An early game tomorrow: 13:15 at Marvel.
The timing isn't great, as there are 2 other Carlton games on at the same time in different places, but we don't have any control over that.
Derksen daydreaming at FB
Ainsworth missed some targets, then went back and fixed things up, that brings something to our side.
Most of Freo's scores have come from our errors, a missed target, a sluggish disposal, guarding grass.
No problem with Cripps dropping Jackson, you can't have him throwing Pitto to the ground freely without retribution.
Sheriff not preared to be be bullied, good to see, Mason Cox can be a North American knob!
Young is never going to kick goals if he can't run straight at the goals
We've been playing relatively poorly.
Freo have goaled from most of their limited inside 50's.
Still under a goal in it.
Last few weeks we've started games a bit off the boil, we seem to need a bit of fire to get up and about.
Anyone else secretly wanting us to let Amiss kick 20 goals and win the coleman off charlie?
Pitto playing like the old TDK in the middle, getting involved in the chain of handballs a few times.
Pity Walsh didn't kick the goal.
Given that they 'managed' him for this game.....not likely.
Smart by Kemp.
Lucky.
Wasn't going to kick it from 50....so i'll take it.
Wasting those open disposals kills us, that Gov i50 kick, it's the difference between 10th and Top 4. Lucky for Gov Kemp finds Walsh who finished a moment later.
See that Smith kick to Harry, the depth control not there yet so he misses Harry wide open, in another season or two he'll hit those targets.
4 of the last 5 i50s we've picked out Freo targets.
Comedy capers at the moment.
ah damn, in that case go for the win. Then again, can we get treacy there instead.. :p
I've been bagged for it but Smiths kicking is average - his decision making is elite but missed targets inside F50 hurt.
Should we start booking our Carlton vs Collingwood tickets now? :o
Hopefully the dogs play their bit and lose to the dees otherwise its all for nothing.
Ollie Hollands, snuck up on him like a librarian!
I'v seen enough
:D
Cripps, Weitering, Walsh, Smith, Pittonet to the bench for the rest of the game. ;) :D
Seriously, we may look at putting a few in cotton wool in the last.
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We are pressuring them relentlessly.
Dockers are playing a bit like they've got nothing to gain.
They've already got one injury and don't really want any more.
We are playing keepings off very well and switching to difficult to defend positions and capitalising.
Pittonet is dominating Jackson in the ruck.
Every man and his dog knew that was touched apart from the one that mattered.
Thanks to the umpire for calling play on from the shot at goal for taking too long.
Saved a lot of drama as a result.
Whether or not the Dockers are going 100% will never be known. Either way, it's been a great effort up to now.
If Frankie Evans is not the No1 bargain recruit in the AFL, I'd like to know who is.
I'm sure they're not deliberately going at less than 100%, but if there is a big contest that you could get injured going into.....you're thinking about next week month of football before you put yourself in hospital.
How can they pay that in the back, but they didn't pay Hewett....or Walsh....both in the last 5-10 minutes.
I'd love to go back to the first 9 weeks and compare the skills by foot.
Night and day.
We were lucky if our foot made contact with the ball early days, now we've got everyone, including Acres kicking worm burners, lace out to the leading forward.
How?
Ollie Hollands very unlucky not to get either a mark or a free kick.
20 seconds to go before 3/4 time, would've made a huge difference before the siren!
confidence is a wonderful thing. Theyre all threading the eye of the needle too.
Frankie just casually kicking 5. :o
Won't lose from here
I started calling Frankie evans the barometer last season
Camarades, encore un effort !!
According to Razor Ray, Weitering out of the game, purely as a precaution / management issue.
Mentioned on fox footy. Seen on the bench smiling.
Just trying to protect him.
Also got Jagga and Pitto on the bench,
Acres gets a shoelace on it from 5m out....dribbles through.
We can't use up ALL our luck this week.
Ah man, this is sweet.
First Brisbane, now Freo. Are we the giant killers of the AFL ?
Freo did have some significant outs, but it's a huge effort regardless.
I am so hard rn.
When we start winning last round dead rubbers then things are really changing at Carlton.
Can we move the discussion to the Post match thread.
I'll lock this one up.