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Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #105 –
36 hours on and I don't feel any more positive about the season.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #106 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Can't afford to drop a game and if we do then we don't deserve 2nd spot.
Pies are done for the season, Hawks youth and pace will be challenging but I'd expect to flog Stkilda who have fluked a few wins.

If you look at the draw of other teams, plenty of others are playing eachother so the chances of everyone winning more than us is not possible (unless we lose everything).

We can drop another game and still potentially end up a game clear in 2nd!

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #107 –
The frustrating thing is we are not winning games, but are certainly not getting smashed either.

Just gotta hope that our list gets as fit as possible over the next 4 weeks or so, and we win enough to get a decent finals draw. 

This is a season where anyone finishing in the 8 could end up with a premiership cup.
This is now the longest premiership drought in the history of the Carlton Football Club - more evidence of climate change?

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #108 –
Quote from: tonyo – on
The frustrating thing is we are not winning games, but are certainly not getting smashed either.

Just gotta hope that our list gets as fit as possible over the next 4 weeks or so, and we win enough to get a decent finals draw. 

This is a season where anyone finishing in the 8 could end up with a premiership cup.

Yes, i think apart from the Sydney game, there's just that extra 5% missing IMO, where we are always in the contest, but just can't quite get it done. Admittedly many teams are playing in a similar way, but it is frustrating. Close enough won't work this season IMO.

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #109 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
We overlooked LDU and Cerra for Dow, who we passed on for bugger all, then traded a first rounder for Cerra.  That draft year has been curse for this club.

Ease up.   This time last year Cerra was our best player leading our best and fairest and the CSC Jim Park B+ F until injured at round 18.   He has struggled since he returned but calling him a bust is ridiculous.   We need him fit and ideally not off half back.
 

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #110 –
Quote from: Shakin77 – on
Ease up.   This time last year Cerra was our best player leading our best and fairest and the CSC Jim Park B+ F until injured at round 18.   He has struggled since he returned but calling him a bust is ridiculous.   We need him fit and ideally not off half back.
Tend to agree with this. A bit of scuttlebut around that Melb are into Cerra as a replacement for Brayshaw. Probably BS but…
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
2025-Carlton can win the 2025 AFL Premiership

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #111 –
Quote from: PaulP – on
Yes, i think apart from the Sydney game, there's just that extra 5% missing IMO, where we are always in the contest, but just can't quite get it done. Admittedly many teams are playing in a similar way, but it is frustrating. Close enough won't work this season IMO.

Absolutely, Pauly. You and Tonyo, I believe are on the money. And a part of this, again IMHO, is above the shoulders. Seriously challenged, and that imperative 5% checks out and we start chasing clacker/retreat a little into our shells. We know we can beat anyone. When we're mentally tough for 120 minutes we're near impossible to get over. Mentally tough - don't fear risk and boldness.

The other part of that 5% is about personnel. Of course losing H and TDK hurt our confidence against the Dishlickers. True contenders always have close to their best on the paddock.

Plus, we just have blokes we can't trust to get on the paddock and stay there - Martin, Williams, Cunners & Gov. This also impacts negatively confidence and continuity. That 5% is the difference between a serious finals contender and just making up the numbers.

And the MC doesn't get off the hook. Young to CHF? Really?? Cerra to HB? Really?? Boyd not on the paddock when fit? Really??
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #112 –
Isn't it about time that Carlton stopped trying to make Kemp  a backline player?  It may well be that he would be successful in the midfield or forward line but until we try it looks like we are trying to force a square peg into a round hole.

The same experiment occurred with Zac Williams.  Until his recent successful move into the forward line his continual poor performances on the back line had people calling for him to be moved on at the end of the season.

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #113 –
Quote from: Macca37 – on
Isn't it about time that Carlton stopped trying to make Kemp  a backline player?  It may well be that he would be successful in the midfield or forward line but until we try it looks like we are trying to force a square peg into a round hole.

The same experiment occurred with Zac Williams.  Until his recent successful move into the forward line his continual poor performances on the back line had people calling for him to be moved on at the end of the season.

This is one thing that i was annoyed with in our last match. Kemp spent half of the last quarter on the bench, when he hadn't missed a second in the first 3/4s.
It was the perfect time to send him forward and see what we could get, but for whatever reason, we felt the need to sit him instead.

Maybe he was injured. Still, Young wasn't performing before then, so could've swapped them.

Kemp seems to have a black mark against his name for some reason, but his athletic abilty is obvious to all.

What have we got to lose by trying him elsewhere?

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #114 –
Coaches' votes :

10 Ollie Wines (PORT)
6 Willem Drew (PORT)
4 Miles Bergman (PORT)
4 Charlie Curnow (CARL)
3 Aliir Aliir (PORT)
2 Travis Boak (PORT)
1 Jason Horne-Francis (PORT)

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #115 –
Quote from: PaulP – on
Coaches' votes :

10 Ollie Wines (PORT)
6 Willem Drew (PORT)
4 Miles Bergman (PORT)
4 Charlie Curnow (CARL)
3 Aliir Aliir (PORT)
2 Travis Boak (PORT)
1 Jason Horne-Francis (PORT)

Quote from: madbluboy – on
Charlie was well beaten
:-[

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #116 –
I thought we hung tough and fought it out to the end, but those votes give the essentially correct impression IMO that we had very few individual winners on the night.

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #118 –
Pittonet must have just missed out.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Re: AFL Rd 20 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Port Adelaide

Reply #119 –
Quote from: madbluboy – on
Pittonet must have just missed out.

I wouldn't have thought so.

He was no superstar.
He was far from the worst player out there.
He beat Sweet, no by much, but did no more no less.
If the other 22 blokes out there could've done the same, we win.