Just read first 5 pages of Carlton’s post-mortem
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AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
"You'd love to be winning by more. I just said to the playing group then, we're doing a lot right. You can clearly watch us play and there are moments where little bounces of the ball, it's just footy isn't it. I thought today wasn't a 6 point win to be honest. We probably did enough to warrant a scoreboard that looked slightly different to what it is but anyway, we get a win".
"Yeah, I said we had a moment to smell the roses just in the rooms. I think we can say we've qualified for the finals and we haven't really spoken about that until now, or literally till half an hour ago. Not that we will stop and rest and smell the roses for too long but there's a moment of reset ourselves of now that we've qualified, now 'let's get busy'".
"Yeah, we did talk about that when we came together as a group and we were all trying to form a relationship. You're set on a vision and trying to get yourself better every day and trying to become winners and act like winners. To say we're in a position we thought we might be, I don't think that's true."
"Tay will get scans, but it looks like he's got some groin injury of some sort so we'll get some scans to learn what that looks like. Howie's just got a knee in the backside and unfortunately just couldn't function, so he'll be fine. Unfortunately, he just couldn't get on the ground so he should be okay."
"Yeah, we were rapt. He took a big step forward today. We thought he needed the run and played up until the last quarter in the VFL and by all reports he was getting better as the game was going on. I watched two quarters and I was happy with what I saw. He got a little scuffled and got the bumps and bruises you need to which you can't get at training. We're trying to set him up whether that's six days time, we'll see how he pulls up. We're really pleased he got through today".
"I said 'no' originally on the back of Checkers being available. If Checkers is not there then we'll probably need a key there. I probably should always preface what I say. We're anticipating Checkers will be right next week, so I would be surprised if we played all three".
"Yeah. We're conscious of this. We see him and we try to protect him. We get to a point where we say I think maybe enough is enough; let's look after this kid. There's all these stories and again we've got to look at what we can control around that. He's a 19 year old kid and he's saying his mental health has been strained. Let's look after him".
"I thought he prepared really well today for this game. The way he trained and reset himself a little bit during the week. He trained with great purpose and for a young guy trying to forge a way in the AFL, you got to prepare well whether it's training, diet, sleep. All these little things matter and today he got rewarded and you're not always going to. Today he got rewarded from what I saw of what was a great week of preparation and he should be proud of that".
"This is a story that keeps rolling on. The way we look at it is you're going to get some right and get some wrong. Jack keeps putting himself in a situation where he's a bit of spotlight for this stuff. This is another great lesson for him and for all of us where free kicks were not paid potentially and we just got on with it. You have to. What if it's a Grand Final; just get on with it. Jack got on with it today and Ash Johnson got on with it. Late in the game their might've been a free kick paid not against us or not for us, and you just get on with it. I think that's a good lesson for us".
"I'm not going to speak further to it. I've made my comments about it. We'll try to protect him as best as we can".
"Like we do every week. In six days we've got Melbourne; I don't want to look too far ahead and we haven't done that all year but we live in the moment now and we look at what we did well and what we can improve on. If you step in our four walls, you wouldn't know that we have won. This group is getting back to work and within six days it will come around really quickly but nothing changes, we just got to keep trying to improve ourselves and see where that gets us".
"I think every game presents as an opportunity to get yourself ready for finals. Those teams in particular are all in the eight as it stands, so it's a great opportunity to see where we sit."
We could have an opportunity to knock Carlton out of the finals. Dream result.I’m starting to dream…that Carlton won’t win the flag. I’ve been worried sick about it.
With that sorted, I can turn my attention to the Pies.
Percentage booster for usWe're going to smash you guys by 2 points!
We could have an opportunity to knock Carlton out of the finals. Dream result.
Im going to the game with 2 Carlton flog mates too. If you see 2 morons with Carlton scarfs go flying off level 2 thats probably my doingWe could have an opportunity to knock Carlton out of the finals. Dream result.
They're still the much better side though apparently.The wonderful thing about knocking Carlton out of finals is we double rat.f*ck their fans’ holidays
6 months to stew in their bile
All these so called experts Cornes, King etc. keep tipping against us. And we keep shoving it up their a… Keep going Pies and keep shoving in up their A…
To be fair, most here probably agreed with them.Egg all over their faces after tipping us to finish bottom 4 at the start of the year.
