I think we reverted to pre-2022 style of bombing it in.
There may be a time for Plan B but I think in this case, we needed to just get back to Plan A but do it properly - handball, carry, kick deep, mark/crumb from 20m out. Instead, we seemed to just grab the ball and boot it forward.

I am glad to hear the players/coach talking about the lessons we need to learn, and we're not the finished product.

100%, its actually the first time it feels like all the players, coaches are reading from the same hymn sheet.

several players getting interviewed after the game, on the radio etc.. all communicating the same message ... great to win, supprters should enjoy, but we have plenty to learn etc.. that tells me, more than anything, that we are, finally, as a club, all on the same path, be that player, coach or CEO etc..

its been a terrific turn around IMO and the most noticable postive change the club has gone through. winning is great, but the way the club feels united, is even better.

Was the first Carlton game I took my cousin from the UK too. Standing by the tin shed at the Junction of the pratt stand on the wing. The noise was just insane. Lockout too.

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Congratulations CK95

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It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

Watched the replay again.

It was only close as we couldn’t make good decisions inside 50, but the Hawks IMO, have the best intercept markers in the league, hence why they rebound so well and get easy score.

Let’s not forget that they scored 11 goals. That was a shit game the last 10/20yrs against the Hawks.

Our structure stood up defensively, even Plowman did the rights things at the right time.

Team first defense, won us that game, great goals got Hawthorn close in that last quarter.

I watched the last 5 minutes yesterday and thought Docherty and Cripps were both really average, not sure if anyone else saw that or it was just me.

Really needed leaders to stand up around then and there was a couple of times each where they bottled it.

Or on the flipside, we won because other leaders stepped up like Harry and weiters.

And we didn't need to rely on doc and crippa.

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Congratulations CK95

How’s the meedya dragging us for bringing Martin on in the last couple of minutes… meanwhile, Chad Wingard has a three day hamstring and, lo and behold, it looks like Jack Scrimshaw has knitted a fractured scapula in 12 hours.

How is the Scrimshaw/Howe sub not being spoken about? The re-jigged defensive structure across half back may have been ‘forced’, but the real story is how they went from getting mauled in the stoppages by our bigger bodies, to bringing on the biggest midfielder on their list. Reeves managed to halve the ruck contests and their mids were able to put enough pressure on the takeaways to force a hurried kick into their defensive zone.

That substitution changed the game.

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