Carlton Supporters Club

I am worried about the lad.  He ducked his head a couple of times today.  Perhaps when he builds up more this part of his game will fade, let's hope so.

That is the silliest post I have ever read.  'Worried about the lad"?  You are kidding me aren't you.  He's an 18 year old kid, playing like a 5 year defender.

Coach Brendon Bolton was proud of Carlton's tenacity against the Cats.

The manner of Carlton's victory, not the victory itself, defined what Carlton wants to be, coach Brendon Bolton said.

Being two players down on the bench, but to still hassle and pressure and work for one another was everything the club wanted to stand for, the young coach said.

"We can't be defined on just wins and losses. We need to be defined on pressure and I am glad they stood up," Bolton said of the victory over the second-placed Cats.

"It's about pressure. We want to be defined as a team that gives effort and pressure.

"You earn that over time though ... that's earned over years, Geelong have earned that over years, that sort of respect, and we are a very short way on a journey of earning that."

Carlton lost Marc Murphy and Liam Sumner to ankle injuries in the first quarter and they did not return for the rest of the match, damaging their midfield rotations.

"Significant, We had to roll more numbers through the midfield, Lamb, Wright just to name a few had to play more time on ball but its about opportunity for our whole collective to stand up. You saw Gibbs again, Curnow, Cripps, Everitt's run. Other guys stood up and that's important for us."

Bolton said Matthew Kreuzer was the spiritual leader of the group and his ability to get himself fit and only miss one match after having knee surgery inspired the group. Kreuzer laid 11 tackles.

"One thing abut big blokes when they play well others follow. Kreuzer is the spirit of Carlton. He is the spirit within our group, big blokes play well and tackle like that others follow," Bolton said.

He added: "You saw a few efforts that would make our members proud. I can remember a few efforts off the top of my head and I am at risk of missing a few here but (Dale) Thomas went back with the flight, I remember (Kade) Simpson going back with the flight. There are some courageous efforts."


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Simon Whites last quarter... Wow! I've been a fan but we will be better when he moves on... But his last quarter was so amazing. Take a bow mate...

Gibbs running up to him both spent shows the spirit in this side.

Bolton is a genius.

Cripps was a little quieter in the first half and wasn't able to get his usual clearances because Blicavs did a reasonable job of tagging him.  Cripps flogged Blicavs in the second half but played more as an outside mid.  I thought that he showed his versatility and was just outside my best five players.  Keeping Blicavs to no possessions in the second half is an exceptional effort.

Probably the first game where Weitering hasn't looked like he has played 100 games already... still had 17 possessions and took 8 marks. Think we can cut the kid some slack.

Bolton's post game comments show how little the average supporter knows about what's going on inside the team, and I'm no exception by the way.
We've kicked a huge goal employing this fella, better late than never.

Anyone knocking Weitering's game is wrong, he played another very good game of football and still continues to look far more composed than a first year player.

This guy will be a superstar and if Boomer's prediction on Cripps were to come true we will be made

I missed it, what did he say?

Since when have set shots from 50 out on an angle tighter than 45 degrees ever been considered sodas? Would be 50% shots for most of the best forwards in the competition and though he went 0.2 for those, it wasn't some fortuitous miracle he did. in fact 0.2 would have been just about as likely as 2.0 imo.


Okay just went back and looked at both on the 'smart replay' and it showed Hawkins was 10.16 from that range over his career (I think that is what those stats are showing), which means he was considerably more likely to miss both than score both and without doing the math, only marginally more likely to score 1.1 than he was to score 0.2

White was amazing in the last and he seemed to have some added confidence and just pushed forward - great effort.

Agree with Big Nic on our accurate kicking - I said earlier Army sometimes just misses those running into goals but nailed his three - however I disagree the cats would've walloped us had they kicked straight in the first - still think we were on yday and nothing was going to change that.

Also agree re Lions - would not be at all surprised if we were beaten as we were fierce and must be feeling it today - I hope we can win it though!

He was a touch fumbly, though - which is very unlike him.  Might have just been that the heat at the contest was up another notch from any other game this year