Autopsy AFL 2023 Round 13 - Blues v Bombers Sun June 11th 7:15pm AEST (MCG)

[windyhill]

Oh what a night
Mid June back in ‘23
What a very special time for me
KBE, what a night.

 

[Ari]

Not sure why Carlton thought making their home game a joint celebration with Essendon was in anyway a good idea.

I hate that they were looking in the rear view mirror per se, but I thought the way they did it with the clubs was good and respecting. But, wasn't necessary.

 

[Beerfish]

Cripps seriously having the worst year after Brownlow win?
Either checked out or he’s seriously injured

Maybe a guilty conscience since he should have been ineligible and everyone knows it.

 

[citizen-erased]

Not sure why Carlton thought making their home game a joint celebration with Essendon was in anyway a good idea.

93 GF anniv I guess
Only match up of the year
And would have pencilled this in early as an easy win based on our form last year.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

I hate that they were looking in the rear view mirror per se, but I thought the way they did it with the clubs was good and respecting. But, wasn't necessary.

Was just stupid from Carltons perspective they lost that Grand Final.

 

[Godzke]

loved that forward pressure

kudos to Brad Scott. Read this game well. Voss said post-loss last week "we are too tight", so the early hint was that Carlton would play fast and loose.

Scott countered by playing low tempo footy in the first half, which needed a long, direct kicking game so that the defence could be set up behind the ball for quick entries. Hence why he continued his craftiness by bringing in Phillips as a "late change" when he was always going to play him. Scott's priority was to asborb pressure and minimise fuel tickets used. We only had 1 contested mark, so I wouldn't say it went as well as it could've but we kept an even keel.

As Scott said at his post-game presser, "we expected the game to open up in the second half". That's because when a team like Carlton which have been used to playing "too slow and safe" (Voss) suddenly switches to full afterburners from the opening bounce, it doesn't know how to manage its legs. When Essendon pulled the trigger in the 3rd quarter with fresh legs, Carlton couldn't keep up. And the game was done. Checkmate Scott.

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

Not salty at all. Not like they played Collingwood, Port or Melbourne today. Just saying.

You mean a team that we beat, a team that we lost to by less than a kick, and a team that also beat us by a kick.

We haven't lowered our colours often this season, which is progress.

 

[Ari]

You mean a team that we beat, a team that we lost to by less than a kick, and a team that also beat us by a kick.

We haven't lowered our colours often this season, which is progress.

Yep! I don't think people know how close we have been. Ridley plays out the Port game and we win. Merrett plays the Pies game, we probably win.

Don't get me wrong, any team has coulda shoulda woulda wins.... but the above just goes to show how close we have been in games that you would have expected clear losses. Change 2 of the above and we're top 4.