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1 hour ago, BDA said:

went to bed after watching 3 quarters. I slept like a baby.

I wish I did that. 

50 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

1.5M a year between 'em. Amazing. Throw in McGovern and you have the price of a bedsitter in the back streets of Bondi Beach.

Or an over the top Bathing Box on a Port Phillip Bay beach with no aircon, no power and hotter than the Sahara in Summer

 
10 hours ago, YearOfTheDees said:

Three Brownlow votes for Cripps tonight, didn't do anything but thats never stopped the Umps before.

Stiff competition from Dusty... who also did nothing... but is Dusty.

13 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Stiff competition from Dusty... who also did nothing... but is Dusty.

Hey but if Dusty gets back to his best they might win the whole entire premiership according to some!

Edited by layzie


13 hours ago, BoBo said:

Wait, he missed anyway but the umpire didn’t bring back dusty in line with the mark???? So players can choose their own line of goal now?

Dusty is allowed to. Nobody else though.

The best aspect about this result is not only that both teams miss out on two valuable premiership points but also that it instills great doubt in Carlton players and fans that they'll be any  good in pressure moments in future.

1 hour ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

1.5M a year between 'em. Amazing. Throw in McGovern and you have the price of a bedsitter in the back streets of Bondi Beach.

Throw in Zac Williams as well.

 
52 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Stiff competition from Dusty... who also did nothing... but is Dusty.

Cripps threw the ball 3 times for no whistle. Dropped it at least another 3 times, for no whistle.

Don’t let anyone ever tell you that the umpires don’t have favourites.

That said, he is a great player.

I'm not quite as negative on the overall game as some here are. If I were from either of these supporters bases, apart from having less teeth and a larger belly, I would be:

  • Richmond supporter - very worried that they're staring at an abyss over the next few years.
  • Carlton supporter - encouraged by the performance of their youngsters: De Koning, Cowan, Hollands.

10 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

Ninthmond, naturally!

Ahhh, remember the good old days...

3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Huge out for the Bombers if serious.

 

crocodile GIF by Harmonie Aupetit

Nothing about Peter personally, everything against Essendon as a club.

Edited by TRIGON

4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Huge out for the Bombers if serious.

 

Enter, the Weid

What deciduous schadenfreude if both Tigers and Blues were to miss the finals by half a game.  🤗🤗🤗


17 minutes ago, monoccular said:

What deciduous schadenfreude if both Tigers and Blues were to miss the finals by half a game.  🤗🤗🤗

I hope they finnish R23 where they most likely will start afterR1   9th and 10th.

Pretty much what your suggesting.

Edited by Deebauched

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

Or an over the top Bathing Box on a Port Phillip Bay beach with no aircon, no power and hotter than the Sahara in Summer

True but at least thats something you can use in September.

I get he is at StKilda working & probably a bit salty how he left Carlton but surely he could have swallowed his pride & had a photo with his son for his 100th. The family photo looks a tad awkward without SOS there.

Surely he's a father first, especially with the family history with Carlton 

6 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I get he is at StKilda working & probably a bit salty how he left Carlton but surely he could have swallowed his pride & had a photo with his son for his 100th. The family photo looks a tad awkward without SOS there.

Surely he's a father first, especially with the family history with Carlton 

I heard SOS was watching a VFL practice game as part of his role at St Kilda and didn't get to the G until about when the game started. 


I thought Carlton lacked structure in its gameplan last night with Richmond continuing its helter skelter gameplan.

Geelong and Collingwood gameplans are/were very different. I wonder which one will succeed this evening

18 hours ago, layzie said:

Doesn't make sense though Binman. Rd 1, all the hard yards in pre season, shouldn't they be in ripping nick?

Sure. 

But the way that game was played, with the ball in constant motion and players having to run back and forward all game is incredibly taxing.

As you suggest, neither team will be in as good a nick at any future point in the season as they are right now.  Which is a key reason why, based on how both failed to run out the game, i don't think either team will make the 8 . 

The game plan most teams will employ this season requires all 22 players to be at, or close to peak fitness. That only happens if almost all players have uninterrupted, unhindered January and February preseasons and miss very few (ideally none) sessions are missed.  

And of course, even if that happens some teams, like us, will have superior athletes and potentially superior training programs. Maybe some teams do more endurance work or put in more ks. Such teams will have a fitness advantage.

I don't know how the tiger's preseason went - did many players miss sessions or couldn't get the clicks in? They looked to run out of puff late in quarter against us and were spent at the end of last nights game. Doesn't augur well. 

There was an article Andy put up in late Jan tracking how each club was traveling injury wise and it noted Carlton had multiple players struggle with injury (in addition to Walsh and Wiliams who were rehabbing) and i presume missed sessions.

Maybe that's why they looked to slow the game down as much as possible and make it a kick mark game (ie they know they have not achieved optimal fitness)?

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