Carlton Supporters Club

I always have a little chuckle when I see 'danger game'.  Who was the poster who used to fire up whenever anyone mentioned 'danger game'?  I think that the competition is so close now that an easybeat team one week can defeat a top four team the next week.  All it takes for an unexpected loss is for a team to be a little off in their preparation.  Who would have tipped the Doggies to beat Brisbane and keep them to just seven goals?  Did the racism directed at Jamarra Ugle-Hagan fire up the Doggies?  "Maar paneeyt" Jamarra!

The first two rounds suggest that we should have GWS's measure.  They've regained Whitfield and Kelly while we've basically swapped Hewett for Kennedy.  We're a tad undermanned in the midfield - by our standards - but should be able to match GWS without too many problems.

The ruck contests should be interesting.  Flynn has got off to a flyer, dominating the hitouts and getting a fair bit of the ball around the ground, and he's basically going it alone.  I imagine that De Koning and Pitto will try to run him ragged and exploit any of the part-timers GWS may throw into the ruck.  I'd like to see De Koning and Pitto drifting forward and back to create a bit of doubt in the minds of the GWS defenders and forwards.

Vossy said that Greene will have different opponents depending on where he's playing.  I'd like to see Saad spend some time on Greene and run off him at every opportunity.  Greene will probably still get his 3 or 4 goals, regardless of his opponent but there's not much else to worry about among the GWS forwards.  I can't really see their defenders holding our forwards, we just have too much firepower ... provided that our transition and stoppage work is at its best.

I think that we'll win comfortably, but not be a huge margin.

Go Blues!

It was interesting to hear about how the secrets of Reality TV get exposed, mostly throw it's own hubris and overwhelming desire to profit from short term fame at every possible level.

It seems that one of the recently finished reality TV shows had exposed the winners name many many weeks ago, long before broadcast had even started. This occurred due to bookings appearing across the country for a speaking/publicity tour. You have no choice now but to use genuine ID, things like drivers license or passport are required for air travel and even for some accommodation. Data mining allows the Internet of Trolls to assemble(dox) potential candidates and the resulting vectors neatly identify the pre-determined results, secrets are secrets no more!

Stats are part of it.
Other part is peoples perception.....thats what i'm questioning....their perception.

We tired in the last quarter because we lost that extra midfielder.
We almost lost the game because we didn't have that extra midfielder.

He is not at his best....but there are plenty in that boat.

Across 2 games....
-------- Dsp-M-M50-I50-T-G.B.-GA-1%- Clg-TOG
Player A - 18 - 6 - 2 - 4 - 3 - 1.2 - 2 - 4- 4 - 75.5%
Player B - 23 -16 - 3 - 7 - 2 - 2.3 - 1 - 5 - 5 - 93.5%
Player C - 23 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 4.1 - 1 - 0 - 8 - 72%
Player D - 22 - 7 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 1.0 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 76.5%

Who deserves to be dropped?
Who deserves to be persisted with?
Who is borderline?

FWIW, all 4 players are forwards.