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We led all day, except for two minutes, which was due to having no bench and some dodgy  umpiring when the umpires seem to become stimulated by the Blues surge, we had  more shots, clearly deserved to pull the game out of the fire, 

 

 

 

 

 
 
1 minute ago, bluey said:

We led all day, except for two minutes, which was due to having no bench and some dodgy  umpiring when the umpires seem to become stimulated by the Blues surge, we had  more shots, clearly deserved to pull the game out of the fire, 

 

 

 

 

We had the rub of the green most of the day from the umpires. They evened it up at the end but we can’t use umpiring as a reason we almost lost


Seems some on here would like us to go 0-22 every year.

We won. Beats losing every time. By a mile.

Was there really 55.5k in attendance? It was loud on the telly, how was it at the ground?

 

I was at the game - we completely dominated Carlton for 3 quarters. By half time, the game should have been over - instead, our inaccurate kicking and inability to stop them scoring immediately after our goals, kept them in it. In the end, it was a relief to get over the line, but we deserved the win.

I wasn’t aware that we were 3 rotations down in the last - only knew that TMac hadn’t returned - but some of our boys looked cooked, which would have helped Carlton’s momentum.

Our forward line without TMac tried hard, but really missed some grunt - Weid doesn’t seem close to dominating yet. It’ll be interesting to see if they keep Preuss in with Gawn as a resting forward: he did some good stuff today.

I noticed that we are starting to spread the ball much more now - maybe a change to the game plan? 

Otherwise, some great stuff, some terrible stuff: story of our season, really. Still - deserved the 4 points, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.


1 minute ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Was there really 55.5k in attendance? It was loud on the telly, how was it at the ground?

We were outnumbered. 

Moonie and I were illegally among Carlton members

What a bunch of [censored]  heads!

2 minutes ago, Ugottobekidding said:

Tmac meniscus tear... probably season o er but the season is over anyhow.

Is that confirmed?

So long as it’s not his ACL I don’t care. This season is dead anyway!

6 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Was there really 55.5k in attendance? It was loud on the telly, how was it at the ground?

It was a good crowd - loud especially in the last quarter, when Carlton came back into it. That horrible feeling and noise when the opposition is coming back on top of you!

13 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Was there really 55.5k in attendance? It was loud on the telly, how was it at the ground?

It that figure is correct ( who would doubt the honesty of the AFL) I reckon it was 50k Carlton and 5.5 MFC.

Edited by old dee

9 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

We were outnumbered. 

Moonie and I were illegally among Carlton members

What a bunch of [censored]  heads!

Yes, and when the going got tough you left me to fend off 15 Carlton supporters, mostly bald headed flogs


15 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

Seems some on here would like us to go 0-22 every year.

We won. Beats losing every time. By a mile.

I love winning, and I'm happy we won. So long as the euphoric feeling of beating the 2nd last team in the league (going through their latest rebuild) doesn't detract from the fact that the nature of today's win is reflective of the trouble we're in, and the questions that we need to ask. I appreciate that we're a few players down right now (as were they), but we bulldozed them last year, and squeaked through today.

But absolutely, I'll take the four points as long as we don't feel this was any significant step forward, as it wasn't. We have a long way to go.

 

1 minute ago, Moonshadow said:

Yes, and when the going got tough you left me to fend off 15 Carlton supporters, mostly bald headed flogs

I consider my person more valuable than yours Moonie 

2 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Yes, and when the going got tough you left me to fend off 15 Carlton supporters, mostly bald headed flogs

Are you sure they weren’t the umpires Moony?

16 minutes ago, 3183 Dee said:

I was at the game - we completely dominated Carlton for 3 quarters. By half time, the game should have been over - instead, our inaccurate kicking and inability to stop them scoring immediately after our goals, kept them in it. In the end, it was a relief to get over the line, but we deserved the win.

I wasn’t aware that we were 3 rotations down in the last - only knew that TMac hadn’t returned - but some of our boys looked cooked, which would have helped Carlton’s momentum.

Our forward line without TMac tried hard, but really missed some grunt - Weid doesn’t seem close to dominating yet. It’ll be interesting to see if they keep Preuss in with Gawn as a resting forward: he did some good stuff today.

I noticed that we are starting to spread the ball much more now - maybe a change to the game plan? 

Otherwise, some great stuff, some terrible stuff: story of our season, really. Still - deserved the 4 points, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Pretty much doing what every team has been doing since round 6.

Edited by Ugottobekidding

12 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Is that confirmed?

So long as it’s not his ACL I don’t care. This season is dead anyway!

Goodwind press conference... probably be a leg amputation by the end of the week.


17 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Is that confirmed?

So long as it’s not his ACL I don’t care. This season is dead anyway!

McDonald said scans tomorrow.

55 minutes ago, FireInTheBelly said:

Is Clayton Oliver the worst umpired footballer in the history of the game?

First it was calling his lightning handballs throws, and now he's held at every contest, rarely wins a free kick. I dare say he doesn't have much chance of ever winning a Brownlow.

Yep and the reason why is that every single umpire sees him as their alter ego. Gives a bit of cheek, but ah no can"t give this bloke a free coz he's too Blue collar with an aura of Brilliance . Unlike myself!! That's why I never played footy and became......... An umpire!

Nuf Said!

21 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

We were outnumbered. 

Moonie and I were illegally among Carlton members

What a bunch of [censored]  heads!

Wish I had of been there Uncle.... Sheeit maybe not. we might have ended up on assault charges. 

I.E Assaulting the I.Q of a rabid mob of those feeling entitled! As Kernaghan once said.

We are Carlton LOL !!!!

 
29 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Was there really 55.5k in attendance? It was loud on the telly, how was it at the ground?

Big loud crowd. Definitely more Carlton supporters who have a distinct lack of understanding the rules. At quarter time I moved to a more civilized area where I wasn't getting my seat kicked or having my hearing damaged.

Interestingly I was on the aisle and did not see any security whatsoever.

46 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

The might just not know which ones to call as he plays for them in every contest and complains about every single call.

 

They're paid to know.


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