15 wins, 91 losses 14% win loss record over their past 106 games. Even Pagan managed a 25% win rate with us.
Oh they beat essendon did they? The team that has 1 win from their past 27 games? What an achievement.
Lets celebrate the win, but lets not overstate the opponent to make ourselves feel better. We were poor for half a match. They have been poor for 5 years.
I think the Weagles aren't going to be the rabble they have been. They seem to be on the right track. That is why I am happy we managed to put the foot down when we did. If we played the Weagles of, say, 2024 today, we'd have won by over 100 points, even without a Charlie Curnow kicking 10. They have been awful, but they are not any longer. Hopefully, we can see them stumble, rather than come on. That way, we might be able to convince Reid that being on the east coast is a better alternative (especially in a dark blue guernsey).
No, they are not the same, but they are still a poor side.
They havent won a game in Melbourne since 2023.....against any team!
They've had 3 bigger losses than today, this year already.
I am somewhat surprised at the lukewarm positivity on here. This is a big deal. Not many teams win 6 on the trot.
We monstered West Coast in very facet : in the air, ground ball, attack, pressure, effort, defence. We led the entire game. All the stats are significantly in our favour. They've been in close games in recent weeks and managed to jag a win against Essendon. I know despite their song, West Coast are not exactly flying high, but it's been several weeks since they lost by over 5 or 6 goals (in fact R7 against St Kilda).
15 wins, 91 losses 14% win loss record over their past 106 games. Even Pagan managed a 25% win rate with us.
Oh they beat essendon did they? The team that has 1 win from their past 27 games? What an achievement.
Lets celebrate the win, but lets not overstate the opponent to make ourselves feel better. We were poor for half a match. They have been poor for 5 years.
There must have been a lot of us at the game today, with so little comment in the match thread.
41k at the game. Not sure what they were expecting, but it appears it was more than they thought as they sold out of food at a number of places on Level 3 BEFORE half time! 100's lined up outside the other places. Never experienced that at the footy before!
Looked a million bucks in the first quarter. Fell asleep for most of the middle half of the game. Put the foot down a bit in the last.
Thankfully it was just west coast and they couldn't capitilise in the middle....and it was a relatively comfortable win overall.
Be interested to see how Pittonet pulls up. Looks shot early on, ump stopped the game because he stayed down so long. Not sure what it was if it was captured on TV. But hopefully he pulls up ok.
Riley must have been reading your stuff Kruds. The hitouts are fairly even but Riley is knocking a few that he wins out into space rather than trying to direct them. He's also picking up quite a few possesions around the ground.
Its not exactly rocket science, but good to see some progress.
Cripps' form is scary when compared to the teams performance
Have a look at the following breakdown of team with Cripps possessions in that game in brackets.
Our worst 2 games for the year IMO would be... Sydney (19 touches) St. Kilda. (14).
Our best games of the year would be IMO GWS (33) Port Adelaide (32) Geelong (30) Brisbane (32) WE LOST Fremantle (32) WE LOST Richmond (32) Bulldogs (29)
Average/poor performances against.... Melbourne (21) North Melbourne (21) Adelaide (29) 29 touches and WE LOST Collingwood (25) Essendon (23)
Coincidence??
No Cripps. No Carlton
You wanted to trade him when the whole list was playing well below their standard earlier in the year then we get on a roll after a coach change (pure coincidence of course) and now we can't win without him. Clearly there is more to this then simply No Cripps no Carlton. And if you want to credit all the wins to Cripps playing well not sure what happened in the 4 games when he had over 25 touches and we still lost?
He is dual brownlow medalist and still a top 3 inside bull and along with all the top tier players who naturally have a big influence on the result when they fire - Heeney, Daicos, Bont, Jackson, Dawson, Gawn, Smith are all in that basket so do all those teams fall into the same line of thinking?
Maybe i still want to trade him. Whats that got to do with it? Never said he can't play. You gotta give up something to get something.
20-25 touches these days is the old 17 touches. For a dual brownlow medalist, you'd take that if you were the opposition.
While I wouldn't say that we had players standing back, I think that the improved form and effort of the support cast in Hewett, Acres, Cerra, Aisworth, Hayward, and now Cottrell, has taken pressure off Cripps and Walsh. If Cripps or Walsh is quiet, others are filling the void but that support is also enabling Cripps and Walsh, as well as Jagga Smith, to accumulate possessions and distribute the pill effectively.
Cripps' form is scary when compared to the teams performance
Have a look at the following breakdown of team with Cripps possessions in that game in brackets.
Our worst 2 games for the year IMO would be... Sydney (19 touches) St. Kilda. (14).
Our best games of the year would be IMO GWS (33) Port Adelaide (32) Geelong (30) Brisbane (32) Fremantle (32) Richmond (32) Bulldogs (29)
People talking about 2nd year blues are just guessing. We'll know soon enough.
But every year i say the same thing when evaluating our chances. Some kids won't come on as expected, or even go backwards. Some older players will decline in output, some may even fall of a performance cliff and/or retire early. Some gun players will get injured.
Happens to everyone, every year. Whether thats Jagga and Dean, or Byrne and Ison.....or whoever. This year O'Keeffe definitely fits that bill.
If folks want to make comparisons between Voss and Fraser look don't look at recent history. Look at the last half of 2023 and now. Same/same
That 2023 run we built on the back of relentless pressure and effort, double teaming in tackles. We lost our way in 2024- 2025. A lot of that was the result of injury and in 2025 off-field disaffection and division. That pressure and effort...and belief is back now.
You know what else is the same??? A fit Patrick Cripps.
Was he fit at the start of the year? No. Walsh? No.
Makes a difference when your good players are fit. Who'd have thunk it?!
RR, here at the good ship CFC, we've seen many a sacked coach over the journey. Can you recall when anyone has been half as glowing on the previous coach as our current coach and numerous players, and even the powers that be have been??
This is not your average handover. This goes above and beyond simply being diplomatic. Fraser would be well within his right to take some credit for what he's been able to do, but everytime without fail he gives kudos to Vossy first. Same with the players, Jagga has done it at least twice in post match interviews.
As Thry pointed out this is the first week for a while (probably the StKilda game) where we have expectations. Fans are looking at a top 10 finish now and a loss won't be acceptable so there is more pressure.
A lot has changed mentally and game plan wise since Fraser took over means I'm more confident than I have been in long time coming up against weaker opposition.
Don't you think it's more than a coincidence these poor decisions stopped when Fraser took over.
Akso Hewett’s omission from the team in the first part of this season remains the most perplexing decision I’ve seen from the club in a long time.
Vossy was the one who brought Hewett back into the side. Vossy was the one who played Dean and Jagga from day 1. Vossy was the one who brought in Wilson. Vossy was the one who played Harry as 2nd ruck.
Vossy was the one who did 99% of what Fraser is getting credit for.
I've got no issue with Fraser and what he is doing....and what he did previously with the bullants etc. But lets there is a lot of attempting to rewrite history going on. When Fraser took over, we were ranked with the easiest (or 2nd easiest) draw coming up through the middle part of the season. He has been good since he come on board, but right place and right time play a huge part in that.
