ElDiablo14

Clayton Oliver - our super star

5 hours ago, Pates said:

Pros:

- We got the 4pts (and makes it 10-0 to start the year, one better than last season)

- TMac continues to hit the scoreboard 

- Fritta got 3

- Oliver continued his bloody good year

Cons:

- seems likely a costly day medically speaking; Lingers, TMac, Gus, even Trac at one point all looked very sore/injured

- our goal kicking failed to put a team away earlier again

- our inside 50 efficiency continues to be sub-par

I’ll also put a question to Demonland: are we playing arrogant and will it come back to bite us? 

I just feel watching us the last couple of weeks we almost don’t care against lesser opposition. They seem to go hard for a period and then leave it at that, the hunger hasn’t there recently. 

Next week is a massive game, we play like we’ve been playing the last two weeks and we will fall to Freo. 

Happy to bank the 4 points and move on, but I hope there boys will be switching on through the week. Oh, and how Brown managed to miss that soda in his 150th is beyond me. One of his worst games for the club, shame it had to come against his old side. 

EDIT one other thought: Luke Jackson hasn’t been on for a while. Not suggesting he get dropped but any thoughts on why this could be?

I thought Dogga provided a good support in the ruck, heck he even looked better than Gawn during the first half.

2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

They also had 300 people turn up and would have lost a mountain of cash turning the lights on at Marvel. So meh. 

Surely a lot of pet memberships, 2x1 or 3x1 memberships in those NM numbers. C'mon how else can you explain a cellar dweller having more members than a finals contender (Bulldogs).

1000 votes and the Brownlow medal to Clarry, the contested Beast!

No Doubt he is our superstar

Just now, DeeSince73 said:

Just a side comment. Just on half time Cam Moooney implied that (Zurhaar)? Got pushed into the fence intentionally. He clearly tripped and/or lost his balance and fell into it. Why say stuff like that? [censored]. 

He's a former cat isn't he? Not surprised he makes such dishonest comments

1 minute ago, Maldonboy38 said:

Lots of fumbling, handling errors and dropped marks. Frustrating. TMac, Kozzie and Fritsch looking good.

Some unfortunate casual, carefree stuff from Petracca. Oliver is a star.

We have also got some terrible free kicks given to to us - that 50m is a disgrace to our game. 

Please, please, please do NOT play Dunstan again. I would rather see a young kid have a crack and make mistakes than a mature player show us what poor VFL football looks like.

Goldy and Xerri doing a really good job nullifying Max. 

North having a red hot go and finally showing what system they are trying to play. 

I much prefer Doggas work at the ruck today. He can't be matched once the ball hits the deck.

1 minute ago, wizardinoz said:

Probably ribs after that spear tackle.

So are we looking at 4-6 weeks without our AA wing? Not good 😭

1 minute ago, spirit of norm smith said:

1st half 

Petty 🤢

Melksham 🤮

Dunstan 🤮🤮

Seems Melksham and Dunstan came into the game trying to do the flashy stuff to impress the coaches, they should instead play their roles like Harmsey and Viney

Can someone tell me if it was a concussion for Langdon?

Regressing to his bad habits at kicking ala 2018.

Bit concerning to be honest.Even Oliver seems to be a better kick than him.

On 4/3/2022 at 9:33 PM, radar said:

Forward line 

Brown Brown Brown

Almost forgot about M. Brown.

10 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Carlscum need to be fully respected now. We should still beat them, but they are a serious opponent now. 
 

Hideous concept isn’t it. 
Young People have never known the Carlton arrogance yet….

It was at full display last night, embarrassing bunch booing even when the umps are on their side.

Can't stand them! Zero humility given how bad they've been for 20 odd years.

6 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

They are Melbourne of 2018. Shiny, fun, attacking. 
Prone to massive fade outs. Concede massive scores. 
We all know how that ended. 

Carlton's Plateau is fast coming, out of pure luck they have sustained their upward trend. Once they Plateau, like us in 2018, limited success in finals awaits them.

