Autopsy 2019 Rd 1 vs Richmond - Improved Blues go down by 33 points

[Heres Waite]

Was there!

Kilpatrick on Porter was really bad too. Geelong was getting slaughtered and resorted to the bump. I think we lost Ratten to an injury that game too.

 

[ChrisKaias]

Kilpatrick on Porter was really bad too. Geelong was getting slaughtered and resorted to the bump. I think we lost Ratten to an injury that game too.

Mensch also collected Kouta. I'll never shake the grudge I developed for the Cats that day.

 

[Heres Waite]

Mensch also collected Kouta. I'll never shake the grudge I developed for the Cats that day.

Forgot about that. Disgusting by the cats that day!

 

[therubbernub]

Convincing when referring to Richmond's performance compared to ours... yes! Most certainly yes!

See I see it differently. There were basically 2 periods where Richmond were the better side. The first obviously being the first quarter. In that time, I think its is a valid excuse for a very young side like the blues, to be a little rattled by a premiership side that came out the gate like they did. the Tigers played really well during that 1/4 but they were aided and abeted by the umpires that gave them some cruical momentum sapping decisions. There were some cheap goals scored during that time by the Tigers
The second period was the last quarter, where I feel we were just knackered by the KM's we had done (highest GPS Km in the competition) We had spent all our bullets grinding away at their lead that they had established with very little effort in the first quarter. The Tigers rested the momentum back from us and it was all over once they did because they had the run and we had exhausted our run.

In between we were the better side and our goals came from tough grinding it out running. i feel that our play in the 2+3 quarters was much more pressure based and in the long term confidence building compared to some of the cheap goals that Richmond scored. As BB would say, there was much more nourishment in the way we played in our winning quarters compared to the Tigers.

Again, take the start of the match out where they shell shocked us, then we were the better side. This is not something that a premiership side would consider "convincing" when they were playing last years wooden spooners. based on this sample size of one, the Tigers have some problems- especially when the Rance injury is taken into account.

 

[Dadda Dave]

"Walsh is not normal"

Lol

Has Walsh bern nominated for rising star yet ?? Will top off an almost perfect weekend of footy..

 

[happydude]

Has Walsh bern nominated for rising star yet ?? Will top off an almost perfect weekend of footy..

Bailey from North got the nod.
Walsh will get it soon enough.

 

[jooce8891]

how the **** did cotchin and lambert get more votes then cripps???????????????????
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-03...e-star-dog-ports-fivegoal-hero-off-to-a-flyer

 

[BlueAbroad]

Had a shocking run with internet this weekend.

HERE is my review + player ratings

 

[katmanblue]

Drugs turned Watson into a Brownlow medallist

Diesel is a helluva drug

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[katmanblue]

I agree with your reasoning however some of the natives on BF will be having kittens if this happens.

Didums

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[thylacine60]

Had a shocking run with internet this weekend.

HERE is my review + player ratings

we don't do bs excuses on bf, ba, ok?

 

[Dominator68]

how the **** did cotchin and lambert get more votes then cripps???????????????????
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-03...e-star-dog-ports-fivegoal-hero-off-to-a-flyer

That is the million dollar question. Cripps BOG by a mile


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[BlueAbroad]

we don't do bs excuses on bf, ba, ok?

Rockets fired from Gaza just won't cut it, understood.

 

[Arr0w]

how the **** did cotchin and lambert get more votes then cripps???????????????????
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-03...e-star-dog-ports-fivegoal-hero-off-to-a-flyer

Cripps wasn't his sharpest normal self

 

[thylacine60]

Rockets fired from Gaza just won't cut it, understood.

rain & strong winds here.........toughen up.......

 

[jooce8891]

Cripps wasn't his sharpest normal self

miles ahead of cotchin who had a DE of a little over 50%

 

[Arr0w]

miles ahead of cotchin who had a DE of a little over 50%

Not say Cotchin was BOG, thought Nankervis was clear best

 

[Mr_Plow]

Not say Cotchin was BOG, thought Nankervis was clear best

Agree, not sure how Cotchin got those votes.

 

[The Smoking Gun]

"Walsh is not normal"

Lol

Well his isn't, he's vanilla...........everybody knows that FFS.

Well that just depends on what we personally see 'convincing' as being.

Convincing when referring to Richmond's form... of course not!

Convincing when referring to Richmond's performance compared to ours... yes! Most certainly yes!

They took advantage of their dominant periods. They ran in numbers and were relatively calmer with ball in hand. Not to mention many of their scores (goals in particular) were kicked in open space and under little pressure unlike ours (Fisher, Thomas, Newman, Murphy, Charlie).

Same with the 'severe' lack of skills. It's a comparative issue. Carlton in recent years has been prone to making easy mistakes. Mistakes that no other team would make. Dropped sitters. Missed handballs. It even looked like every single player in our team on the night kicked the ball at least once out on the full. Even Cripps (with no pressure on him may I add). Who could forget the patches? I don't think any team can play four-quarter footy, but the blues always seem the furthest from that when trying.

Are there areas we need to, and can, improve even at our current state of development??? Absolutely, but arrive at the game switched on and don't give the opposition 7 goal head start, apply some modicum of defensive pressure in the front half and we were in this. I certainly hope our tall forwards got the reaming they deserved behind closed doors. We weren't as far off you seem to think we were. TBH, I'm more concerned about this week than last week.

Round 1 is usually when most players have the jitters and are warming themselves up for the later rounds. But Carlton the last couple of years have been like that all year round. Take round 2 last year against Gold Coast here in Victoria. That was some of the most atrocious skills I have seen in recent times. And they were coming off a game looking much better. Remember Marchbank being a serial offender here, dropping chest marks and spilling the ball all day. He wasn't the only player though. Everybody was fumbling around.

Every team who played under lights over the course the weekend displayed "apparent" poor skills compared to those that played under natural light. Anyone who enjoys watching high marks and clean ball-handling is praying we don't go to a night grand final.

 

[thylacine60]

how many actual day games were there?

 

[Bluella]

I barely remember seeing Lambert out there. Clearly need to watch the replay.

 

[Dadda Dave]

Agree, not sure how Cotchin got those votes.

He got the nod for the way he combes his hair .

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

6. Richmonds running.
Streets ahead of ours. Consistently they had 3-4 options with the ball carrier or doubled teamed our ball handler. On the double teaming this needs to be exploited.

Not sure if anyone has posted this but I saw it on another board. From the Telstra tracker:



So we did the most running in round 1. It wasn't that Richmond outran us, they probably just ran to smarter areas. That will come with experience.

 

[FootyGeek]

Cotchin was very good. Easily best on ground.

Watching the game again. The Rance injury took away some of our momentum.

But even given that, we squandered several chances towards the end of the third quarter, should almost have been even.

They managed to settle, then Rance came up the race with no crutches and an ice pack. You have no idea how inspiring that would have been to his team.

It was a lie, but it worked.

We are not far off at all, sunny skies ahead.

 

[skadoosh]

With 4:45 left in the 3rd quarter, we're 13 points down. McKay runs down broad just outside out goal square. That had to be either holding the ball or deliberate out of bounds with his handball. McKay kicks it, we're only 7 points out of it.