Not sure if I'll be there or not yet. Tickets only become available today.
Hopefully we can show some of the same drive that we displayed last week, even with half a team.
Good signs for Kennedy and Dow
Paddy Dow going very well
Tough night for Harry.
Dow has 54 supercoach points already.
Cripps possible broken leg. It happened directly in front of me and he was in agony the minute it happened.
Great quarter but that took the gloss off.
Dow doing all the small stuff very well. Hope he can keep it up.
If Crippa's done a syndemosis like his partner Doc, I'll be p%/%÷d
TDK started pretty well
Kennedy doing his best to earn another contract. 3 weeks of good performances in a row would be a record for him.
Paddy WOW is back. 11 touches in 1 quarter.
Defence has been a bit lucky with some poor kicking at goal, but pretty solid.
Fingers crossed we put the foot on the throat and continue on with it.
Correction the great man is back in the huddle. I think I may have over reacted just a tad 🤦🏻♂️
Not bad for a bloke with a broken leg. ;D
Trust me he is still in a lot of pain. Can’t kick at all.
Hopefully playing on isn’t going to make
It worse.
Never could kick!
Its a blessing in disguise, will make him handball more.
I know he hurt himself. Its been well highlighted on TV.
He's on the bench now. "Its hurting to run" is what Cripps told the bench.
Just heard on the wireless we are the No1 play on team. Fremantle 18th.
PATRICK WOW!!!!!!!!
Plowman is not right.
Down on his haunches after that Darcy mark.
Didn't see what happened, but on replay he appears to grab his right forearm/elbow.
Dwayne fast becoming my least fav commentator (and that’s saying something- there are some terrible ones). Doesn’t even slightly try to hide his ant-Carlton feelings. Appealing for frees is a bit much
No 22 starting to get on top for Freo.
All Freo this quarter.
#22 umpire single handedly bringing freo back into the game.
Cripps legged, handballed but holding the ball.
Fist on the ball in a contest, but free kick against from Jones.
End result....2 goals to Freo.
Given up another big lead.
Was still legged first....and i reckon it was a handball.
I reckon we've had a change of tactics, or at least its worked where it never used too.
We slowed it down and stopped scoring in red time.....sorta. Ump helped.
But we stopped playing on at all costs.
We held it up.
We kept a lead and we stopped a run.
This team is evolving. We are learning. Success is coming....
Their midfield got well on top half way thru that quarter. They are putting a lot of time into Saad and it’s working. Hope Teague has a plan to release him as it’s hurting our run from defensive 50.
7 goals, 7 goal kickers. Tick from me.
We had them on toast and couldn't put the foot on the throat...again. It almost like we have no awareness of the scoreboard, we needed to apply pressure and get one more goal and that would have broken the game open for us.
Notice where 22 awards dodgy frees?
Hint. There are 4 sticks nearby.
His history suggests it won't get any better for us. The guy is from the Peel region. Dockers heartland.
I cant for the life of me remember what he did that time against WC think? It was controversial that's all I remember, do you remember it?
Agree, I was thinking the same. Changing the flow was something they've worked on. Whilst there's plenty to improve, this might be the progress halting the run of goals we've struggled with.
All i remember is that i was out of my mind furious. Shouting 🤬repeatedly at his decisions. Others may remember.
We need to get some clearances. Our forward play and tackling has been good.
This is the post game thread...
https://www.carltonsc.com/index.php?topic=5119.15
Plenty of frees against us, identical the other way and ignored......repeatedly.
He was the umpire that Ed Curnow touched a few years back. And last year he paid a free plus a 50 when SPS was tackled by Darling as soon as SPS took possession.
Much more controlled movement today.
Despite having 2 marking targets up forward tonight, we are playing a more keepings off game instead of bombing and hoping.
Cripps is hurt, used his left to pass to H
Improved quality i50 entries. Not so much blazing away
Is Martin playing?
I think i got my arms mixed up.....or we are playing funny buggers.
Plowman sporting some fresh tape on his left elbow.
FMD lucky they aren't kicking straight.
5 disposals, 1 behind up till now.
Lucky for Freo's terrible kicking.
Yes, would be a much more interesting game. I think they are the least accurate team in the AFL.
And then Jones does that
Freo lucky for our terrible kicking.....from Jones!
Dumb kick Jones.
Casboult with a LOT of almosts tonight
H in front finally gets the free 🌭
If we’re to move forward we can’t have Jones and Plowman playing in our defence. Way too many brain fades
Are we supposed to teach our kids to kick for goal like this now?
I think we were better off with Silvagni as our backup ruck.
We were a much smaller, quicker side.
Casboult has given us SFA.
