3 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

I was extremely close in writing Lever off but I'm glad I said it on the forum and to myself that I was going to give him a month to get some form back.

On the third time of asking he has played a game that Jake, the coaches and supporters would be proud of.

Let's hope he can maintain that level.

Well I woulda dropped Sparrow before Rivers.

10 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Perhaps he wasn’t invited.

Wow wee, goodness me.
Perhaps he wasn't.

He also might've been abit apprehensive of his reception from the faithful

I watched the replay.

This might seem hyperbolic but after quarter time we actually had shades of our 2021 team.

Dare, well calculated risks, strong defense, composed under pressure... I even saw some of those shades in the Freo game, some passages that were just awesome to watch.

We had 56 points with 12 minutes left in the last. We ended with 100. We haven't seen something like that since the '21 Grand Final. Few teams have done that. Just absolutely blew them away. And EVERYONE standing up.

We are still going to cop it a few times this year. And that first quarter was pretty flat... but wow, our turnaround after quarter time was mesmerising. Even only kicking the one goal in the second, you could tell we were picking up the pace.

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Carlton have unveiled their new mascot this morning.

Fixed

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Sydee

19 minutes ago, praha said:

I watched the replay.

This might seem hyperbolic but after quarter time we actually had shades of our 2021 team.

Dare, well calculated risks, strong defense, composed under pressure... I even saw some of those shades in the Freo game, some passages that were just awesome to watch.

We had 56 points with 12 minutes left in the last. We ended with 100. We haven't seen something like that since the '21 Grand Final. Few teams have done that. Just absolutely blew them away. And EVERYONE standing up.

We are still going to cop it a few times this year. And that first quarter was pretty flat... but wow, our turnaround after quarter time was mesmerising. Even only kicking the one goal in the second, you could tell we were picking up the pace.

And well you might...

As we were succumbing to the Pups that day the lads were encouraged, ne emplored to play "footy" .. there's no next week to worry about, play to your strengths, your instincts. We won because we effectively ditched the playbook of the time.

FFWD >>>

King's ethos and edicts: Yes there's a few 🙄 different ideas about setups and plays etc but the underlying ethos is to go out and play to your strengths....and a bit of follow your gut. Trust the basics, trust your team-mates , .... trust yourself

( same as on that 2021 day 😉 )

and there might have been shades of bang Bang BANG out there yesterday 🤔

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by beelzebub

14 hours ago, Anti-Saint said:

DOF -

my Top 5 wins prior to today and not necessarily there and not in order:

1987 triple-treat: Rd 22 v Dogs, EF v North, SF v AFLney

1994 QF v Tankers

2021 triple treat: Rd 23 v PBP, PF v PBP, GF v Dogs

1990: B2B Rd 22 v The Family Thuggers, EF v same

1988: PF v Tankers

today v Tankers

No win against Freo where we came back from over 50 points down? Can’t recall the year, but early 2000’s I think it was.

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

May your neighbours continue to hate you every week deep into September 😀

1 hour ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

So do mine. 😂

Are yours like mine, Carlton supporters 🤗!

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Watched the replay. I think the big structural change was putting Windsor to the back of the stoppage and using a half forward (often Chandler) at the drop.

That gave us protection on the defensive side but also speed to run out of the stoppage. Once we ran out of stoppage we hit targets inside 50.

Carlton had a strong patch early in the first, then it was an arm wrestle at 18-1, then they had another run late in the first. But it wasn’t a 6-0 goal quarter.

Otherwise for most of the first half we just fluffed chances to have plenty of goals on the board. We should’ve had 5-6 by half time.

18 minutes ago, hardtack said:

No win against Freo where we came back from over 50 points down? Can’t recall the year, but early 2000’s I think it was.

2008!

Nice to see Lever get recognised by the coaches - had a terrific game.

2 hours ago, old dee said:

I already have, neither has senior level talent.

You heard it here first, Jeffo WILL be offered another contract soon!

Just seen some vision of the carlton players going down the race. The abuse they copped from their supporters was sick. No player deserves that

1 hour ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

I was extremely close in writing Lever off but I'm glad I said it on the forum and to myself that I was going to give him a month to get some form back.

On the third time of asking he has played a game that Jake, the coaches and supporters would be proud of.

Let's hope he can maintain that level.

Might’ve been mentioned before, but it amazes me a little when a player spends 100% on the field like Lever did yesterday. Not a single minutes rest.