Toast Round 17 = Carlton 59-115 Collingwood

[Dtennent94]

Also Mitchell and Long played in the same midfield without the world ending.

Tell that to Carlton supporters

 

[3rdMan]

Put the cue in the rack for the final term, but after that 8 goal 3rd quarter masterclass I'll cope.

With the players missing and 2 or 3 others who played sore and were close to missing, can forgive that. Nice to at least find a goal very late.

We probably need to win 3 more games, maybe 4 to make top 2. Managing players is going to be a big key for the rest of the year. If we win our next 3 we can really switch to management mode. With some tough matches, that would be awesome, so think we'd attack the Suns and Dockers games hard.

 

[larrikan]

So Fly says 6 or 7 players played under an injury cloud, including Lipinski.

We are toying with the competition right now.

Mitchell back and fittest he has ever been could be huge.

Finals playing spots are going to be really competitive with a healthy list.

Great to see the fringe players every week taking their opportunity.

Interesting period coming up. Remember heavy training loads toward the end of the 2023 season for finals preparation had us lose games badly. Let’s see what we do now. Depth should get us through.

 

[JuniorB]

We brought Parker on to give Jezza a rest, then we rested the whole team in the last quarter.
Great win, but any win against the scum is a great win.
I've had too many glasses of wine to be coherent, so I'll give it another shot tomorrow.

 

[3rdMan]

Just saw the replay. That Maynard smother to a long McStay goal was perfect. Great to have Maynard back.

 

[Kes1984]

6 pages already while I was driving home. Lol

That third quarter

 

[riddick78]

So Fly says 6 or 7 players played under an injury cloud, including Lipinski.

We are toying with the competition right now.

Mitchell back and fittest he has ever been could be huge.

Finals playing spots are going to be really competitive with a healthy list.

Great to see the fringe players every week taking their opportunity.

Interesting period coming up. Remember heavy training loads toward the end of the 2023 season for finals preparation had us lose games badly. Let’s see what we do now. Depth should get us through.

We certainly didn't play like it, especially Lippa.

 

[Maggie5]

Channel 7 showing the reserves tomorrow night. lets make it a double.

Steele and Parker showed a bit, the future looks good.

 

[Rail King]

Q6 wake in an unfamiliar room with no memory of how you got there and only vague memories of biting someone of indeterminate gender on the knee

Q7 Discover that you are in some new suburb 10 km past Dandenong with no money to get home at 6am.

 

[jathanas]

In a defensive set up which has over the last 5 weeks never conceded more that 74 points in an entire game, are you really going to suggest that IQ is a weak element.
One sideways kick was diabolical.
Maybe.
But why would you highlight it, rather than everything else he does in preventing the opposition from scoring?

This.

I caught myself bemoaning that sideways kick.

It has become too easy to take this team's awesomeness for granted.

 

[cfc19902010]

Graham wright ..welcome to hell

Lololol

 

[BillyElliott]

That 3rd qtr was one of the most beautiful things I've seen. More seagulls than Blues supporters at the G in the last qtr.

Nick Daicos Billy. Dan. Titch : Welcome back. Steele, great debut.

And now for Finey's Final Siren on the drive home. He's offered to do overtime.

 

[IlovethePies]

We brought Parker on to give Jezza a rest, then we rested the whole team in the last quarter.

Yes, extremely perceptive post. And this is why we need to hold our selectors in such respect. They have been dealing with factors that of course no one outside had any clue about.
Parker's selection was about supporting Jem Howe, and then the instruction to play calm in the final quarter and risk neither injury nor useless exhaustion.

 

[jimmy35]

Bucks and Browny cutting Ralphy off at the knees

 

[Maggie5]

Not that I am biased but my 5 best were

5 - J Elliott
4 - Jamie
3 - Billy
2 - Jamie Elliott
1 - JE

I Jamie

 

[Kes1984]

lol Nick with not one but TWO contested marks!

 

[JM#1]

The ladder flatters Carlton. Only 3 spots outside the 8

 

[3rdMan]

Blues are playing Lions next week. So there is one reason to sack Voss now. Blues are so bad though, that I doubt even that would get them over the line.

 

[BillyElliott]

Not that I am biased but my 5 best were

5 - J Elliott
4 - Jamie
3 - Billy
2 - Jamie Elliott
1 - JE

I Jamie

My dog Elliott would be very excited watching the footy at home whilst I was at the game hearing his name yelled out so often.

 

[Kes1984]

That 3rd qtr was one of the most beautiful things I've seen. More seagulls than Blues supporters at the G in the last qtr.

Nick Daicos Billy. Dan. Titch : Welcome back. Steele, great debut.

And now for Finey's Final Siren on the drive home. He's offered to do overtime.

Lol must have been a fire drill

 

[Ludovico]

Blues are playing Lions next week. So there is one reason to sack Voss now. Blues are so bad though, that I doubt even that would get them over the line.

Blues odds against the Lions would be up there with the Christians against the lions.

 

[Visions]

Great win. Third quarter was sublime, there was nothing surer the 4th was going to be a let down but understandable.

Even better was all the whinging from Carlton supporters around me regarding their players.

Curnow is lazy, doesn’t chase.
TDK no effort, he can go to the Saints.
Cerra, cant hit a target.
Motlop, why the **** is he playing.

Was great to hear/see .

 

[Maggie5]

Lol must have been a fire drill

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My arm was sore waving good-bye.

 

[Pedro]

The 1.6M offers should be coming for DC, not TDK. Anyone paying him that should be deregistered

 

[Kes1984]

Mitchell was fantastic. I was a doubter but there was no denying that performance tonight.

Told ya