SOS finding his mojo 🌭
Crippa looks in a world of pain
Here we go...again
And yet, jones saves us a million times a game. But generally gives up the odd goal with a brain fade. Do you live with one to get the other?
Like stocker but kicking needs a lot of work
Healy and Derm with a really balanced and non-histerical discussion about Dow at that stoppage (that lead to a Freo goal). Not used to that from these armchair experts
They have more to play for and it shows now
Time for Marti, Samo, Fogarty to start playing
Yes. You get a lot more good than bad with Jones.
No, the downside is too great
Too often plays off his man throwing out our structure, too often kicks to the opppsition and too often canons into his teammates.
Was hoping when we got 23pts up we'd go on with it this time.
Its just in our DNA
We've gone to sleep
Fck
Since quarter time it's 16 scoring shots to 7.
Get it out of the guts, please
22-28 point honourable loss coming up
Time to get Cripps off and Cottrell on.
We need run.
Stocker ribs.
Weitering Calf/ankle.
Owies....ribs.
Hold off on cripps.
Casboult is a screwen witches hat
Mundy...
They kicked 3.5 without us scoring. Like a 5 goal run except they didn't kick straight.
Jack Martin is a overrated and very over paid footballer.
Too often he does too little.
I said pre-game he was danger man. We need to get clearances or we're up for a decent loss
Too many passengers as usual, the following have done a thing:
Casboult
SPS
Martin
Owies
Fogarty
Kennedy gone quiet
TDK getting monstered by Darcy, needs to start coming to my place for dinner.
Sean Darcy is absolutely destroying De Koning. Pittonet at least would hold his own.
Just no leadership or plan B when we start getting flogged ,,,,,
,
Just checked, he has 175 supercoach points!
If we dont get the first 2 goals, we will lose by 3-4 goals.
Need to kick this Jack Martin!
f***!
Week in, week out.
Come on...lift!
Jack Martin......what the hell?!
Eddie....little bit lucky, but we're due!
...and i'll take it!
Got the goal but we look to be out of legs.
Intensity has lifted.
Good to see our boys keeping our feet....even the kid....Dow.
Shocking umpiring both ways.
Too early to say "handy point"?....lol.
Eddie with one he doesn’t deserve, then 4 the other way to square it up!
Mr Cool, Calm and collected - Weitering with the 1-hander.
SOJ......for the sealer?!
Yeeeeeahhhh
Walsh with the sealer and goal of the year contendor i reckon!
Casboult turned the game around lol
Da dada da da......
A less than convincing win last week, and a less than convincing one this week. Oh well, back to back is back to back.
Still on track for my 11-11 finish....
Give credit where it is due. They found alot when challenged.
Hoping for the "bonus point" in a tough one next week.
They are just lacking some confidence.
Been smashed by playing top 8 sides week after week.
We finally get some lesser teams (albeit Freo were in the 8 if they won tonight!) and the wins come, and the confidence grows.
It can and will snowball from here.
Catters next week could throw a spanner in the works.
Jack Silvagni is like the little engine that could. Not tall enough, not fast enough and yet he’s a key player for us.
Prayers answered, thank feck.
Hand the Brownlow to Walsh. The kid is unbelievable.
Always intrigued by this Kruddler. Man i hope you've nailed it
Very harsh. Personally incredibly proud of how they fought it out especially with our injuries and a review being called mid season.
Freo also had every thing to play for and we still wouldn’t let them win!
Given the amount of injuries we have.....i'm amazed we are still holding in there.
Having the talent on your list is one thing.
Having that talent available at match day is a completely different beast that is working against us.
Levi did better in the last qtr. At least stopped their dominance out of the centre and took a couple of handy marks. Maybe it's better he starts there. Goes better when he runs free around the ground.
Levi will continue to get games given we dont have any other options but cant see him getting another contract looking further ahead..
Im on track with my predictions
May 17, 2021, 04:54:14 PM
1. Rich L
2. Coll L
3. Freo W
4. GC W
5. PA L
6. BL L
7. Ess W
8. WB L
9. Melb
3-6 to date
Remaining games with my predictions
10. Haw W (MCG) 50/50 maybe
11. Syd L (SCG) no chance
12. WC L (MCG) no chance
13. Bye
14. GWS L (GS) no chance
15. Adel W (MS)
16. Freo W (OS MCG) in the west but we normally do well over there17. Geel L (MCG) no chance
18. Coll W (MCG) 50/50 maybe
19. NM W (MS)
20. StK L (MS) 50/50 maybe
21. GC W (MS)
22. PA L (AO) no chance
23. GWS L (MS) no chance
Ill stick with my 9 wins at best