keep it up boys. Great work.
Kruezers impact amazing
LOB no touches....Bolts wants to beat them with 21.
Kruezers impact amazing
Yep, he had a super quarter.
Surely we can’t keep this up for 4 quarters. Fecking hope so. This is wonderful footy.
I haven't seen such skilful, error free ball movement and easy scoring in ages.
Who knew ?
Keep it up boys. Great work.
And they aren't full throttle yet Pauly. When this group really gels to the point they instinctively know what each other is going to do, look out. They played very well that qtr, carried on from last week which is most pleasing.
Oh and did I mention the big Tractor? ;D
Head down for another 3 qtrs Blues.
Look at the passion and celebrations from BB.
And they aren't full throttle yet Pauly. When this group really gels to the point they instinctively know what each other is going to do, look out. They played very well that qtr, carried on from last week which is most pleasing.
No doubt Hawks will come and come hard. Thr trick is to be so far out in front that they can't come back.
Look for the boys to switch gears and slow it down if/when the hawks do start coming.
...and we're away.
SOS playing a bit of soccer, hits the back of the net. ;D
SOSOS. What a goal.
And they aren't full throttle yet Pauly. When this group really gels to the point they instinctively know what each other is going to do, look out. They played very well that qtr, carried on from last week which is most pleasing.
Well, when and if that happens, and we get 4 q of that type of footy week to week, it will be special to watch.
Here's hoping.
SOS in line for a job as Socceroos striker!
SOSOS. What a goal.
And nearly pulled down mark of the year
Casboult pulls one out of his ar%e the ruck and goals.
Levi, Levi, Levi.
Clever by Casboult for another.
Liam Jones just got into orbit to hold a mark.
Blues can do no wrong at the moment.
Good to see that 1/4 time rev up from Clarko had no effect.
over halfway through the 2nd and not a behind kicked by the hawks.
Theyve slowed us up a little
Live ladder shows us above the hawks in 13th.
Had the 1-pt gold coast game gone the other way, we'd be in 11th and =9th! :o
And Cripps has been quiet thus far....
Reckon Dow and LOB need time in the 2s.
We tried to be too cute and clever creating opportunities for goal in the second quarter. Could have extended this lead.
Third qtr needs to be a big one from our boys, Haw have launched many a come back ofter half time. No resting on laurels, job is only half done. I hope thats the message they get.
We tried to be too cute and clever creating opportunities for goal in the second quarter. Could have extended this lead.
That poor shot by LOB, a goal would have really demoralised them.
Look at O’Meara. Twice the disposals of any player on the ground.
Third qtr needs to be a big one from our boys, Haw have launched many a come back ofter half time. No resting on laurels, job is only half done. I hope thats the message they get.
Reckon Bolton of all people will be onto it.
That poor shot by LOB, a goal would have really demoralised them.
Too true buddy.
Look at the passion and celebrations from BB.
Didn't Rats get ridiculed for showing that passion? :o
Jones, Weitering, Simpson, Plowman, Marchbank, Thomas, Newman becoming a very formidable unit, led by Jones and Weiters.
I’m scared.
Was not expecting to play this well but now with this lead don’t want to lose. Our past with losing so often makes you never comfortable even when you should be relaxed.
Can’t fking enjoy it till i know we can’t lose..... :-[
Pls blues don’t stop.
Look at O’Meara. Twice the disposals of any player on the ground.
We dont have two Ed's. Ed's best work these these days is deep fwd half attacking, half negating the running defender. If we had another Ed, you'd send him to JOM for a hard tag. I guess at the moment, despite having his on footy, we are 5 goals up (should have been 6 or 7). If our midfield group continues and puts the hammer down another notch, they will have more headaches containing us then us containing them.
Some repeat sequences of midfield silk has really set us up this half.
Despite Hawks ruck dominance our mids are taking advantage, winning the clearances.
Big Kruez is such an asset to this young midfield. Samo's managed to hold his excellent form so far, ditto Fisher. I'm impressed by Plowman down back. Another one holding his great form from last week.
We've been witness to the "defense first" in our rebuild. With the consistency playing together, they look incredibly hard to score against.
Fantastic first half.
Keep it up Blues.
Gotta do that for 1.5 more quarters....2.0 ideally!
I’m scared.
Was not expecting to play this well but now with this lead don’t want to lose. Our past with losing so often makes you never comfortable even when you should be relaxed.
Can’t fking enjoy it till i know we can’t lose..... :-[
Pls blues don’t stop.
Probably a lot of us in the same boat shawny.
Keep it coming young Blues.
Great spoiling, tackling, link ups and pressure
All that with Cripps doing less than what we've come to expect.
Gotta do that for 1.5 more quarters....2.0 ideally!
