Car'n the Blues!
Will be interesting how this goes, will the confidence gained last week make a difference? Still no Kruze is a worry for him?
Have a look at the footage of Jack mic’d up at training. The big fella seems to be moving well isn’t holding back with the physical stuff. I think the club is just being cautious (or tanking ;) ).
I’m hoping for a solid effort today - it will be sad train trip back to Geetroit otherwise.
100 points.
In a game like this, where your opponent is streets ahead of you, the skills and talents of the coaching box come into sharp focus.
Stopped the bleeding a bit but need to structure better going forward
Giving away frees like that so disheartening
Why is the roof closed? Lovely day in Melbourne, albeit a touch windy.....but the wind blows through the gates whether the roof is open or not, so thats a non-issue.
Doubled our processions already , can't get our hands on the ball.
Great tackle from the whipping boy Polson to set up that magnificent goal ended by Harry.
Thats the future.
Little teasers again at times eg goal to Harry and lead up, but with the poor lack of players available so tough to string these together. Something we haven't really had a chance all year. So much a year of unknowns
Byrne having no awareness....as usual.
OShea handballing (or kicking) directly to the opposition....as usual.
We can't have this continue.
Polson is utterly screwing useless.
I'm staggered how Lang gets a game. Not trying.
You were saying about Polson?
Polson has set up our only 2 goals.
Poulsen showing some dash, great pass to Harry & Goal
To everyone writing off a 19 year old because you're a 40 year expert... 15 min mark second quarter. Absolutely brilliant by Polson.
Harry has 3
Harry officially ending Casboults career i think.
To true, he has been good today
Polson just gives you signs at times at he can play. That was terrific. He's been up and down since he began, not on his own there at 19yo before having a decent career.
A couple of decent tackles... Great. Good effort. What about the stupid, soft fifty he gave away and the handball at the blokes feet when under no pressure which cost an easy shot on goal? Basic, basic stuff he messed up.
Umpiring hasn't been friendly.
It's what's we were hoping for. We knew Levi was just holding the fort for that, even if he did do a reasonable job, but was limited.
Any one know how Levi went yesterday?
What about Simpson missing the 30m target, resulting in a free kick for out on the full?
Everyone makes mistakes, only the kid gets his pointed out.
Samo has got to stop those short chips across defense that get smothered every time. He keeps doing it.
Goal Charlie
We got smashed and only kicked 5 goals for the day. Levi did not kick 1 of them.
He's 19 you complete plonker
Thanks Kruddler, read the thread, but not much info re Levi any where , looks like De Konning was good as well, doesn't help Levi's cause either
I know he was playing quite a bit behind the ball going by the bits and pieces. where that was 1st and 3rd qtrs against the wind or much of the game I don't know. I assume he may have been rucking alot seeing we have almost none left. Can't find the stats though so no idea how he actually went.
Age has nothing to do with it. Stop making basic, basic skill errors. Good players make a minimum of errors, our blokes make too many. Your namesake didn't make errors.
And don't call me a plonker just because I have a different opinion you to you. I'm more than frustrated at supporters becoming comfortable with mediocrity, blokes going at half rat power, basic skill errors, brainless footy. The club needs to become ruthless regarding standards.
Continuing to give blokes games when they continue to duck up, I just don't get it.
De Koning and Schumacher played well yesterday. Levi's may fall down the pecking order now.
As i said earlier, Simpson made a basic error. Under no pressure. Resulted in a shot on goal. Was not highlighted.
Yet Polson was.
Double standards.
As far as giving kids games, look at the run from Dow we just saw. You think he was doing that earlier in the season? He is starting to feel comfortable at AFL level and is showing what he can do with it now. Give Polson more time and we'll see similar.
Look there is Marc Murphy!
Doesn't feel like 51pts but they get run-on and kick goals in clumps. They kicked 5 in the last 10 min.
When you consider the team he's playing in, Dow is a gun. His in close work and ability to find space in congestion is really something. He would be flying at GWS.
And apart from injuries, I'm not seeing the negativity around Lobbe. Looks more than capable as a ruck man.
They get goals from everything that comes in their f50.
We got Marchbank to play key position? Prefer him in that role than O'Shea.
Sorry. You're not a plonker. You've just got an absolutely zero idea about how this works. I thought Brett Ratten was hopeless in his first year. I told my mates that this guys got no hope. I then learned that writing off young guys only makes you look like a complete plonker when that guy plays 250 and becomes one of our best ever players. Some people never learned that lesson though.
How bad was Matt Wright's panick handball in the first quarter under no pressure? Cost us another goal. My 7 year old would have been embarrassed by some of these skill errors by guys who've played 100 plus games.
Agree 100 percent. Same blokes making the same errors. So what are we going to do about it as a club? Continue to play these blokes. Polson has youth and potential upside but Lang, Wright, OShea, Graham.... It's the same crap week in week out.
You don't want to play them.
You don't want to play kids who are still learning the game.
We can't play players who are injured.
So who the hell DO you want to play?
There is nobody left that doesn't fit into one of those categories.
