Everything ready to go. Now the Blues have to turn up. :)
It seems everyone here is as shocked as west coast.
What a quarter!
Spud central at West Coast, really average standard game and we should win by 50 points plus...
TDK is owning NN. Forwards are up and about. Hewett again is doing the grunt. Walsh and Cripps are just going which is great. Durdin's 2nd and 3rd efforts are why he will continue to kerp his place.
We should really have kicked 9 or 10 goals given how much we dominated the quarter.
Be that what it may, it’s a great opportunity to build some confidence and %
They will get a rocket.
They will be a different outfit this quarter. I'd be happy to have this margin at the end of the game.
Charity begins at home...
5 inside 50s 5 goals to WC
That is disgusting defence, lucky it was touched
The Williams move into the ruck has changed the momentum..too good for Jack.
Its all been downhill since that tackle on Motlop inside 50.
Barely got a touch since then.
Ill bet we go in at half time behind at this rate
Nice goal Crippa.
I’m about to put my foot through the tv
One thing this still had to learn is to keep the foot on the gas!!!
So in ONE quarter they kick 7.3?
When ever we get in front we start to play like millionaires and forget the team one percenters
Backline is shocking.
I told you'd they'd come back at us.
They got a couple of cheap ones, but thats about the level they are at.
We need to be able to deal with that from here on in.
Worst quarter of the year. Cripps a real worry, is having zero impact on games at the moment. Slow in body.and mind at the moment. Selfish play by mutlipe players. Ton of work for Voss to here.
Wow, as good we were in the 3rd, 5 goals from all those I50s was a poor return. Cripps and led his team mates into resorting to playing hero, selfish footy instead of selfless team footy.
Only impact he had was a good rev up speech before the first bounce.
Crippa of old shown his head in that passage of play.
Tries to do too much and gets done.
First instinct, first option. Give off the handball and we had an easy goal lined up. Instead, its a momentum swing to the opposition.
I doubt Vossy will allow that to happen again.
That was so frustrating! What was Cripps thinking? That selfishness Cost us 12 pts ffs!
crap their pants in the 2nd.
That's the real worry, players trying to kick miracle goals instead of giving off first option. Defence very wobbly too, Weiters naturally rusty off the pace.
Being Carlton supporters we knew it would happen but this seriously must get better. Taking the foot off the pedal is the one lingering issue. Footy goes 4 qtrs, not one. Hence why our percentage is 112, not 130 and could cost us.
We're a team of 'showponies'
When the going gets tough we just disappear.
That's one of the reasons I'm not a fan of these flashy starts because were always at risk of the momentum change.
And once that's lost it is very hard to get it back...almost impossible to the level we played at in the first quarter.
These aren't the traits of a serious finals team.
So true. But we need to Learn and improve on this. So we will or won’t win based on what we learn and how hard we work and we will sit where we deserve. So be it.
I thought I heard a whistle just prior to Cripps being caught and thought Cripps did too - he seemed to stop for a moment, although he should have got rid of the ball before then.
We didn't adapt to WC in the 2nd qtr. Needed to slow down and keep possession for a bit to get some poise - we had very little.
Nothing wrong with the flashy starts.
You just need to weather the storm when you lose the momentum.
Ideally you have a flashy middle, followed by a flashy end......but we can't play North Melbourne every week.
The ability to score quickly is a string to our bow, and it helps us when we are all but out of games. Sometimes its almost unfortunate that we do so well straight out of the gate, rather than in the last quarter to put it beyond a doubt, but its better than not doing it at all.
When people make comments like this it makes me look back to 12 months ago. As soon as you see where we were, and then you look at where we are.....i find it hard to get too upset.
This year was always going to be a transition year of sorts, we are WELL ahead of schedule.
So sure, we are not odds on flag favourites and still have a bit to learn.....but did you expect otherwise?
Is the wind blowing one way?
I get the idea the ball is holding up, and the bulk of the scoring is happening in the direction we are kicking now.
Plowman strikes again. And again.
Shanks kicks missed tackles. This bloke just keeps on giving.
Sorry to all the Plowman fans but he possibly h the worst footballer I have ever seen
My god
Got a few mates out there today
This is why we aren't contenders.
Plowman omg! Absolute zero awareness.
Nic Nat schooling TDK.
Plowman just keeps on giving
Don't know how much longer I can watch this.
Plowman has officially lost the plot today. Nearly killed Hewitt
I've no problem with where we are in terms of improvement.
It's dramatic.
We should probably play finals...even if we lose this one.
I'd back us to win a couple of those we're not necessarily expected to win.
But we're just not ready to progress too far.
The problem with the flashy starts is that it has the effect of giving the players a sense that it's all pretty easy.
When the inevitable pressure comes we're too slow to counter it.
You even picked it.
I did too.
Don't get carried away with sensational first quarters.
There is too long in the match to go,
We might be playing in WA but this game is Melbourne to a T: each quarter has been a different season and we can only wonder what the 4th quarter will bring.
Game over..
I picked it because we WERE dominant. No team, i don't care who you are, can be that dominant for a full 120minutes of football in the modern age.
Same can be said on the flip side for West Coast. No team can be dominated that much for a full 120 minutes.
Its like your favourite saying, its never as good, or as bad, as it appears to be.
That being said, i'm just happy that we can actually BE dominant, even if its only for 1/4.
We haven't beaten this mob for 8 years. We are playing them basically at full strength, on their home deck, while we are far from full strength.
The flashy starts at least show something. Vossy will (eventually) drill into them that all that means is that the tide is about to turn and to 'double your efforts' from here to keep the same kind of pressure.
I'm impressed with the way we've steadied this quarter.
Maturity.
FOOT THROAT PLEASE
Looks like it's pissing down
Great response
If Plowman doesn’t get dropped for Stocker next week it’s a conspiracy
Great 1% by Honey
Eagles scored 0.0 in first quarter.
Eagles scored 0.0 with 7 minutes remaining in the last quarter.
Kennedy, Cerra, George, Walsh and to a lesser extent Cripps got us back in command int he middle.
Doc and Weiters from the backline.
Hayes first kick to Harry....lace out.
Hayes second kick....long shot on goal....about 1cm short.
Fair start.
Had visitors so couldn't watch game 😪😪 Can't wait to see the replay. Sounds like a cracking 2nd half 🍾
When was the last time we won by 63 points?
Delighted with this win.
Really toughed it out then blew them away.
I literally just updated that in the Voss objectives list.
60+ points......2014.
Charlie just dropped the f-bomb in the post match interview. :-[
Credit to Cripps, great last qtr. Can we just stop to admire the job SOS did in the ruck today, the bloke is a star.
Great effort, I was wrong, I was not confident. Thats exactly what we had to do, 6% better off as a result.
Well done Baggers
Unbelievable arm wrestle in the third then come out and blitz the last 👏🏽 very impressive and Mature display!