Re: AFL Rd 7 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong
Reply #75 –
This from Daniel Hoyne who I also really like:
From Daniel Hoyne of Champion Date and SEN
Daniel Hoyne: “With Carlton first. So I think when you've got a defensive profile like Carlton has had for the whole seven weeks, this isn't just three weeks, this is seven weeks when you've got a defensive profile like they have, things can turn and they can turn quickly.
So right now without the footy, they are number one in the competition. To put that into perspective, over the last 10 years, the team that has finished number one without the footy eight of those 10 years, they've gone on to make at least a Prelim Final.
8 of the 10 years are going to make a prelim. And this watching what they did against an offensive team like Geelong who have been at times this year brilliant offensively, they absolutely dismantled them with what they, how they were able to shut them down spend especially off the back of intercept.
So Geelong started with the footy 66 times from intercept. Take out that Tom De Koning howler in the, in the back 50 where he coughed up to Mark O'Connor 65 other times they turned the footy over Carlton for two goals going back the other way. It was phenomenal with what they were able to do.
And I just want to give Jack Silvagni a bit of a bit more credit than probably I know he's getting some plaudits but giving the polish. What he does with ball in hand, if you're Carlton, I know you're going to miss him for a couple of weeks.
What he does with ball in hand, no other key defender in the competition does no other key defender in the competition impacts the game more through ball use than what this guy does. His ability to be able to pull the trigger is Jeremy McGovern like just, I know that might sound a bit ridiculous, but his ability to be able to see a corridor target and go for it is so impressive.
With what he's able to do both right foot and left foot. Hats off to him. [He] wouldn't be in the All Australian team right now. But he's doing a lot right. There's a lot of other good key defenders in the company moving on.”
When you combine this with Fox's "Premiership Window" where 19 of the last 20 premiers have been in (ie top 6 for both offence and defence), we are in the top 6 defensively, we just need to move to the top 6 for offence and we lie in it (I think we are currently 8th maybe??
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