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Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #15 –
Quote from: madbluboy on
TDK did well considering he was battling the double Gs all night, showed he belongs and we were stupid to drop him.
I doubt we'll retain him now.

We would have been slaughtered tonight if not for Weiters, McGovern and Kemp, Kemp's best game for the club.

It looks like Cerra is our only fit midfielder, all the others look broken! Walsh had no pre-season it's catching up on him, Cripps looks injured, Kennedy is injured.
The Force Awakens!

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #16 –
Quote from: laj on
The most disappointing season of the last 20 as we were ready to go and expecting so much better. Such a letdown. At least other years we knew we were crap or not quite ready. Playing the worst brand of footy imaginable, can't kick a goal and seemingly don't care  where the ball goes when we have it. Thought we were good for top 4 to 6 this year. Instead we will be 14th by the ending of the weekend with 5 successive losses.

How far backwards can one side go.

We have the credentials to go all the way - backwards.
Coming together is the beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
Henry Ford.

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #17 –
Quote from: laj on
The most disappointing season of the last 20 as we were ready to go and expecting so much better. Such a letdown. At least other years we knew we were crap or not quite ready. Playing the worst brand of footy imaginable, can't kick a goal and seemingly don't care  where the ball goes when we have it. Thought we were good for top 4 to 6 this year. Instead we will be 14th by the ending of the weekend with 5 successive losses.

How far backwards can one side go.
Yep.....it was a crap standard game and we didnt have to be on by much to beat Melbourne who were not that great and would have got smashed by a lot of other teams but we are just so off at the moment we cant play one solid quarter of football that isnt full of silly costly mistakes.

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #18 –
Quote from: madbluboy on
Motlop pressures but he can't tackle.
Owies has really improved this year.

Cripps and Walsh have no defensive side and their offence is C grade at the moment.
Cerra was our best mid by a very long way, almost played a lone hand. We just need more centre clearances and goals from the mids, small fwds are non existent and we dont have a HFFer who can be dangerous.
In the end, they kicked more poorly than us in front of goal (if that's even possible) and should have won by 5-6 goals.
Oh well, they can sook it up tonight, get up tomorrow morning and load up again.
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #19 –
Every freakin' time O'Brien took a mark, he stood still and slowed everything down and then more times than not, kicked it directly to a Dees player.

WTF ???

Who thought it was a good idea to give him a rookie contract ?? Whoever you are, you should be sacked straight after O'Brien is !!

We need to scour the land in the off-season for another two fowards, not midgets, players of mid-size who can mark & kick goals. Every time we looked like we were going to get on a roll, Fritzch or Van Royen marked and kicked a goal. We need players like them, we are two predictable with the current Curnow/McKay combo because if they fail, so does the whole team. The move of Young to the forwardline completely changed the whole dynamic which exemplifies why we need another couple of capable soldiers..

I'm really struggling with Acres, turns it over too often for my liking.

And Dow is not out of his depth at this level, he just looks like he lacks a bit of confidence which is to be expected after the way he has been sent to purgatory.

We do have some dumb footballers though, wrong options kill us every week.

There was some very good passages of play which was an improvement on previous weeks but until we find a way to kick at least 10-12 goals per week, we are never a chance.
"The Other Teams Can Rot In Hell"

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #20 –
Turned it over a lot I thought which dulled the gloss on his game
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #21 –
Better get ready for next week. A loss to Essendon is unacceptable to our supporters.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #22 –
Quote from: LP on
I doubt we'll retain him now.

We would have been slaughtered tonight if not for Weiters, McGovern and Kemp, Kemp's best game for the club.

It looks like Cerra is our only fit midfielder, all the others look broken! Walsh had no pre-season it's catching up on him, Cripps looks injured, Kennedy is injured.
Yep, our team tonight felt like:

FB: Kemp Weiters Gov
C:            Cerra
R:            TDK
FF:          H
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #23 –
Quote from: LordLucifer on
We need players like them, we are twotoo predictable with the current Curnow/McKay combo because if they fail, so does the whole team.
I wouldn't say our twin talls have failed, the problem as I see it is that when they are having bog ordinary games, the type of game that forms more than 1/2 a normal season, we are getting stuff all from the other forwards and almost nothing from the Mids / On Ball crew.
The Force Awakens!

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #24 –
Very pleased for big H. At least someone shows they can "go to work on it" and actually improve.

Also thought Motlop and Owies worked hard. Especially further up the ground. Weiters is back. Kemp is in the best 22.

Otherwise we're destined for a top 4 pick. Just hope there's not too many decent F/S and state discounts in the draft.

Disappointed is a massive understatement.
Coming together is the beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
Henry Ford.

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #25 –
Dow got a big cheer when he came on and again every time he got a good possession.
There was that one poor mis-kick that resulted in a goal but there were lots of poor kicks under pressure by others.
The last pass to McKay was a good one.

Now what the cheerring shows is that, for all his faults, many supporters don't think he's been given a fair deal in terms of game time.
While supporters shouldn't be determining match selections it can be another burden, in terms of pressure, on those making the decisions.
We may as well play players like Dow, even if we are planning on letting him go at the end of the year.
We'll either up his trade value
Decide he's worth keeping.
...or justify any reasons we might have for letting him go.
No-one will be able to say we didn't give him a chance.

I personally don't think we'll lose a lot by playing him.
He wasn't outstanding but he did contribute more than some.

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #26 –
Quote from: Lods on
Now what the cheerring shows is that, for all his faults, many supporters don't think he's been given a fair deal in terms of game time.
Undoubtedly this is true, but the vast bulk of supporters never watch a VFL game, so those opinions have to be largely ignored!
The Force Awakens!

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #27 –
Quote from: madbluboy on
Better get ready for next week. A loss to Essendon is unacceptable to our supporters.

A loss to Essendon is where Bolton fell over.

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #28 –
How many 4q i50's went directly to their defenders. That's not acceptable.
Wait, it's exactly what we did last week. Dumb and dumber..
Coming together is the beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
Henry Ford.

Re: AFL Rd 12 Post Game Passing Carlton vs Melbourne

Reply #29 –
Quote from: LP on
Undoubtedly this is true, but the vast bulk of supporters never watch a VFL game, so those opinions have to be largely ignored!
Absolutely. However he was our first pick, number 3? In that draft. And he’s been BOG mostly in VFL games yet the same guys get a run, this one does not get a look in 🤷🏻‍♀️