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16-06-2019, 12:09 AM
#196
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Originally Posted by
jeemak
Most teams are tough matches for ALL teams these days. The difference between reasonable and poor has never been closer and the way teams match up has never meant more!
I get going completely apeshit over a lack of effort, but that wasn’t our issue for most of the game tonight. Our loss of Libba really hurt us and clearly our coaching team wanted us to fight it out with a particular gear all night without responding too heavily to what was happening against us.
We won the game, put the whips and chains away and enjoy it.
The other thing teams are good at is defending all over the ground. At times it was difficult for us to get through their defence, especially in the third qurter when they really pressed forward and locked the ball in.
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Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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16-06-2019, 12:14 AM
#197
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
I might be wrong but I think it is the second week in a row that the opposition CHF has kicked a personal best. Maybe the selection committee should think about that.
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16-06-2019, 12:18 AM
#198
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Originally Posted by
Flamethrower
Charlie Curnow joins the likes of Majak Daw, Drew Petrie, John Butcher, Josh Jenkins, and Jake Carlisle as second rate forwards who have torched us.
That's your best flame yet, like Caroline's arrow.
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16-06-2019, 12:34 AM
#199
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Libba and the Bont two teaming at the stoppages were enormous for us in the first quarter. This came to a sudden halt when Libba went off. Tom is so important to our contested game.
On the plus side, we showed an ability to pinpoint leading forwards on a number off occasions.
We also demonstrated our resilience coming back after Carlton hit the lead, a truly positive step.
The truth will set you free,
but first it will piss you off. ... Gloria Steinem.
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16-06-2019, 12:34 AM
#200
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Originally Posted by
Danjul
I might be wrong but I think it is the second week in a row that the opposition CHF has kicked a personal best. Maybe the selection committee should think about that.
We should promote that All Australian CHB from the VFL.
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16-06-2019, 12:48 AM
#201
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
That was a win that somehow felt like a loss.
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16-06-2019, 12:54 AM
#202
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Thank goodness. I am just relieved.
Go Dogs! But that last 10 minutes was very bad.
"Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"
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16-06-2019, 12:55 AM
#203
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Originally Posted by
The bulldog tragician
That was a win that somehow felt like a loss.
I know what you mean, but I will take it.
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Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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16-06-2019, 12:57 AM
#204
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Coughed up a decent lead twice. That was a real concern.
A little patch just towards the end of the 3rd saved the game for us. They missed a few and we settled with a couple to undo what could've been a disastrous quarter. That was pleasing, to some degree. I thought we'd turn our toes up.
Last quarter we looked comfortable and put the cue in the rack, far too early it seems. We aren't good enough to do that, though being a man down meant they would always have a chance to come at us late.
Curnow is a gun, but you wish Naughty was adjudicated to the same standard as he and Ben Brown. Gifted half his bag. Our bloke gets scragged, nothing, makes terrific defensive efforts, no reward.
Carlton are a disgrace. Glad to see their pissant hearts break.
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16-06-2019, 01:02 AM
#205
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Just home from the game, has there ever been a bigger bunch of whingers re umpiring than that blues mob!?
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16-06-2019, 01:08 AM
#206
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Originally Posted by
Grantysghost
Just home from the game, has there ever been a bigger bunch of whingers re umpiring than that blues mob!?
Yes Essendon
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16-06-2019, 01:15 AM
#207
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Yes Essendon
Charlie Curnow had five frees and a 50m penalty. I’m not sure how many of his frees resulted in goals but I’d be pretty pleased if Aaron Naughton or Bont got the same largesse.
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16-06-2019, 01:16 AM
#208
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Originally Posted by
The bulldog tragician
Charlie Curnow had five frees and a 50m penalty. I’m not sure how many of his frees resulted in goals but I’d be pretty pleased if Aaron Naughton or Bont got the same largesse.
Curnow certainly got a good deal from the umpires tonight.
"Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"
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16-06-2019, 01:33 AM
#209
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
well, i did say dogs by a goal iirc. The right ending. If we had won by a big margin, May have papered over the cracks.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus
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16-06-2019, 01:37 AM
#210
Re: WB Game Day V Carlton R13 2019
Was great to be back at the footy tonight cheering on the Dogs after 2 weeks at home with the bye last week and us in Perth the week before that. Home game next week so back in my reserved seat amongst the regulars.
"Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"