2, cant be 1.5, cant even be 1.9
Great spoiling, tackling, link ups and pressure
All that with Cripps doing less than what we've come to expect.
His disposal by foot needs a little fine tuning. Everything else is just fine.
We absolutely cant afford to let Scully get into the game like that. 1 Goal back.
Simmo ?
We absolutely cant afford to let Scully get into the game like that. 1 Goal back.
That was a coast to coast goal we don’t want to see too often.
2 goals, now we'll see wha we are made of.
Paddy "meep meep" Dow with the steadier.
And Paddy Wow shows us
Dow with some wow factor. Need more of that.
Look for the boys to start to take a bit of the sting out of the game and try and stop the hawks momentum.
Simmos done
plenty doing f... all right now. Ball watching.
What a feck up by Jones.
And hear come the brain fades
What a feck up by Jones.
just negative play from all of them...
This is seriously looking like a loss in the making. We are potentially screwed.
This is turning to crape real quick :o
No hard running the other way >:(
Really would rather Bolton on the boundary line than hiding away up in the box
A stupid as this might sound could still lose this by 5 goals.
Cripps giving freebies in the centre!!
And they answer my question emphatically, we will lose this now.
Grow some farken balls Carlton
We are gone
O'Brien why is he picked!!!!!!
21 different players have come out, terrible.
This is weak as piss, pathetic efforts.
Murphy refuses to tackle - just happy to carrell.
No run left, look spent.
Murphy crap and McGovern not sighted
how about making a tackle!
Nice kick Murphy, 20 out dead in front tries a check side and misses the lot :o :o :o Millionaire Footy by the ex skipper ;)
Nice kick Murphy, 20 out dead in front tries a check side and misses the lot :o :o :o Millionaire Footy by the ex skipper ;)
Cheap as Chips ex Skipper
2 qtrs where we couldnt do a thing wrong, now we cant do a solitary thing right. Unbelievable. 5.5 goals thrown away in a heartbeat.
We didn't want the REAL Carlton to come out at half time :o
How does a 250 game veteran like Murphy miss that goal?
Hawks should be in front
Who's standing OMeara? Hes cutting us to pieces. Where's the midfielders....Gibbons? Murphy? Ed? Petrevski Seton?
How does a 250 game veteran like Murphy miss that goal?
yep, lousy kick.
The game shows the difference between battle hardened, experienced, flag winning players and young guys who can't as easily think on the fly. The Hawks players have obviously tinkered in game, and we are struggling to keep up, physically and mentally.
Just a woeful pathetic quarter, the Ol Navy Blue witches hats arrived just in time
BB better take off some heads or we are toast. Take risks and take the fecking game on.
yep, lousy kick.
The game shows the difference between battle hardened, experienced, flag winning players and young guys who can't as easily think on the fly. The Hawks players have obviously tinkered in game, and we are struggling to keep up, physically and mentally.
ThaT WAS mURPHY, 250 GAME VETERAN FFS.
Outmuscled.
And our nightmare continues.
6 goals in the first quarter, 3 since.
Just gave up running through the corridor and started kicking long down the line to nothing.
Totally dropped their bundle. No manning up, no checks on O'Meara and just woeful tactics, completely foreign to what we did less than 40 minutes ago when we were walking off well in front.
ThaT WAS mURPHY, 250 GAME VETERAN FFS.
Only my first sentence was about the goal. The rest was referring to general play.
And our nightmare continues.
6 goals in the first quarter, 3 since.
Just gave up running through the corridor and started kicking long down the line to nothing.
Great coaching - slow it down, feck it up....
This is where Hawthorn's experience will win over youthful exuberance. For them, 28, 19, 20 and 22 didnt strike a blow for 2 qtrs. All of a sudden...
Win lose or draw, that quarter was a perfect example of Bolton's stubbornness and total lack of a plan B.
Omeara is their best player, had a million possessions. Why not get Curnow to tag him. Say to curnow, I don't care if you don't get a kick, as long as he doesn't get one. But why would that stubborn goose Bolton do that.
Secondly, you can see what's happening. they are breaking everywhere. only one way to stop it. Play man on man. but no. bolton just lets it all flow and hopes for the best.
I have said all along that the can't coach.
He's got some very good players to work with, but he will cost us dearly in the long run.
Lambs to the slaughter
I’m someone who generally supports Murphy but FMD he was surely taking the p1ss in that quarter. He is the weakest soft c**k we have.
Disgusting quarter.
I know his old but obvious that quarter we still need Simmo big time.
Time for some of these blokes to stand up because this game is here for the taking.... When the chances come, you gotta take them. I'm looking at you Murphy, forty out, you have to kick them.
We've fallen away noticeably as special K has run out of gas.
And one more thing. We are without a doubt one of the worst Carlton tackling sides I have ever seen.
