NON-MFC: Rd 08 2023

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,705]

1 hour ago, YearOfTheDees said:

Carlton need a coach. Voss might have been a great player but he is not a coach.

 

1 hour ago, monoccular said:

Voss, Hird, Buckley in the same boat.

Sheeze - Buckley had a premiership in the bag with 90 seconds on the clock. Average (ish) side at his disposal. Recon he can coach. Odds on to be at GCS I recon - and deliver a finals appearance.

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,705]

1 hour ago, monoccular said:

Richo is really just about as dumb as BT - the entire commentary is moronic bloke banter.  Unfortunately this season I have been unable to sync digital, direct or AFL app radio commentary.

"If Carlton get a goal they will be 27 points down - they are now 33 down, BT".  WOW.

Boofheads Inc.

[Wodjathefirst 2,625]

58 minutes ago, Wodjathefirst said:

Best part of the game?  Hearing that Carlscum supporters began leaving the ground at 3/4 time

I’m so sorry. I was wrong. My understanding now is that they began leaving mid way through the third quarter. Even better.

[layzie 32,786]

I'm so disappointed with Carlton, turning out to be a soft centred flat track disgrace 

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,705]

50 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Carlton have not improved one iota since the departures of Teague and Bolts.

Numerous top 10 picks, players traded in Cerra, Saad, Newman, Mcgovern, Pittonet etc.

Same old 5hit on repeat from this club.

Good points @YesitwasaWin4theAges. Footy isn't that complicated. Good footballers make a good coach, great footballers make a great coach. Truth is, Carltank haven't got that many good footballers, let alone great ones. Like numerous other clubs, WCE, Ninethmond and Flogmantle spring to mind, they are paying the wrong players the wrong money. Serves them right.

Most clubs have an inability to accurately assess the quality of their list. Been going on for 100 years. I once heard a very respected senior coach say he didn't get a new job at another club because he told the selection panel that their listed sucked and he'd have to undertake a renovation. That mob is still nowhere near it.

One of the reasons I respect Goody (and I used to be a critic), after 2019 he saw the list needed serious renovation and pruned hard and fast. Spring and summer arrived very quickly after that treatment.

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[Winners at last 5,150]

Payne from the Lions is a seriously good player.

[DutchDemons 1,423]

My brother is a big Carlton fan. He went to the match today with his 7 year old son. They had the following exchange:

Son: “I think this is the worst game of football I have ever seen”

Father: “It’s definitely the most frustrating”

Son: “Every game I’ve ever watched is frustrating”

Father “It’s the curse of being a Carlton supporter, mate”

I am so glad kids growing up these days watching the Dees don’t need to go through that anymore.

[Demon Dynasty 17,091]

6 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

What's Mitch Robinson holding up? A participation medal?

Pretty sure it was a chocolate gold coin from last year's royal show

[Rab D Nesbitt 8,104]

1 hour ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Pretty sure it was a chocolate gold coin from last year's royal show

Mmmmmm.....chocolate.

[picket fence 16,644]

9 hours ago, Ouch! said:

Have to say Harry McKay is one of the laziest forwards, just watch how far he trails behind people when the opposition has the ball, and even when the contest is near, he is a witches hat! 

Also Carlton are too scared to take a risk into the corridor, everything is out wide and down the wings, and Brisbane are just waiting, dumb football. 

Cripps was garbage,I still dont acknowledge him as a worthy or Bonafide Brownlow winner

[picket fence 16,644]

8 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Love the vision of all the Carlton mongs in the crowd frothing at the mouth. 

Got any pics Rab??

[BDA 22,253]

Carlton have doggies, pies, swans and us in their next 4. I don't think they're favourites for any of those games. 

wouldn't it be great if they lost 5 in a row. Certainly, would be fun to watch.

[Kent 2,859]

21 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

• bluebaggers?
• tiggas
• puddy tatts
• us
• footscray?
• flagmantle
• pear
• filth?
• aints

only a few uncertainties this round you'd think, but there's always a chance for upsets

gc17's home record worries me, but their 'outs' are significant - weller is a far, far better player than he gets credit for being 

Woke up to a wonderful day for the Swans cold and wet

This weather will suit them and they love a slog

[Whispering_Jack 29,176]

4 minutes ago, Kent said:

Woke up to a wonderful day for the Swans cold and wet

This weather will suit them and they love a slog

Pies to win that one with a goal seven seconds before the siren. Take it to the bank.

[Lucifers Hero 38,968]

Carlton are largely a group of talented players or high priced trades (and except for Saad the trades are not living up to the hype nor their price tag. The whole team is pretty much playing their own game and leave the hard work to others. 

They lack cohesion and don't understand the meaning of teamwork or selfless play. 

If they get their act together ie work harder defensively and work for each other, they can be a good team. 

Right now, too many have had it too easy for too long.

[Leopold Bloom 309]

Sliding doors. Voss coach of Carlton. McRae coach of Collingwood.

What might have been if it was the other way around.

[Demon17 5,047]

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Cripps was garbage,I still dont acknowledge him as a worthy or Bonafide Brownlow winner

I think Lachie Neale would agree with you.

One new finals team must drop out of the 8 next week to maintain the usual historical positon of new finalists after Round 9.  Saints, Crows and Port deserve a shot this year and look like being well coached to get there.

Carlton the one to miss this year I suspect.

Fallout will be fascinating.

[Rab D Nesbitt 8,104]

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Got any pics Rab??

Hey PF. The cameraman at the game last night kept panning in on them during the last quarter. I guess 20+ years of stymied self entitlement are starting to show. 

[Billy 2,460]

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Cripps was garbage,I still dont acknowledge him as a worthy or Bonafide Brownlow winner

Very poor man’s Clarry

[Redleg 40,059]

9 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

 

Sheeze - Buckley had a premiership in the bag with 90 seconds on the clock. Average (ish) side at his disposal. Recon he can coach. Odds on to be at GCS I recon - and deliver a finals appearance.

I don’t think he wants to Coach again, as he is enjoying the softer life in the media.

[Smokey 4,345]

Carlton are not a September quality side. Their bottom 6 players are horrible and their  method is so predictable. 
 

[Dee Zephyr 19,146]

Carlton are simply not skilled enough to play ‘cute’ footy. Saad the biggest culprit.

[bush demon 1,989]

26 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I don’t think he wants to Coach again, as he is enjoying the softer life in the media.

It's amazing what a little push in the back on GF day can achieve.

[ElDiablo14 4,906]

2 hours ago, BDA said:

Carlton have doggies, pies, swans and us in their next 4. I don't think they're favourites for any of those games. 

wouldn't it be great if they lost 5 in a row. Certainly, would be fun to watch.

Just don't lose more than Freo 😉

[Maldonboy38 6,379]

25 minutes ago, Smokey said:

Carlton are not a September quality side. Their bottom 6 players are horrible and their  method is so predictable. 
 

This sums it up. Their bottom 6 don't run both ways, but I last night the defensive run by the experienced Blues midfield was sub standard. I thought Kennedy showed them up in this regard when he came on. So many times the Lions streamed into their forward 50 with a gathering of Blues players jogging in behind them. 

The biggest hole for the blues is their defence. Weitering aside (I love watching this bloke play) the other 5 seems to lack presence and impact.