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4 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

My worry is you lot.

lose to the Hawks……FFS

Yeh fmd. Fold like a deck of cards this lot.

6 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

That’s my worry. Lose to Hawks and that’s it. If we finish 5th it’s likely going to be:

Crows at the G (50-50 really)

Blues (or Collingwood) in a Semi at the G

And if we win that, Port at Adelaide Oval.

What chance do you give us of beating Hawthorn? And do you think we genuinely have no chance of beating Sydney?

11 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

"We will finish top 4"

Come again? Lose to hawthorn and it's over. We very rarely beat Sydney in Sydney. 

It is literally our entire season on the line against the Hawks next Sunday. No two ways about it.

Were you one of the crew in the Carlton pre game thread saying you couldn't conceive of how they could possibly beat us? Turned out well

We've literally played Sydney in Sydney once in 6 years and we won. What made you say we rarely beat Sydney in Sydney?

Just now, layzie said:

Haha that's hilarious, can't believe I missed that!

Yep, literally one of the best intercept defenders of all time makes bad decisions. And the captain of our defence - arguably the best defence of all time in 2021 - should keep his mouth shut. Jesus wept.

The state of some of these posts deary me 😂

12 minutes ago, layzie said:

What's the equal?

Someone the other day said Lever often makes bad decisions and should stop yelling so much and concentrate on his own game. And last night someone said our players don't work for each other. 

Fair dinkum gobsmacked how some manage to tie their shoes in the morning. 

6 hours ago, M_9 said:

For anyone who didn’t see Casey today, forget TMac and Schache. Probably 20 disposals, 5 marks and one goal between them (my guess).

Why are you guessing? Just check the stats.

9 hours ago, Choof said:

Frita hot and cold 

Equal silliest thing I've seen written on this website.

48 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Look, I know coming into this round we had won 5 on the trot, but we haven’t played anywhere near as convincingly as some would say. Let’s break down those 5 wins:

1. Saints @ Marvel

Saints lost 3 players in game and were always going to run out of legs. We even almost got overrun in that last qtr. Just a win in my book.

2. Lions @ MCG

Despite a blistering first qtr and an awesome last 7 minutes, the Lions looked the far better side and torched us with their ball movement. We were lucky to get the win in the end.

3. Adelaide @ MCG

Good first 3 qtrs against a decent side but we conceded 7 goals in a row in the last qtr and almost got overrun.

4. Richmond @ MCG

Our best win I think but Richmond (who’s firmly a bottom 8 side) got up by 20pts in the 3rd qtr and made our defence look really shaky with quick forward entries.

5. North @ BA

I know the second half was easy going but to let a team as bad as that to get up by 30pts is just worrying in itself. I get the whole not switched on thing, but we got jumped again last night.

I feel like if we’re a genuine shot at the flag this year we really need to see two really strong performances against the Hawks and Swans. 

In some ways, last night’s loss might be a blessing because there’s so much in our game that we still need to get right and hopefully it spurs on Goodwin to make those final tweaks to get us there.

It's football in 2023. So everything is overstated whether it be good or bad. I reckon we're as good a chance as anyone of taking it out.

2 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

Players don’t shepherd for each other, don’t do the hard yards for each other. 

This is the silliest post I've seen on this website. 

I know we lost but gee I love the way our boys never give up no matter what. Still reckon we'll give the flag a decent shake.

3 hours ago, Fromgotowoewodin said:

Both correct points @binman

There’s a fair bit of shame and self loathing from Dees fans about our crowds, probably stemming from the sledging we cop on socials from halfwit oppo fans who don’t do math good and also only watch on tv where they can’t see a packed MCC and Olympic stand.

Per the tables below, we’re 5th for overall average match attendance so far this year, and 4th for average home attendance (including whatever handful we got at Alice), in line with the last couple of years.

Our numbers are good, don’t let any peabrain tell you different (especially hawkers who still think it’s 2015).

Great post. I understand opposition fans not knowing or ignoring this but it's frustrating how often our own fans slag off our crowds no matter how often this data is presented.

