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13 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

I really can’t understand the Carlton love at the moment. They’re in the bottom 10 for points against and they’ve conceded more points than Adelaide this year. Melbourne, Cats, Giants and Sydney are the only real contenders at the moment.

 

Riveting match this.  Crowd up and about!

Can somebody please give WC a priority pick!

what a crock. won the flag 6 years ago and are now fine. 

tanking doesn’t exist huh?

 
3 hours ago, binman said:

Maybe.

Agree on his skill set.

But if I was a dockers fan I'd be getting a touch worried about his professionalism, specifically his commitment to his conditioning.

Doesn't look elite fit and strong to my eyes.

Should be by now given he hasn't missed any big chunks out with injury and has had 4 AFL  preseasons. 

Totally agree, he comes across as a giant child, think Keanu Reeves in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 😂 

and maybe that’s part of why he left, conscious or not he, preferred the comfort of Fremantle & not being at a contender


10 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Detroit got 700k visitors for NFL draft week. No wonder the AFL salivate over how to hype it up.

I wonder why the NFL fans attend?

Watching grass grow or a long dental appointment spring to mind but obviously I'm missing something

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/27/nfl-draft-day-three-attendance-record-broken-saturday-detroit

i think it has lot to do with the success of the college system, plus their recruits are quite a bit older than here

college footy is huge. big crowds, lots of publicity and the supporters are hugely invested in the college stars.  compare that to here with our u18 competition. average fan has never heard of most of the recruits.

no point hyping it up too much here if you don't have a feeder system fans are invested with

18 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Detroit got 700k visitors for NFL draft week. No wonder the AFL salivate over how to hype it up.

I wonder why the NFL fans attend?

Watching grass grow or a long dental appointment spring to mind but obviously I'm missing something

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/27/nfl-draft-day-three-attendance-record-broken-saturday-detroit

Watch an NFL game and you’ll understand. 4 hours with about 10 mins of action. they are used to being bored

 
3 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

I’ll tell you who is fit - Blake Acres. He almost single-handedly got Carlton up yesterday. His ability to still have bursts of speed very late in games is unbelievable.

I find it fascinating that 2 teams essentially watched him walk.

He has certainly improved in terms of kicking and execution since the latest move. The error in q2 where he made a poor decision and then executed poorly, kicking straight to a Geelong player for a goal, was the sort of stuff that was always the question mark over his game in previous years and would have been concerns for teams taking a look I'm sure. Speed, fitness are strengths. 

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4 minutes ago, The Corridor said:

He has certainly improved in terms of kicking and execution since the latest move. The error in q2 where he made a poor decision and then executed poorly, kicking straight to a Geelong player for a goal, was the sort of stuff that was always the question mark over his game in previous years and would have been concerns for teams taking a look I'm sure. Speed, fitness are strengths. 

From memory, he was also part of the Freo exodus when their cap was impacted by Jackson's move.


1 hour ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I really can’t understand the Carlton love at the moment. They’re in the bottom 10 for points against and they’ve conceded more points than Adelaide this year. Melbourne, Cats, Giants and Sydney are the only real contenders at the moment.

Their record could easily be worse than it is too - Brisbane, Richmond and Freo wins all coinflips and somewhat dubious. Agreed re their D, which definitely needs to lift if they want to go far.

Beautiful weather in Melb.  Just had a nice lunch at the local with man's BF and come home to the filth presently in 10th place behind GC.

A very pleasant Sunday

 

Why are they doing the ANZAC ceremony before the hawks swans game? I thought they were only doing it at each ground once? Obviously they were always going to do it Wednesday & Thursday.

They didn't even do the NZ anthem. If you're going to do it, do it properly 

Hawks a sneaky chance today i reckon


7 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Hope not Dub ! Swans are my last leg of a multi.

reckon you’re safe.  Hawks still lack the polish but they are giving it a red hot crack

3 minutes ago, DubDee said:

reckon you’re safe.  Hawks still lack the polish but they are giving it a red hot crack

I certainly need it Dub. My account is still recovering from the loss to Brisvegas

All this BS about how good Nick Daicos is, I’d take 21yo Gulden over him any day

Star 

Does James Jordon ever make a mistake?

I get that he had a poor semi final as Brayshaw’s replacement, but he always seems to make the right decision and reliably hits targets.

The epitome of a good ordinary player, with the “good” being the operative word.

A smart and cheap pick up by Sydney.

15 hours ago, No. 31 said:

I say in most instances it is a genuine passion for club, its good to see, wasn't always the case. I reckon it played a part in the crazy run into September last year and this Blues side has developed a real esprit de corps in 2023 [repeatedly punches the CFC monogram on my polo shirt as I sip my chamomile tea 😁]

Passion for The Brown Paper Bag….


41 minutes ago, DubDee said:

reckon you’re safe.  Hawks still lack the polish but they are giving it a red hot crack

You can't deny the poos and wees effort. They're quite competitive, however they're disposal and finishing is just off compared to the Swan's and hence they're 7 goals down.

Hopefully they'll keep pushing to keep Sydney's percentage down a bit.

2 hours ago, The Corridor said:

He has certainly improved in terms of kicking and execution since the latest move. The error in q2 where he made a poor decision and then executed poorly, kicking straight to a Geelong player for a goal, was the sort of stuff that was always the question mark over his game in previous years and would have been concerns for teams taking a look I'm sure. Speed, fitness are strengths. 

I would have him in a heartbeat

22 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Does James Jordon ever make a mistake?

I get that he had a poor semi final as Brayshaw’s replacement, but he always seems to make the right decision and reliably hits targets.

The epitome of a good ordinary player, with the “good” being the operative word.

A smart and cheap pick up by Sydney.

Yeah I reckon a more than serviceable player almost nudging goodish, but not as good under preasure

 
1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Hope not Dub ! Swans are my last leg of a multi.

Last leg of my 5 game multi (the 5 favourites - money for jam at 16-1)

3 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I really can’t understand the Carlton love at the moment. They’re in the bottom 10 for points against and they’ve conceded more points than Adelaide this year. Melbourne, Cats, Giants and Sydney are the only real contenders at the moment.

I see your point, but my comment about contenders not giving up 20 goals notwithstanding (which by the by was not meant to he taken literally- as in it never happens), I have the blues as a def contender.

I think there are four contenders  - dees, cats, giants and blues.

I'm not sold on the swans. And port will never be a contender until they sort their defensive system. 

As someone noted, grand final winners are always in the top 6 for least scores against.

In fact I think I'm right in saying the last team to win the flag and not be top 4 for least points is north way back in 1999.

Port were 13th last season for least oppo scores. That ain't gonna cut it.

If the blues are still 10th for points against come finals then they ate nor winning the flag.

Based on their loss to the cats, the thing that would concern me about their defence if I was blues fan is the cats are playing a fast transition from the back half turnover game. 

That method exposes defences because they can struggle to get back and/or set up their structures.

And the cats really hurt them on turnover as evidenced by their crazy good score to inside 50 ratio.

Similarly the giants opened them up on transition.

They may well sort that issue, particularly when they get McGovern, Marchbank and Saad back, but they will need to.

By the by, we are basically trying to implement a very similar method to the cats.

Both defences will be fully tested next Saturday night. 


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