Beetle

Sorry Rusty but as far I’m concerned if Mitch Brown comes in, regardless of form, with all of our tall forwards available for selection then we may as well give up. Either stick with Weid or bring Ben Brown in at Marvel. I know both were garbage this week but I just can’t see any silver lining in bringing Mitch in for the Bulldogs, especially given he hasn’t played a game this year. edit: in fact I’d rather drop Weid and go with the forward structure we had at the start of the year.

I’m trying to make the correlation here.. ...and can’t. they have also lost games by more than one point surprisingly enough.

I actually think Lever was hardly done by. His intention was to handball further to his left towards (I think) Petty, but his left arm got shifted in the tackle which caused him to miss hit the ball with his right fist, sending the ball straight towards the boundary.

One thing’s for sure, the more you win the less you are prepared for a loss and how you will react. I think it makes you look at things more irrationally than you probably, normally would. This day was coming, I just don’t think any of us expected it to be against Adelaide. But that’s ok. Some new perspective this week for a big game. How we come out of the Bulldogs game will tell us plenty about the resilience of our boys.

Excellent post and agree on all points dazzle, but geez you poured some mayo on the 3 minutes to go part. Haha Was 7 minutes to go. I would have put a hole in the TV and would be now living on the streets if we conceded 3 in 3 minutes.

I think a lot of players tonight tried to do too much, instead of making smarter, more basic decisions.

Don’t get me wrong BBO, it was an incorrect decision and the Spargo decision was a howler. We just didn’t deserve to win that game IMHO. We were out worked, made crucial errors and had players well off their game which proved costly. To be 16 up late in the last and drop it, just shows where we were at tonight. I look forward to seeing how we react next week.

Spot on, especially in the first half. Should never have been in the position to have to rely on those decisions late in the game to win. We were 16 points up with 7 minutes to go.

@John Demonic but...but Don’t make me angry said “YoU wILl EaT YOuR wOrDs”.

You’re right, I was probably over zealous using that word. I was using it more to emphasise the counter argument. I’ll correct myself and say ‘very good’ for his size. Naitanui and Jackson are on another level in that regard.

I’m taking the peace wwsw. But at times today it felt like we were playing an intestate team there was that little noise.

Was good of the 3,800 Carlton supporters from their loyal “70,000” membership to show up today also.

He is 200cm tall. He may appear slow, but his work at ground level, including tackling is exceptional for his size.

38

6. Oliver 5 Lever 4 Salem 3 McDonald 2 Hunt 1 Spargo

P2J is Petraccattack. Nothing surer.

Genuinely think we will drop this one. Hoping I’m wrong.

Defensive set up aside, you mention it being a lot to do with the team. His lack of intensity around the ball including pressure on the opposition and inability to lay tackles is a real concern. I watch him closely and Angus is often happy to stand idle as soon as the ball clears his area. That in itself isn’t great for the team. It’s lazy. I like Gus, but I’m not as impressed with his output as much as you are.

I was behind the goals at the Punt Road end in corporate box eating duck and copious Asahi stubbies as I looked down on the plebs. Tough game to watch, but I’ll bank the 4 points. Seriously thought we would get rolled from late in the third quarter, but we managed to hold them at bay despite momentum. Centre clearances are a massive concern. What is the point in having Gawn in there when we can’t win the ball at ground level. He has been poor. I legitimately feel more at ease with Jackson in the middle. We miss Tomlinson badly. Lever can’t play the role we want him to play again (yet), without him there. Thank Christ for Oliver. Bloke literally got us over the line and May also a great job on Buddy keeping him at bay. Can’t lie...for some reason I’m really concerned about the Carlton game.

The number of memes I currently have in my head involving Haymes white paint, which would in-turn result me in being banned (if created and posted) is frightening.

Amazing what winning games of football can do....

He got off!

Out - Tomlinson, Baker In - Weid, Sparrow If Fritta gets rubbed out then Chandler or Harmes.