Carlton Supporters Club

No-one can be happy about that game, we nearly coughed it up too. Thing is, serious premiership contenders don't struggle to put away the cellar-dwellers but we do.

Just out of interest.  Who are the premiership contenders?

Norf are a good team.
Need Gov in the backline though.
Intercept game in the back half was largely non existent.

Coaches;
10 Sheezel 2 x 5
8 Cripps 2 x 4
5 Xerri  1 x 3, 1 x 2
3 LDU 1 x 3
2 Curnow 1 x 2
1 TDK 1 x 1
1 Saad 1 x 1

Bit surprised Saad didn't rank higher.

I think we'd kill for an LDU type at the moment, heavy body, agile, hard at the contest, we have that, but he is loaded with outside pace compared to our Mids, and how good is Wardlaw?

He won’t be in my best players but I just want to acknowledge Ollie Hollands for his ability to get to contests and his repeat efforts.

I have wondered about his selection week after week but, like Matty Cottrell, I suspect that a lot of Ollie’s work goes unnoticed.  It was more apparent this arvo.  Well done young man!

Thought Weitering was worth a vote or Newman....didnt Saad start on Curtis?...didnt think that went so well...

I've been one to stick up for him and praising him for his 'unnoticed effort' each week.

I stood up for him when people were calling for his eviction from the side in favour of a 2nd ruck. (You may have been one of them).
Now without wanting to go down that path, you can clearly see what he offers and how that is a benefit over another tall, specifically a ruck.

We need pressure players. Ollie is a pressure player.
People forget, he is only in his 2nd year. Not many other blokes are going better than him that were taken around (or after) his pick, #11, in the draft.

Someone like Carroll has been on the list longer and shown us less. Somehow because he has played less games, he gets more chances....even though he has been around longer.
Similarly Cottrell who has been around longer than both...but offers very little more than Ollie does at the moment. Even though a lot of his stuff goes unnoticed, he hasn't got back to his pre-injury form yet, far from it.

However, and yes, he's still learning, he still makes critical disposal errors, especially handing the aggott back to the opposition.

Nutshell: great work ethic and defensive efforts. Disposal skills, still a concern. We all love Ollie and his huge ticker, but that doesn't mean we can't be objective, even critical, of his shortcomings.

Anyone who makes the finals.

I think we match up OK against most of the current Top 8, SOS put it well when he described the difference between building a list to be competitive and building a list to win a flag.

But every list has it strengths and weakness, physically, tactically, for example our list is stronger for certain venues that suit our team tactics. Is a list that wins at Marvel the same as a list that wins at the MCG?

We can't drop anymore games. If we drop any games Brisbane will take 2nd spot and the path to the premiership becomes really difficult.