Embarrassing performance as expected. Our lower lights are unfortunately not in this grade :-[
Some nice glimpses from our youngsters is encouraging.
Samo Polson H Charlie Dow and the like.
Excellent tackle Pickett
Nice energy, involving king Pickett, Harry & Dow Goal
Great positioning and crumbing goal Dow
Solution: sack everyone who joins the club if they ever make a mistake... especially if they're 19.
Harry showing what we have been wanting
Giants umpires goal. ???
Umpires miss Charlie being held AGAIN..... >:D
Giants down 2 on bench.
Here's your chance blues !!!
GWS have too much firepower and too much of a head start for it to make much of a difference IMO.
Maybe it's just me, but it feels more like a 6 goal game than 11. GWS have a few goals from soft frees etc.
Tough call on Marchbank, cost us a goal
I know sushine. Tongue in cheek comment ????
GWS are faster and have better endurance. Daisy, Graham, Wright and O'Shea lack of pace very noticeable against this team.
Excellent tackle Byrne
@Prof....
Injury list heading into this game...
David Cuningham Hamstring Season
Jesse Glass-McCasker Knee 2 weeks
Sam Docherty* Knee Season
Zac Fisher Leg Season
Liam Jones Knee Season
Matthew Kreuzer Heart Test
Kym LeBois Hamstring 4 weeks
Cillian McDaid Foot 1 week
Andrew Phillips Hamstring Season
Lachie Plowman Knee Season
Alex Silvagni Achilles Season
Jacob Weitering Quad Test
Tom Williamson Back
Add in J. Silvagni who was a late out with injury
14 players.
We are (obviously) playing 22 today.
That makes 36.
That leaves 9 players who are not on either of those 2 lists.
1. Casboult
2. Kerridge
3. Mullett
4. Shaw
5. Schumacher
6. De Koning
7. Macreadie
8. Garlett
9. Kerr
Blokes not up to AFL standard
Kids who have been injured and play a position already taken by kids
Somewhere inbetween the 2 other categories.
So remind me....who exactly should we playing in place of Graham, Polson, Lang and whoever else you have an issue with?
Can't understand umpiring around play on. Giants can. We can't from what I've seen :o
Me get be an odd thing to say, but GWS have no rotations , could run them of their feet a little, close that scoreboard a bit
That's more like our goal sneak Wright. Great spoil Murphy
I like your thinking. I'd love to see our young fwds get some decent opportunities. Hope. That's all we have.
Go blues
Might just take the pressure off with the lack of rotations give them a chance to stack a claim in some less pressure
Or perhaps not. Giants goal in first... What 40 seconds :'(
Well it was a good thought lol
And another's.
I might be going early but 22 v 26 players won't make a scerrick of difference
Really shows how injuries have decimated our season
Sight to behold. Rowe landing run down tackle. Onya Sam ;D
Wright finds his range finally Goal
Shaped up twice to dish it off after the mark - maybe lack of confidence from our best set shot ?
Why are we playing O'Shea?
Schumacher or someone would be better surely.
Reckon thats one change that will happen next week
We are getting scored against with 17 on the ground for GWS.
Embarrassing.
This is now totally pathetic. 17 v 18 players and we can't get possession :-[
They're playing 17 in 18 and they're running away from us.
Very sober thought shows us really the gap btwn us and the top 8
This is the ultimate embarrassment, killing us this qtr with 17. We have a spare and have no idea what to do with him.
Really....he at least makes me laugh. Better than watching a comedy act.
We seem to love to continue to persist with duds.
Just ask graham, Lang, Pickett, and of course the 5 possession little master polson.
Better get the broom out again SOS or lock in next years spoon as well.
He is here on the forum posting I bet
17 v 18 is a non issue when you play GWS - one skilled battle hardened gun is worth 2 kids/hacks.
Has O'Shea delivered to any player in navy?
Nice mark Harry might be the making of him
I can't remember a team being disrespected as clearly as this. This is contempt.
No it's in his contract not to , only reason I can think off
Hope AFL big knobs are watching.
Their equalization policy is clearly effective >:D
Crikey. You're a basket case if a delisted player from a poor side is a hero!!!
What the killer is is that they have 17 qtr near all qtr and killing us.
This is really funny. :-[
There is a lot of talk of Dylan Shiel coming to the Blues perhaps this trade period, well the club has seriously let itself down today if they were looking to impress him and give him a reason to want to make the move....what a disgrace....boo >:(
I feel sick
Heard it all before with Hopper Tomlinson Kelly.... All hot wind IMO
They were even playing 16 at some stages, playing VFA rules, and they still outscored us 7 goals to 1.
They can get rid of Bolton anytime they feel.
Has any club had a better case to put forth to the AFL for the need of a priority pick?
We get pumped in a handicapped match!
Perhaps we should not ask for an extra pick, we should ask to have 19 on the ground!
Move the discussion over to the Post Match folks
http://www.carltonsc.com/index.php?topic=4141.0
Some commentators (King last week iirc) say we should get 2.
It won't happen. We are Carlton. Our pain is evidently their gain >:(
That was very hard to watch