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haha. Enough with the Carlton circle jerk. They ain’t winning it this year.
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Carlton are the one to watch out for - They can win The Premiership
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Keep in mind this time last year the Blues were in a pretty similar situation with a 3-1-1 record and we know what happened over the next two months after their R5 loss to Adelaide in 2023. All Carlton can do is make sure they turn up next week against the premiership favourites and show the footy world that they are worthy of the top 4 hype they were receiving earlier this year.
If they don't show up, then the heavy criticism and teasing from the rest of the footy community is going to grow. That's just the reality of the Carlton Footy Club right now. The Carlton fans in the media aren't doing them any favours either by hyping them up and when you've got a guy like Sam McClure (who is a Carlton supporter) coming out in February and stating "Carlton have to be the premiership favourites and if anyone tries to tell you that they shouldn't be, they're not following the game right".
Those kinds of statements obviously open up the club and its supporters to heavy criticism from the footy community and the tall poppy culture we have in Australia essentially guarantees that there's always going to be people waiting to smash the club and its supporters if they perceive them as arrogant/getting ahead of themselves. At this particular moment you've also got a lot of Fremantle fans looking for some kind of revenge after last week so that's only amplifying the situation.
The truth is, we don't know how good any team is right now because it's only Round 5 but we're learning more every week.
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8 disposals, 15 hitouts (4 to advantage), a goal, 6 clearances, 5 score involvements, game high 5 score launches, 109m gained (compared to O'Brien's 22m - or an average of 2m per disposal) in 50% game time.
Sounds pretty good to me.
O'Brien only took 3 marks in 90% ToG.
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With 4 more participants on the field than the other 17 teams, they bloody well should.
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CakeEater
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I am over it, just pointing out you guys are the protected species this year so teams will need to be flogging you by 40 pts at 3 qtr time to ensure the game is sown up.What if i told you one day you may be able to move on from last week??
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Just like yesterday?
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You guys were tired after your GF performance last week and couldnt back it up.
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Yeah I'm sure the Blues went in as revved up as anything last week to beat our arch rivals and perennial feeder club Fremantle... Lmao.
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We are carrying too many injuries at this point now, have to consider us a T2 at best until we regain more players.
Cerra, Saad, Doc, McGovern, Motlop, Fog and Martin probably all miss this week.
Additionally, depth options in:
Silvagni, Cuningham and Marchbank
Are all unavailable too.
Have they been great though?
Brisbane - Good win, but terrible for a half and Brisbane started the year in awful form.
Richmond - They were decent back then, but not one of the top teams
North - They are terrible
Fremantle - Good but controversial win.
Adelaide - Should have won but Adelaide ran over the top of them. Bad loss.
GWS, Geelong, Port and Melbourne (except for last week) have been better IMO.
Carlton are one of the contenders sure, but others are ahead at this stage. The next five weeks will tell us a lot about Carlton.
GWS at home - Both teams have injuries but home ground advantage should have Carlton winning
Geelong
Collingwood
Melbourne
Sydney away
If they are serious contenders, then they should at least beat GWS at home, Collingwood and one of Geelong and Melbourne. Sydney in Sydney will be tough.
Brisbane - Good win, but terrible for a half and Brisbane started the year in awful form.
Richmond - They were decent back then, but not one of the top teams
North - They are terrible
Fremantle - Good but controversial win.
Adelaide - Should have won but Adelaide ran over the top of them. Bad loss.
GWS, Geelong, Port and Melbourne (except for last week) have been better IMO.
Carlton are one of the contenders sure, but others are ahead at this stage. The next five weeks will tell us a lot about Carlton.
GWS at home - Both teams have injuries but home ground advantage should have Carlton winning
Geelong
Collingwood
Melbourne
Sydney away
If they are serious contenders, then they should at least beat GWS at home, Collingwood and one of Geelong and Melbourne. Sydney in Sydney will be tough.
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Just like Collingwood’s forward line couldn’t take them anywhere.
Only Carlton is expected to be perfect on every line.
In terms of winning a premiership, forward lines aren't as important as midfields.
No, ideally it has some more speed and footskills. It might be almost good enough though. Even most premiership teams aren't perfect everywhere.
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Docherty a big missing piece - provides so much run and spread. Adds something a little different to the on-ball mix. Hoping if we can get Cerra/Walsh playing together and to as many CBAs as possible we can at least cover that loss a little
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Not great no, most reasonable Carlton supporters aren't entirely satisfied with what we've seen in most games, and like the start of last season actually, we're often just scraping by. We've gotten by on sheer heart and effort a lot of the time, sprinkled with some luck, and definitely aren't as skillful or clinical all round as some of the top sides.
I think it will all come together in time but its a matter of when and how much injuries to key players mount.
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Calm down Ross
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Every team has injuries but the quantity and quality differs significantly from team-to-team and week-to-week.
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And why is that?
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Says the Freo supporter.
It doesn't really matter which team I support. There are many examples of a team that has won a premiership with an exceptional midfield and average forward line (Eagles 2006, Pies 2023). I can not think of a single premiership that was won by a team with an average midfield.
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Collingwoods midfield on paper wasn't anything exceptional. You just need a good game plan, a good defence and good pressure around the ball and it will hold up in finals.
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