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Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #30 –
Tbh Young looks panicked as soon as he has the ball in hand 99% of the time. His kick on goal was great and I want him to succeed but he needs to shake those worries asap.

Really v happy with Jesse and Williams, working harder and it pays dividends. The ‘tough conversations’ must’ve worked. Jesse in particular has really impressed me in fairness, when he’s good he’s very good.

MCG and Hayes still not convinced, they both improved as the game went on but as senior players they need to hit the ground running!

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #31 –
Quote from: tonyo – on
I really like Will White.  Works super hard and is no slouch in the one-on-ones.
Me too, he seems like he has football smarts!

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #32 –
Quote from: tonyo – on
Top win, nice to see us put the foot on the throat when we had the chance.

When North kicked the first couple of the last quarter, I thought we were going to coast to a 30-point win in typical style. 

Apparently not. 

That is what ruthless teams do.

I really like Will White.  Works super hard and is no slouch in the one-on-ones.
I'll be honest, I was upset at the end of the third quarter when they let them score their only goal with less than a minute to play. I felt it took the shine off what would have been the perfect qtr (holding them goalless). I immediately thought that's not what ruthless teams do. When they kicked the first couple in the last I thought "here we go again".
To their credit though, they switched into the next gear and put North to the sword. I was most pleased with the response.
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 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #33 –
Not surprised with the win, or the margin. Relieved though.

The difference the last couple of weeks make when you can actually pick a side.
Before that we weren't picking a side, we were playing whoever was fit. Big difference.

Really happy that we are finally seeing a few kids coming through at once.

Will white is exceeding all expectations and simultaneously ending evans' career.
Cooper Lord is playing like a veteran.
Matt Carroll brings some much needing composure and excellent kicking skills.
Even young durdin and motlop are finding their feet now they have a decent preseason.
Ollie hollands has forced his way into the best 22 after looking shaky for a while.
Who would've thought those blokes would be keeping someone like docherty out of the side??

Opposition wasn't great, but going into half time, you had to wonder if it was going to happen again. It didn't.

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #34 –
Other than in the second quarter where we reverted to what hasn't worked for years which is kick it long to the goal square where we are outnumbered and when we lose possession the opposition is able to sling shot the ball to the other end, we were pretty good all day. Our tackling was good and better than what it has been but still no where near ferocious enough yet, moving the ball quickly and our kicking to the short option was better which really opens up the game for us, and taking advantage of our midfield dominance was like 2023 all over again. We have to do this against better sides and be willing to persevere when things aren't going our way. As I said to a North friend, our performance today highlights how frustrating the first five weeks have been. White, Carroll E.Hollands and Durdin all give us a bit more pace around the ground. I still don't see much future in Haynes and would prefer Boyd, Cincotta and Cowan to him. McGovern's good is good but he is not going to get better and I suspect they will keep playing him. Young did a number of good things up forward creating space for the small forwards. A lot of people focus on what he doesn't do but it is handy to have an experienced big man who can play forward, back and in the ruck. I think Lemmey is a better option in the future but Young keeps doing what he is asked to do. Harry's back next week however.

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #35 –
Most has already been said. It was pretty close to a 4 qtr effort, and really pleasing that we didn't win by 5 goals after our lead at 3/4 time.

We also were able to revert to the high pressure footy when it lapsed a couple of times.  The team should see the reward for effort now and hopefully it drives them.

Interesting Xerri got 116 AF points, TDK got 62. I thought TDK beat Xerri. A great all round effort not reliant on anyone.

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #36 –
Quote from: Micky0 – on
Quote from: tonyo – on
I really like Will White.  Works super hard and is no slouch in the one-on-ones.
Me too, he seems like he has football smarts!
I do want to discuss Will White. There is nothing of him. He isn't super quick, but he is far from slow. He had 2 possessions to half time, 10 in the 2nd half. He did some very nice things and kicked 3 goals. He wants to be out there. 5 tackles says a bit too.
Live Long and Prosper!

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #37 –
Quote from: dodge – on
Most has already been said. It was pretty close to a 4 qtr effort, and really pleasing that we didn't win by 5 goals after our lead at 3/4 time.

