Autopsy Rd 5 Did Blues win? They shit it in!

[Blue__Balls]

Are we getting cocky? Charlie is a weapon, we won't win many games of football with your weapons playing in the VFL

Not cocky at all, just happy with a fairly complete performance and not wanting to rush in a player with injury and form concerns. Doesn't mean Charlie stays in the 2s forever. Just reward the forward setup that got us our highest score in 3 years, and let Charlie build back to his best.

 

[Aphrodite]

Photo gallery ...


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[Aphrodite]

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[chunkylover53]

The curious case of JSOS. He is too versatile for his own good. Talent, aggression, height, work rate and skills are all there. Speed unfortunately is not.

Where do we play him once Charlie comes back?

Full time midfielder who rests down forward? Can he rack it up enough for that? When he does rest forward that gives us all of McKay, Curnow, McGovern and JSOS down forward - pretty top heavy. Him and Cripps can directly rotate down forward/on-ball perhaps? Setterfield to come back in and play a similar role down the track I'd imagine. JSOS could also be a decent tagger or lock down defender? Honestly no idea what to do with him, but he is in our best 22 somewhere.

If he can give us 20 touches and a goal every week we'd be absolutely laughing - as would he.

 

[Blue and Blue]

So did i but can we depend on Levi week in week out?

Other than that patch of the yips I dont think Levi was ever our problem. It was a team around him and some midfielders learning to weight their kicks and get the timing right.

 

[Christou2Kouta]

Not cocky at all, just happy with a fairly complete performance and not wanting to rush in a player with injury and form concerns. Doesn't mean Charlie stays in the 2s forever. Just reward the forward setup that got us our highest score in 3 years, and let Charlie build back to his best.

I’d say while things are going well in the forward line we should take the luxury of giving him the extra week of rest for his knee. If I had to think what would give Charlie the best chance of having his best 2019, it wouldn’t involve managing knee soreness from week to week. Get it right now so he can be better for the next four months.


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[Aphrodite]

Goals of the week

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/video/2019-04-22/r5-goals-of-the-week

 

[Robertio]

Other than that patch of the yips I dont think Levi was ever our problem. It was a team around him and some midfielders learning to weight their kicks and get the timing right.

Who goes out when Charlie's ready to come back in?

 

[Aphrodite]

Marks of the week

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/video/2019-04-22/r5-marks-of-the-week

 

[Aphrodite]

Hard hit of the week

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/video/2019-04-22/r5-hard-hit-of-the-week

 

[Soapy V]

So did i but can we depend on Levi week in week out?

This year yes. He's not going to have days like yesterday every week but IMO his structural help is very valuable

 

[Opine]

Who can come in from the magoos?

Not sure LOB involves himself enough at this point and Dow seems to be a bit overawed ATM.

I thought dow played well PM. He got us going early with a nice clearance, and continued throughout the day. His kicking for goal was off on one occasion; that I remember.

 

[Blue and Blue]

Who goes out when Charlie's ready to come back in?

Its tough eh?.....Success and the road to it will always mean someone missing out unfortunately.

 

[Artie Bucco]

Strange take to want to banish Daisy. He's proving himself to be a serviceable defender when it's never been his go and provides run all day long. He's a smart player and whilst the kids develop we need him, especially for morale and teaching. The time will come when he's replaced and we will be better for it, but I can't see that happening any time soon.

It's probably been mentioned a dozen times already, but isn't it amazing the difference in output when we play Gibbons on ball, the position he dominated the VFL in as opposed to being starved of it in the forward pocket.

 

[Graffy4242]

He good, real good.
But I’ve seen, Jezza, Doull, SOS, Sticks, Dominator, Diesel wear the jumper.
He’s not in front of them and others just yet.

Don’t forget Kenny Hunter or Craig Bradley either.

 

[haveago]

yes I was hard on Daisy and agree with so much people have said about his leadership and courage, particularly last year. But yesterday 14 touches, 6 clangers , 4 frees against are not good numbers but I do love the way he celebrated the win and am not trying to be controversial . I just feel the time is coming for a younger one now.

 

[RAPPA]

Shout out to Cas - the whipping boy of the Carlton BF page - and JSOS - the whipping boy of every other BF page. Really liked JSOS’ second efforts. Last year he always took one second too long to get rid of the ball which always resulted in him being dispossessed. Yesterday he looked a lot more aware and his footy smarts were impressive. Really hope he makes it.

 

[Faz 2000]

Been away for the weekend so offline - but sure as hell listened to the game on the good ol' wireless!

Not too late to drop a reaction shot?

 

[BluStreak]

Glad Gibbons showed what he can add to the side as a mid.
Team played together.
Dow was hitting up players much better this game.
Cas did his job and I like the Harry Cas show as our twin towers in forward half. Let McGovern and Charlie roam.
SPS - Well Done.
Lovely to see Jack Silvagni play that role and we saw murph and fisher snapping goals.
I loved it so much I watched it twice.

 

[feffs93]

Tracker shows he's one of the fastest on the ground, his courage is huge, he's got leadership down back to help the quiet simmo, he flies into contact and puts his once broken body on the line repeatedly. Guy has been great with his disposal this season. As Daisy is a defender it's worth noting that Dunkley had 0 scoring shots. Your analysis isn't just wrong. It's really bizarre.

Agreed, the day Daisy retires will leave me just as saddened as when Judd left, proud to have him as a blue bagger

 

[Neese]

Oh, Samo......
That’s just special.

Gibbons with the hard running there too. Was super impressed with him yesterday.

 

[Canyouhearthedrums]

FWIW, that Telstra Tracker thing has LOB in the top hand full for running stats. Wasn’t a lack of effort...

 

[Stamos]

Agreed, the day Daisy retires will leave me just as saddened as when Judd left, proud to have him as a blue bagger

Hopefully goes out in much happier circumstances

 

[Ald Gardiner]

He’s been playing very average all year, including JLT.

Why do some believe poor form excludes them from a run in the seconds?

I’d prefer Harry not rucking, Casboult for the moment, has been doing the dual role well. I do not want to be playing 4 talls in the one forward line, it’s cumbersome and we don’t have the quality smalls up forward to make it a success as yet.

One thing is for sure, Casboult doesn’t have history of continued form over a shortish term period and McGovern is a game or two away from being considered for a spell himself (a quarter here and there doesn’t cut it). So the likelihood is if Curnow can have a 2019 breakout game in the 2’s then he’ll be back in pretty quickly.

Personally, I think it will do him the world of good

Yep lest we forget our pick 1 played Magoos last year..

 

[Faz 2000]

I think the "Telstra Tracker" info is relatively new and the public - and CERTAINLY the commentators - don't quite know what to make of it, or how to interpret it. Lingy et al act like they know what's going on and read the top name off the list when it pops up on TV and say "no surprises there!" even though 5 seconds before it came up they'd have no sodding idea who would be at the top.

One thing I've noticed is usually the top 5 for distance covered are not all midfielders as one might expect. Suggests maybe they a) get rotated on/off ground more than forwards and defenders and that TOG makes a difference, but also maybe b) moving around in the midfield does not actually involve any more distance than long searching leads or having to position up/down field by running across the ground like forwards and their defenders do when they're "off camera".