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Not a great turnaround after last weeks effort against the bombers. Has to be a few that can hold their head up though. Who are they?

Not a great turnaround after last weeks effort against the bombers. Has to be a few that can hold their head up though. Who are they?

To quote Al Martello when commentating in the 80's one Saturday when they crossed to him and asked him for Richmond's best players against Geelong, Al replied "None".

Only positive today - Buckley, he is gunna be a gun.

Turned it over but at least tried to run... nothing to kick to up the ground.

WTF , this is now the third time I've seen a Carlton side that does not want to play for the coach and ended with a sacking....I reckon now Sod's law they will keep the coach and have another 6-10 years of crape mind f##king rebuild....ain't easy beating blue..

we gotta stop these stupid threads

we gotta stop these stupid threads

Win a game!

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we gotta stop these stupid threads

They will not be stopped.
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To answer the OPs question I thought Yarran and Simpson were clearly our best 2. Simpson was Simpson. Got me stuffed why he's not Captain. Watched Yarran closely and thought he worked really hard. Ran himself ragged. Gibbs 26 touches had no impact on the game, typical Gibbs. Maybe Curnow deserves a vote???

To answer the OPs question I thought Yarran and Simpson were clearly our best 2. Simpson was Simpson. Got me stuffed why he's not Captain. Watched Yarran closely and thought he worked really hard. Ran himself ragged. Gibbs 26 touches had no impact on the game, typical Gibbs. Maybe Curnow deserves a vote???

For an apparent elite kick, Gibbs kicking 3 behinds hurt bad, yarran kicked 2.2.

7 goals from 23 scoring shots is bull$h1t

Simpson Yarran Curnow

Quote from: chookaradley on April 13, 2014, 09:05:31 am

To answer the OPs question I thought Yarran and Simpson were clearly our best 2. Simpson was Simpson. Got me stuffed why he's not Captain. Watched Yarran closely and thought he worked really hard. Ran himself ragged. Gibbs 26 touches had no impact on the game, typical Gibbs. Maybe Curnow deserves a vote???

For an apparent elite kick, Gibbs kicking 3 behinds hurt bad, yarran kicked 2.2.

7 goals from 23 scoring shots is bull$h1t

Funny how a boundary line centric game plan results in lots of points....

Quote from: BlueAvenger on April 13, 2014, 09:14:54 am

Quote from: chookaradley on April 13, 2014, 09:05:31 am

To answer the OPs question I thought Yarran and Simpson were clearly our best 2. Simpson was Simpson. Got me stuffed why he's not Captain. Watched Yarran closely and thought he worked really hard. Ran himself ragged. Gibbs 26 touches had no impact on the game, typical Gibbs. Maybe Curnow deserves a vote???

For an apparent elite kick, Gibbs kicking 3 behinds hurt bad, yarran kicked 2.2.

7 goals from 23 scoring shots is bull$h1t

Funny how a boundary line centric game plan results in lots of points....

Exactly, quickest avenue to goal would be the best for us, the less time we have the ball in our hands the less chances we have of screwing it up and letting oppo teams set up defensively because we move the ball sooooooo frigggin slooooow! Not playing to our strengths. It's like asking a priest to become an atheist! Just aint gonna work!

Yarran our best for me over four quarters, Simpson rarely puts in a bad one and didn't yesterday, I thought Walker's game was good which puts me at odds with a few here, Warnock competed well all day and so did Scotland.
Not a midfielder in that lot which goes a long way to explaining how we got beaten, some reckon Curnow was good but I thought he was ineffective, Henderson easily our best forward but tapered off after a good start.
Cripps was good for a first gamer, Buckley was good for a fourth gamer and Menzel started very well until he was injured, thoee three were the highlights for me.

How did Rowe go playing back,
If he can contribute as a back man it will help us
I noticed that Casboult took eight marks
Were they immpresive

How did Rowe go playing back,
If he can contribute as a back man it will help us
I noticed that Casboult took eight marks
Were they immpresive

Casboult started well but seem to do more ruck work than usual and tired......his marking was good in the main but he also dropped some sitters.
I think he needs to stay at FF more often..