Fisher can't tackle at all. Murphy won't tackle because he's scared he'll do a shoulder, and the list goes on.
We’re a rabble.
Completely fallen apart after a brilliant start
Start the after game loss abuse thread now.
Nighty night kids, Ive seen enough. That hurts more than the GC game
Petrevski Seton ......hasnt backed up. Very, very poor second half.
Umpires got the call from AFL house at half time too.
How is that 50m?
Are the umpires trying to get them up?
And one more thing. We are without a doubt one of the worst Carlton tackling sides I have ever seen.
Fisher can't tackle at all. Murphy won't tackle because he's scared he'll do a shoulder, and the list goes on.
Murphy wanted to be a smart Arseeee. Why kick a drop punt which may have had a chance at a vgoal, when you can do a ridiculous kick which does nothing.
Murphy is gone. He runs around a lot, looking for the cheap ball, and 60% of the time when he gets it, he does a stupid weak kick which invariably misses a target.
We've been down for over a quarter. They won't keep us down for 2 quarters.
....and right on queue. GOAL. Back in front.
Funny about that. You take risks, move the ball quickly and score a goal.
How is that 50m?
Are the umpires trying to get them up?
No, it wasn't, but please, don't blame the umpires for our disgraceful performance by the players in the third quarter and the coach.
Ploughman, just provided a perfect example of a team that can't tackle.
McKay you beauty
....and bang again. Ed with the jets.
2 goals in a row from the goal square.
Our turn to have the momentum.
Lets capitalise.
Only 2 in50's this quarter for 2 goals.
Run hard and move the ball fast, another goal.
Really good test of character this.
Win from here and it would be as valuable as last weeks result
Run hard and move the ball fast, another goal.
Who would've thought :o
Really good test of character this.
Win from here and it would be as valuable as last weeks result
We're going to have to do it without our wisest heads in Simpson and Newman.
Finally, he puts Curnow on Omeara, 6 goals too late.
Feck off Plow. You are a chump.
Umpiring is atrocious
Tooooo many players ball watch
Plowman my god
Umpiring is atrocious
You reckon?
When is Plowman’s contract up?
I've been watching Ploughman very closely, that was his 6th, unforced error which has resulted in a goal.
Unfortunately, he lacks both skill, at least two easy passes missed their target, and can't think quickly under pressure.
Feck off Plow. You are a chump.
Has been all day >:(
Feck off Plow. You are a chump.
He was unbeatable in the 1st half. Give him a break. Every player out there has made a mistake today. He's got credits in the bank.
....and it should've been a free as i don't think he got a hand on that handball.
Free kicks 16 - 9 in their favour
The chick umpire is a Hawks supporter.
He was unbeatable in the 1st half. Give him a break. Every player out there has made a mistake today. He's got credits in the bank.
....and it should've been a free as i don't think he got a hand on that handball.
Since when do you need to get rid of it correctly???
Another loss and this one is not HONOURABLE
Since when do you need to get rid of it correctly???
Well it is in the rules. ::)
Another loss and this one is not HONOURABLE
Not sure who we are playing next week, but it will be a 10 goal win to us.
He was unbeatable in the 1st half. Give him a break. Every player out there has made a mistake today. He's got credits in the bank.
....and it should've been a free as i don't think he got a hand on that handball.
Half a game of football doesn’t win matches. He could have made that ball go out of bounds and not have to lay a tackle which was too late to be effective. It’s called composure.
All you blokes that defend Murphy, try making a case for him today
Not sure who we are playing next week, but it will be a 10 goal win to us.
North
Half a game of football doesn’t win matches. He could have made that ball go out of bounds and not have to lay a tackle which was too late to be effective. It’s called composure.
Half a game of football is all the other 21 blokes have played. Why single him out for an incorrect umpires call.
You reckon?
Please, stop blaming the umpiring. You do yourselves no credit.
Blame the players, and most of all, blame the useless, stubborn coach.
They came out asleep after half time, and that was despite Daisy who was interviewed at half time saying, "we know that they will come home hard".
You had a bloke in Omeara who was killing them, and the coach does nothing to counteract it.
But he's been like that for 4 years.
Two people resigned from the Carlton Board at the beginning of the year.
They were replaced with two people, one of whom at least, besides Chris Judge, was on the selection committee who picked Bolton.
So he could lose the next 15 games, and unless those board members have got the guts to admit that they picked the wrong bloke, he'll be there for the foreseeable future.
All you blokes that defend Murphy, try making a case for him today
Not me. he was stuffed two years ago.
Plowman should never play again he’s absolutely shocking
SPS couldn't miss a target last week, couldn't buy a effective possession today.
If Cripps doesn't dominate we don't win.... Too many passengers in our midfield.
Murphy.... Utterly invisible when required.
