Review Good vs Carlton

[Bay62]

This is the one area of a marking contest I've never understood as to why more free kicks aren't paid. Clearly the defender is literally grabbed and pulled away from the front position. So there is no interpretation where its not holding the man.

Totally agree. Outbodying them, pushing and shoving, holding your ground etc - all fine by me. But not grabbing someone at the last minute and throwing them out of the contest. Don’t understand it.

 

[Crow_68]

Other than momentum killers in Smith & Ned, not too much to dislike about today.

Coaching crew can defend Smith as much as they like, but 0 tackles and 5 pressure acts in 110 minutes T.O.G. is absolutely pathetic. Does not work hard enough.

 

[Rotayjay]

Bang on. Wait for Murphy to be straight back in once he’s fit!

It's sad how much better we look without him, a leadership group member who is a lock at selection.

 

[Crow_Magnon]

We had a good mix this afternoon. Really loved the midfield mix, Hamill very good and gives us some pace, Nank, Soligo, Rachele and Rankine back to their best. Hinge finally back to form too. Tex was excellent although a bit too unselfish at times. Thought Gollant competed well and needs to stay in. Actually thought we'd erred in subbing him off for Berry, but turned out to be a masterstroke. One of our finest wins in quite a while against good opposition. It was nice to hop on the train to Yarraville with the scarf on for once!

 

[Scorpus]

How bad was Matt Owies goal attempt at the death for Carlton?

Like everyone knows he's an absolute spud but Jesus Christ that was pathetic.

We'd be furious if one of ours did that

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

McHenry dropping a chest mark in the goal square - spud

 

[Geoffa32]

"At this exact moment, Rory Laird

29

Rory Laird

Age

30

Ht

177cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.4

5star

K

12.9

5star

HB

12.5

5star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.3

4star

CL

1.0

3star

D

19.6

5star

K

10.9

4star

HB

8.7

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

1.1

3star

D

14.6

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

0.4

3star

realised his time in the Adelaide midfield, and maybe his career, was coming to an end."



Narrated by Morgan Freeman..

On SM-A325F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

I knew we were going to win when ROb took an overhead mark in Q3

 

[jenny61_99]

RoB was terrible.


Who cares though, we won.



In: Strachan.

Strachan was hideous in the SANFL today (the first half I saw).

 

[cleanhands]

Strachan was hideous in the SANFL today (the first half I saw).

Doesn’t matter we don’t worry about form

 

[jenny61_99]

Last week against Melbourne was:
Laird - 16
Dawson - 13
Soligo - 13
Crouch - 12
Rankine - 6

Against Freo:
Dawson - 13
Crouch - 12
Laird - 10
Soligo - 9
Rankine - 5

Against Geelong:
Dawson - 24
Crouch - 23
Laird - 21
Soligo - 5
Rankine - 3

I see it as more of a gradual change they've been working towards. Laird and Crouch have been spending less time in the middle collectively, attending fewer CBAs and spending more time on the bench or pinch-hitting in other roles, while Soligo has had more midfield time each week up until the Melbourne game where he was in there as much as anyone. The big change for this week being Rankine was also in there full-time. Later this year I think we will see more Rachele in there was well with Dawson spending more time forward or back and potentially one of Laird or Crouch not in the team at all. Though Berry will influence things too if he holds a spot.

Obviously no argument on things changing, they have changed dramatically. I just don't think it was a sudden shift this week.

Nicks mentioned it in his presser.

 

[jenny61_99]

What was wrong with his celebration?

Apart from the fact it was naff?

 

[huludicidal]

If we look at tonight’s team, and try to project how we’d want it to look in say, Round 20 when some players have fully recovered from injury and paid their dues in the SANFL, I think it would look like this:

Out:
McHenry
Butts
Smith
Laird
Hamill
Gollant


In:
Pedlar (as sub)
Murray
Curtin
Dowling
Ryan
Thilthorpe
(Berry into 22 from sub)


Schoenberg is some sort of chance of establishing himself in the side by this stage too. Jones is another under pressure to hold his spot.


Seriously, how much better will we look with Murray / Thilthorpe / Curtin / Dowling out there than Butts / Gollant / Smith / McHenry. That’s some genuine upside and worth a mention in the “good” thread I thought!

 

[Pea Nut]

Apart from the fact it was naff?

Have you ever played sport in front of big crowds in big games?? It's pretty easy to lose control of your emotions celebrating big moments. They don't rehearse those things. Who cares.

 

[Coopers]

Agree!

He has the chance to make his own destiny! Work hard do the 1% ers just be unpredictable

Watching the highlights, he was involved in a good number of the chains of play.

He was pretty good really, at contributing when it not being his night.

 

[George Kramer]

Nicks mentioned it in his presser.

Of course he did, it was all part of the plan to stick with a shit midfield structure for 4 weeks.

 

[jenny61_99]

I knew we were going to win when ROb took an overhead mark in Q3

I actually said that very thing!

 

[jenny61_99]

Have you ever played sport in front of big crowds in big games?? It's pretty easy to lose control of your emotions celebrating big moments. They don't rehearse those things. Who cares.

I don’t give a **** what he does. It’s good for the crowd, and lifts the team. Doesn’t mean it’s not naff though.

 

[jenny61_99]

Of course he did, it was all part of the plan to stick with a s**t midfield structure for 4 weeks.

Did you see his presser?

 

[Pea Nut]

I don’t give a * what he does. It’s good for the crowd, and lifts the team. Doesn’t mean it’s not naff though.

Fair. I'm still waiting for him to bring the backflip out like he promised. That I do want to see !!

 

[FR0GGY]

Strachan was hideous in the SANFL today (the first half I saw).

He has zero incentive to play well.
His form and ROB’s form has been ignored for years.

 

[cleanhands]

Fair. I'm still waiting for him to bring the backflip out like he promised. That I do want to see !!

Nicks first

 

[George Kramer]

Did you see his presser?

No, did he say he ****ed up the midfield for 4 weeks and the gameplan?

 

[GROTTO]

How bad was Matt Owies goal attempt at the death for Carlton?

Like everyone knows he's an absolute spud but Jesus Christ that was pathetic.

We'd be furious if one of ours did that

Arguably cost them the game, along with especially with that touched shot at goal.

 

[Crowbotoratory]

Laird looked really deflated on the bench when Berry kicked the winner.

He looked deflated at the training run on Friday as well. Might be reading too much into it, but doesn’t seem to like less time in the mid. Started the game in the goal square and I thought ah yes something is on here.