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6. Petracca 5. Gawn 4. Oliver 3. Rivers 2. Hunt 1. Langdon

A relief. That was it. Of course there is the positive that when a team looked destined to run over the top of us we somehow managed to pull it out, I can't ignore that but it's little consolation. There were more negatives to come out of this game than positives. And there were definitely positives. Trac looking like the player we had hoped him to be, Harley Bennell - great to see him get through the game unscathed. He genuinely looked like he wanted to be there and I hope he strings together a good 4-5 week period of games. Max Gawn, absolute star and put on that clinic of ruckwork in the first half. Hunt could have a place as the pacey small opportunist forward, I really hope so anyway. But my goodness there are so many holes. Apart from Max there are times when you know we probably won't take a contested mark for the rest of the game. Sideways kicking, tikitakka style football that just shows anything but confidence. The style that we play when on is excellent but it's obvious it can't be maintained for the whole game and this is where we need to be able to lock it down and control tempo. For as long as I can remember the gap between out best and worst is ridiculous. It's not even about the 4 or 5 goal streaks we concede without answering anymore. It's the fact that a team can apparently smash the opposition in clearances in the first half and not just fall back in the second but completely reverse that to the point where you thought the teams swapped jumpers. I'm sorry but I cannot even consider this team serious until that gap shortens. I am not saying our team needs to play 4 quarters of brilliant contested high pressure footy, teams have lulls. However our lulls stink. If the opposition if having a purple patch with contested ball and hard ball gets we've still gotta be able to get our hands on it occasionally. We just completely stopped in this area. Salem completely lost his kicking, Lever and May were not great, Joel Smith nearly cost us the game. I am so sick and tired of sitting around with neutral football followers who watch a game like this and say "nah you should be right, you're 40 points up". Seriously please lord have mercy I'm about to bash my head into the wall due to the years of frustration hearing that. My attitude has never ever changed with us, get a lead, get more of a lead, just keep playing football. None of this relax your 4 goals up BS. I don't know what this season holds for us. To make the 8 would be incredible but I see us finishing just out. Take it before a loss or draw and full credit. Singing the song without the captain looks bad and my word we really show what we are when we celebrate a win the way we did. That's enough.

COVID has done nothing to change the order of the world. The Dees can still fluff a lead and have you reaching for the life support.

Juice the clock

This really is Carlton's for the taking

Single figures

So Rivers first missed target happened to be crucial

Game on

Weitering underrated? He was a no.1 pick Garry!

That is EXACTLY what we needed and need Petracca to be. Someone to take the game by the scruff of the neck when its in the balance.

Joel Smith what the heck were you thinking?

This is where you really need to arrest the momentum with hard work, a line breaker and a goal.

Well that's pretty disappointing. Game on

Teams will have lull patches, it's a fact of life. What has always been the problem with this mob is the gap between the best and worst. To completely turn around the clearance rate like that isn't good enough. We should at least still be getting our hands on it at least 1 in 4. Will need an early one in the 3rd because I can see a long period without a goal coming and the commentators piping up about it.

Really too the foot off the gas with those clearances

Textbook Melbourne Junk time conceded goal

Wow he's still at it!

Geez I'd love to keep the blue baggers goalless for the half.

Missing some targets

Jetta-Mackay matchup bothers me

Trac is looking Judd like around the contest.

Who else was really hoping for a Carlton shutout?

The tackling pressure is on fire. It's usually always the key difference.

Getting reward for effort. Pressure is immense in the 50

Trent Rivers cucumber boy as in cool as a