Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 5 - Blues v Crows Sat April 13th 4:35pm AEST (Marvel)

[Bagger72]

It is very difficult to win a flag without a set of competent small forwards/flankers. Whether it's goals, creativity, pressure or all three (ideally).

Geelong had many years where that was a primary issue.

Carlton do have two genuine gun key forwards to offset it. But even adding one elite small forward would be a game changer.

Motlop and Martin are starting 22 players but been injured - having Doc in this team would help but he's also injured. Missed abit of bite in the front half but Fogs is also injured. Missed Saads run for over half of the gam because he got injured... missed some of Cerras silk delivery because he was injured and now McGovern is also injured.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Motlop and Martin are starting 22 players but been injured - having Doc in this team would help but he's also injured. Missed abit of bite in the front half but Fogs is also injured. Missed Saads run for over half of the gam because he got injured... missed some of Cerras silk delivery because he was injured and now McGovern is also injured.

It's not a this game only issue. Last year was the same, the year before the same. We haven't had a gun small forward since Eddie Betts left to Adelaide

 

[Dirty Bird]

Having Huddo call a win is just so good. Makes watching the replay that much better.

A nice change of pace from BT the last couple of weeks where he doesn't know half of the players (no seriously he has no idea and made about 14 errors of name each game)

Huddo called McHenry Rankine at one point.
And he had a huge blunder the other way too. Did he call some no one Cripps, or did he call Cripps some no name

 

[CrowToon]

Huddo called McHenry Rankine at one point.
And he had a huge blunder the other way too. Did he call some no one Cripps, or did he call Cripps some no name

I doubt anyone is perfect but he isn't close to the level of BT and he also adds value to the commentary as opposed to BT talking about short throw ins or what hot take Hodgey has.

 

[kreuze_missile]

I love that this thread is full of Fremantle supporters.

Rent free.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Adelaide got themselves higher probability shots on goal

 

[Hobbes]

It's not a this game only issue. Last year was the same, the year before the same. We haven't had a gun small forward since Eddie Betts left to Adelaide

What are you complaining about - we gave him back eventually?

 

[OnceWeWereKings]

Beautiful.

Lovely

 

[Vindicater]

Adelaide got themselves higher probability shots on goal

Expected score is such a ****wit stat

 

[carlton_99]

Umps tried their best so unlucky Blues

Watching this game and coming to this conclusion just shows how "neutral" these non-Carlton fans are.

 

[Vindicater]

Watching this game and coming to this conclusion just shows how "neutral" these non-Carlton fans are.

You have been gifted two of your wins so far this season so not too hard to understand peoples comments on this.

 

[carlton_99]

You have been gifted two of your wins so far this season so not too hard to understand peoples comments on this.

What two wins were we "gifted"? And what do previous games have to do with evaluating umpiring performance in this game?

 

[gunbarrelstraight91]

We’ll be 1st on the ladder after this practice run.

The only question is whether we’ll win by 10, 15 or 20 goals.

Think you would have learnt from last year when you came up against us undefeated also.

 

[kreuze_missile]

Adelaide officially our bogey side.

 

[guruisatiger]

Lol using SEN as a source. It is full of nuffies and you know anyone can call up talking crap claiming to support a team etc and talking s**t etc. Much like this place at times as well!

Yeah I'm sure people go out of there way to spend up to 20- 30 minutes on hold waiting to talk with derwane just so they can pretend to be Carlton supporters, and then do it week after week

 

[carlton_99]

And the pre-emptive excuses have commenced again.

Carlton will have ten players at a minimum unavailable for selection next week that would be in their top 25-30. It's not an excuse - it is just realistic that it is not a good position to be in going into the hardest 6-week patch of your fixture

 

[danster168]

How was Cripps lunging forward at every opportunity desperate to get an in the back free. Hard to watch. Walsh is a gun though.

 

[Go the Guts]

I love that this thread is full of Fremantle supporters.

Rent free.

And I love that your idiotic post in this thread has been quoted time and time again, and made you look completely moronic:

We’ll be 1st on the ladder after this practice run.

The only question is whether we’ll win by 10, 15 or 20 goals.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Who decided to play two rucks on the one ground you least need a second ruck? Giving Pittonet a 4 year deal is looking worse by the second.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Crows to win. Carlton are pretenders.

The prophecy has been fulfilled

 

[revo333]

Same old Blues heheh!

 

[PenrithGWS]

waiting for the umpire to give carlton a fee shot on goal to win the match because he heard someone say bad words.

 

[My Tilly]

All three of those previous 5 were away. Guess where Carlton’s 2 wins were. You’re right, marvel stadium.

You guys getting ahead of yourself.
You are not the team you think you are.

 

[hippyhippy]

well done crows! best win of the season so far!

The only win of the season so far...

 

[hippyhippy]

Next 5 games for the Blues,

GWS
Geelong
Collingwood
Melbourne
Sydney

Could argue this could be the wake up call Carlton needed to tighten up before going into said stretch of games.

Adelaide started Carltons losing streak last year...