Re: Round 3 Carlton v Essendon-Post match thread
Reply #41 –
Carlton forwards getting sucked up the ground far too often was either good coaching by Hird or dumb football by our forwards. I assumed Ellard was our key forward for large parts of the 2nd quarter in particular. WTF!?
Ciaran Byrne is a deadset ripper, welcome to a long career son, what a wonderful free spirit he has & is a wonderful kick of the ball. Well done Dennis Armfield for step 1 of saving your career - apart from your first kick of the game which was on-the-full & ending up costing us a goal.....your speed, tenacity & desire at the man and the contest is something that has been sorely missing from this team.
Ed Curnow had an absolute shocker - 3 goals kicked on him, with a lot of flaws exposed. He can't afford to be having shockers like that.
I wouldn't be patting Sam Rowe on the back too much after that performance - how many largely uncontested marks did his direct opponents take? Not good enough Sam.
Judd's last quarter was sublime, but for the team to suddenly find another gear as Essendon tired badly isn't a way to win games of footy. Happy to see Cripps step-up today, although his opponent for most of the day: Watson, taught him a football lesson.