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Their small/mids are getting heaps of it like they always do against us.
The dropping the ball interpretation is joke
We really let ourselves down with some bad defensive work in the middle in the latter part of that quarter.
As the commentators said, we were ther better team for most of the quarter. But we didn’t score when we should have.
Hannebery hasnt played all year and 2 games back is doing a number on us...
Every player has one nemesis in the game and Cripps is Jack Steele, just cannot get free from him...
Need to help Cripps and man up better in the middle.
Umpiring is a joke this year. We have been getting screwed royally in 2019.
Some good signs along with some poor options (looking at Lang giving the momentum to them).
Should be ahead but...
Keep the pressure up.
Go Blues
We are playing like millionaires. Stupid hand balls to players in a worse position and kicks not hitting targets have cost us dearly.
Someone needs to get hold of Harry Mackay and tell him that he will never ever be a goal kicker if he doesn't go back, stop twirling the ball around in his hands like a goose, and give himself a decent run up so that he doesn't run out on an angle and runs straight and concentrate on what he needs to do to kick straight. The bloke is so lackadaisical that it's infuriating.
There is no such rule as dropping the ball. It's either holding the ball, or incorrect disposal by either hand or foot. Most of the time, the imbecile umpires interpret it as the ball having been knocked loose by the opposition player. That's why they rarely pay frees for incorrect disposal.
How was that not high on Newman?
Any danger our smaller defenders could man up?
Playing really rubbish
From memory we were scorched by the umpires last time against St Kilda as well?
If there is one area of Kruezers ruck work where the bloke shows no sense at all, is his incredible ability at a centre bounce to palm the ball straight to an opposition player. I reckon he does it at least 4-5 times a game, and has been doing it for years.
Has Fisher had a touch?
Yes, and gave it straight to the opposition.
Ross and Billings killing us again.
Most of their attacking and goal scoring has been from mistakes made by us.
It’s a sound game plan for them. We make plenty
Where’s Weitering? Backline is a shambles
13 free kicks to 7.....we've been caned all year.
Reckon we got lucky a bit today, a few could have gone their way that didnt...Newnes should have got pinged for that swinging punch to Levi's mid section...
Their ball use n attack craps on ours. We made the easy look hard.
Cripps again can’t beat a tag. Sadly that side of his game is getting predictable.
Unless Cripps turns it’s around we carry too many players that are just not at afl standard to win.
Late out with groin issue.????
Essentially playing with a small backline.
Lucky Saints dont have much size down forward with only Bruce as a real tall...Membrey is only 188cm but plays tall with those long arms.
He gets tagged every week.
Shhh????
Don't want to upset Saints number one supporter McG
Can't believe the whack to the head in their goal square wasn't a free.
Of course, the resultant non umpiring was an easy saints goal????
Steele has the wood on Cripps, everytime we play the Saints they use Steele on our man and he does the job...I'd start Cripps at FF this half ...
What's up with Harry? His accuracy has gone and he can barely kick 45 metres. He has missed several deliberate shots at goal.
Not looking likely. Should have been 5 goals up at 20 min mark of q1.
The fact that Walsh and Cripps have been so quiet gives me some hope - can’t keep both down all day.
Smashed at the clearances.
Levi is doing it all on his own.
Let’s see what the Teaguester can do.
He’s contracted Casboult syndrom. Become a great mark but can’t kick
For all the worth some others bring to the contest, then run one as a foil to help Cripps.
Two can play that game
As I wrote in my first post here. The bloke totally lacks a method and concentration when kicking for goal. twirls the ball around in his hands like a goose, doesn't go back far enough from the man on the mark which is why he runs out on an angle and hooks the ball. its a miracle if he kicks one.
Two things need to happen over the pre-season for him to become a decent player. He needs to build up his body because he gets moved out of position too easily, and he needs to be taught how to kick for goal.
if he doesn't improve in those areas, he won't make it long term.
Geez, that was hard work.
Had Bolton still been coaching, we wouldn't have had a player, in this case Mcgovern, in the forward line to take that kick
If we win it might cost Ratten the job.
Lang equal lowest possession getter for us.....again! The guy is a crab.
You can bet your ass he never properly recovered from his groin injury 2 months ago. Often explains kicking.
He is playing as a small forward, what do you expect?
If we win this it will be one of our best wins ever.
Lots of players out, and we are carrying passengers galore. Fisher, Lang, Deluca, Dow.
2.5 for the quarter....that won't help.
And now they will go and score another one
His friend at the bottom is Setters, need more from the young lad
Mad....we've got Deluca, we've got Gibbons.....Lang has done nothing in the "small forward" role all year and yet he still keeps getting games in that position.
I forgot. Setterfield. Done very little.
That is bs after last week
Give them hell Jack
What the hell!
Someone from Carlton had better be going to AFL HQ with the tape from last week and the end of that quarter and asking for a please explain.
Complete carp.
Posted a few weeks ago that he has a groin problem that totally restricts his kicking. Still playing him due to a lack of talks up forward.....and now down back!
There is no doubt that a groin problem doesn't help. But he doesn't help himself with his approach.
He has been playing in defence
Come on Blues! Boot this one home for Crippa and Daisy.
Has been tough, Kruzer has been awesome this qtr
I know but still ordinary
I reckon that's Walsh's third or fourth turnover.
Missing Weitering , those cut off marks we could use right now
Very soft free agains Levi,,,,
21 to 11 in the free kick count. ....it was 31 to 23 last time we played them. Umps must love St Kilda.
The lack of intelligence and commonsense and decision making by our blokes has cost us all day.
Harry ffs. He is not...the smartest, switched on Kid. My goodness me, he needs to have some off season.
Daisy playing great. Simpson butchering it.
Unforced errors and turnovers will be the story of the game if we lose.
Simmo needed to that to make up for the error before. That's what great players do.
Who said I don't love Harry Mackay ::) ::) ::) ::)
HARRY!!!!!!!
Awesome Harry great goal, have been waiting for that
Great game from Murphy today.
Harry lets himself down with his kicking of late. In the earlier days he was much more accurate I believe
Great to see the players playing with heart
Great win well deserved
LEVI!!!
You f#cking ripper!!!!!!
Can't believe no Daisy next year
Think of it this way, if a player like that can't get a game with us next season......................!
Very nice, LP. Very nice. ????
Would have lost today without him.
We've got very few players with that sort of football intelligence so it's hard to accept, but from taking that alternate perspective it did help change my outlook without feeling disrespectful to Daisy.
Geez, it's a big call by the football department, especially if it all goes wrong in 2020, it'll even bite them if we have a bad trade period!
Yep.
The only way this makes sense is if we said to him he will have to fight for a spot next year and he wanted more guarantees of playing.
I still cant believe on current form he's retiring.
Plenty of spuds have played longer.