AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

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Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #90 – Today at 06:14:37 pm

Not sure Fogarty can hold his place after missing that goaThe fact Carlton didn't give up forced Richmond to win and they faulted. You can win from in front, you can win coming from behind or you can win in a topsy-turvy game, but in the end it is who wins that count. Carlton tends to fear winning so not giving up is a first step in developing a winning culture.
With Smith and Lord I am not sure what Cripps role is in the midfield. In the past he has been the one who has hunted the ball. With Walker coming next year and Walsh how do all the parts fit together.
I think they need to back in what they are doing and keep running and be willing to take the hand ball receives.

Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #91 – Today at 06:55:51 pm

Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on Today at 02:20:48 pm

Quote from: pew2 – on Today at 01:58:35 pm
how Bad is our recruiting first sos and now nick Austin
Is it the recruiting? Is it the coach?, is it both? or is the off field not right so the onfield will never be right?
You never know with Carlton as its a game of snakes and ladders just up and down, no one can be definitive on what is the major problem. As Clarkson recently said its hard to drag a bottomed out club back up the ladder and we have tried or copied every method and now are in the Collingwood premiership year moneyball plan where we have made a number of list changes on the cheap to initiate change of game style in contrast to fellow perennial strugglers Stkilda who have sold the farm to change their fortunes. There doesnt seem to be a one size plan that fits all that guarantees success....

How do you solve a problem like Carlton (sung to the old Sound of Music song)?
There is no club like ours, EOS. Our problems are deep rooted, our history is there for all to see. Pick a topic and we trump everyone.
- We have the equal most premierships, we were once the kings of the jungle.
- We cheated the salary like no other and like we were above the law, we paid the price.
- We have had rich benefactor board members who have treated the club like their play thing. Presidents who were billionaires and mixed with kings, presidents and shieks.
- We have had more coaches since around 2003 than almost every team. We have sacked legends of the game in the blink of an eye.
- We have had some of the biggest recruiting coups in VFL/AFL history (Barassi, Judd to name the biggest).
- We have had favourite sons come and go (and come back again only to leave unceremoniously).
- We have lost players to the biggest deals in history.
- We didnt have a wooden spoon until 2002, since then we have won 5. This is only category of things we are the best at.
- Our high profile supporters have consisted of Australia's greatest prime ministers and the world's greatest music stars.
- We used to have a positive winning record agains EVERYONE.
- Our Club had the most reps in the AFL TOC, our club has been represented by the best players to play the game.
All the above creates pressure, some can handle it, many can't (players, coaches, board members, supporters).
All the above creates rivalry because every team dreamed about being us, now that they the they want to kick us when we are down and make sure we stay down (players, coaches, board members, supporters).
So here we are again, on the ropes with the world against us.
Challenge accepted...again.
Despite what I say and type from time to time, I love you CFC with all my heart and soul, always have, always will.
Go Blues.

Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #92 – Today at 06:59:49 pm

On the post game celebrations, we have some young kids tasting their first win in navy blue.

Perhaps we are trying to focus on the wins rather than the negatives because living in that space is rather depressing.

Weve been doing it for a long time. Weve been flaky for a long time. We wont turn that around in one off season. The sad part is, we finished last year having turned the corner in that regard.

Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #93 – Today at 07:58:27 pm

Yeah look it was an ugly ‘win’ but i dont get the sadness around it! It is what it is, we had a crap season last year with imo Curnow not bothering to play properly for the majority of it and TDK being in the news 24/7. We had our pick 1 cruelly injured. We had the grandson and son of a legend leave us. We were forced into making a deal to release that arsehole Curnow and got something back for him, along with some
Others. We are game 2 into a new season, with a coach under severe pressure and a former captain of the club potshotting us the day after a loss we were always set up to have. And the dick-pic saga which is still bloody ongoing 🙄

And of course there is plenty to improve on, you have to believe that with again ‘the best of the best in the league steering us’ those at the club know how to improve us. It Might be our list isnt what it should be or some of those leaving have left massive holes but its happened and
We must look at the positives. And fark everyone else!

So lets celebrate the shaky win, most say our issues are above the shoulders so surely a win is great for moral!

Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #94 – Today at 09:17:20 pm

Well I re-watched and I thought MacG had some critical, high impact moments. Ollie H, Chesser and Fog were deadset awful. We weren't as bad as made out to be, we just miss the odd possession in the chain which costs us dearly. Blokes like HoK, Carroll and Cowan were handy and will be better for the run. Tigers get a very, very good run that's all I'll say, sure Rioli is a good tackler but in turn, if he's pinged, isn't that a free?

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Reply #95 – Today at 10:24:20 pm

I rewatched the game, in the 2nd half we were at the contests, and if you watch the chain of play the thing that costs us many times were tackles failing to stick. In most scoring chains Nthmond had, a one stage or another a Carlton player had the ball carrier in a tackle but they broke free and disposed.

So it wasn't a case of not keeping up with play, and it wasn't a case of being in the wrong place, the problem repeated many times was not sticking a tackle.

The offenders weren't all newbies either, I think I noted Cowan, Fogarty, Ainsworth, Williams and OH among some others.

Re: AFL Rd 1 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #96 – Today at 10:44:50 pm

Getting value for our I50s would help too....but it's so often that last kick in that's woeful. Some effective small forwards to convert at deck level would help.
Kemp needs to do a lot more and if MacG goes forward he may become surplus to requirements if HoK plays. Not impressed with Hayward yet either - what role is he supposed to be playing and should he be on a wing?