Good that he kicked it but watching that, the pass to Dursma was probably the best option.
Need to lock down on Oliver and dees midfield is pretty weak without trac.
Weāre clearly still a developing side. However I think itās a good sign to win in a different way. We have usually beaten sides by winning contested possessions and i50s, whereas yesterday was an uncontested possession based game with clearly a different focus.
Iām sure next week we will get back to the contested-ball gamestyle as this seems to work well against Geelong
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Heās always playing the negating/pressure role on the oppositionās primary ball mover in the defensive line. And heās been doing a great job at it, whether theyāre small or tall.
Also, I would have said we were playing 2 smalls with Hind there as well.
Judging by the number of players doubled over when the final siren blew, and the lower number of tackles and general pressure in the game, I think we were a bit flat coming back from the bye, which I was expecting.
Hopefully, with one game into our players returning from injury, and having got the game after the bye out of the way, and having worked through the sickness we had in some players in the few weeks leading up to the bye, we will see a return to the intensity we saw in our game earlier in the year.
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Some pearl clutching in this thread.
In hindsight STOKED we won by scoring more on transition.
Previously our strengths had been score from stoppage. So to have a plan B and execute it well enough to manufacture a 5 goal win is fantastic.
Sure can complain we didnāt capitalise on clearances for goals, but we have done that beforeā¦so can do it again.
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I think hes tracking for the crows. His mrs was up on level 3 GA for some reason and sat next to us, i asked how hes going and she said so far so good, looking for the crows as of now.
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I had a typical Carlton nuff nuff supporter say this to me last week at workā¦
āYou guys are sh*t bro, youāve had an easy drawā
I proceeded to tell him that we went interstate 5 times in our first 12 games.
That adds to the degree of difficulty.
He then tells me he will put $50 on WC because they pushed us last year.
I said youāre throwing your money away.
Ifā¦IF he could have shut his stupid gob for 1 millisecond, I would have advised him to take the line as we seldom smash lower teams.
He would have collectedā¦just.
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Imagine if betting companies wanted a close game not a blow out.
Good point.
I completely forgot about Hind.
He was almost non-existent.
Maybe there was a bit of flatness off the bye.
But I think the setup just made it look even worse than it did.
Last year out of the bye, we played poorly against Freo. Then played admirably against Port (I actually think that was our best āpatternā of play all year) then the freewheeling Adelaide game before the wheels fell off the remainder of the season.
The next month of footy is going to setup how we finish the season. Fingers crossed itās far better than last year.
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not to excuse these numbers, but i donāt remember there being a lot of loose ball in our f50 compared to normal. most entries either they marked it or we did. or we scored.
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Having Martin forward definitely helped our kicks inside 50. 2MP also added a couple of good passes inside 50 after starting in the ruck.
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Itās not putting him down to say that he is not performing to the level that most of us had hoped a #1 draft pick would achieve
That is so pointless now.
There was no Weitering, or Harley Reid, or even a JHF in that Draft.
Would we be incrementally better with Clug or Taranto instead ?..maybe
Weāve got a very good player though who would walk into every other AFL side.
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yeah sure, butā¦ whereās the joy in that?
that aināt gonna give us a penta-gif ensemble
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Ever noticed that many FC fans are the product of cousins marrying?
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Yep.
Thatās pretty much my gripe.
Remember the press conference after the Carlton game? Scott was asked about forward 50 entries and kicking for goal. He said it could be fixed but you donāt know what result you get out of it.
We saw the result we got from it when we try and fix it (you could argue we went a bit too far with it). A lack of forward pressure and transition by opponents out of our forward line was met with very little resistance.
Not only is Twitter devoid of intelligence, you actually lose your intelligence just reading the ā ā ā ā ā ā ā garbage on there
Itās basically an online mental asylum with headcases screaming into the wind
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You know itās a Carlton supporter when they finish a sentence with ābroā
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Ridley was worse than Mcgrath he played with zero intensity.
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