Ben the Gooner
Stand by Hird
So the other 21 were fine?
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Roast Why We Lost.
- Thread starter George Washington
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Dude right now i would take Ratten over what we have for a coach. Ratten gets bashed by the media but does some interesting matchups and he is willing to try different things during a game when it isnt going right. He has a much better defensive thought process than Richmonds Matty Knights. I think Carlton and Essendon both owned chunks of this game but Carltons ball movement from one end of the ground to the other on many occassions was excelent. Have seen it a few times this year and if you buys can get it right you can cause some concern in the finals.
Good luck we might see you there in about 14 more years
Summer Nights
Norm Smith Medallist
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I asked my Carlton supporting brother if we could swap Ratten for Knights, and he said he'd seriously cancel his membership if that happened. And he doesn't even really rate Ratten.
Not all of them. Although, when you've got one of your players looking lost like that and making stupid decicions in crucial parts of the ground at crucial parts of the game, how could your confidence not suffer a shake up as a result? There were numerous occasions where we were off and finally making an impact only to have Prismall **** it all up and cause a turn over. I seriously face-palmed when he kicked it on the man on the mark and the ball went from one end to the other within a matter of seconds for a goal...
Most people will forget these stupid decisions (and there were many, far too many for a professional footballer) because they happened earlier in the game, rather than later. Watching the replay is just even worse...
Also, shutting down Judd was a #1 priority in beating Carlton, I don't have to answer this...
Prismall wasn't/isn't doing what was asked of him, and this is why he needs to earn back his spot. Other players have made mistakes, but not to the extent of this. Another frustrating thing is that he's been inconsistent for a while now. I find it hard to justify his spot in the team, I really do.
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Norm Smith Medallist
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- #55
So do you think Prismall in the team was a selection error, or putting him on Judd was a match-up error?
By the way, not disagreeing that he was poor; I thought his performance was woeful. However, he is not solely to blame IMO.
Prismall himself was not doing what he was supposed to be doing. If there was any error, it was him as a player on that ground. He isn't a baby, he's a professional footballer.
Even if you were to take out his poor effort on Judd, he'd still have a case to answer.
IMO, every player deserves their chance to redeem themselves, I'm not a firm believer in outing someone after a couple bad performances, but as of yet (after a string of inconsistencies), Prismall is not redeeming himself at all, and this is why he needs to have a spell in the two's.
Fair enough, maybe not solely, but he is a big, big part of the loss. I normally don't focus on one specific player, but his decisions were of such magnitude that it's hard for me not to get flashbacks of them as I type this...
I'd almost cancel supporting Essendon if Ratten became coach, and I don't really rate Knights.
I agree.
When we play well, we're in at every contest & harassing every player outside the contest.
We did none of that up until half-way through the second quarter. Carlton were fairly shit defensively across the park, made it a bit too easy for our blokes to run it down a wing.
It would have actually been a travesty if we were much closer at 3/4 time.
We would barely have kicked a goal vs a (defensively) good side.