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Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide

Reply #75 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
And another bloke who gets away with it on this site is Cerra.  Sure the numbers look ok, but when can anybody ever remember him cutting a side up or being damaging?  150 AFL games...when are we going to see what we paid for?

Correctamundo, Professory. I also commented on this in this thread. When I watch the game and then read the stats I'm always surprised by Cerra's numbers... Just doesn't hurt the opposition with his possessions.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide

Reply #77 –
I reckon a team could make one of those every week.
"everything you know is wrong"

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Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide

Reply #78 –
Quote from: Baggers – on
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
https://x.com/CarltonFCBlues/status/2042411930451919056?s=20

Enjoy

Wow!
Your couldnt make the crap up Baggers. Thilthorpe even laughs when he's paid the mark that clearly went through the heads of his team mate.
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Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide

Reply #79 –
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: Gointocarlton – on
Suggested in the in game thread he probably should have gone back to help stem that 6 goal run. Stopping that sort of crap is a team defence thing though.
We do have to get the bench rotations right though, at one stage we had Pitto, Harry and Gov on the bench, created turnovers on our HBF but had nobody to distribute towards.

I'm gobsmacked some of the media is still going on about Cripps bench time, they must think about as deeply as a sheet of paper, I bet this week Sam McClure or his ilk will try to make an issue of it. We have a team that has been overrun 4 out of 5 games, finding some way to make the likes of Cripps and Walsh more competitive over 4-Qtrs is going to be down to player management and a big part of that will be appropriate bench time. Even possibly bench time against their will. Now someone will carry on about "appropriate", as for them the best solution would be an inhumane never!

2 things...

1. I suspect all the talls on the bench was a deliberate strategy, potentially used to make sure we had more runners on the ground to potentially stop a run. More smalls = more running = more chasing = more tackling.
So i don't hate that idea. Of course we went in with an extra tall compared to last week and dropped a starting mid, so perhaps didn't need to be that way with better MC selections.

2. Cripps off the ground MAY actually be an issue, however its not for the reason being highlighted.
IMO, Cripps off the ground is as much about missing his leadership/direction as it is his actual skills.
He would help with telling people where to be, when to go, when to stay. If he's not there, that might not be getting done as required, hence a run on. Potentially a system breakdown by a group that is still learning eachother and the game plan due to high changeover.

Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide

Reply #81 –
Quote from: kruddler – on
Quote from: LP – on

We do have to get the bench rotations right though, at one stage we had Pitto, Harry and Gov on the bench, created turnovers on our HBF but had nobody to distribute towards.

I'm gobsmacked some of the media is still going on about Cripps bench time, they must think about as deeply as a sheet of paper, I bet this week Sam McClure or his ilk will try to make an issue of it. We have a team that has been overrun 4 out of 5 games, finding some way to make the likes of Cripps and Walsh more competitive over 4-Qtrs is going to be down to player management and a big part of that will be appropriate bench time. Even possibly bench time against their will. Now someone will carry on about "appropriate", as for them the best solution would be an inhumane never!

2 things...

1. I suspect all the talls on the bench was a deliberate strategy, potentially used to make sure we had more runners on the ground to potentially stop a run. More smalls = more running = more chasing = more tackling.
So i don't hate that idea. Of course we went in with an extra tall compared to last week and dropped a starting mid, so perhaps didn't need to be that way with better MC selections.

2. Cripps off the ground MAY actually be an issue, however its not for the reason being highlighted.
IMO, Cripps off the ground is as much about missing his leadership/direction as it is his actual skills.
He would help with telling people where to be, when to go, when to stay. If he's not there, that might not be getting done as required, hence a run on. Potentially a system breakdown by a group that is still learning eachother and the game plan due to high changeover.

Others being asked to develop their leadership skills? Weaning off Crippa?
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide

Reply #82 –
Quote from: Baggers – on
Others being asked to develop their leadership skills? Weaning off Crippa?
Agreed, and possibly an opportunity to send a message.

The media will claim it was sending a message to Cripps on the bench, because there hides the controversy and the clicks.

But for me it was more than likely a message from the coach to the blokes in the centre square, and perhaps in conjunction Hewett's absence is more about a lack of fault rather than disciplining or punishment.

The coach showed them what it's like when you haven't got someone sacrificing for your benefit! So I'd be having a close look at the replay to see who was the middle in their absence! Was there was a Judas?
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"
 

Re: AFL Rd 5 2026 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide

Reply #83 –
Quote from: kruddler – on
Cripps off the ground MAY actually be an issue, however its not for the reason being highlighted.
IMO, Cripps off the ground is as much about missing his leadership/direction as it is his actual skills.
He would help with telling people where to be, when to go, when to stay. If he's not there, that might not be getting done as required, hence a run on. Potentially a system breakdown by a group that is still learning each other and the game plan due to high changeover.
If there was a tactical decision to give Cripps more bench time, it was bloody stupid to omit Hewitt - especially under the prevailing weather conditions.