Fantasia had 10 possessions today, but he was worth his spot. Each of his possessions hurt St. Kilda. Jesse Motlop: 4 possessions and only one of them a good one - his goal. His season has been a right-off. Never been either fit nor in form. He is one who really needs to pull the finger out. Matt Owies: some total brain fades today. 11 disposals, but not many good ones. We should sign him up, but he is another who really needs to work on his disposal and decision making over the summer. Brodie Kemp: a forward cannot afford to two-grab every mark. As for his leading, I don't remember seeing many. He has a lot going for him, but he needs to work on his decision making and kicking. Jack Carroll: did some things, but doesn't do enough. I think Cooper Lord might pass him pretty soon. I liked Lord's game: 19 possessions and 7 tackles. Ashton Moir: there is a fair bit of promise there! He did more in 1 quarter than Motlop did in 4. He made some decent decisions and his kicking was good. We've got one here!
I haven't started up a thread for the finals yet, as I have no idea if we'll make it. Port now ahead of Freo, who are even more disappointing than we are. I won't start up a thread until the result is known.
Didn't see the throwing incident, but that was indefensible. Whoever did that is toast. Besides, the goal umpires were not at fault. the field umpires, on the other hand, .... If we were good enough, we would have won, but their incompetence ... I just have the words to describe them. I've done my share of umpiring, but I simply didn't make those sorts of mistakes. Not AFL, granted, just under-age and school stuff, but there was only one of me.
Just back from the game. Very disappointed. [1] The Umpires were terrible. The things they missed and ignored when watching less than 15 m from the ball. They have no idea how long 15 m actually is. They simply weren't watching what happened or waiting for the other guy to make a decision. Most unprofessional performance I can remember, and I have a long memory. [2] For what was basically a VFL side without a key forward, we did pretty well. Not a lot of glory beating us with so many injuries. Not that it will stop the morons on the other side. [3] Kicking into the forward line: I could wax lyrical about this one, but the forwards didn't help. They were so static! Haven't they heard of leading? Or opening leading lanes?
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-.
I didn’t vote for the Hawthorn game Crash. I had another commitment that prevented me from watching the game live and I just couldn’t bring myself to watch a replay. It was the first game I’ve not watched in many years.
I don't blame you. I miss sometimes when we lose. I can't stand to watch the replay either. And if ever there was a reason for not watching us, this round was it.
AFL 2024 Rd 22: Carlton vs Hawthorn Our worst performance for the year. Losing half a dozen players didn't help either.
Trends: [1] There were 6 voters this round, which is the equal lowest in my time doing this. Granted that we were terrible, but we really need more voters. Please do vote, win, lose or draw: it is something we appreciate. It makes our statistics more reliable. It is a part of the CSC experience.
[2] The rating was a 5.11, which is an F. This sort of score hasn't been seen since the 'bad old days'.
[3]12 players managed a mention this week. In past years, this wouldn't be bad, but in these days of efforts from most players, it is low.
[4] The average vote this week was 17. I've never seen an average score this low.
[5]2 players managed 100 votes or more this week, which was very low. Not many voters, not many scores.
[6] Matthew Kennedy stood out for top spot this week, managing 294 votes.
[7][limegreen]Two[/color][/b] player managed votes from everyone this week: Kennedy and Acres
[8] Ollie Hollands was the main youngster to make a decent contribution. Lachie Cowan wasn't bad either.
[9] Our forwards didn't have a lot of impact this week. Most votes came from the midfield and defence.
Votes: Kennedy, Matthew 294 Acres, Blake 128 Cripps, Patrick 77 Hollands, Oliver 77 Newman, Nicholas 51 Cowan, Lachlan 34 Hewett, George 30 Pittonet, Marc 26 Weitering, Jacob 17 Walsh, Sam 17 Saad, Adam 9 McKay, Harrison 9
Progressive voting: Patrick Cripps 5136 Sam Walsh 2639 Tom de Koning 2406 Jacob Weitering 1833 Harry McKay 1738 Nic Newman 1575 George Hewett 1522 Blake Acres 1387 Charlie Curnow 1290 Matthew Kennedy 1036 Adam Saad 814 Elijah Hollands 741 Mitch McGovern 731 Marc Pittonet 659 Alex Cincotta 481 Brodie Kemp 404 Zac Williams 360 Matthew Owies 345 Adam Cerra 296 Jordan Boyd 228 Ollie Hollands 223 Matthew Cottrell 203 Lachie Fogarty 199 Orazio Fantasia 116 Lachie Cowan 101 Jack Carroll 79 Lewis Young 73 Jesse Motlop 53 David Cuningham 13 Jack Martin 5
Officially the only change from last weeks team is.... Saad is in. (for now) for Williams who didn't get up from last week.
Gov is picked (for now) Durdin is picked (for now) despite Vossy basically ruling him out last week. Charlie didn't come up despite being named.
Binns, Moir, Lord, Carroll and McGovern currently named on the bench.
Fantasia, Lemmey, Wilson the 3 emergencies
I suspect McGovern won't get up I suspect Durdin may not get up. So perhaps another debutant this week as a result.
At least 1 of the emergencies will play. Probably Billy Wilson. Maybe all three will play, depending on how the guys pull up. The 'Aints have never had a better opportunity to beat us, not even when we were ordinary. We've got a VFL side on the park, and not even a very strong one.
Our line-up: B: [33] Lewis Young [23] Jacob Weitering [2] Lachlan Cowan HB: [42] Adam Saad [11] Mitch McGovern [24] Nic Newman C: [4] Oliver Hollands [9] Patrick Cripps [13] Blake Acres HF: [6] Zac Williams [17] Brodie Kemp [20] Elijah Hollands F: [44] Matthew Owies [30] Charlie Curnow [3] Jesse Motlop R: [27] Marc Pittonet [18] Sam Walsh [29] George Hewett Int: [39] Alex Cincotta [7] Matthew Kennedy [16] Jack Carroll [19] Corey Durdin [36] Cooper Lord [43] Ashton Moir [14] Orazio Fantasia [25] Jaxon Binns
I look at our line-up and I wonder just how fictional it is. How many do we NOT have under an injury cloud?
A very strange round just done, another looks to be on the horizon. St Kilda were very good after half time. In the first half, our 2's could have beaten them.
In other games this year we couldn't buy a goal, but today. Some lovely snaps, but Moir's! What can you say? We may well have ended Collingwood's season today. I didn't expect that either.
As expected. 2 listed players, Mirkov and Monahan. Mirkov had 17 disposals, which could be his career best. He usually doesn't do much with them, but ... I will watch the replay with interest. Monahan had 3 possessions and isn't setting the world on fire. Still, he is a baby. Hopefully, he will be much better next year.
Will Hayes: 39 possessions, 10 tackles, 2 goals - the question is, why isn't he on a list? He's good enough. Granted that his disposal isn't great, but neither is Binns'. Doesn't look like he started in the square either.
And if ever there was a reason for not watching us, this round was it.