Game Day Rnd 9 - Carlton v Melbourne Game Day Discussion

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Who is leading then? Sorry I forgot - need some reminding.

Nobody. Lamb maybe.

 

[T2B_]

Your football smarts don't get slower. That's on him. He's not going to outbody anybody or outrun many so he should read the play and put himself in better positions. However his ball handling is poor at the moment also.

His ball handling was pretty iffy pre-injury too. Don't know what happened to such a classy player.

 

[Soapy V]

Hard to find a single positive from today

Kerr Harry Dow Cripps Lang.........

 

[cfc4life]

Ok Nostradamus, good on ya!

I'm just saying that this board is wayyyy to reactive. Needed a reality check and we got it.

 

[prisoner777]

Hard to find a single positive from today

I haven't seen much of the game (as I am at work) but Crippsy seems to be having a solid game.

 

[BrianSetzer]

Your football smarts don't get slower. That's on him. He's not going to outbody anybody or outrun many so he should read the play and put himself in better positions. However his ball handling is poor at the moment also.

Great servant, he's body's stuffed.

 

[Mr_Plow]

So your happy with the teams intent ?

From our actual future players? Yep, Cripps is having a go, the others will succeed when they are stronger and he is the real captain.

 

[bleednavyblue]

Surely the AFL can introduce a mercy rule

 

[HBF]

Long day at the office

 

[norway blue]

For the season? Yeah I'd agree. But definitely not today.

Agreed.


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[The Old Dark Navy's]

Saw this coming a mile away. A few people shot me down when I questioned our supporter base and their arrogance based off a single game against an out of form Essendon. We're the worst team in the league, plain and simple.

Who was arrogant about a win after 7 losses? Our supporter base ... really?

What a crock. Stop trying to be a superior supporter huh. We're all in this together.

 

[95blues]

His ball handling was pretty iffy pre-injury too. Don't know what happened to such a classy player.

Terrible at ground level for a guy so small.

 

[Cliffords Blues]

Jones has zero defensive understanding. Get him off the ground and back in the twos where he belongs.

I've noticed a pattern to your posting.
You only post to bag Jones out.

 

[MileHigh]

Kerridge blowing his chance today without Ed in the side. Loopy handballs. No player does that any more. Slick and quick. Tunnel handball if need be. Dropped for Ed next week and may not see him again.

 

[pinot]

Depth happens when the youngsters we have drafted reach their prime and those that didn't peak very highly become depth.

What he have now is not depth, lol, it's VFL players forcibly thrust into the AFL.

Right so you are expecting 20 players on $1 million each when youngsters are at their peak. All teams are scaled and all teams play youngsters. This is not the "kids" we are clearly not playing with any intent and cohesion. Melbourne also have plenty of kids in their team.

 

[carlton2dabone]

Wouldn’t you know it, Murphy comes back into the team and reassumed the captaincy from Cripps and the effort from the entire team is severely lacking again.

Take the damn thing off him already, not next year but now!

 

[HBF]

Garletts team mates won't even kick it to him.

 

[Soapy V]

From our actual future players? Yep, Cripps is having a go, the others will succeed when they are stronger and he is the real captain.

Yep. Look at the players that will be with us over the next 5-10 years and it looks okay

 

[FRUMPY]

SPS and garlett going for the ball. Melbourne must be shitting themselves. May as well play 2 10 year old girls. They might go harder

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[Stig O'Hara]

SPS skill level has dropped.

Maybe it’s the extra attention.

 

[Soapy V]

Sums up Kerridge right there

 

[Mondyboy]

That kick from Kerridge. Christ...


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[HBF]

Jones has been good today.

 

[Jabba73]

Murphy surrendered to the tackle, then tried to break it. Obviously cannot run.

 

[cfc4life]

Who was arrogant about a win after 7 losses? Our supporter base ... really?

What a crock. Stop trying to be a superior supporter huh. We're all in this together.

Not trying to be superior, just trying to point out how unfounded confidence can bring teams down, many people heavily underestimate our opposition.

Saw a number of posts on the pre game thread saying we were a very good chance to win despite all the injuries and form and lack of on field leadership.

It flows through from the media, the supporters buy in and so do the players to same extent.