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Interesting thought there Tonyo, that makes sense to me.

I like Voss the person and I was happy he was appointed - remember there was a big push to get Ross Lyon or Clarko / Ross Lyon no thank you, am wondering if some mongrel having Clarko would’ve been beneficial tho, in hindsight.

I was wondering who Voss was giving a spray to. Binns has played a handful Of games ffs and looks to run his arse off. Ok maybe what he wasn’t doing  was creating issues elsewhere I don’t know. But we have some (seemingly) protected star players and I’m not sure berated a kid publicly is the way to go.

Think I lip read what Voss was saying and it was along the lines of play your effing role.

On that why was Motlop the sub? And why did we sub Lord for him?

Quote from: Micky0 – on June 22, 2025, 10:45:37 am

On that why was Motlop the sub? And why did we sub Lord for him?

Lord had a shocker, barely touched the pill for 1/2 a game.

That's the problem with fans calling for us to play the kids, they get better through learning but they aren't going to help the squad get better, and the same people that call for the kids to be played will be calling for them to be axed a minute after the final siren.

I missed the first quarter too - apparently we missed two goals right in front and not far? How does that happen? Sure crap happens but the same crap seems to happen with us every week.

The critical questions...
Do we persist with Voss or not? Do we blow it up and start again?

I was at the game and haven't watched the replay.....and won't, once was enough.

I had a few suspicions at the ground, and have only just looked into them now

1. Corey Durdin. 75% game time. 7 touches. 0 goals. 0 behinds. 0 tackles. 0 clearances. 0 goal assists. 2 turnovers. 2 clangers.
Why are we playing him? What does he give us? He was useless yesterday.

2. Jesse Motlop. 29% game time. 10 touches 1 goal 1 behind. 1 tackle. 2 clearances.  0 goal assists. 0 turnovers. 1 clanger
Why are we not playing him more? Specifically, in the middle. Every man and his dog has seen him play great footy this year and its no coincidence that his best games are when he is run through the middle. It works. He plays well. Then next week, we stick him in a pocket and wonder why he doesn't perform as well. Put him where the ball is!

3. Weitering. Not sure how much they showed on TV, but weitering was down, looking like he was shot for a good few minutes before they stopped the game and helped him hop/limp off. He was in A LOT of pain rocking back and forth and hitting the ground.
Why we decided to risk him and bring him back i don't understand. Once they did he was next to useless in the contests. He got a couple of good spoil in contests he went too, but he hung out the back in twice as many contests giving them the outnumber. He wasn't trying to be a 'sweeper' either as there was other carlton players  behind the contest doing that job already. He became a liability and put his own health at risk further. Whatever it was, he reinjured it in the 3rd quarter up on the wing and hobbled all the way back to the goal square. Stupid for playing him injured. We've learned nothing from last year.

4. Why didn't we play Lemmey? Was the perfect week to play him. You can guarantee that he would've given his all to 'prove his worth' and not rolled over like so many others did. His size would've helped us with Weiters as well allowing Gov to switch back, or go back himself. But no. Only reason you can justify not playing him is if we've marked his cards and that he will be out the door at seasons end. Charlie clearly wasn't fit and Lemmey could've given us something different.

5. Doc and Saad.....and Haynes. They are on the wrong side of 30. Still got some good footy left, but that is getting few and far between. I think all of them are relatively lucky we don't have a kid coming through taking their spot. Might be a changing of the guard in the off-season if we can't recapture some legitimate form in 2025.

6. Cripps. 2025 version isn't fit to tie 2024 versions shoelaces. He won the brownlow with the biggest tally in history and this year he's lucky to make the bests. He is currently averages his 2nd lowest possession tally since wearing the #9 at carlton. Only covid 2020 has been worse. (Note: he started in #16 in his first season and averaged 9, then switched to #9 and dominated).

I think Terry from Blue Abroad summed it up beautifully, "we are financially thriving and we are spiritually bankrupt".
👏👏👏👏 Hats off to you Terry.