Carlton Supporters Club

Quote from: blueboys_1 – on May 29, 2026, 10:54:06 pm

Listening to the ABC broadcast and they said that Carlton kept their shape and composer and did not allow Geelong the space that they like. I have not seen the game yet so would like a rundown of what they did well and how the game plan has changed or what is been executed better under Josh since he took over?

In a word.....pressure.

Players were running contest to contest. Didn't allow Geelong time to breathe.

Geelong were doing the normal 15m chip kicks to free players, the second they took the mark, there was a bloke there.
Normally, they'd be trailing and casually coming to the mark.
We didn't give them any time or space. As a result, they made more mistakes than they may have otherwise....some under very little pressure, but because we were constantly up in their face, they expected it and were rushed.

Cowan playing on Jezza Cameron all game was something nobody was expecting, while Jezza still kicked 3-4, Cowan won plenty of contests and allowed us to free up Weitering a bit more.

But overall, it was simply pressure.

Ison is a smart footballer. Several times he had a quick tap rather than a gather and then be tackled.

I would really like to see him and Moir in the side together who plays with similar vision and flair.
Those 2 working together could yield some magic similar to the krakour brothers from back in the day.

There was one bloke who wasn't feeling it like the rest of us.  

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There is a fair bit of wailing and gnashing of teeth over the "goal that wasn't" amongst Geelong folk and some media commentators.
"Cost them the game"
There was deflection, on the part of Scott, who "didn't want to dwell on it" all through the parts of his press conference that I saw.

If that had occurred in the last minute of the game that might have had some validity, even then Cripps probably would have bobbed up and kicked two instead of one  

But occurring when it did, it opened up "multiple universes" where a whole range of results became possible.

Ruck contests went about 2/3rds pitto 1/3 harry.
Taps to advantage was 10 to 1 though.
Harry did some work on the ground and i highlighted as much in game. But pure ruckwork he is a long way behind.

Swap put pitto for reidy and we lose that game.

Quote from: Lods – on Today at 10:49:41 am

There was one bloke who wasn't feeling it like the rest of us.  

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1509359814221775

I listened to MMM just before half time.
BT and Montagna both basically saying Geelong was cruising - in fact at half time BT said gee not a great game for Cats, Blues are being stubborn.  We had just kicked 4 to 2 i believe. Then they said youd expect Geelong to go on with it here 🤪 like commentate without bias. Sick of listening to such poor commentating

Did anyone see better vision of Cripps’ goal? Was it close to
Missing or did it go straight thru the middle?

Quote from: Baggers – on Today at 10:31:59 am

Relentless. Never dropped our heads. Tackling pressure - magnificent. Kids through to leaders - bravo. To C Scott and his whining - get st*ffed.

Scott knows how to play the media and that wanker Ralph who thinks he knows something about the game. I didn't mind Scotts interview after the game, he carried on not really saying much or anything apart from the non goal ad nauseum. He protects his players and the opposition players as if they exist in another universe.

I'm not aware of any vision, but Hayward said after the game that he was worried because he thought it looked skinny. Also, if you notice the goal umpire runs quickly to his right as the ball sails through the goals, so i don't think it was right through the middle.