We also were able to revert to the high pressure footy when it lapsed a couple of times.  The team should see the reward for effort now and hopefully it drives them.

Interesting Xerri got 116 AF points, TDK got 62. I thought TDK beat Xerri. A great all round effort not reliant on anyone.
Interesting. Although Tom didn't win the taps, he effected Xerri's and we won the ball from the middle. When Tom won a tap, we usually scored. Tom had 5 clearances; Xerri had 3, but 2 of those were against Lewis Young. Xerri had 11 tackles, but he wasn't as effective as he was against us last year. Xerri deserved his money, but Tom did the things that really meant something.
Live Long and Prosper!

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #38 –
Last week I wanted to see what I saw today, the sort of pressure football that makes an opposition collapse. Our tackling was ferocious, our attack on the ball was excellent and we didn't panic when we had the ball.

We had 64 Inside 50's to 39. We won the centre clearances 20 to 10. We had 83 tackles to 56. That is more than Collingwood and Brisbane combined!
We had 23 tackles inside 50, compared to 8!

We killed North in the air.

But what I liked the most was our style of play. You could actually see one and it worked well.
Live Long and Prosper!

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #39 –
Jack Silvagni has been excellent in defence. He is definitely one we've found who does the sort of job we needed Young to do.
Jack had 18 possessions and 7 marks in defence, while his opponent was ineffective.

I wouldn't play Young back unless we were desperate. He looks better up the ground. His disposal ... That is still very much a work in progress. He had the better of Darling and held his own against Xerri.

McGovern: I guess we have to take the bad with the good. He can do some very nice things, but his decision making and passing still need work.

Nick Haynes is doing the job much better now. His disposal and decision making are 1000% better than they were against Richmond. He isn't going to last forever, but I am confident now that he will fill in his role. I would love a taller, more athletic option to replace him, but I am feeling more confident that he can do the job in the meantime. After round 1, I wasn't. I still claim that his game against Richmond was probably the worst I've ever seen.
Live Long and Prosper!

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #40 –
Quote from: dodge – on
Interesting Xerri got 116 AF points, TDK got 62. I thought TDK beat Xerri. A great all round effort not reliant on anyone.
What Xerri does was illegal 18 months ago, now it's an AFL stat.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #41 –
Best game from Motlop so far, moving him into the mid rotations has been a win, I think if only they had done that with Kemp we might have another upside. 
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #42 –
There's a piece of vision floating around (that I can't find now, but I'm sure will pop up again) of Weitering and Saad on the bench.
Weitering says something to Saad who gives him a "really, WTF" look.
Weitering then covers his mouth, possibly clued enough to know there may be cameras on them, and says something else.

It may be nothing, it may be the winner of the first race at Randwick today, or he may have been talking about an early diagnosis of any injury.

Wait and see.

Re: AFL Rd 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #43 –
Quote from: crashlander – on
Last week I wanted to see what I saw today, the sort of pressure football that makes an opposition collapse. Our tackling was ferocious, our attack on the ball was excellent and we didn't panic when we had the ball.

We had 64 Inside 50's to 39. We won the centre clearances 20 to 10. We had 83 tackles to 56. That is more than Collingwood and Brisbane combined!
We had 23 tackles inside 50, compared to 8!

We killed North in the air.

But what I liked the most was our style of play. You could actually see one and it worked well.
Great, do it again next week, the week after that and rinse and repeat please.
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 6 2025 Post game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne

Reply #44 –
Quote from: Lods – on
There's a piece of vision floating around (that I can't find now, but I'm sure will pop up again) of Weitering and Saad on the bench.
Weitering says something to Saad who gives him a "really, WTF" look.
Weitering then covers his mouth, possibly clued enough to know there may be cameras on them, and says something else.

It may be nothing, it may be the winner of the first race at Randwick today, or he may have been talking about an early diagnosis of any injury.

Wait and see.

Saw him reach for his hamstring in the 4th before the big spoil landing and the incident with the trainers being waived off field.

Reckon he was touching butt quite high up, so that's usually not a great indication.  Could have been a Corky.  Fell pretty hard spoiling in the next contest.
"everything you know is wrong"

Paul Hewson