All ready for tomorrow. Don't like the time the game is on even a little bit, but the AFL doesn't give a damned. Everything for TV, even when games are not on it.
We've started as good as we did last week (and plenty of weeks this year) but still not capitalising like we should be.
The ball has lived in our half this quarter, yet we only have 2.2 to show for it.
13 inside 50's
Why can i hear the Benny Hill music when i watch us play?
keystone cops is what i was thinking. We make the easy look difficult thats for sure.
I wish I had thought of that line.
Not the most polished performance, but you can't complain about the scoreline. 39 points up. Keep it up lads.
7 goal first qtr, great. Now to see if we can go on with it... we haven't had any opposition so far.
And without H or any real impact from Charlie who is not hitting many packs.
Hanging out the back waiting for the ball to spill....
This is the point of the game it goes backwards?...lol.
41 points against Tigers.
38 points against the Bombers IIRC.
We've been here before.
We need to put the foot on the throat and keep it there.
Look at what the cats did to the bombers yesterday.
4 goal lead at 1/4 time.
6 goal lead at 1/2 time
8 goal lead at 3/4 time
15 goal win.
This is what we need to do.
10th place is ours if we win, we will have the 8th best percentage, with the chance to get up to the 6th best % with a few more goals.
Foot. On. Throat.
I'd be pretty certain that Charlie and all our players follow instructions. At any rate, the radio broadcast just said Curnow is off to the rooms. I think I heard that right.
Not sure about that, but Charlie is definitely out there now.
BTW, for those who like to complain about our players having a laugh during and/or after the game when they probably shouldn't be.
I've seen on no less than 3 occassions (only half way into the 2nd) where an eagles player has had a good laugh with teammates and/or our players.
Personally i don't think its something to worry about and people are being overly precious, just thought i'd point out the opposition doing it for balance.
Charlie back off, Durdin warming up.
Not sure what the issue is, but if Charlie has any doubt, sub him now.
Getting a bit scrappy now.
They're dragging us down to their level.
Curnow injured
Still not sure what the issue with Charlie is, but i'd take a stab at lower leg.
Considering he rolled his ankle a month or so ago, it might be relating to the same thing.
Still got Durdin ready to come on, sitting in the back row with jacket on.
Probably waiting until half time to make the definitive call on Charlie.
Take no chances. Its West Coast and we are 7 goals up.
Where’s Elijah hollands?
Apparently taking time away from the club to rehab.
EDIT : https://www.carltonsc.com/index.php?topic=7255.msg442252#msg442252
ABC boundary rider saying Charlie likely to be subbed.
39 points at 1/4 time.
46 at half time.
Not quite foot on throat.....yet.
Need to come out hard after half time and make it happen, not hope it will happen.
I will never understand why the sub isn't a utility.
Spent the last 14 minutes off the ground.
Might be waiting for something like an ankle jab to kick in??
Just call it now. Sub him off. No need to risk him.
We traded him to the dogs, thats why.
Report that Charlie has calf tightness
Silly by Binns there.
Don't bring it out of defence, in the rain, straight in front of goals into a 1 on 3 and stuff the kick.
Gotta be smarter than that at AFL level.
Looks like being a dour 2H.
Acres doing his best Malcolm Blight impersonation. Or should that be Percy Jones?
Either way, he burned Motlop who was by himself in the goal square.
Acres needs to go.
I'd be moving silvagni forward. We've robbed cripps from the middle to pay Paul and our forwards are nowhere. Skull isnt a key forward, so the only other reign we have is TDK forward.
Zzzzz Carlton after half time every week. So predictable. Awful.
I think Durdin was the next target running to the pocket that he should've taken but didn't. Went inside instead.
Cincotta and Hollands are having blinders.
Someday we will get the bottom of this Jekyll and Hyde Carlton team.
The clean ball handling and forward movement has disappeared.
Back to fumbles and second guessing ourselves..
HOK looking like he's got a leg injury.
Just what we needed with Charlie out, and Harry already out, and Kemp gone for the year.
Might see Lemmey next week!
Not another skin of the teeth 4Q ?😤
Wheh the game slows down we turn putrid. Too
Much time to think and stuff it up.
That quarter was horrible / just like
Last weeks third quarter.
Why not.
Good a time as any.
2 on the bench now according to the radio.
Our choices certainly aren't big unfortunately. At least Lemmey is playing some good VFL footy.
Currently on the bench
Lord - 10 minutes
HOK - 6 minutes
Silvagni - 4 minutes
Fantasia - 4 minutes
Not sure what is wrong with Lord, but he and Okeeffe will be your 2 if correct.
FYI....
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/7099#summary
Jack Silvagni now in the rooms for a head check. Sheesh.
He was bigger than Ablett back in his day.
HOK hamstring
SOS head
He copped a whack in the head, looked like not much, just being cautious.....i hope.
HOK - done a hammy.
2 goals since half way through the 2nd qtr. We had 10 before then.
One thing I'll say about the WC fans - they are certainly not fair weather supporters. We could learn a thing or two IMO.
We're falling apart. Again
About time we got a review go our way.
Pity its in a nothing game with little impact.
Do we just lose interest after half time? Not feasible that you can be so good for a half then dead set as useless as tits on a bull in 2nd half.
Jack passed the HIA. Yay.
Jack has passed his HIA
There'll be a Nobel Prize for whomever can figure this out. Just bizarre.
Eagles were terrible, "Pathetic" according to their coach in the 1st quarter.
Similar last week with the bombers.
So perhaps our 1st quarters have been so good because the opposition has been so bad.
THEN we are just closer to our respective levels after that??
It's been similar all year. We are way on top of the half time ladder at 11-2, 133%, then we are on 5-7 (likely 6-7). That's such a damning stat. If games were 2 qtrs. we'd be odds on favourites for the flag. If they were based on the 2nd 2 qtrs we'd nearly win the spoon.
2 goals after halftime. Says it all
two goals in a half again.... we are terrible.
Lost the second half against 18th.
At least Voss looked pissed off in the box even though we were up by 40.
And we win by only 34.
The last two wins have actually been deflating.
The only positives have been… they were wins at least!
Just a bizarre display by this team.
I just feel like we're waiting for the inevitable
Clearly those 2nd half fade outs are our reality for now, and pretty concerning. But I note we won by nearly 6 goals, and Geelong beat WC by (only) about 7 goals a couple of weeks ago. Just sayin.....
Whole season has been bizarre.
We have North next week. We'll win that as we'll be 9 goals in front during the 2nd qtr so they'll never catch despite closing to 20pts by the end...lol.
What happens after that I don't know.
Gosh we have a whole heap of players who give their all but are ultimately ineffective
That part isn't the issue. It's the 13 weeks problem of smacking the opposition for 45 minutes, then falling in a screaming heap. It happened again despite winning by 34pts. Like I said, we are a mile ahead on the half time ladder yet sit 6-7. Right there is a pattern.
Close this one up time to go post match thread.