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Our last time on TV for a while. To be honest, I'm not unhappy with that.

Farrrrrrkkk! That was so hard on the ticker.

Farrrrrrkkk! That was so hard on the ticker.

Quote from: laj – on May 29, 2026, 10:23:35 pm

Farrrrrrkkk! That was so hard on the ticker.

How did we do that??? Time for a third large whisky.

Quote from: laj – on May 29, 2026, 10:23:35 pm

Farrrrrrkkk! That was so hard on the ticker.

Called it.

Trying to kill off its supporters.

Fantastic gutsy win.
But not good for the ticker !

Right now, 6pts off a wildcard. Sides to play still. We have Essendon, GWS, WC here, and Richmond to come the next 4 games.

Quote from: laj – on May 29, 2026, 10:41:31 pm

Right now, 6pts off a wildcard. Sides to play still. We have Essendon, GWS, WC here, and Richmond to come the next 4 games.

Odds before the game for the flag was 251-1.
Now 151-1.
 :))

P. Cripps - 3 votes

Great Win.      I think this just reinforces though what I, and some others,  have been saying for a few months now.
1.    Voss can't coach
2.    Voss had lost a large portion of the playing group  -  they didn't want to play for him,  the effort just wasn't there.

3/3  since his departure says a lot about that,  GW and co are probably now regretting the decision to let him continue into this year.

This win over one of the flag fancies just shows what our group is capable of once their heart is back in it.

Quote from: Bluesers – on May 29, 2026, 10:36:40 pm

Great Win.      I think this just reinforces though what I, and some others,  have been saying for a few months now.
1.    Voss can't coach
2.    Voss had lost a large portion of the playing group  -  they didn't want to play for him,  the effort just wasn't there.

3/3  since his departure says a lot about that,  GW and co are probably now regretting the decision to let him continue into this year.

This win over one of the flag fancies just shows what our group is capable of once their heart is back in it.

Stats king Daniel Hoyne :
Carlton has been building to this for several weeks

Every Carlton player interviewed since that Voss left, which includes but not limited to Smith, Cripps and Walsh :
Carlton has been building to this for several weeks

Interim coach Fraser : Carlton has been building to this for several weeks

Man on internet :  ::)

Listening to the ABC broadcast and they said that Carlton kept their shape and composer and did not allow Geelong the space that they like. I have not seen the game yet so would like a rundown of what they did well and how the game plan has changed or what is been executed better under Josh since he took over?

Well bugger me !!!

Chris mentioned the non goal within 20 seconds

Great Win.      I think this just reinforces though what I, and some others,  have been saying for a few months now.
1.    Voss can't coach
2.    Voss had lost a large portion of the playing group  -  they didn't want to play for him,  the effort just wasn't there.

3/3  since his departure says a lot about that,  GW and co are probably now regretting the decision to let him continue into this year.

This win over one of the flag fancies just shows what our group is capable of once their heart is back in it.

Quote from: Bluesers – on May 29, 2026, 10:36:40 pm

Great Win.      I think this just reinforces though what I, and some others,  have been saying for a few months now.
1.    Voss can't coach
2.    Voss had lost a large portion of the playing group  -  they didn't want to play for him,  the effort just wasn't there.

3/3  since his departure says a lot about that,  GW and co are probably now regretting the decision to let him continue into this year.

This win over one of the flag fancies just shows what our group is capable of once their heart is back in it.

Really mate?

They had something like 20 more hit outs than us but we had one more than them to advantage. says a lot about our rucks and more so our contested ball set ups. we're still elite there.

Quote from: bratblue – on May 29, 2026, 11:43:14 pm

They had something like 20 more hit outs than us but we had one more than them to advantage. says a lot about our rucks and more so our contested ball set ups. we're still elite there.

Not really, thought it was Harry's best ruck heavy type game by some margin.

I reckon i'd be happy playing the cats 22 games a year.

We probably have a better record against them then the other 16 teams over the past few years.
No idea why....but don't really care.