What are the odds Ben Brown is going to be back in the side next week and kick a bag?
I'm not trying to be dramatic, but do we think there is any chance Nick will get cited for the pre first bounce elbow incident?
Well done to Ginnivan today.
He's had an unreasonable amount of scrutiny and kicked 3 really good goals.. more importantly none from free kicks, and set up another. Should have kicked 4 dropping that sitter in the square. He just got himself in dangerous positions and that type of game today is what he should set as his benchmark. Doesn't need to kick 3 every week but just get to the right spots front and centre.
One criticism I have is his tackling needs some work.
Great interview post game from the young fella.
This is getting ridiculous. Ginnivan is a young guy riding a wave of success who invites attention and seems more than capable of coping with any backlash to his in your face behaviour. As he say, he has lots of support and I am sure he is more that he is more than capable of coping with the publicity he is generating.
Not sure what Ginnivan or the club thought would happen when he decided he wanted to be the no 1 antagonist. From then on he was going to get plenty of heat. Maybe the club should've stepped in earlier.
Reading between the lines it seems McRae also thinks we would have won by more if not for the decisions (paid/not paid) that went against us. Well spoken and very subtle.Fly's presser
Another close win.
Regardless of the margins, 10 consecutive wins must be special?
You're a first year coach, has finals happened faster than you thought?
Taylor Adams and Jeremy Howe sustained injuries. How are they?
Brodie Grundy returned through the VFL today. Where does he sit in terms of his availability next week?
Are you definitely not going to play Cox, Cameron and Grundy in the same team?
Jack Ginnivan spoke post match about the toll on his mental health in the last few weeks. Are you wrapping your arms around him?
Ginnivan kicked 3 goals today, what did you make of him on the field?
Is Ginnivan being treated fairly by the umpires?
We do see Ginnivan "getting on with it", but it's obviously taking its toll behind the scenes for him.
You can tick off making finals. How do you set up for the next three weeks?
You're keeping it at one week at a time, but the run of Melbourne, Sydney and Carlton must be a good build up to finals?
Post Match: Craig McRae
Hear from the coach after his side goes 10 in a row against the Power at the MCGwww.collingwoodfc.com.au
It means you are getting use to it and quite enjoy it.Watching the first quarter as it happened I said "the umpires have been instructed to make sure Collingwood loses" in disbelief at what I was seeing.
The holding the man frees not paid were so blatant that deliberate decisions seemed involved. Was it Buckley, who acted as umpires apologist throughout the commentary, who said the Johnson one was a professional free kick that was then not awarded.
Ginnivan got three good goals. I don't like his attitude, and all this "celebration" tripe that the commentariat delight in, but I like his play and deplore the AFL vendetta against him.
Lipinski had a great game, as did Josh Daicos. Cox and Cameron were very effective. Maynard remains a key to the back line, and the calls to move him to midfield have to be ignored. Moore was outstanding. After a jittery start, Bianco contributed well. Jamie Elliott may have lost the soaring leap, but he has gained a hardness at the ball and 5 - 10 m in his kick that are probably more valuable to the team.
Johnson and Carmichael have growing value.
Despite the closeness of the final scores, I didn't feel the stress I have over the last month as the game wound down. I don't know what that means.
Who has he actually antagonised?
Because he coloured his hair blonde and plays for the biggest club in the land?
It's been a media beat up in regards to Ginni taking the piss out of the high tackle rule. That's where it grew legs, nothing to do with the kid himself. campaigners like Montagna and the like took issue with it and it became far bigger than it needed to be.
Great to see the young fella getting back to what he does best yesterday. I was in the camp of give him a complete rest for a week. However, terrific coaching to back him and get him to perform.
That's fair, I was a bit tongue in cheek. They've shown up the last month or so.Mate, they’ve been solid for the past 6 weeks. They pushed Melbourne and came within a bee’s dick of knocking off the Cats.
What have you been watching?
While Rozee isn’t a player I recognise I always take note of a jumper number where an unknown opposition player is dominating. After Corne’s vote I looked up Rozee’s jumper number and #20 didn’t stand out to me at the ground.Clown Kornes just gave his pet Connor Rozee top votes on the footy show.
Seriously?
Went to the game, Rozee although good was no way a standout
De Goey at least as influential
Even Butters for them more damaging
This goose reckons N Daicos gets cheap possessions….