Post Match Discussion - Round 9

[Deemania since 56 6,119]

2 hours ago, Dappa Dan said:

I'm picky with my puns. There can't be that much work in it. There's a fine line between a great pun/wordplay and just a dad joke.

Maguire cannot think straight with worry - Queen's Birthday is going to be a Demon rollercoaster and he knows it! 

 

Just now, Petraccattack said:

Here are the votes from The Age

Votes
J. Melksham (Melb) 8
T. McDonald (Melb) 8
N. Jones (Melb) 7
A. Neal-Bullen (Melb) 7
M. Gawn (Melb) 7

These are the best possible images for supporters that watched the game. Highly commendable across the field, all day. 

[What 18,810]

If only Max has kicked straight in Round 1....   not only would we be 7-2 , but the Cats who are currently 8th would be 12th with a 4-5 record.

Damn it Maxy!   But you have made up for it since, big time.

[Deemania since 56 6,119]

4 hours ago, don't make me angry said:

The difference? 5 soft free kicks.

Why do the umpires (supported by the lip-flapper commentators) continue to award inappropriate free kicks to players like Cripps, Dangerfield, Ablett, .... and so the list goes on. How many times were the MFC players held when contesting, pushed in the back, screened when positioning? I gave up the count in the first quarter yet it continued all game. 

[Deemania since 56 6,119]

3 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

If only Max has kicked straight in Round 1....   not only would we be 7-2 , but the Cats who are currently 8th would be 12th with a 4-5 record.

Damn it Maxy!   But you have made up for it since, big time.

And the Hawks are down on their game this weekend, as well, despite incredible coaching. Reckon the injuries at the Crows will be highly significant in our win next weekend - and it is time to play Garlett for that one.

[In Harmes Way 7,477]

31 minutes ago, CBDees said:

Wouldn’t mind seeing our percentage based on the last four games only!

519 - 261 : 198.8%

[Dee Zephyr 17,296]

32 minutes ago, low flying Robbo said:

Is Jed Lamb always such a d!ck or was he putting on a show yesterday?

Whatever it was, the Dees faithful behind the goals at the Ponsford were rightly giving it to him big time with those ridiculous antics every time they kicked a goal in the first quarter. We loved the “ let’s play ball “ attitude from our boys early on.

[John Crow Batty 8,217]

Our relentless inside 50’s are starting to pay off. It’s like a tidal surge. Kicking big numbers,  Marks inside 50 once a weakness are best in the comp even better than WC who have potent big forwards. 

[Demon17 4,519]

20 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Whatever it was, the Dees faithful behind the goals at the Ponsford were rightly giving it to him big time with those ridiculous antics every time they kicked a goal in the first quarter. We loved the “ let’s play ball “ attitude from our boys early on.

Carlton people I was sitting with said he is and had little time for him,  and that the Blues  seem to be trying to ' hide' him on the field at the minute. Good summary comment

 

 

[Robbie57 1,990]

Monday and I want to talk about the footy, strange feeling.

[jackaub 1,402]

Also great to see Hannan and  Fritter contribute 

Tackles links and goal assists

We have a lot of Talent forward this year

These two are a little unsung but I love watching them

They will have very good seasons

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

1 minute ago, jackaub said:

Also great to see Hannan and  Fritter contribute 

Tackles links and goal assists

We have a lot of Talent forward this year

These two are a little unsung but I love watching them

They will have very good seasons

Fritsch is becoming elite.

[Diamond_Jim 11,670]

5 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Fritsch is becoming elite.

For a player who only has one year of VFL under his belt he looks as though he belongs on an AFL field.

Together with Brayshaw they have added so much to the team.

[Demon Dynasty 15,160]

16 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Fritsch is becoming elite.

 

7 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

For a player who only has one year of VFL under his belt he looks as though he belongs on an AFL field.

Together with Brayshaw they have added so much to the team.

The beatifully weighted kick to hit Big M on the chest in the 3rd, off the right foot through traffic ?

[Hellish Inferno 992]

11 hours ago, Farmer said:

Don't think so. I believe that our win in R6 of 2004 was by a few points more

We won that by 105

https://afltables.com/afl/teams/carlton/gamer.html

[Deemania since 56 6,119]

26 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Fritsch is becoming elite.

