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Gawn - overwhelmed and outplayed

Viney - disappointing and carelessĀ 

Petracca - couldnā€™t lift team

Oliver - disposals regularly amateurishĀ 

May - dominated his opponentĀ 

Salem - tentative and loose

Rivers - lacked expected drive

Langdon - continued disappointing year

McVee - calm under pressureĀ 

Pickett - hard to rate

Lever - controlled the defenseĀ 

Spargo - some deft touches

Chandler - little impact againĀ 

Fritsch - just some cameosĀ 

McDonald - couldnā€™t justify selectionĀ 

Neal-Bullen - seemingly no role

Tomlinson - effective albeit loose

Bowey - poor under pressureĀ 

Hunter - couldnā€™t provide connectionĀ 

Smith - provided some energy

Jordan - had no influenceĀ 

Sparrow - an almost gameĀ 

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May - held us together

Spargo - red hot go

Smith - best marking Ā forward

Umpire 22. - repeatedly crucifies MelbourneĀ 

Edited by monoccular

 
19 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Gawn - overwhelmed and outplayed

Viney - disappointing and carelessĀ 

Petracca - couldnā€™t lift team

Oliver - disposals regularly amateurishĀ 

May - dominated his opponentĀ 

Salem - tentative and loose

Rivers - lacked expected drive

Langdon - continued disappointing year

McVee - calm under pressureĀ 

Pickett - hard to rate

Lever - controlled the defenseĀ 

Spargo - some deft touches

Chandler - little impact againĀ 

Fritsch - just some cameosĀ 

McDonald - couldnā€™t justify selectionĀ 

Neal-Bullen - seemingly no role

Tomlinson - effective albeit loose

Bowey - poor under pressureĀ 

Hunter - couldnā€™t provide connectionĀ 

Smith - provided some energy

Jordan - had no influenceĀ 

Sparrow - an almost gameĀ 

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Just about nailed it.

Thing is... sometimes the description is seen as unnecessarily patronising or remonstrative....

But this is actually just very...matter of fact.

This is what they were.Ā 

Have no doubt they played their guts out...

But...Ā  Ā no chocolates...Ā  Ā 

Umpires- dirty [censored] cheats


27 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Gawn - overwhelmed and outplayed

Viney - disappointing and carelessĀ 

Petracca - couldnā€™t lift team

Oliver - disposals regularly amateurishĀ 

May - dominated his opponentĀ 

Salem - tentative and loose

Rivers - lacked expected drive

Langdon - continued disappointing year

McVee - calm under pressureĀ 

Pickett - hard to rate

Lever - controlled the defenseĀ 

Spargo - some deft touches

Chandler - little impact againĀ 

Fritsch - just some cameosĀ 

McDonald - couldnā€™t justify selectionĀ 

Neal-Bullen - seemingly no role

Tomlinson - effective albeit loose

Bowey - poor under pressureĀ 

Hunter - couldnā€™t provide connectionĀ 

Smith - provided some energy

Jordan - had no influenceĀ 

Sparrow - an almost gameĀ 

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ANB was enormous.Ā 

1 minute ago, Clintosaurus said:

Umpires- dirty [censored] cheats

Umpires - toe company (afl) line

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Gawn - Battled all game

Viney - one fatal kick

Petracca - decent game only

Oliver - almost kicked sealer

May - dominated his opponentĀ 

Salem - tough and effectiveĀ 

Rivers - tried his best

Langdon - only did running

McVee - calm under pressureĀ 

Pickett - one of best

Lever - very good game

Spargo - very good game

Chandler - little impact againĀ 

Fritsch - uncharacteristic misses costlyĀ 

McDonand- was barely sightedĀ 

Neal-Bullen - ran all day

Tomlinson - justified his selectionĀ 

Bowey - costly fumble late

Hunter - far from worstĀ 

Smith - good first half

Jordan - big shoes unfilled

Sparrow - in the bests

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Edited by DemonWA


2 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Straight Sets Simon - Forgot about sub

Yep and like the 2018 prelim he probably wonā€™t review it !

