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AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

Ready for this evening.
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Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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Only saving grace is Freo lost. Hopefully Essendon do too

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Posted this in the 'in-game' thread.....
My changes for next week.....
Motlop -> Williams
Kennedy (sub) -> Pittonet
Hewett -> Cerra (sub)
Cuningham -> Cottrell.

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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Given TDK was injured last week we basically played with 1/2 ruck last week.
Our midfield was no better this week despite having essentially 2 rucks.
Our forwardline wasn't helped with TDKs presence.

Why do we persist with this?

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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So Fantasia was not the problem? ::)  ;D
2025... Moir of the same to come

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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2nd week in a row we sh*t the bed after qtr time when an opponent applied quick, relentless pressure - the formula to reduce us to clacker chasers for the day.
Team apology to Crippa.
Obvious passengers... Cottrell, O Hollands, Marchbank and Pitto.
Few blokes in the Magoos should be rubbing their hands together.
MC... wake up to yourselves.
Charlie... 3.7, speaks for itself.
Midfield, except for Crippa - terrible.
Devoid of authority and confidence.
Didn't at all look like a top 4 side.
Embarrassing.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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Bigheads strike again !!

Pittonet - utter dud, get rid of him
Marchbank - never liked him and a huge liability, boot him out
Boyd - disposal was appalling and got found out tonite for being way too loose 
Williams - before getting injured, shirked it
Curnow - massively over-rated & unreliable
Cottrell - exposed at senior level

We have too many lemons and not enough 'tough as nails' types who dig in hard when it gets tough.

Dogs wanted that win from the first bounce & played like their season depended on it, once again our guys just went though the motions in the belief it was going to magically happen.

And as for some of the undisciplined free kicks we gave away .............. spare me !!

Herés a novel thought, how about some of our defenders try to punch & spoil ?? Two or three times our idiots tried to outmark them instead of opting for the smarter play, we are just too dumb at times.

When things are going our way we look great but when the opposition apply a lot of pressure we wilt. It happened last week and it happened again tonight, the opposition clubs have now worked us out.
"The Other Teams Can Rot In Hell"

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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Quote from: kruddler – on
Posted this in the 'in-game' thread.....
My changes for next week.....
Motlop -> Williams
Kennedy (sub) -> Pittonet
Hewett -> Cerra (sub)
Cuningham -> Cottrell.
O Hollands and Marchbank shouldn't escape scrutiny.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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Quote from: BluePhantom – on
So Fantasia was not the problem? ::)  ;D

Fantasia while maybe not the answer, plays the link up role between midfield and forward.   Not a small crumbing forward like Owies or Motlop.   His delivery inside 50 is pretty good in an area we are pretty poor at. 

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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Looking forward to the Magoos game tomorrow.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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Quote from: Baggers – on
O Hollands and Marchbank shouldn't escape scrutiny.

Nobody to take their spot/role unfortunately.

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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We've lost the intensity, which now appears in glimpses. Perhaps it's just our time for a lull and we'll pick up at the right time of the year. It's a long season.

Feel for Crippa. He and a handful of others can hold their head high.
Unfortunately, too few wins around ball and deplorable pressure i50. Too many to's and fumbles. Allowed oppo to run in waves and we couldn't stop them. Left our defence to pick up the slack, which it didn't. Too much left to too few.

I don't want to bag our players but quite a few had shockers. Making lots of changes is unlikely to be the answer - as we're seeing atm. Perhaps our early long injury list is playing a role. It inadvertently puts pressure on the fit players.

Time for Ed Curnow to stoke up the fire. We've lost the fire we had earlier. We've become the hunted again.
Coming together is the beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
Henry Ford.

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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Quote from: Baggers – on
O Hollands and Marchbank shouldn't escape scrutiny.
I thought Ollie was OK, Marchbank looked off the pace, we missed McGovern.

Our record when McGovern or Saad are out it's horrendous, winning only 25% in their absence.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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Quote from: BluePhantom – on
So Fantasia was not the problem? ::)  ;D

If you take the spare wheel out of your car? Do you notice it missing? Does it enhance your performance having it there?

Fantasia was a passenger who wasn't providing enough. Owies as the sub last week vs his first half this week shows the wrong call was made.

Re: AFL Rd 18 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

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Embarrassing loss given the Dogs had key defenders out and got away with Lobb and Khumis, no Naughton and then lost key mid Treloar before the game.
TDK and Pittonet makes us slow and inflexible, plus the selection blunders continue with Hewett and Kennedy.
The idea we can take on the Dogs good midfield without those two in the 22 reeks of over confidence and arrogance imo.
Marchbank makes too many errors and wouldn't be in my best 30.
Disappointing loss and now risk losing second spot if we don't get it together and pick our best team each week and lose the cocky attitude.