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Re: AFL Rd 21 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

Reply #60 –
Quote from: Micky0 – on
Confirmed HOF has done his ACL 😭

Poor kid!
Yep...Poor kid, one of our few positives for the season has been Harry and now this, young players must dread having their name called out by Carlton recruiters, first Jagga and now HarryO.

Re: AFL Rd 21 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

Reply #61 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Quote from: Micky0 – on
Confirmed HOF has done his ACL 😭

Poor kid!
Yep...Poor kid, one of our few positives for the season has been Harry and now this, young players must dread having their name called out by Carlton recruiters, first Jagga and now HarryO.
Absolutely feckin tragic. ☹️
Reality always wins in the end.

Re: AFL Rd 21 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

Reply #62 –
watching the first half, i text my brother had asked who was that team playing and then the second half started and went ahhh their back.
How do this team just stop and think well we played well fro 2 qrts tools down.


Re: AFL Rd 21 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

Reply #63 –
Quote from: BlackRooster – on
watching the first half, i text my brother had asked who was that team playing and then the second half started and went ahhh their back.
How do this team just stop and think well we played well fro 2 qrts tools down.

One theory i have, which stems from a quote originally raised by Adam Simpson, is that we are "Too easy to play against".

We've said how we want to play. Contest contest contest.
Beat us at the contest and we've got no plan B.

Now i'm sure there are some subtle tweaks around that. Some tweaks allow us to have a dominant quarter, or even a half.

Then.....the opposition work out where they are losing and why, implement some changes and 'hey presto' we do our disappearing act as a result.

Re: AFL Rd 21 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

Reply #64 –
Quote from: kruddler – on
Quote from: BlackRooster – on
watching the first half, i text my brother had asked who was that team playing and then the second half started and went ahhh their back.
How do this team just stop and think well we played well fro 2 qrts tools down.

One theory i have, which stems from a quote originally raised by Adam Simpson, is that we are "Too easy to play against".

We've said how we want to play. Contest contest contest.
Beat us at the contest and we've got no plan B.

Now i'm sure there are some subtle tweaks around that. Some tweaks allow us to have a dominant quarter, or even a half.

Then.....the opposition work out where they are losing and why, implement some changes and 'hey presto' we do our disappearing act as a result.



Yep, it was lets put a player on Georgie boy and see what happens and it did. We lost our drive when Jager sat on George

Re: AFL Rd 21 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

Reply #65 –
Quote from: Micky0 – on
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
… and word on the street from an ITK on BF is that SOS is gone.
And Cripps is too… according to BF anyway. Apparently wants to play out his career back home.

Yep. I made that speculation a few weeks ago. Watch the space I guess.
Coming together is the beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
Henry Ford.

Re: AFL Rd 21 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

Reply #66 –
Quote from: Micky0 – on
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
… and word on the street from an ITK on BF is that SOS is gone.
And Cripps is too… according to BF anyway. Apparently wants to play out his career back home.
Another ITK poster susequently offered that Cripps hasn't said he wants out, but rather that he is happy to go back to WA if we are doing to a full blown rebuild.
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 21 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

Reply #67 –
Quote from: Sexybronco – on
Quote from: LP – on
Not getting to the footy has been Motlop's historical problem, so I think seeing him in and around many contest is a step in the right direction.

He's got tricks he just needs to find ways to use them, he'll get better the more opportunity he gets.

Surely nobody could argue he's not at least appearing a bit better than in the past! :o
We have no choice but to continue to persevere with Motlop, he is showing signs of improvement just needs a breakout game.
I'm not convinced on this at all.
His lack of awareness of what's around him is a big concern, which means he often gets caught HTB.
He runs ok in straight lines, but to be a top level small forward, you need to be able to change direction to evade tackles.
He doesn't have this. It may come, but is it worth persisting with him another 2-3 years to find out?