Duck me, I'd love to know the free kick stats, we've been fried.
Not sure who we are playing next week, but it will be a 10 goal win to us.
North Melbourne, so we best be winning!
Plowman should never play again he’s absolutely shocking
GWS don't get rid of the good ones.
Plowman should never play again he’s absolutely shocking
Get a clue.
He was in the coaching votes last week, and would've been again in the first half.
SPS goal. Could be too little too late.
Please, stop blaming the umpiring. You do yourselves no credit.
Blame the players, and most of all, blame the useless, stubborn coach.
They came out asleep after half time, and that was despite Daisy who was interviewed at half time saying, "we know that they will come home hard".
You had a bloke in Omeara who was killing them, and the coach does nothing to counteract it.
But he's been like that for 4 years.
Two people resigned from the Carlton Board at the beginning of the year.
They were replaced with two people, one of whom at least, besides Chris Judge, was on the selection committee who picked Bolton.
So he could lose the next 15 games, and unless those board members have got the guts to admit that they picked the wrong bloke, he'll be there for the foreseeable future.
Saying the umpiring is bad is not allocating blame.
We have been shocking
So have the umpires
And Bolton deserves some scrutiny for this mess too.
North Melbourne, so we best be winning!
I watched the last quarter North against port Adelaide. if North put in a game like they played their final quarter, WE will lose by 10
6 minutes. 9 points.
Hardly sky is falling stuff.
People losing their minds.
We're three down as I understand it - Newman, Krooz and Simmo all out for the last 10 minutes or so.
Marchbank with an oopsie.
We've been crap for the exact amount of time that Simpson has been off the ground.
Coincidence?
Saying the umpiring is bad is not allocating blame.
We have been shocking
So have the umpires
And Bolton deserves some scrutiny for this mess too.
I have yet to see a well umpired game for the last 5 years.
So I stopped blaming them. It's a waste of time.
On queue Murphy misses target inside defensive 50 by 3 metres to turn it over again, on ya Champ
6 minutes. 9 points.
Hardly sky is falling stuff.
People losing their minds.
You must have been asleep for the third quarter.
You must have been asleep for the third quarter.
6 points down with a few minutes remaining.
Sky still falling?
Get a clue.
He was in the coaching votes last week, and would've been again in the first half.
So what!
He’s terrible under pressure
So what!
He’s terrible under pressure
No he's not.
He has struggled with the amount of ball that came in in that 3rd quarter.
Who wouldn't.
Well we blew that royally
Just pox
No he's not.
He has struggled with the amount of ball that came in in that 3rd quarter.
Who wouldn't.
All the others that are in the same position and don’t panic.
He’s a liability
We lost by 2 seconds....if that.
That was horrible. 6 goals up to lose that. Fecked.
5 point loss after a great start. And Harry Mac took the mark a fraction after the FT siren.
All the others that are in the same position and don’t panic.
He’s a liability
BS.
Marchbank turned it over late.
Each and every player will have examples too.
We lost by 2 seconds....if that.
They get the 4 points. We don’t.
Marked it 1/4 sec too late.
Should never have lost after that first half dominance.
3 men down late in the last. Lost by less than a kick. And the siren blower could cut us some slack.
The young blokes will learn from that.
Pure lack of experience! :(
BS.
Marchbank turned it over late.
Each and every player will have examples too.
Plowman made at least 6 critical errors.
It’s not BS he’s no good
We lost by 2 seconds....if that.
We lost by 2 quarters. The two quarters where we sat back thinking we had it won and Bolton made no changes.
When we don’t take the game on, we suffer. Tell the coach that. He obviously can’t see it.
We've lost 3 games we should've won this year.....Sydney, GC and Hawthorn
On queue Murphy misses target inside defensive 50 by 3 metres to turn it over again, on ya Champ
The guy is just a hack. He pisses me off no end. It's not just the missed targets, it's the running past the ball to avoid contact, the missed tackles the overall absolute softness of the guy.
The guy is just a hack. He pisses me off no end. It's not just the missed targets, it's the running past the ball to avoid contact, the missed tackles the overall absolute softness of the guy.
Where were you last week? We got crickets from you. Don't need crap supporters.
We need an ignore button
So it’s a love feat only?
Fair call I reckon, Murphy was deplorable today.
Gave us nothing again.
mods, please lock the thread.
We lost by 2 seconds....if that.
When you lead by 30pts at half time, you should never be in the situation where the last 2 seconds of the game is so critical.
Gotta take your hat off to Clarkson. Slowed us down in the second then took over in the 3rd, with a side that's not nearly as good as ours on paper... but experienced coaching and experienced players showed us how it's done.
Another 'brave' loss. This one should hurt more than the GCSs game.
How we respond to this will be telling.