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Sad part is Elijah has been our bedt player this year.

Got back not long ago. Not happy. Another game we threw away.

[1] At least we did come back after we'd been pounded in the first 8 minutes of the last quarter. The result should have been a draw, although we were the better team for all but about 8 minutes.

[2] We seriously need a new coach. I'm sure we'll get one at season's end. We were out-coached when it mattered by half a Collingwood side. Why? We do not learn. If we can see the issues we have for more than a year, and none of them appear to have been addressed, you ask what the problem is.

[3] I am seriously disappointed with Talor Byrne tonight. He did some good thing, promising things, but when it mattered he really failed to stand up. Three shots at goal from no more than 40 m for 2 points, including the last, when it mattered, were critical.
Unfortunately, he wasn't alone. H kicked 1 goal 4 after dominating his position. That just isn't good enough for a professional key forward.
I don't want to dump on Matt Carroll, because he played a good game, but in the last quarter he had a couple of shots for nothing. He is normally a good kick, but he really missed when it was important.
Brodie Kemp: kicks the hard ones, but can't kick them from 20 out directly in front.

[4] I don't want to touch the Elijah Hollands matter. I've had anxiety issues: when it is really bad, you can't get out of bed, let alone play decent football. If he was that screwed up, we should never have played him. Flynn Young was available.

[5] Ollie Hollands is not a run-with player. he was given the job and came up really short. Daicos killed him when it mattered. His last quarter was like Walsh's 1st quarter last week: the difference.
We need very badly to recruit or develop a really athletic run-with player who can keep the opposition's best mids out of the game. At the moment, we don't have one.
Lord sometimes get the job, and he can do it well against anyone is similar speed. He wouldn't have been the match-up for Nick Daicos.
Losing Cincotta has really hurt us.

[6] I'm not sure if it all about our coaching, but our players can be seriously stupid sometimes.
(a) Lachie Cowan had some moment tonight that were just diabolical. Instead of taking the first option, he ran himself into trouble and screwed up.
(b) Adam Cerra wasn't far behind him. His decision making under pressure was dreadful, as was his kicking. He panicked, and it cost us goals.
(c) Kemp also stood out, fumbling marks he was taking early, falling over his own feet ... I just don't want to think about the rest.
(d) Although he wasn't bad tonight, H can be like that. He goes to ground too easily too often and his decision making can be dreadful. But tonight he was pretty good, but for his kicking. he needs to go back and get his kicking right before he loses us another game.

[7] Free kick to H, directly in front in the last quarter? Of course not. He's taken off with concussion and he doesn't get a too-high free.
I could go on about the umpires, but I've written enough about these guys. I'm over them. When we play well enough, we can go back to ignoring the stupid decisions they make.

[8] We probably lost the game by depending of Lewis Young as a 2nd ruck. I thought he wasn't bad, for the most part, but he was slaughtered in the ruck. It was the difference between winning and losing.

[9] I know Pitto works like a Trojan every week, but other rucks can lift in the last quarter and change the game. Pitto can't. When Steene got on top for those first 8 minutes, Collingwood got the ball out of middle quickly and we couldn't stop them.

Great post
Michael Voss has only survived because 3 (can’t kick for goal), 5 (no run with player with pace/strength), 6(repeated poor decision making) and 9 (no ruck man) is what he’s working with.

Arguably 5 could be addressed by a good system/coach but we’re a mess. A good side would have smashed Collingwood tonight.

Arguably 5 could be addressed by a good system/coach but we’re a mess. A good side would have smashed Collingwood tonight.

Quote from: JonDorotich – on Today at 07:13:34 am

Great post
Michael Voss has only survived because 3 (can’t kick for goal), 5 (no run with player with pace/strength), 6(repeated poor decision making) and 9 (no ruck man) is what he’s working with.

Arguably 5 could be addressed by a good system/coach but we’re a mess. A good side would have smashed Collingwood tonight.

We are bottom 4 if not bottom 2.

I normally dont post when Im angry and emotional but that one will just about see me out. We are just a terrible football side with zero ability to close out a game. Oppo know we will crap the bed, we supporters know it and most sad of all, the players know it.
At the start of the last quarter, we had our "best" quartet in the centre and we got taken to the cleaners by a novice ruckman and N Daicos three times in a row. It's at that point that I got up and left in utter disgust. I have been patient and said I'd stay the course but I dont think I can any more. This is not the Carlton I grew up adoring.

Feel your pain, brother GTC. At this stage, we're a shell of the club we grew up with and the brunt of way too many jokes.

Quote from: LordLucifer – on April 16, 2026, 10:45:00 pm

Just found this online, have a look and you tell me ......... is Hollands off his dial here ??

https://x.com/tommorris32/status/2044752407306109009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2044752407306109009%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=

This explains the 0 stats IMO.

Pinging, for sure.    Send him back to rehab.    Another CFC  recruiting success story.    Voss and Austin need to get their resumes ready..       This club is a fn basket case.

The more I think about out season, the more laughable it becomes. Not only did we capitulate again, we manage to find new ways to shine the spotlight on ourselves and embarrass our club even further. To play a guy whose welfare was clearly compromised is a new low for me. You just could not make this stuff up if you tried. Spare a thought for Ollie as well here, he is watching this from the front row and must be heartbreaking for him.