Hope springs eternal!
Reckon there is a very good chance McGovern will get leather poisoning today
Win or lose....give us something to be proud of today;)
Effort, effort, effort
We need to play 20/20 footy as if a ladder was done just on the first 10 min we'd be on top...lol.
Happy with that...they've come to play.
Rowe makes a big difference to Jones' game...frees him up a bit.
If Silvagni held that easy mark we would've had that shot for goal rather than them running it down the other end for a late goal.
Started ok. Phillips holding his own atm. Simmo, Zac, Dow and Daisy have started well. Jonesy regained some touch too.
Keep it coming.
Go Blues
Casboult short pass in the forward line was a shocker, take the shot! worse still Mullet / Oshea dropped the mark :( Umps aren't missing much from a Eagles view point
Dow and OBrien showing a bit in the 1srt Qtr :)
Yes, thinking a forward line short pass would be more difficult for him than kicking straight at goal...lol. At least if he had a shot we'd at least score a point.
Getting repeat F50 entries and repeat shots at goal in the 2nd. Progress
Harry McKay- welcome.
Indeed. I'm listening on the wireless - is Rowe playing on JK ? Only 1 goal to this point.
Two forwards are doing ok. McKay 6 marks, 2 goals, Levi, 7 touches and 4 marks although bugger all goals yet.
Harry had nothing 15 min into the first qtr so that last 30 min has been very good.
Cokers goal kicking is terrible.
Adelaide win, St Kilda draw - upset round. We're a chance.
Important now to duplicate that in the second half....some really promising signs and we look a lot better structured. Just a few skill errors at important times letting us down.
Glimpses of improvement, but still plenty of frustrating fumbling and poor disposal.
SPS.... \aaaaaargh!
Umps still doing my head in, holding the ball to Cripps in their forward line FN play on and they reload. Two ruck bash into each other free kick to WC!!! they kill games like this when we are giving it a crack and the little decisions make all the difference t a side like us.
Harry has been great, makes you wonder why its taken this long as we look more balanced.
Much better half of footy with better display of skills, contested ball and tackling. Not perfect but signs of improvement. Have liked Harry so far and O'Brien and Dow both worthy of mention. Keep it up for the second half Blues!!
PS. Also noticed Fisher in plenty of the action.
We've come to play that's for sure. That's all we can ask of this 22.
I love that H is rubbing it in the face of the media nobs. His contested work is fantastic. I'm very impressed with Rowe and Phillips on return from injury.
Dow and O'Brein showing glimpses of their class is promising.
Crippa, Zac, Charlie and Jonesy contine to be menacing.
Need Samo to be cleaner.
Go Blues
Thought Thomas was very good in that first half.
Zac Fisher is the sort of player I could really like.
Win or Lose, amazing the difference it makes playing blokes who are not injured!
FMD ::)
OK regroup and fight it out!
Interesting 3rd Qtr, Lycett and Naitanui smashing Phillips and Casboult. I'd think we did not win single stoppage for the whole quarter.
Too many repeat entries for Wet Toast, too many late goals from poor Carlton disposal and very basic mistakes. Seems Wet Toast own the last 5 min of every Qtr.
O'Shea and plowman have undone so much great effort.
How much longer do we carry a spud like Plowman???
Burning too many opportunities early LN, every quarter we've had repeat F50 entry after entry and hardly found a winner. Then the second half of the quarter our blokes are cooked and it's all Wet toast.
Our mistakes hurt us both ways, we waste it when we have it going our way, then we cook it when they lock it in our D50.
Off to the bar I'm afraid!
3 words. Williamson, Weitering, Docherty
SPS needs to pull his finger out. Plays like he has tickets on himself.
Worried about him.
Needs to look at how Zac goes about it.
7 of the Cokers goals in red time.
Fell in a heap in that quarter for sure - Eagles just too much for us and we are making stupid errors now. Ah well, let's hope it doesn't turn into a total rout.
Whatever happens from here though...it is an improved effort and at this stage that's about all we can expect.
Liked O'Briens game ;)
Daisy, Lamb and Wright 0 tackles to date.
Lamb = spud.
Goes well with roast spuds
Swan McKay, 3 games, 6 goals.
The cokers would want to ensure they play all their finals in WA, assuming they get to finals. A decent team would have pumped them today.
Career average of two, that's OK.
Nice to see us getting some junk time goals for a change.
Well done big H
Yes, I think he gave a good account of himself.
Switch it over to the post match thread folks and we'll shut this one down
Pretty decent result, could've won. Red time goals cost us the game, especially that 3 late in the 3rd qtr.
Swan McKay and Casboult 6 between them, especially the 4 to McKay. 3 games, 7 goals to McKay now, remembering his 2nd game last year he was rendered pretty useless after qtr time with turf toe.