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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: VFL Rd 6 2024 Carlton vs Werribee at Werribee
Last post by crashlander -
An improvement over last week. Some positives:
[1] Binns played mainly midfield rather than wing and managed 26 disposals and 8 tackles. 2 goals didn't hurt either. He's not a clearance king yet, but he is developing.
[2] Brodie Kemp had 13 marks and 8 tackles. If he needed to show something, he did. However, I still think he wasn't that tight.
[3] Dom Akuei had a career high 18 disposals and actually wasn't that bad.
[4] Our rucks were much better this week, getting their hands on the ball first. If we had someone who could clear the ball consistently ...
[5] Billy Wilson also had a good game and 27 possessions. His opponents got a bit of the pill, but it was a promising effort. Billy is a guy who could be useful as he has real pace.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 8 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by pinot -
There are plenty of small problem
Charlie Curnows contested posession rate is over 60% for a key forward it needs to be under 50%. So he is working way too hard to win his posessions... thats down to various things - not giving him space to lead into and contesting ground balls which is not his job but has to go for them as small forwards are no where near it.
Lack of run and covering the ground. Filth always had 2-3 players tackling one Blue we did not reciprocate because we didnt have the team composition to cover the ground.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 8 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by Thryleon -
Quote from: LP on
I think Voss might have been eating a bit of humble pie, we went into that game with a perceived advantage that the Filth turned into a weakness.

Out coached?

Out coached is interesting.   I cant really take it when you lose by a goal and the scores were level with 2 minutes left. 

Do you get outcoached in that circumstance?  Pues had extra rest too after anzac day.  The second quarter was our worst and where we let the game slip but our handballs and errant kicking had more to do with it than being out coached.

Irrespective of what we say we played last seasons premiers who have started hitting their stride recently.  It had danger game written all ober it from the get go. 
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Ladies Lounge / Re: VFLW 2024
Last post by crashlander -
Team with this week, with the game at Carlton at midday today. Sorry for being late.

B: Octavia Di Donato (51)  Danika Di Santo (76)
HB: Amy Trindale (62)  Layla Prince (58)  Steph Demeo (66)
C: Holly Ridewood (26)  Izzy Khoury (52)  Hannah Bowey (64)
HF: Eliza Wood (50)  Georgia Tait (56)  Isabella Parnell (59)
F: Katie Prendergast (77)  Sophie McCarthy (54) 
FOLL: Emily Hurley (61)  Isla Baldwin (70)  Simone Mooney (78)
INT: Evie Lee (71)  Mel Staunton (55)  Asha Turner-Funk (53)  Zoe Hargreaves (80)  Hannah Scott (79)  

EMG: Natasha Phipps (74)  Mia Haas (72)  Madeleine Katerelos (69) 

In: Danika Di Santo, Zoe Hargreaves, Evie Lee, Holly Ridewood, Hannah Scott, Georgia Tait, Asha Turner-Funk

Out: Mia Austin, Yasmin Duursma, Lily Goss, Gen Lawson-Tavan, Meg Robertson, Keeley Sherar, Darcy Vescio

No AFLW girls, but the team won by 3 points over Geelong!
We had to get something positive out of the weekend!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 8 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: Macca37 on
The persistent problem we have, and which seems to have no solution, is that too many of our good senior players are physically fragile and are unavailable for selection for long periods of time, making it impossible to have a cohesive unit.

On the rare occasions when most of them do play on the same day we are given a glimpse of what is possible.  Then the injuries start again.

Unfortunately it is possible that where we are now on the ladder is as good as it gets with this list.


Spot on Macca, as soon as we get some back, they drop like flies again, and by that I mean the usual suspects.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 8 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood
Last post by Macca37 -
The persistent problem we have, and which seems to have no solution, is that too many of our good senior players are physically fragile and are unavailable for selection for long periods of time, making it impossible to have a cohesive unit.

On the rare occasions when most of them do play on the same day we are given a glimpse of what is possible.  Then the injuries start again.

Unfortunately it is possible that where we are now on the ladder is as good as it gets with this list.