Autopsy Afl 2025 Round 2 - Blues v Hawks Thurs March 20th 7:30pm AEDT (MCG)

[Mitchell Madness]

Yep - any other facet of the sport, and that would be investigated for possible spot/match fixing.

Statisitcaly near impossible. It's not like Carlton started king hitting people.

Carlton gave away several frees in the middle by throwing arms out and collecting players high. Not king hits, but that was loterally the difference

 

[Mesc]

Hate to say it, but great start to the year Hawks.

No denying it. They flicked the switch late last season. Looking good.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Carlton’s skill level is atrocious, just hack kicks to packs constantly , I rarely see them even try to hit a player in space .
Doesn’t help ver few of their players to lead

 

[Sherrinator]

Would love to see a free kick “heat map” for this year and last. Hawthorn would have a beautiful red zone right up the guts with a nice spattering on red 30m of goal.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Agreed.

But there is a case for Walsh ending up the most underwhelming player who had banked an incredible first few years. At the end of 2021 the sky looked like the limit.

Still an okay player, but his disposals largely range between blind dump kicks and baffling skill errors or poor decisions.

He’s been carltonised

 

[bzparkes]

Might hold some water if 5 of Carltons 8 goals didn't come from free kicks.
But go off again you obsessed little broken record.

We're living so rent free in your head, it's honestly hilaruous

Should've been more, umps blatantly ignored clear frees and awarded Hawks for light breezes passing them by, as usual.

 

[HairyO]

You're a flog. Imagine ripping into a bloke coming off 3 surgeries in the off season.

If you take the field youre fair game.

2 weeks ago most of BF were ripping into Nick Watson. Not so much now probably.

 

[Coasters7]

Dosen't take much to see the difference between those sides, and it was a lot more than umpires lol

Carlton were clearly the better side in the first half. Third quarter was an arm wrestle then the umps didn’t really let us see who was better in the last

 

[Sherrinator]

Carlton’s skill level is atrocious, just hack kicks to packs constantly , I rarely see them even try to hit a player in space .
Doesn’t help ver few of their players to lead

They didn’t try to run it or pass to a free man at all that last quarter. It was always to 1 v 1 or 1 v 2. Just bizarre work from the Carlton leaders (do they have a leader?)

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

If you take the field youre fair game.

2 weeks ago most of BF were ripping into Nick Watson. Not so much now probably.

Watson ducks and and flops like an Olympic Diver. Completely different reason for the animosity.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Carlton’s skill level is atrocious, just hack kicks to packs constantly , I rarely see them even try to hit a player in space .
Doesn’t help ver few of their players to lead

It's absolutely woeful.

 

[OniAu]

I dont think ive watched a Carlton game and havent seen Weitering walk around all game likes hes been shot

 

[tiger_tough]

Far too many pea heart, terrible kicks in this Carlton team.

 

[Acinath]

One team uses the footy well going forward
One team is ****ing horrendous going forward


Pretty easy to see why Hawks came out on top

 

[King Hansen]

Ruck is the easiest position to play. You shouldn't need as many breaks as he's been having.

If by easiest you mean hardest then yeah I agree with you.

 

[TwiggleyFanClub]

We brought the effort this week, but we're a poorly coached team with poor basic skills. Our way to win is such a slog. In contrast the Hawks were so skilled. We did our best to keep it a scrap for a lot of the night, but they only need 1 laser beam of a kick and they're out and it's a goal.

 

[Atomboy]

I dont think ive watched a Carlton game and havent seen Weitering walk around all game likes hes been shot

Stockholm Syndrome

 

[Skull Face]

If you take the field youre fair game.

2 weeks ago most of BF were ripping into Nick Watson. Not so much now probably.

You're

 

[HairyO]

Would love to see a free kick “heat map” for this year and last. Hawthorn would have a beautiful red zone right up the guts with a nice spattering on red 30m of goal.

Swans did too in R1. Essendon not so much last week but Carlton got a bunch of F50 frees this week too.

The AFL for the last few years has instructed the umpires to pay more. Because we love goals and Ch 7 loves running extra ads.

The irony was, the Blues got a few soft frees up forward but the umpires missed a blatant holding free. They were quick to pay all the holds too so that one was a little baffling.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

I don't blame him, but geez Cripps looked slow on the turn against Watson there

A 195cm 92kg big bodied midfielder, who is known for his strength rather than speed and follows the ball around all game looked slow late in the game vs a 170cm 68kg small forward who is known for speed over strength and covers half the ground...
Colour me shocked!

 

[Coasters7]

I mean you clearly could. Youve bitched about it two weeks in a row.
Maybe if your club wasnt so incompetent and take the obvious pick you wouldn't be so triggered

Got any genuine discussion as to why the free kick count was so lopsided 2 weeks in a row then?

 

[guruisatiger]

Would be cool to be the winners of the first grand final played on Mars

I'll definitely be dead by then
Good luck hope you get a good seat

 

[HairyO]

You're

Thank's.

 

[Mick F]

That pisses me off too when the losses don’t seem to hurt as much as they should.

As if you two would know SFA about leadership.

 

[Mr Meow]

Carlton’s skill level is atrocious, just hack kicks to packs constantly , I rarely see them even try to hit a player in space .
Doesn’t help ver few of their players to lead

Even when their players do find space or break the game open, you're just waiting for them to stuff up via skill error or poor decision. If they do get it to someone inside 50, you don't trust them to finish it off. Then they're quite poor at defending ball movement.

They can't take the next step until some or all of those issues are rectified. It's threatening to actually send them backwards.