Carlton Supporters Club

This is becoming a repeat of 2022.

Martin matchbank cunningham all can play but they are fragile and completely unreliable. All 3 have to be delisted at years end. We need to put a line through them and move on. Given more the enough time to try and get them going and they just keep breaking down. They are all cooked.

Goodness me, what a load of chicken littles.

Port are good enough to beat pretty much anyone, they had an extra day break, and we had a few too many walk up starts way down on output and to go with it, the umpires rogered us beautifully with quite a few decisions which actually put port in front.

Yes, we should have been able to hold on, but we were dump kicking long to no one.

Kemp did swing forward when young went back, but the ball didn't go near him and then pittonet disappeared and young was required in the ruck.

Acres, tdk and McKay are massive upgrades over what we put out particularly acres running power and height. 

Regarding talls, the balance wasn't wrong, we couldn't run out the game anyway.  There ends that lesson.  Our run isn't hampered by height its hampered by too many underdone smalls who don't give us 4 quarters of effort.

I generally agree Thry. As disappointing as last night surely was, when you take into account all the factors (injuries, form, short turnaround, Port's excellent record at Marvel and also Friday nights etc.) it was always a 50/50 game IMO. We weren't blown out of the water. It was a 2 goal loss.

I'm not sure where this idea arises that Port are garbage. They are in the mix for finals this year, and they've made finals most seasons under Hinkley.

last I checked they're equal second, we've knocked them off once this season already and this was the square up from that.  We'll beat Collingwood next week and everything will be awesome and we'll be flag favourites again. 

In other news - is Walshy the most “caught” player in the league?

Facts: 1st, 3rd and 4th qtrs yielded 2 goals.
Once the inevitable happened - Port increasing pressure, yes we were able to absorb it but lost boldness, creativity and offensive bite/too many blokes went into their shells and became reactive and safe, Ollie was and is a good example of this, under serious pressure, too many mistakes, fumbles and panicky disposals.
Hamstrung by the realities of injuries to key personnel - H/TDK/Blacres in particular.

Possible MC and coaching errors:
Just because L Young is 200+ cms tall, it doesn't mean he's a viable or obvious replacement for H - though I do get tall for tall. I wonder how many of us thought that when we learned of H's illness that Kemp would have been the obvious replacement up forward and Young down back on the out of form Dixon to free up Weiters for a more creative role? (2nd ruck duties to mids, to simply provide a contest and get the aggott on the grass).
Cerra a HBFer? Nuh. And we all know it. He's a midfielder, FFS.

Persistent issues:
Inconsistency in games and week to week.
Sh*t the bed when the real heat comes.
MC conservative, odd and safe selections.
Walsh trying to do too much, FFS Walshy use your possessions to bring team mates into the game rather than trying to do it all yourself.

So why am I still optimistic?
Trust in Cook, Voss & Crippa.
Imminent return of H & Blacres.
Our side does have character, a strong culture and a great core group.

I'm done with Young and would prioritize Lemmey. The former was terrible last night and you would get more of a contest at a nursing home bingo night than we got from Young.