Rowe had Dawes to start with and was reasonable...fell over and allowed Dawes to slip away  once and needs to keep his feet but generally managed to spoil Dawes in most one on ones.
Think he moved aorund a bit ie onto Frawley when Jamo got hurt and got led to the ball a few times but he wasnt alone ....
He was better than last week and didnt make as many skill errors...still gives me an uneasy feeling when he is close to goal as he can be fumbly on the ground but he does seem to pally himself ok.
Should have left his man at one stage to help out a mate..think it was Simpson but preferred to stay on his man and a bit of self preservation came into play and I reckon Mick might tell him not to do that again.
Would expect him to play vs the Bulldogs....as the three tall forward trick will again be employed against us...

Rowe wasn't awful.

Scotland was reliable.

Scotland had the most pressure acts of anyone in the side, how is that possible? Oldest player in the team, playing his first senior game and he is chasing more than anyone.

How did Rowe go playing back,
If he can contribute as a back man it will help us
I noticed that Casboult took eight marks
Were they immpresive

I gave him a vote.

He took a couple of intercept marks, had 11 1%ers, which for a defender is usually spoils. Did a good job which will be overlooked by most because it wasn't flashy or obvious.

Having said that, i'm not sure he'll survive down back because with his (lack of) speed/agility it limits the type of players he can actually handle.

I gave him a vote.

He took a couple of intercept marks, had 11 1%ers, which for a defender is usually spoils. Did a good job which will be overlooked by most because it wasn't flashy or obvious.

Having said that, i'm not sure he'll survive down back because with his (lack of) speed/agility it limits the type of players he can actually handle.

Pretty close to my assessment Kruddler although I'm not really sure how he managed to take that mark in the one on one contest just outside the goal square.

I think he'll struggle against mobile forwards but will do OK against ruckmen trying to play as key forwards.

Quote from: kruddler on April 15, 2014, 07:33:19 pm

I gave him a vote.

He took a couple of intercept marks, had 11 1%ers, which for a defender is usually spoils. Did a good job which will be overlooked by most because it wasn't flashy or obvious.

Having said that, i'm not sure he'll survive down back because with his (lack of) speed/agility it limits the type of players he can actually handle.

Pretty close to my assessment Kruddler although I'm not really sure how he managed to take that mark in the one on one contest just outside the goal square.

I think he'll struggle against mobile forwards but will do OK against ruckmen trying to play as key forwards.

That probably sums him up well.

Quote from: DJC on April 15, 2014, 09:27:54 pm

Quote from: kruddler on April 15, 2014, 07:33:19 pm

I gave him a vote.

He took a couple of intercept marks, had 11 1%ers, which for a defender is usually spoils. Did a good job which will be overlooked by most because it wasn't flashy or obvious.

Having said that, i'm not sure he'll survive down back because with his (lack of) speed/agility it limits the type of players he can actually handle.

Pretty close to my assessment Kruddler although I'm not really sure how he managed to take that mark in the one on one contest just outside the goal square.

I think he'll struggle against mobile forwards but will do OK against ruckmen trying to play as key forwards.

That probably sums him up well.

I think he would be better suited as a forward and back up ruckman but he's doing a job at the moment.  I'd like him to have more of a physical presence but I guess he's not Robinson Crusoe there.

Would Yarran be leading our B&F to this point?


If you had've told me after round 4 Yarran would be leading our B&F I would've been stoked... but not so much.

Would Yarran be leading our B&F to this point?


If you had've told me after round 4 Yarran would be leading our B&F I would've been stoked... but not so much.

I think at the moment you could look at him, Simpson and possibly Curnow.

There is not much to be up beat about at the moment so it would come down to who is most following instruction at the minute.

Quote from: MilkIt on April 16, 2014, 01:13:58 am

Would Yarran be leading our B&F to this point?


If you had've told me after round 4 Yarran would be leading our B&F I would've been stoked... but not so much.

I think at the moment you could look at him, Simpson and possibly Curnow.

There is not much to be up beat about at the moment so it would come down to who is most following instruction at the minute.

Out of interest, these are the Coaches votes so far...
Yarran - 10
Everitt - 3
Gibbs - 2
Ellard - 1
Murphy - 1