50 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Gawn - overwhelmed and outplayed

Viney - disappointing and carelessĀ 

Petracca - couldnā€™t lift team

Oliver - disposals regularly amateurishĀ 

May - dominated his opponentĀ 

Salem - tentative and loose

Rivers - lacked expected drive

Langdon - continued disappointing year

McVee - calm under pressureĀ 

Pickett - hard to rate

Lever - controlled the defenseĀ 

Spargo - some deft touches

Chandler - little impact againĀ 

Fritsch - just some cameosĀ 

McDonald - couldnā€™t justify selectionĀ 

Neal-Bullen - seemingly no role

Tomlinson - effective albeit loose

Bowey - poor under pressureĀ 

Hunter - couldnā€™t provide connectionĀ 

Smith - provided some energy

Jordan - had no influenceĀ 

Sparrow - an almost gameĀ 

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We admittedly had more than 3 good players. We lost the game through conversion, plain and simple. We controlled that game and had far more better players then them.

5 minutes ago, Great Northern Summer said:

We admittedly had more than 3 good players. We lost the game through conversion, plain and simple. We controlled that game and had far more better players then them.

Actually...we didn'tĀ 

T'was an illusion.Ā  Ā 9.17

My 5 word or under analysisĀ 

Gawn - outplayed but tried

Viney - no real impact

Petracca - couldn't get involved

Oliver - wasteful with ball

Kozzie - more cold than hot

May - well played mate

Lever - did his job

Bowey - barely seen

McDonald - did he even play?

Chandler - Bedford is much better

McVie - damn good year

Salem - still off his best

Spargo - one of his best

Smith - triedĀ 

Hunter - ok, nothing special

Langdon - slipped too often

Jordan - move him on

Tomlinson - good luck next year

Neal-Bullen - little impact really

Rivers - quiet game, but big future

Fritsch - underdone but still classy

Sparrow - one tough unit

Schacke - did as much as TMac

Ump # 22 - Carlton's 3 votes

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Just now, BAMF said:

Anyone blaming the umpires for the loss is a [censored].

Not according the win to the maggots.... but maggots they were...well 2 especially.Ā 

Some decisions were unwarranted and game affective.

Just is.Ā 

36 minutes ago, KingDingAling said:

ANB was enormous.Ā 

He was so g lol a

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2 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Not according the win to the maggots.... but maggots they were...well 2 especially.Ā 

Some decisions were unwarranted and game affective.

Just is.Ā 

Dude. C'mon man.

We lost that game like we have lost every game over the last few years. Close. Maybe a few calls that went against us.. but ultimately it comes down to missed opportunity.

This was the last hurrah with this game plan. We should have won last week if we picked correctly. We didn't. Laurie and Schache as sub were the oddest choices all season.

Whatā€™s happened to Lingers looked like he had skates on tonight, slip sliding awayā€¦ā€¦ā€¦.!!

29 minutes ago, BAMF said:

We lost that game like we have lost every game over the last few years. Close. Maybe a few calls that went against us.. but ultimately it comes down to missed opportunity.

This was the last hurrah with this game plan. We should have won last week if we picked correctly. We didn't. Laurie and Schache as sub were the oddest choices all season.

Laurie wasn't he had done well in Rounds 23 and 24. Trouble was he had all day instead of about a quarter to play last week. Should have been back as sub again snd in last quarter Ā he might quite easily have won It for us with some skill and conversion.


Langdon - stop slipping over

Gawn - please be physical

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top 4 finish

stars still shiningĀ 

home finalsĀ 

but now itsā€¦

2023 is overĀ 

Eventually wasted seasonĀ 

Goodwin please explainĀ 

more goalkicking practiceĀ 

F@$&)d F50 connectionĀ 

no home GFĀ 

out straight sets

Golden era closingĀ 

Hope gradually fading

Cruel cruel endĀ 

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On 9/16/2023 at 12:00 AM, BAMF said:

Anyone blaming the umpires for the loss is a [censored].

Okay for the first 3 quarters, the last when it was on the line hmmmm?


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