Fraser just said we have to acknowledge vossy for the pressure and commitment side of the group and he has tried to add the connections after we win the ball and how to move the ball when we have it and how to defend when we dont.

Perfect summary - respect and acknowledge what voss has done and now the next stage to evolve the other areas that are just as critical and where we were lacking.

Also wasnt as quick to dismiss his hat being in the future coaching role and if we keep winning it will be interesting to see the outcome.

How good is Dean. Just love this kid. Has to get his nomination this week.

Pittonet and McKay were enormous, the move of Big Harry into the ruck has worked a treat!!

Scott spending most of his press conference talking about the goal that wasn't.
"I don't want to comment.....but...."
"What i think doesn't matter.....but...."
"I'm not spending any time thinking about it....but....."

....but spends all his time talking about it.

They had something like 20 more hit outs than us but we had one more than them to advantage. says a lot about our rucks and more so our contested ball set ups. we're still elite there.

Quote from: bratblue – on May 29, 2026, 11:43:14 pm

They had something like 20 more hit outs than us but we had one more than them to advantage. says a lot about our rucks and more so our contested ball set ups. we're still elite there.

I thought Pitto's centre ball-up contests in the 2nd half were instrumental in our centre clearance work - I don't think I have seen Pitto get off the ground in those contests as effectively

We should always be on TV, we are the soap opera of the AFL, we are Days of our Blues. Ex-president in court, Coach resigns, the AFL change the Draft Rules, our Captain looks broken, we are down and out, and then we start partying like its 2023 all over again.
Despite making so many errors in throughout this game, and despite it was heart in your mouth  so many times as we rushed forward, the players kept fighting. You can follow a team that has a go.
Instead of always going long and high to the top of the goal square we came into our forward line from all angles and even though it wasn't pretty, Geelong's defence was separated, and in the end, even though they marked everything that went into our F50 until they didn't, we went long and quick to a one on one in our goal square and Cripps marked the ball, kicked the goal and we won the game.
I can't remember the last time Cripps jumped for a mark. If he starts doing that around the ground he could go to another level. Hayward,  Florent and Ainsworth have given us more depth, Cerra, Acres and Newman all made errors with ball in hand but they all stood up when it counted. McKay, Weitering, Walsh and Cripps are leading the team and now the others are following.
I look forward to seeing the likes of Moir, the Camporeales, Hok and Hof, Motlop, Chesser and O'Reilly  in the future.

Out marked J Cameron no less. He needs to do this more.

Frankie Evans played a game for the ages too.  Hes too good not to get another gig next year.

Quote from: Thryleon – on May 30, 2026, 08:10:13 am

Frankie Evans played a game for the ages too.  Hes too good not to get another gig next year.

We probably judge Frank a bit harshly because we're comparing his contribution to his somewhat 'flashy' games at the end of last year.
But this year he's doing a power of work on the defensive side of things. There was a 'two on one' effort on their goal line last night that was sensational.
Watch him closely and you'll see him run from contest to contest providing pressure and also coming in as second man in tackles to make sure the ball doesn't come out and stays in the area.
While not a huge possession winner some of his passes go like "tracer bullets."
And he gets half the free kicks he actually deserves.
He goes alright, does Frankie...and it's strange to see him on 'delist' lists.

I saw that contest.  It was him vs Jeremy Cameron and I reckon the other one was another tall, and some how he halved it by just throwing his body in there.

Was match winning stuff and we were up at thr time i think with about 5 mins left.

Relentless. Never dropped our heads. Tackling pressure - magnificent. Kids through to leaders - bravo. To C Scott and his whining - get st*ffed.

Quote from: blueboys_1 – on May 29, 2026, 10:54:06 pm

Listening to the ABC broadcast and they said that Carlton kept their shape and composer and did not allow Geelong the space that they like. I have not seen the game yet so would like a rundown of what they did well and how the game plan has changed or what is been executed better under Josh since he took over?

In a word.....pressure.

Players were running contest to contest. Didn't allow Geelong time to breathe.

