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Didn't think we played particularly well, Eagles applied very little pressure on the ball carrier and set up poorly defensively. We struggled to deal with Reid's pace and explosiveness. Pitto is a wholehearted trier but the new ruck rules have crucified him and appear to have be written to exclusively punish him....it's going to really hurt us against the stronger teams and it's shake your head kind of stuff. Just bewildering.

Quote from: PaulP – on June 27, 2026, 09:25:24 pm

No harmonica this week.

I'd love to know what Davies and Wright are thinking right about now.

You'd have to think we'd be favorites against Richmond. 7 in a row would be sensational.

The way it's going we'll be 2 games from 6th after this weekend unless Adelaide can pluck this one right of  the fire. I'll worry about 10th first though.

Quote from: kruddler – on June 27, 2026, 07:53:58 pm

Cmon Paul, its West Coast.

2026 - 4 wins, 11 losses
2025 - 1 win, 22 losses
2024 - 5 wins, 18 losses
2023 - 3 wins, 20 losses
2022 - 2 wins, 20 losses

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).

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).

Camarades, encore un effort !

There must have been a lot of us at the game today, with so little comment in the match thread.

So Tigers by 15 at half time...

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.

Quote from: kruddler – on June 24, 2026, 01:00:27 pm

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?

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.

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.

Hopefully I can see my first live win.
Kangaroos, Melbourne, Collingwood and StKilda were pretty traumatic for my kids lol.

Quote from: kruddler – on June 22, 2026, 01:30:08 pm

NOT according to Fraser.

He's just being diplomatic