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My 3 word player analysis V Carlton


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Gawn - dominated hit outs 

Oliver - dominant but wasteful 

Jordon - tackles with venom

Salem - maintained elite performance 

Langdon - some useful endeavor

McDonald - great first half

Harmes - bullocking and important 

Neal- Bullen - toughness a feature 

Brayshaw - one impressive quarter

Petracca - sufffering contract fatigue?

Hunt - run was impressive 

Lever - all Australian form

Fritsch - quiet but deadly

May - always so reliable 

Pickett - quiet but exciting 

Rivers - energetic and important 

Spargo - a clever footballer 

Hibberd - tough and uncompromising 

Weideman - not totally convincing 

Petty - did his job

Brown - dropped for Jackson

Chandler - little to commend

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8 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Gawn - dominated hit outs 

Oliver - dominant but wasteful 

Jordon - tackles with venom

Salem - maintained elite performance 

Langdon - some useful endeavor

McDonald - great first half

Harmes - bullocking and important 

Neal- Bullen - toughness a feature 

Brayshaw - one impressive quarter

Petracca - sufffering contract fatigue?

Hunt - run was impressive 

Lever - all Australian form

Fritsch - quiet but deadly

May - always so reliable 

Pickett - quiet but exciting 

Rivers - energetic and important 

Spargo - a clever footballer 

Hibberd - tough and uncompromising 

Weideman - not totally convincing 

Petty - did his job

Brown - dropped for Jackson

Chandler - little to commend

Trac 27 touch's good game , Bradshaw 26 touch's good game, my 3 for joeboy, only half right. Very bias views

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Gawn - held some marks

Oliver - more clearances please

Jordon - provides good pressure

Salem - continues impressive season

Langdon - always an asset

McDonald - excellent kicking accuracy

Harmes - holds his spot

Neal- Bullen - solid and reliable

Brayshaw - kicking is appauling

Petracca - learning his limits

Hunt - was better today

Lever - our most important

Fritsch - one important goal

May - beaten by McKay

Pickett - provides incredible run

Rivers - holds his own

Spargo - better each game

Hibberd - solid all game

Weideman - should kick those

Petty - covering Tomlinson nicely

Brown - provided a target

Chandler - is on notice

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Reckon T-Mac owes Brown at least 2 goals from today where he picked his pocket.

Weid provided some big contests in the first half including a big grab deep in the Carlton forward half.

The mix of T-Mac, Brown and Weid will be very difficult to nut out as there were multiple occasions where they led to the same spot and spoiled each other.

Also, not sure why it happened but what was Max doing drifting back in front of them?

 

 

 

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44 minutes ago, Northern Summer said:

Weideman definitely fits in better than Brown with our game plan and structure. Just more flexible.

He is FAR more versatile.

Applies more pressure, moves up and down the ground more/better, get's himself in more contests, is better under his knee's. 

The acquisition of BB after 2019 would've been a knee jerk reaction, but would've made sense.

The acquisition of BB after 2020 just didn't make any sense. 

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Another game we could have won by 10 goals . Have not looked at the stats but watching the game BOG to May and very even from there , a good team performance . Lever , Christian's , Kosi and 10 others impressive . The whole team looks strong and we out numbered them at most contests . Will check how many holding the ball decisions as felt I yelled ball a lot .

No DAM BELL RINGING before the game . Missed my AC/DC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1 hour ago, joeboy said:

 

Oliver - dominant but wasteful 

 

Brayshaw - one impressive quarter

 

 

A good summary, with a comment below:

Brayshaw/Oliver   -  if only they could kick. (5 words I know)

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20 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

A good summary, with a comment below:

Brayshaw/Oliver   -  if only they could kick. (5 words I know)

How about the following, Demon17?
 

Brayshaw/Oliver - Kicking practice please. 

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44 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

A great job.

Oliver..pinnacle of fitness.

Gus...very much improved.

 

No offence but you can't be serious.. Gus officially had 10 clangers today, only 1 tackle and just 66 ranking points (Oliver 140, Langdon 110 for scale).

That is a horrendous waste of 26 possessions.  I can't see how you can think he's possibly improved?

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Yes, Gus' disposal was wasteful, but I thought he was terrific today. 

Brown?  Needs some space.

If you play a forward like him deep, then they need the space to run in to on the lead.  Brown was not given that space and too often, our forwards spoiled each other.

To me, May and Lever were sensational.  Langdon good, but not up to his best.  Salem?  The backline general.  So underestimated.

Petracca?  Clearly, to me, he was playing sore.  That said, so much for my prediction that he would not play today.  Both Max and Kozzie are either carrying an injury, or they are just tired.  Neither were at their best.  Charlie Spargo?  I am loving his cameos more and more

We won and I am happy for that, but list 'management' will need to come soon, so that we are at our peak come finals time.

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I actually thought Oliver made a few very good short kicks inside 50 from congestion that hit targets and led to goals. Yet again, I feel like  he has been underrated by his very own supporters.

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5 hours ago, Ham said:

He is FAR more versatile.

Applies more pressure, moves up and down the ground more/better, get's himself in more contests, is better under his knee's. 

The acquisition of BB after 2019 would've been a knee jerk reaction, but would've made sense.

The acquisition of BB after 2020 just didn't make any sense. 

Don't speak too soon   We don't know what is up ahead!

WE have 30/32 players that are AFL worthy and some will vary vs different teams.

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10 hours ago, Males said:

How about the following, Demon17?
 

Brayshaw/Oliver - Kicking practice please. 

Much better,  and I think with Mark Williams we can fix this.

I just watch and constantly admire Oliver in particular but gee he could be more damaging. But he does his job in spades and courage and endeavour is first class.  Currenttly second in the Age voting.

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13 hours ago, BW511 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 hours ago, Forest Demon said:

I actually thought Oliver made a few very good short kicks inside 50 from congestion that hit targets and led to goals. Yet again, I feel like  he has been underrated by his very own supporters.

He's great.  I love him.  Just impatient for him to start hitting the scoreboard and tidying up his kicking.  He's a *ucking beast however.  And he's ours.

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Oliver's kicking needs some refinement. He has to decide whether he is a "long bomber" in which case the forwards should adjust or if the is to be a "straight passer" which will also require an adjustment. At the moment he/we are not sure. He has shown before that he can pass with long bombs but it requires the forwards to lead to space. 

As for Brayshaw. His kicking was poor but his kick selection was worse.  He should be reminded that the goals are the big sticks at the end of the ground, not in the grandstand, and kick in their direction. In fact most of the team should be reminded as too many kicks are directed deep into the pockets.

Salem is a gem. Lever and May, as a unit, are clearly the two best key positions backs I have seen for decades. Hunt, Hibbert, Petty and Rivers fill any and all gaps and Brayshaw and Langdon provide key support when needed. Roos' defensive planning finally coming to maturity.

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11 hours ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

I just wish Oliver would sort out his goalkicking.  It's the only aspect of his game that's missing. 

He’s a pretty fascinating player. So brilliant in a multitude of ways and so often on our best players lists, but I’d struggle to name a worse kick at the club than Oliver. 

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14 hours ago, Buzzy said:

No offence but you can't be serious.. Gus officially had 10 clangers today, only 1 tackle and just 66 ranking points (Oliver 140, Langdon 110 for scale).

That is a horrendous waste of 26 possessions.  I can't see how you can think he's possibly improved?

Improved no around the same mark he has always been at but in the past the club have excepted it. As we get to to the pointy end in a year when we are a real threat there will come a point when they they will have to make a change. To win big matches under pressure you cant carry guys like this.

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