Brownie

Yep May's touched that ball. Listening to BT complain about how hard it is to tell from the vision WHEN HE WORKS FOR THE NETWORK THAT THE AFL RELIES UPON TO ADJUDICATE GOAL REVIEWS. JVRs legitimate tackle and ultimate disallowed goal. Umpire 22 paying a htb kick against Petracca dead in front with less than a minute to go. Of course it was him ump 22. However.... We missed some sitters. We were horrible in the first qtr. How does Walsh keep getting it so easy by us. Congrats to Michael Voss. He has them playing like triple premiership lions. So tough through the midfield and the equivalent of Brown and Lepptich up forward. God help us if he gets hold of an akermanis. The silver lining. That second defeat may sting more than last year's final. We came back a long way under greasy conditions. We had them. We know we can smash them and underneath it all, Carlton knows it too. Christian Petracca almost single handedly won us the game. A whole new level for him.

BT crowd only 58 thousand. Slightly disappointing for a Melbourne home game.

Max

Don't forget it's so we never have to play in the wet!

Tracc vs Carlton. Incredible

Took it through the behinds under no pressure.

C'mon I saw him kick it to a team mate who marked it. What more do you want?

Absolute gold

We should be 3 to 4 goals down. Umpiring is disgraceful. I still think we're in this. It will get close and then the maggots will kick in to get the baggers home.

That was a blatant 50 to jvr

Max pushed in the back

11 to 3

Walsh dropped it like a school bag... Play on

Grind away dees. You can dot it

And I take it back Tracc

Oh Tracc. Two out the back

Just brilliant defence by the blues.

They always umpire next week

We seemed really Fritsch focussed in our entries in the first.

#umpireappreciationweak

The question is @Jaded No More Will Frittas hair be able to stand up through the downpour?

I'd also add that I reckon that was Ed Langdon's best game in a couple of years. Great to see him galloping up and down that wing in free space again. Both Petty and Lingers really seemed to hit some serious form and rhythm last week. Enjoy the game tonight folks. Spending the day listening Steve Albini's incredible work and one of the best rock and roll bands I've ever seen, six ft hick have lost their drummer Fred to cancer. Bring the white light white heat tonight Dees Safe travels Fred and Steve. https://youtu.be/poc6x0EiFfQ?si=31wLOYHk6HEGq3x2

Totally @leave it to deever You could probably say we're missing Bowey, Salon and Gus as well for that matter. Full credit to Troy Chaplin and the coaching team for the system he's built back there. Maysie and Lever as the generals for us as well. I swear after the siren blew those two were still arguing with each other. If anyone watches the replay have a look, it was hilarious. They're totally like a married couple at times. Remember when we were piling on Steven May for the way he was abusing team mates in his early days with us? But they've obviously set a standard back there. No-one seems in doubt of their role in that brick wall. Bronze and Iron indeed

The Roar article and to some extent the guardian articles as well listed earlier in this thread banged on about how boring the game was for the first three quarters. I may be a bit biased but I found the whole contest quite riveting. It was a wonderful arm wrestle all night. It wasn't just boring stoic defence from us. The cats got out on numerous occasions but our defence was frenetic on scrambling back to stop them. I find that really entertaining to watch. 14 behinds in a row, not as much but I think that reflected the pressure of the game on both sides. I loved every minute of it, not just the last quarter.

Yeah, unfortunately the goty awards are usually just viewed as small clips. But if you look at the context of the game and the pressure he was under with 3 mins on the clock, it was an unbelievable piece of footy. Loved the way he just caressed it off the boot and kicked it with just the right amount of pace for it to curl around and through.