Interesting you say so ... he is adapting to this level really well. I'd like to see him given some protection, at times, otherwise he is likely to get hurt - but rebounds quickly, so far. His skills are elite.

[Deemania since 56 6,119]

11 hours ago, willmoy said:

There was something different about our Game Plan after half time but i cannot put my finger on it , anyone know what it was?

More deliberate kicking across shorter distances, to a man finding space - the team triangulated a little, providing two flankers for every lead - and that was tremendously difficult for Carlton's youth to keep pace with - and it provided double the options we had to receive fwd set-ups. The backline pressed on, drew Carlton fwds out and also found space about the ground; their opponents also had difficulty keeping pace, manning up and winning the ball. 

[daisycutter 28,429]

2 hours ago, low flying Robbo said:

Is Jed Lamb always such a d!ck or was he putting on a show yesterday?

always

[daisycutter 28,429]

18 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

 

The beatifully weighted kick to hit Big M on the chest in the 3rd, off the right foot through traffic ?

we are getting quite a few players who can kick on either side - brayshaw, jones, fritsch, melksham..............

[Caligula's cohort 1,014]

Charlie Spargo - 4 games for 4 wins. What a great start to a footy career! 

[rjay 23,846]

3 hours ago, low flying Robbo said:

Is Jed Lamb always such a d!ck or was he putting on a show yesterday?

Interesting you say that...

I noticed a lot of Carlton players trying to sledge, niggle and psych out ours early.

Seemed to be some type of tactic to get under our skins but we didn't want to play that game.

We're growing up.

[Willmoy1947 3,758]

38 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

More deliberate kicking across shorter distances, to a man finding space - the team triangulated a little, providing two flankers for every lead - and that was tremendously difficult for Carlton's youth to keep pace with - and it provided double the options we had to receive fwd set-ups. The backline pressed on, drew Carlton fwds out and also found space about the ground; their opponents also had difficulty keeping pace, manning up and winning the ball. 

When you're winning you always look a lot fitter, strange feeling??

[beelzebub 22,225]

16 minutes ago, rjay said:

Interesting you say that...

I noticed a lot of Carlton players trying to sledge, niggle and psych out ours early.

Seemed to be some type of tactic to get under our skins but we didn't want to play that game.

We're growing up.

There was a sense of group niggle wasn't there.  Unsure whether instructed or just a thing but they were just as inept with this as they were with the football !

Oh...JL ...IS..  an absolute dh.  Even some of those with me yesterday...(family..partners ) who are Blues were groaning !!!

Mind you..  there was a lot of groaning from them ?????

[Mazer Rackham 14,968]

This posted on the Carlton bigfooty game day thread, at half time ... before the full horror of the experience dawned ...

"We're actually all over them. People will no doubt blame Jones for a lot of this but he's not the guy turning the ball over in areas that put him out of position. That's killing us. Melb are not impressive."

[Dante 2,562]

Carlton will never get back on track until they confront their demons and admit they tanked, the beacon of their tanking is Kruze.

They've also taken all the scraps that GWS were throwing out hoping that they would get back quickly, well that didn't work. We have four ex GWS players and none of them played on the weekend.

I remember once that their then President John Elliot said "Carlton don't rebuild", he got that right.

 

[Ouch! 2,034]

Great weekend for the Dees with both VFL and AFL.

Big margin, and the kicking for goal was very accurate, but looking back on it, Petracca badly missed his first, I think Spargo missed a couple of set shots and TMac missed that last one... that margin could have been huge.

Also in reference to people being disappointed that we are going to play in Alice and the Blues get a friday night game.... the twisted side of me says thats a great outcome. Put the spotlight VERY firmly on the blues, I can guarantee that they will not get many if any Friday night matches next year, should not have received the number that they have this year, we on the other hand just need to get on with the next game! Next years fixture will look after itself based on the teams performances this year!

A little over those in the media who are still trying to justify how we are playing by pointing to 'an incredibly soft run over the last four weeks' and that the club cannot be 'trusted' yet. You can only play who the schedule puts in front of you, and given the club last year was slammed for losing easy matches that they should have won, I don't know what else they want?

Anyway, really looking forward to the clash with Adelaide, and I think another 4 quarter effort should see us win, especially with how they have been hit hard with injuries.