Geelong were doing the normal 15m chip kicks to free players, the second they took the mark, there was a bloke there.
Normally, they'd be trailing and casually coming to the mark.
We didn't give them any time or space. As a result, they made more mistakes than they may have otherwise....some under very little pressure, but because we were constantly up in their face, they expected it and were rushed.

Cowan playing on Jezza Cameron all game was something nobody was expecting, while Jezza still kicked 3-4, Cowan won plenty of contests and allowed us to free up Weitering a bit more.

But overall, it was simply pressure.

Ison is a smart footballer. Several times he had a quick tap rather than a gather and then be tackled.

I would really like to see him and Moir in the side together who plays with similar vision and flair.
Those 2 working together could yield some magic similar to the krakour brothers from back in the day.

There was one bloke who wasn't feeling it like the rest of us. :D  :D

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1509359814221775

There is a fair bit of wailing and gnashing of teeth over the "goal that wasn't" amongst Geelong folk and some media commentators.
"Cost them the game"
There was deflection, on the part of Scott, who "didn't want to dwell on it" all through the parts of his press conference that I saw.

If that had occurred in the last minute of the game that might have had some validity, even then Cripps probably would have bobbed up and kicked two instead of one :D  :D

But occurring when it did, it opened up "multiple universes" where a whole range of results became possible.

Ruck contests went about 2/3rds pitto 1/3 harry.
Taps to advantage was 10 to 1 though.
Harry did some work on the ground and i highlighted as much in game. But pure ruckwork he is a long way behind.

Swap put pitto for reidy and we lose that game.

Quote from: Lods – on May 30, 2026, 10:49:41 am

There was one bloke who wasn't feeling it like the rest of us. :D  :D

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1509359814221775

I listened to MMM just before half time.
BT and Montagna both basically saying Geelong was cruising - in fact at half time BT said gee not a great game for Cats, Blues are being stubborn.  We had just kicked 4 to 2 i believe. Then they said youd expect Geelong to go on with it here 🤪 like commentate without bias. Sick of listening to such poor commentating

Did anyone see better vision of Cripps’ goal? Was it close to
Missing or did it go straight thru the middle?

Quote from: Baggers – on May 30, 2026, 10:31:59 am

Relentless. Never dropped our heads. Tackling pressure - magnificent. Kids through to leaders - bravo. To C Scott and his whining - get st*ffed.

Scott knows how to play the media and that wanker Ralph who thinks he knows something about the game. I didn't mind Scotts interview after the game, he carried on not really saying much or anything apart from the non goal ad nauseum. He protects his players and the opposition players as if they exist in another universe.

I'm not aware of any vision, but Hayward said after the game that he was worried because he thought it looked skinny. Also, if you notice the goal umpire runs quickly to his right as the ball sails through the goals, so i don't think it was right through the middle.

Re sign our captain now.

What a leader.

Impossible to get another captain who would help the kids develop just by his inspirational acts and overall professionalism that you get from this bloke.

Our kids are showing so much talent so early  in their career and no one better to learn from but this inspirational captain.

He wont play games like he has in the last month all the time and whether he is there or not when we truely challenge next doesnt matter - this great man has done everything he can for us has given us the best highlights in what has been a generally unsuccessful period but he must play out his days with us.

Honour this bloke for what he has done for us show with an extension - must finish his amazing career with us.

Amazing what happens when its not all left to him and he is surrounded by hard tackling fleet footed young players that are providing raw energy and sped - the bloke brownlow odds are coming in each week.

And a bit of Blues Radio.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18Wh4DhJbP/

Can I say too its bloody fantastic
To see some
True dumping tackles being laid by some
Of our team - Talor Im looking at you! For too long we dont make the opposition pay with solid hits but Talor a few times last night I saw absolutely bury his opponent.
Love it!

I thought all of our kids are showing good signs in either firsts or reserves. Made me wonder why Austin and Agresta got the flick?

