Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 8 - Blues v Pies Fri May 3rd 7:40pm AEST (MCG)

[Chief]

Right: Unless it's a bad one against Carlton, I don't wanna hear constant whinging about umpiring from you lot!

 

[Sinoswooper]

Geez surprising these 2 clubs highest home and away crowd is only 88,000. Can’t believe they’ve never drawn over 90,000.

Agree. Odd indeed! Mind you 88k for 6th v 10th is amazing

 

[Sinoswooper]

A Carlton home game just attracted the biggest ever crowd between the 2 clubs for a H&A game.
This probably made sense in your head though.

Well done on the 100k membership. Footy needs the pies and blue firing

 

[Back One Out]

The blue bus is broken down.

Driver, why the angry frown?

 

[THE_GUN]

Great game and i didnt know who i wanted to lose more

Team selection was crucial in the end and carlton played 1 man short for 99.9% of the game

Fantasia was just as important to Collingwood winning as Nick Daicos

 

[Back One Out]

The Maynard tackle on Owies is an example of what Whately and King were talking about early this week. The tackled player taking his head to ground to get a free. This needs to be fined out of existence.

Or the umpires could grow a brain and realise that players are constantly trying to con them and milk free kicks, including those for dangerous tackles.

That would be a good start.

AFL umpires are fricken dummies. They see someone throw their head back... free kick, high tackle... They see someone go limp and get slung to the ground... Free kick, dangerous tackle... The umps are clowns.

 

[jwint43]

I saw Hewett try to burst out of congestion multiple times, does he realise he's the slowest player on the field and not Chris Judd? There was one comical moment where he put his head down and tried to accelerate and ran directly into 3 collingwood players.

 

[Eat_Pant]

Carlton have only beaten GWS.

 

[Back One Out]

Collingwood play with plenty of heart but it's there composure in close matches that suggest they have a fair amount of skill!

It's also a component of great coaching - having superior situational awareness and making the right decisions under pressure and all players being in the right positions, maintaining their structure, etc... This is stuff they work on at training and study from watching edited video clips. It's been drilled into them at this point. They love it and have total self-belief they will win.

I remember when the Hawks enjoyed a sensational winning record in close matches back in 2016. Not as good as the Pies amazing record from 2022 to 2024. But similar in many ways. It wasn't like they did spectacular brilliant plays in the final minutes to snatch victory. They just held their nerve better than their opponents and made the right decisions and played the percentages. Same with McRae's Magpies.

With that said however... it was a superbly worked goal by Nick Daicos in the biggest of moments. Like you said, superior skills definitely come to the fore in tight matches. He wasn't just throwing it on his boot and having a hopeful ping at goal. He knew what he was doing and had the skill and composure to back it up.

 

[Chief]

Well done. Couple of bonehead moves from our guys at the end, sadly. Could have been the reverse result.

Anyway, Melbourne next which will be another tough one but we have seen this hard run coming.

 

[Chief]

Pretty confident of a victory weren't you?

As you know, most Carlton supporters were dubious. Couple of Cats fans were prowling all week saying things like "the excuses have started already".

Pushed the premiers to a very close result so it's not a complete waste.

On to Melbourne next week.

 

[smiddaz123]

Two free kicks against Williams was the difference - I think the club is cursed.

Harry was being held back by Frampton basically all night.

This game is becoming a joke

Definitely. I think you starting supporting a different sport in protest. That'll show them.

 

[Worm4]

Daicos was the difference. We had too many players panic under pressure forcing turnover in bad areas of the ground.

 

[South of the Yarra]

Collingwood look way off the pace here. Could blow out

Perhaps not

 

[South of the Yarra]

Collingwood just about finished in 2024

A loss against Carlton makes their quest to defend their premiership all that more harder.

I think we are just getting started

 

[South of the Yarra]

Wow even with the umpiring against us, we are still destroying these losers.

Winners I would suggest

 

[dean33]

Great game and i didnt know who i wanted to lose more

Team selection was crucial in the end and carlton played 1 man short for 99.9% of the game

Fantasia was just as important to Collingwood winning as Nick Daicos

Never cheered for a draw more.

 

[MisterMarcus]

11 individual goal kickers to 5 tells the story for me.

Pies just have so many different avenues to goal. Carlton still very dependent on Curnow and McKay to kick big bags each.

 

[Tristan34]

Carlton have only beaten GWS.

GWS were missing heaps of players in that game to.

 

[Osho]

It was a terrif game. I was riveted to the screen for 4 qtrs. The large crowd was noticably quiet for portions, it was pretty tense, and good tight battle. I can't fathom how there were comments during Q3 that the game was dull and rubbish. You can certainly tell the pr0n addicted onanists from the footy connoisseurs.

Pies manipulated their forward line brilliantly in light of their talls having little impact up there. The smalls were very good for the most part and they had mid sized players moving in and out. Carlton had trouble all night defending against them, and couldn't move the ball fluently from half back. There's only so much a Weitering can do. I lost track of the number of times their transition players took a step too many and got nailed. Blues were slowed down between the arcs and couldn't punish Pies enough for having high defenders.

Still despite all that, Carlton with zest and ol fashioned hard work were right in it and kept the light shining, I think Arry and Charlie kicked half a dozen between them? They really are a dogged side with a bit of flair, very watchable and a bit working class, Chairman Mao and Uncle Ho would love 'em. And in the end with a bit more defensive discipline they'd have won.

It was appropriate the winning goal was from a small bloke who found space at the back of a pack unguarded defensively by Carlton. It was the perfect clutch finish. Can I say his name out loud without being ostracized? Nick Daicos you bloody beauty!

 

[Xtreme]

Carlton have only beaten GWS.

If that was true they'd be 12th-18th with such illustrious company as West Coast, North Melbourne and Hawthorn!

 

[beema limapep]

Wow even with the umpiring against us, we are still destroying these losers.

Carlton won the free kick count and yet you still lost. Again.

Same old Carlton. 30 years of broken dreams and counting.

 

[JackFlash]

The Blues are not as good we thought they were, beaten up the week before, they were out pressured by Collingwood and the panic play was evident, meanwhile the Pies were systematic to the end. They have a very tough draw ahead, they could be out of contention come the BYE!

 

[mike ross]

11 individual goal kickers to 5 tells the story for me.

Pies just have so many different avenues to goal. Carlton still very dependent on Curnow and McKay to kick big bags each.

And if they don't mark it they don't have any players worthy at their feet.

 

[31550]

I love how people are again referring to the Pies as 'Reigning Premiers' and not 10th-placed one-time-wonder has-been plodders.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Apparently you have 100,000 members now. Apparently you're up and about now. Where were they?
Probably saw the writing on the wall after last week and realised it's all just another false dawn.

Seems odd to single out a game with a record crowd and claim that people didn't turn up...