1 hour ago, drysdale demon said:

Yes, I liked watching him play, had a good yarn with him and Martin Pike one day after a match against Geelong over a couple of beers in the Redlegs bar.

Those with personal problems go and talk to someone about it.

Where was the redlegs bar?

I remember Hilton from our terrific year in 94. Looked like stinga and wore 22 so always mixed them up. Good tough player. Sad news.

7 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

They were always there. Every single match. There was less of them, but always enough to make and raise a banner and chant and cheer, even during 100-point beltings. They never left before the final siren, either. The current three leaders took the reins in 2011. So they’ve been there at the very best and the very worst of times. 

That's awesome.

7 hours ago, Redleg said:

I don’t think there is a role for Tommo this week as I don’t think May can play on Charlie. I would play May on the resting ruck. Carlton have an otherwise small forward line and we need quick backs like Salem, McVee, Bowey and Hibberd. I would try Rivers on Charlie. Charlie is too quick for May and better at ground ball too.  Even Hibbo could be a better option.

Too quick for May? The key defender that plays on Toby Greene and Charlie Cameron?

McDonald and Brown are both very good forwards when fit. It's a big if but if one of them can get the body right we'll be in business. I've got a sneaky feeling about McDonald for some reason.

As for who plays this week - who knows?

1 hour ago, FearTheBeard said:

All of level 1 is reserved, Level 4 barely touched in public reserve.

AFL is about 30% ahead of where it was in the round 12 game and MCC is up to row X level 4 so expect it to be reserved up to row AA come game day.

Im thinking somewhere between 58-65K depending on how big the GA turnup is. Traditionally don't get massive crowds against Carlton, havent had 60K since 1982 (Understood both sides have largely been [censored] since then).

Great Intel ftb. I was shocked that we hadn't had a crowd over 60k in the home and away since 1982 and went back and checked it and actually couldn't find that game. Is 1982 the right year? Even in the finals against Carlton our crowds haven't been massive in that time with 68k in the 88 prelim at Waverley, 56k in the 94 qualifying final and 75k at the famous final in 2000 (we won all three of those btw). I'm surprised as Carlton have huge support and combined we've played in half a dozen GFs since 1982. Anyway - there ya go. 

1 hour ago, Its Time for Another said:

With 67,943 members you'd think the Club could let us know what's going on. Why do we have to get it from journo's. 

Because they don't know yet. They'll tell us when they know.

Petty and JVR are both lovely set shots.

Everyone carries on about the pies' comebacks but it feels like we're 4-5 goals behind every week 😂.

1 hour ago, YearOfTheDees said:

The talk about his team not being good enough etc very unlike Clarkson, `I've never heard him talk his team down like that. 

  "We know we're still nowhere near good enough to compete with the really strong clubs in the competition"  

Gee we've got not chance now 😂

2 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

The booth at the wharf no longer sell ferry tix to the game. Called up the operator and they didn’t know either! Said there’s supposed to be a couple of crossing before and after the game and it was free if you have a game day ticket. Couldn’t tell me any times though so none the wiser really. Will probably get a cab. 

I wanted to get the ferry a couple of years ago but it appears as if they operate in secret.

1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I, too, thought the umpiring was poor, but not in any way biased one way or the other.

It's also worth mentioning that watching Dustin Martin (for the first three quarters) was a painful pleasure. His ability to dispose the ball to his team's advantage irrespective of the pressure he is under almost every time is quite incredible. 

I love dusty. He's a gun. Definitely had the thought yesterday "I'd love to be watching this if it wasn't against us".

8 minutes ago, Red and Blue realist said:

It probably wasn't the Tigers who caused this, but did anyone else notice that after the game they only played the song on the loud speakers the once? Normally it gets played numerous times, no matter who wins. I said that to my brother in law who's a Tigs fan and he said after that they shouldn't have played our song at all! (at least he was joking, but the other supporters nearby agreed with him, then went on about the umpires!)

I think they usually only play it once if the away team wins.