Also remiss not to give a huge shout out to Hayward! Seems like hes a mouthy little
Mongrel and i love it! We have been wanting some players with a bit of energy about them - hes our guy!

And a bit of Blues Radio.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18Wh4DhJbP/

I thought all of our kids are showing good signs in either firsts or reserves. Made me wonder why Austin and Agresta got the flick?

And a bit of Blues Radio.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18Wh4DhJbP/

Also remiss not to give a huge shout out to Hayward! Seems like hes a mouthy little
Mongrel and i love it! We have been wanting some players with a bit of energy about them - hes our guy!

I thought all of our kids are showing good signs in either firsts or reserves. Made me wonder why Austin and Agresta got the flick?

Just as an aside, i don't know if anyone saw it but deep in the last quarter there was a stoppage on the far side forward flank/wing.
May even have been in the last few minutes.
Cripps was in there directing traffic like a captain should.
His main focus was telling Harry to go back, essentially clog up space.
He starts waddling back with very little urgency. Cripps yells at him again to clear out and go back. He hears him but barely makes it out of a walk.

Ball is brought back into play and someone gets the clearance, camera goes to a wide shot where you can see Harry still slowly wandering back, now about 30m off the contest, back to the ball in no mans land.
Thankfully the ball went our way and he was not required but this REALLY bothered me because.....

1. The game was on the line, show some bloody urgency
2. The captain had to tell you, at least twice, and you still couldn't do it.
3. You had your back to the ball and it could've been kicked to you and the moment you realised was when it hits you in the back of the head.
4. Had we have lost the game, i guarantee you that would've been highlighted as to how we lost it.

Now i appreciate Harry had worked hard and is playing more ruck than he is used to over the past month, but from a senior player, that was very poor and i expect better and the rest of the playing group should demand better.

Wanted the replay:
- Fraser is ridiculously calm and composed.
-

Quote from: 31Tommys_barber – on May 30, 2026, 04:32:59 pm

I thought all of our kids are showing good signs in either firsts or reserves. Made me wonder why Austin and Agresta got the flick?

Unfortunately, not all the kids in the Magoos and some recruits actually aren't coming along as well as we might have hoped... nor delivering consistent strong efforts - Moir, Ben Campo, Reidy, Chesser, Irish boys...

Quote from: Baggers – on May 31, 2026, 08:50:47 am

Unfortunately, not all the kids in the Magoos and some recruits actually aren't coming along as well as we might have hoped... nor delivering consistent strong efforts - Moir, Ben Campo, Reidy, Chesser, Irish boys...

Like to see Ben C get a run later on if it is possible. He's consistently doing a good job in the twos. Disposal is ok as long as he handballs...lol. His only issue, with the type of player he is, is that is has so many ahead of him. So might not be possible. The boys are polar opposite types from their old man in playing style.

fu.....k .n long bomb if it wasnt for cripps 193 cm that ball could have landed straight into geelong hands and game over ,once again we were lucky .need fwds that are going to lead or smarter going forward hope our new coach changes our game plan  

Chris Scott's votes are always awesome.

After watching the game again, yes even the first qtr, another thing that strikes me about our boys now is something that's been missing for a while. Character. Building a very impressive group of diverse characters. Early days, but we're becoming terrific to watch.

Chris Scott's votes are always awesome.

Mitch McGovern has been in very good form but he had a shocker on Friday.  He is credited with only three effective disposals ... but he had five score involvements.  How does that work?  Are behinds counted as ineffective disposals?

Mitch McGovern has been in very good form but he had a shocker on Friday.  He is credited with only three effective disposals ... but he had five score involvements.  How does that work?  Are behinds counted as ineffective disposals?

Quote from: DJC – on June 02, 2026, 02:50:59 am

Mitch McGovern has been in very good form but he had a shocker on Friday.  He is credited with only three effective disposals ... but he had five score involvements.  How does that work?  Are behinds counted as ineffective disposals?

Tap ons, shepherds count count as an involvement?

Quote from: laj – on June 02, 2026, 08:04:50 am

Tap ons, shepherds count count as an involvement?