1 minute ago, Lord Travis said:

Carlton are like us in 2018. All out attack. It’s exciting to watch, but incapable of winning a premiership. Until they learn to defend properly, they won’t challenge for a premiership. 

Blues are a clear level below us and Brisbane. Freo have lost form recently but defend well so have a gamestyle that will stand up better in finals.

I believe the Dees were like 3rd or 2nd on the ladder that year around this time. Then we plateaud, finished 5th before the finals. 

Outplayed by a much experienced and complete team in the Weagles.

2 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Look, I think Carlton's gameplan is flawed too, but in all our losses last year our opponents went hell for leather and took us on through the middle. Carlton will do the same and have the talent to score against our backline.

The way to beat Carlton is not exactly hidden - breakeven in contested possession. They are like the Dogs and a bit like us in 2018 - their one-wood is the middle, and if they don't dominate in the middle they are capable of being opened up defensively.

May Lever and Petty are a brick wall. Good Luck to Curnow and McKay against that!

I am pretty sure our Ruck dominance would also give us the edge in the midfield

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

It really is a pity we don't play them until round 22.

Taking advantage on their complete folding like deck chairs in the second half would be sweet to watch.

Wouldn't a comeback ala GF 2021 be so sweet?

Hahaha the long faces of the brown baggers in the 4th were priceless 😂😂

8 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

Carlton are very well looked after by the umpires. They continue to drop the ball in tackles and get paid holding the man. It’s insane 

The umpires will have a hard time when the Blues play the Bulldogs, who gets all the free kicks?!

Is this just precautionary? 

1 minute ago, picket fence said:

Im looking forward to jamming it right up the cardboard cut outs round 22

As long as the umpires don't intervene we should be fine

The brown baggers are really feral and entitled.

And all this time I thought the Pies or Tigers mobs were worse!

1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

@ElDiablo14

Re your QB ticket question in the 'Fixture' thread.  Yes, the QB game is a replacement for the Alice game.  Yes you can walk up to the G and get in as a GA entry.

The club sent an email to members on Monday which said:

If you’d like to reserve your seat for a discounted price, you can enter your barcode into the box provided on Ticketek to upgrade. You can also purchase guest tickets and access up to 10 tickets in one transaction.   Round 12-15 ticket on sale details below. Members - Tuesday 17th May 2:00pm General Public - Wednesday 18th May 11:00am   YOUR BARCODE(S) ...................................... Alternatively, simply scan your membership card like you would at any home game and you will be granted general admission access subject to availability.

Thanks for the help!

I understand we can just rock up on the day to the G, however I am not so clear on the "scan membership".

Does it mean that I should see my GA tickets in my mobile membership? 

Now that we no longer use the physical card we can't truly just scan and walk-in.

1 minute ago, FearTheBeard said:

There is a tickets thread where this is probabaly more appropriate.

But, do remember that QB is an away game this year.

So if you have home and away access you'll be able to scan in and sit in GA by using the ticket that becomes avalibale 72 hours before the game in the app.

I only have home access, however I understand the QB is a replacement game for the Alice Springs one.

2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Disgraceful fixturing. Short break coming off an interstate game against Geelong then again coming off a game in NT against the Dogs. It’s like the AFL needs to keep looking after their darlings. 
Absolute joke n

They want to make sure the cats get the best chances to beat us. They'll need as many wins as possible to even make the 8 😂

D'Landers, off-topic here. For QBday, can I just walk-in to the MCG on the day? But apparently I need my membership barcode, where's that barcode? We don't get one in the new mobile membership.

3 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

For the signing of Charlie Spargo for 3 more years.   Signed up until his RFA year.  Love Charlie!

Only 3 premiership players OOC this year to sign up:  Brayshaw, Hunt, Jackson.

I so wish Hunt gets another contract or if not goes as a Premiership player. 

Laurie would be the only other OOC player (excl Rookies) that looks certain to get another contract.  Chandler will be upgraded to the Seniors list.

Can we have a line of sight of the cap space?

It would be good to see if we are going over the space or close to in the coming years.