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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    Looking forward to the players having a real fire in the belly after their last quarter capitulation against Frankston. After the seniors' win tonight, anyone looking for elevation to the seniors anytime soon needs to make every post a winner.
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    No Oppo Supporters Essendon* - 6900 & Beyond - Carlton Posters ONLY!

    I think we all know the answer to that.
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    No Oppo Supporters Essendon* - 6900 & Beyond - Carlton Posters ONLY!

    I was at that game with my Dopers supporting Aunty & her kids. That was one very painful night.
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    2nds Exhibition Match: Carlton VFL vs Fitzroy Cubs, Sunday 15th May, 11 AM @ Ikon (stream link in OP)

    Dane has his father's footy brain, he reads the play better than most, his foot & hand skills are almost elite, he can take a good mark, but he doesn't have the build to go one-on-one with big forwards.
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    2nds Exhibition Match: Carlton VFL vs Fitzroy Cubs, Sunday 15th May, 11 AM @ Ikon (stream link in OP)

    Charlie shared his time between midfield & half back whilst playing for the Sandringham Dragons. Sadly he was just a bit too vanilla. There was no really outstanding features about his game.
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    2nds Exhibition Match: Carlton VFL vs Fitzroy Cubs, Sunday 15th May, 11 AM @ Ikon (stream link in OP)

    Still remember the goal he kicked in a pre-season game from the wrong pocket for a left footer. An amazing checkside which seemed to defy all laws of physics (not that I'm an expert on physics).
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    No Oppo Supporters Essendon* - 6900 & Beyond - Carlton Posters ONLY!

    Just running onto the field before the game makes them brave. My late mum, my sister, my half brother, my Auntie, a couple of her kids, my sister-in-law, her father all follow/followed the Dopers but somehow I can't find it within myself to have any sympathy for such a cheating club.
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    Preview 2022 Round 9 Carlton vs GWS - Sunday May 15 3:20PM @ Giants Stadium - Team Post #1034

    Don't be expecting Motlop to be a prolific goalkicker. He is not a small forward in the Betts/Cameron/Walters mold. He seems to be playing his best football in the VFL as a high half forward, with the occasional stint in the midfield.
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    Both Philp & Kemp have had long injury lay offs in their relatively short time at the club. With their fitness & confidence they are still playing catch up.
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    Sometimes "bashing the ball fwd" can be an effective weapon. This is dependent on your midfielders running hard (we've seen Pittonet do it a few times this year with Walsh running hard to get to the ball first) & your half forwards ensuring they clear space to enable your midfielders to...
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    In 50 years of watching VFA/VFL footy I have never seen a more heartless effort from a team containing the talent of this Carlton VFL team than what we have just witnessed in this last quarter. Not one Carlton listed player should expect elevation to the seniors next week. Not one of them has...
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    Autopsy 2022 Rd 7 Blues down the Roos by 50

    This has been happening for some time. LOB needs to demand the ball from his teammates. Force them to notice him. He's still a bit introverted.
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    No Oppo Supporters Essendon* - 6900 & Beyond - Carlton Posters ONLY!

    It's 10 years since the Dopers were juiced. I wonder if Dank, The Weapon, Hird, Evans & Wallis had a reunion to reminisce about those days.
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    Universal Love Down Memory Lane

    Cripps aside, that list is depressing. Hopefully Carroll can wear 16 with great distinction.
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    He plays from behind too much & doesn't take many contested/pack marks. He's also a 'tweener'. Not tall enough to play KPF & definitely not a small forward. VFL is his level.
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    Great goal by Motlop, but the assist from Cincotta was sensational.
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    He is getting to better positions than what he was earlier in the season. This would be the result of reading the play better.
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    A couple of very important touches from Motlop resulting in Carlton goals.
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    In the words of Peter Landy, "Werribee ran out of petrol tickets". In the 2nd half of the last quarter we found plenty of space right across the ground as Werribee's intensity dropped right off. We had 40 more disposals than Werribee in the last quarter. The club will happily take the 4...
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    The difference between the 2 teams so far is work rate. Werribee are getting more numbers around the ball in all parts of the ground. Their pressure is better than ours. Our forward entries have been quite ordinary, allowing the Werribee defenders to easily kill any marking contest. The one...
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    Autopsy 2022 Round 5 Heart attack Blues hold on again

    I see Weiters has suggested he & the other leaders need to get around the team when their output starts dropping off (or words to that effect). I seem to remember mentioning this earlier in the week. You can bet back in the '90s the likes of Kernahan, Williams, Silvagni etc would have been...
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    Autopsy 2022 Round 5 Heart attack Blues hold on again

    Watched the game again, without the emotional involvement. Don't need to say too much about the 1st half, other than us not yet being developmentally at the stage where we can sustain this footy for 4 quarters. It was painfully obvious that Port lifted their intensity/pressure significantly...
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    Autopsy 2022 Round 5 Heart attack Blues hold on again

    We can now take some comfort in knowing a 49 point half time lead is just enough to get us over the line. Anything less & we have a right to be very nervous.
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    Autopsy 2022 Round 5 Heart attack Blues hold on again

    'Immaturity'. This is what Vossy is facing with our list at the moment. I liken the plight Vossy is facing at the moment to that of a primary school teacher. Most of the students are enthusiastic & engaged in the morning. After they have their lunch break they come back to the classroom...
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    Willo seems to fit into a category in which the club is quite well served, i.e. running defenders. I think the problem for Willo is that he doesn't always provide effective run. I'd almost go as far as saying he has a touch of Paul Bower about his game. He knows how to get the ball, he's...
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    VFL 2022 - Reserves Game Day discussion Rnds 1 - 22 (Merged threads)

    Handley unlucky, but with the availability of 14 AFL listed players there was going to be some hard luck stories. I don't remember the JGM incident, but I'm not sure his absence will be noticed. He has been quite ordinary so far this season.
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    News Maddy Prespakis and Georgia Gee request trade to Essendon & other possible player movements

    Prespakis & Gee need to make sure the door doesn't hit them on the way out. The club will always be bigger than the individual & the Navy Blue jumper will always be the best.
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    No Oppo Supporters Opposition posters say the strangest things - Carlton posters ONLY

    Should be MEB's first duty as a Mod.
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    Preview 2022 Rd 5 Carlton vs Port Adelaide Sunday 17th 1.40PM @ MCG - Team changes post #803

    In: Hunger, Proactive Football, Skills Out: Lethargy, Reactive Football, Poor Skills.
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    Game Day RND 4 - Carlton v Gold Coast Game Day Discussion

    Unpopular Opinion Levi Casboult is an extremely ungrateful moron. He has played more AFL games than he should have because of how ordinary we were for so long. Other AFL clubs weren't exactly knocking down our door to take him off our hands. He is no longer part of the Carlton family. He...
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