It has to be direct involvement, so knock ons and hitouts count, not shepherds, blocks, etc.

Quote from: DJC – on June 02, 2026, 09:28:30 am

It has to be direct involvement, so knock ons and hitouts count, not shepherds, blocks, etc.

Might be for a free kick that was paid advantage.
So he made the play, but didn't get a touch for ir.

A score involvement in the AFL is a statistic that credits any player who is directly involved in a successful scoring chain that results in a goal or a behind. A single player is only credited with one score involvement per scoring chain, even if they touch the ball multiple times during that play.

How a Score Involvement Happens
A player is credited with a score involvement if their action directly leads to a score through:
- A disposal (a kick or a handball)
- A hitout to advantage
- A kick-in (from the defensive goal square)
- A knock-on (tapping the ball forward to a teammate)
- Winning a free kick that directly leads to the score

So knock ons count. Conspiracy over.

It has to be direct involvement, so knock ons and hitouts count, not shepherds, blocks, etc.

Quote from: kruddler – on June 02, 2026, 03:25:52 pm

A score involvement in the AFL is a statistic that credits any player who is directly involved in a successful scoring chain that results in a goal or a behind. A single player is only credited with one score involvement per scoring chain, even if they touch the ball multiple times during that play.

How a Score Involvement Happens
A player is credited with a score involvement if their action directly leads to a score through:
- A disposal (a kick or a handball)
- A hitout to advantage
- A kick-in (from the defensive goal square)
- A knock-on (tapping the ball forward to a teammate)
- Winning a free kick that directly leads to the score

So knock ons count. Conspiracy over.

Yes, that's what I said:

Quote from: DJC – on June 02, 2026, 09:28:30 am

It has to be direct involvement, so knock ons and hitouts count, not shepherds, blocks, etc.

So, to summarise, Gov kicked two behinds.  They count as score involvements, but aren't effective disposals.  Therefore, Gov's three effective disposals were parts of chains of possession that ended with a score, his long bomb to Crippa being one of them, and his sole goal assist.

Yes, goal assists are a better way of putting it.

Watching the replay McGovern was almost playing the decoy lead-up game, he made lead after lead that was ignored or the opportunity was missed through hesitation. At least twice he was inside F50 tens of metres clear of his opponent and we held the footy too long to hit him up as an open target,

Now fans who ball watch will say he didn't touch it all night, but in reality he was doing a lot of hard work that was either sacrificial or not being honoured.

The other thing I noticed, between Gov and Hayward they seemed to be waxing about who would draw the opponents, several of Haywards marks are one on one contests because Gov drew the opponents out of the F50 and Hayward benefits.

Quote from: LP – on June 03, 2026, 09:42:17 pm

Watching the replay McGovern was almost playing the decoy lead-up game, he made lead after lead that was ignored or the opportunity was missed through hesitation. At least twice he was inside F50 tens of metres clear of his opponent and we held the footy too long to hit him up as an open target,

Now fans who ball watch will say he didn't touch it all night, but in reality he was doing a lot of hard work that was either sacrificial or not being honoured.

The other thing I noticed, between Gov and Hayward they seemed to be waxing about who would draw the opponents, several of Haywards marks are one on one contests because Gov drew the opponents out of the F50 and Hayward benefits.

I don't think that Gov was a decoy.  He took five marks and, of our forwards, only Hayward took more.  His kicking for goal has been excellent this season but he had an off night.  He also wasn't as effective as he has been when the ball hit the ground and didn't get the handball receives.  An average performance in comparison to his other games but he was still a threat and demanded defensive attention.  His running patterns, and his scoring potential, made it difficult for his opponents to drop off and provide help defence ... and you could probably say the same for all of our forwards.

I'm a bit late to comment on the game - everything has been covered in depth - but there's one thing that I don't think has been raised previously; Jack Ison's two goal assist handpasses to Young and Hayward were like lightning.  Quick thinking, great decisions and elite execution!