Carlton Supporters Club

Quote from: bratblue – on August 10, 2026, 09:04:16 am

Fraser is showing that rare ability, at Carlton in particular, to find where a player is best suited.

Cerra playing that quarterback type role and Franky delivery those spearing passes into the forward line for instance .Is Framky the best kick at the club?

What was a nice surprise to see was that Cripps sideways kick when going into the forward line. It shows to me that the skipper is leading the way and is listening to the coaches. We're not bombing it long to your Wilkies anymore. Fraser has found a way to stop that rubbish that crept in when we had both Charlie and Harry as targets.

We're a well drilled side now and playing to our strengths. I wont mention Wilsons field passing in the afterglow of such a pleasing win.

I saw what he was trying there (if its the kick I think).  He had not much on, and was trying to bring Hayward central from the wing.  His kick hooked a little, so it went right to left by a few metres, and that was why St. Kilda were able to chop it off.  Degree of difficulty on it was quite high.

Besides that, Wilson generally takes on very dangerous kicks, and I would be loathe to discourage him from doing so.

Its refreshing to see us tighten up on the opposition analysis, but in game you can still see things get through ala Liam Ryan out the back of that contest at the start of the second quarter.

Personally, the biggest difference I can see, is that the boys are hunting in packs, and summing up situations better than we used to.

I thought StKilda put.in a brave effort considering the amount of injured players they had.

A quick look on Big Footy and one fan is blaming Corey Enright for their last few years. He wants us to take him and they will take Fraser lol.

Quote from: Sexybronco – on August 10, 2026, 10:16:43 am

Ross is a master at playing the media, not suggesting he was disingenuous in his comments but he totally diffused the media pack but paying credit to us while giving a secondary nod to their injuries.

Ross isn't quite the tosser he used to be. Looks he he genuinely enjoys his coaching and footy these days.

Quote from: shawny – on August 10, 2026, 10:06:26 am

Methodical, organised, balanced. 

No longer reliant on a few. Used to be Cripps, Charlie or bust now we have a spread.

Credit to Ross the Toss this time. Made no excuses and said the box was very worried and obvious they had the issues before Milera broke down - he said we couldn't stop our uncontested ball use despite putting things in place.

Fraser has changed how we play and there is a full buy in. The evidence is there. He is getting the best out of the list and we now sit exactly where i thought we should. We are a mid table team and whether we make the wildcard or just fall short the list is in good shape and with a few tweaks will only get stronger.  The difference in our ball use and ball movement is remarkable to see. 

The pressure on TDK to perform on massive dollars and was carved up by a tough, determined plodder on a measly $400-$500K. That The boos Jack got whenever anywhere near it was unrelenting - and it was their home game!

Big money comes with big expectations - wonder if those 2 are privately having any regrets?

Ross is a master at playing the media, not suggesting he was disingenuous in his comments but he totally diffused the media pack but paying credit to us while giving a secondary nod to their injuries.

Methodical, organised, balanced. 

No longer reliant on a few. Used to be Cripps, Charlie or bust now we have a spread.

Credit to Ross the Toss this time. Made no excuses and said the box was very worried and obvious they had the issues before Milera broke down - he said we couldn't stop our uncontested ball use despite putting things in place.

Fraser has changed how we play and there is a full buy in. The evidence is there. He is getting the best out of the list and we now sit exactly where i thought we should. We are a mid table team and whether we make the wildcard or just fall short the list is in good shape and with a few tweaks will only get stronger.  The difference in our ball use and ball movement is remarkable to see. 

The pressure on TDK to perform on massive dollars and was carved up by a tough, determined plodder on a measly $400-$500K. That The boos Jack got whenever anywhere near it was unrelenting - and it was their home game!

Big money comes with big expectations - wonder if those 2 are privately having any regrets?

Quote from: Baggers – on August 10, 2026, 10:44:19 am

Two pretty significant changes in the past coupla months have been the disposal by foot and ability to change angles and use the entire ground - that's real hard to defend. And with such strong connection over the entire field our forwards are all now ...dangerous.

We are also tackling with intent.
I haven't seen a Carlton team tackle to hurt in god knows how long.
There were some passages of play they didn't want to take possession for fear of getting tackled with the ball.
It's great to see.

Two pretty significant changes in the past coupla months have been the disposal by foot and ability to change angles and use the entire ground - that's real hard to defend. And with such strong connection over the entire field our forwards are all now ...dangerous.