Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 1 - Blues v Tigers Thurs March 14th 7:30pm AEDT (MCG)

[Black Saab]

2 - 0

Are you starting a new free kick stat tracker post game?

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

3 things certain in life:
Death, taxes and Carlton being looked after by the umps

You forgot one

North tin rattling because they are small and weak

 

[Irish BlueBagger]

lol I wouldn’t be celebrating that if I was a Carlton fan

Any win over Richmond is worth celebrating as far as we're concerned mate! There's no point in blowing our load too early in the year as well.

 

[Irish BlueBagger]

I can’t stop puking after drinking so much alcohol after that shattering loss ….. please help!

Sorry mate i lolled that post because i thought you were joking at first. A figure of speech etc. If you were serious i hope you get well soon!

 

[NewDarkNavyBlues]

3 things certain in life:
Death, taxes and Carlton being looked after by the umps

Did you see the 3 charity goals Richmond received in the first quarter?

Cry harder

 

[tiger_tough]

At least I picked a team to win the game. You just sat on the bloody fence and said It'll be close.

You do realize you lost the game don't you?

And you told me I was wrong.

I tipped Carlton by 1 point BTW.

 

[NewDarkNavyBlues]

I was really hoping that with a new year the 'woof' would stop when Saad kicks the ball. Nothing more cringe in afl footy.

Cry harder

 

[lizard man]

Sorry mate i lolled that post because i thought you were joking at first. A figure of speech etc. If you were serious i hope you get well soon!

Nah it’s all good man, I’m actually feeling a fair bit better already!

 

[Blues_Man]

I dont really get that logic, if the Tigers keep just one not even both of their KPDs on the field tonight we probably win, so not sure how the Blues should have won by 30+

That was my tip pregame but the game was a lot more competitive than I thought it would be

Yes the Blues played atrocious football all game, if they were playing a half decent side they would have lost by ten goals.

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Time for the tigers to now play the kids.

 

[The Casey Cat]

You forgot one

North tin rattling because they are small and weak

And another one

Richmond fans pretending they are the only team to ever suffer injuries or a debatable umpiring decision (and that anything that gifted them goals before the last 5 minutes doesn't matter).

 

[Simche]

I thought Carlton were unlucky not to be 4 goals up at half time.

People forget Richmond were just hanging on at that stage. We were deeply unlucky not to get to play the game out with Balta forward and a full complement. It happens.

I went to the footy stress free with a bunch of mates and remain so.

When you win a bunch of flags and have great success then you have to enjoy the journey on the other side. That's where we're at, despite all the wishes or hopes otherwise.

 

[Chief]

Still a new season.

These aren't dependent facts.

 

[Lingsface]

Is that prestias first time with hamstring troubles?

 

[Lingsface]

Hollands is a real asset to that side he is very different to there other centreline players and sticks to his requirements.

 

[Mr Meow]

I dont really get that logic, if the Tigers keep just one not even both of their KPDs on the field tonight we probably win, so not sure how the Blues should have won by 30+

That was my tip pregame but the game was a lot more competitive than I thought it would be

It sucks losing KPDs but Gibcus and Young weren't points of difference. Losing Balta and Nank would've been terminal for instance. Look at Carlton's defence without Weitering. Yes, there were less rotations but only one - a cooked Prestia - came from midfield or the flanks.

The defensive reshuffling with Grimes, one of Vlastuin and Broad playing tall and one of Nank or Balta floating back as a spare from ruck worked at least as well on Curnow and McKay as when Young/Gibcus were on the field. Which is to say, not very well, but if anything the rest of Richmond's defence stood up more after the absences.

 

[damicky]

Is that prestias first time with hamstring troubles?

 

[eaglespremiers]

For somebody who doesn't get a lot of the pill Cottrell

Nothing more cringe in afl footy.

Are we to ignore the celebration by Brisbane supporters at home when Joe Daniher kicks a goal?

 

[juss]

It sucks losing KPDs but Gibcus and Young weren't points of difference. Losing Balta and Nank would've been terminal for instance. Look at Carlton's defence without Weitering. Yes, there were less rotations but only one - a cooked Prestia - came from midfield or the flanks.

The defensive reshuffling with Grimes, one of Vlastuin and Broad playing tall and one of Nank or Balta floating back as a spare from ruck worked at least as well on Curnow and McKay as when Young/Gibcus were on the field. Which is to say, not very well, but if anything the rest of Richmond's defence stood up more after the ababsences.

The flow on effect of losing them is the reason,
We have fewer rotations and legs
Balta needs to go back more
Non KPD players are asked to play that role
Pickett needs to move into back up ruck
With Balta not forward, Lynch is now the only tall target
Carlton weapons are their 2 big forwards and a KPD is probably one of the harder players to replace against them

I could go on but it's a lot more nuanced than just the name on paper missing.

 

[PP34]

Everyone potting Carlton as "lucky" lmao.

Collingwood 2022/2023 vibes for me, they're finding a way in tough games early on. Good signs for them, improved a lot and shaping up for a Top 4 season which means every chance to win a flag.

Even if we play ordinary like we did tonight it is good to see us holding on at the end of games.

Complete far cry from what cost us finals in 2022.

You can see in this game, last weeks game and the two finals we won that they’ve learned a lot from that.

 

[PP34]

Selwood is horrible with the special comments. Absolutely nothing new or insightful so far.

Totally unsurprising.

Don’t get how anyone could spend 5 minutes listening to that guy and think he makes a good commentator.

Only going to get worse and worse as the personalities continue to die out and more robotic ex players join the media.

 

[Do the Dew]

24-17. Thought it was going to be a lot worse based on previous matches. Just another *

 

[Mr Meow]

The flow on effect of losing them is the reason,
We have fewer rotations and legs
Balta needs to go back more
Non KPD players are asked to play that role
Pickett needs to move into back up ruck
With Balta not forward, Lynch is now the only tall target
Carlton weapons are their 2 big forwards and a KPD is probably one of the harder players to replace against them

I could go on but it's a lot more nuanced than just the name on paper missing.

I get how lack of rotations works, it happened to Geelong a few times last year. We used to get called cry babies for bringing up in-game injuries.

I thought Balta was good in ruck and pushing back in defence too.

Let's not pretend that Gibcus and Young were coping well early or are elite. I stand by the reshuffle doing at least as well. You had a combination of Grimes, Broad, Vlastuin, Nank and Balta chipping in.

So the net effect was a lack of fresh legs. Richmond's desperation vs Carlton's laziness cancelled that out.

 

[tropicaltiger]

It's almost as if bad calls were made against both sides.

carlton got 6 dodgeys tigs got 2

 

[NYCFC]

After the game, Voss talked about being very aware of this weird fixturing with two games and a bye, and decided to have a big block of training in the lead up to round 0, knowing that they'd have a rest in Round 3.
So it's not surprising that after what must have been a crazy effort to come from 46 points down at the Gabba, they looked a bit flat last night.
Fair play to Richmond, they seriously put in. But as a Carlton person I'm not too worried about where we're at right now.
Clearly also trying a couple of things.... looking to score more from transition instead of relying on scoring from contests. But would be nice to do that without completely forgetting how to win at the contest.
Feels good to be 2-0 with fingers crossed important players to come back and still building into the season.