Im too old to have my heart rate accelerated like that

Well done boys - I actually enjoyed watching you ply your trade today.

NO IT FRICKING WASNT IN OUR CONTROL. We played good defence and the umps refused to reward us. The umps took it out of our control.

Not complaining about the effort.
Great game of footy spoiled by the umpiring decisions.
When three commentators all call a free at the same time from the second tier and the umpire ten metres away doesn't see it....

We could have won it.

Next week we will need that intensity again against another good team.

Gibbons must play in the middle

Jack had a great 3 quarters but none of the forwards got a look at the footy in the last.

I think they all gave 100%. That'll do me.

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Anyway, plenty to like.

Cunninghams second half
Cripps, say no more
Marchbank
Plowman
C Curnow, getting involved looked to move more freely

Irrespective of the umps the inside fifty count was phenomenal and our players laboured late. Just not good enough. Story of our year. At least we are consistent!

The umps has [REDACTED] us over all year. Pay the flower Fine

They had 9 free kicks at qrt time. How is it
Possible to have only 8 for the game... flowers

Well if it was the decisive factor then Bolts needs to show a pair and pipe up. It'll ensure next week they'll be on our side.

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Too young, too light & too inexperienced

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Cheats never prosper (except in the AFL)

Bolts has to let rip re the umps in his presser and the club must keep the pressure up over the week. That disgraceful display cannot go unspoken.

Pleased with the effort but disappointed with the result. Sums up most of our season so far.

I don’t usually bother looking at the free kick stats, but at the ground we seemed to be getting a bad run with the umpires, so I decided to have a look....

24 to 8!!!!! In a close game? Plus the contentious non-decisions late in the match and I reckon it’s fair to put some scrutiny on the umpires.

Not saying Collingwood didn’t deserve to win, because it was a close game that could have gone either way, but Carlton is entitled to feel a little hard done by tonight.

Anyway.....

PROS-
Marchbank back in form.
Dale Amos. No Jones, Simmo & Newman - yet for most of the game, it looked like we were going to keep them under 100 points.
Gibbons second half.
Cripps.
Willo & Stocker starting to pick up the tempo.
McGovern.
Better showing from Charlie.

Their ruckman is quality and if he’s coming out of contract I hope we put a big offer in front of him.

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

We are cursed...

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I support the Navy Blues whatever happens!

For what it's worth:

Average Attributes
Carlton Attribute Collingwood
188.2cm Height 189.0cm
86.4kg Weight 88.0kg
23yr 9mth Age 26yr 2mth
71.5 Games 109.6
Total Players By Games
Carlton Games Collingwood
11 Less than 50 4
6 50 to 99 7
1 100 to 149 7
4 150 or more 4

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

We don’t often see a backman as 2nd ruck, so it was intriguing how we used Casboult today. When Jones returns, I wonder if he can play that role?

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

26 frees to 8, 2 only in the second half. Pies were always going to lift, but seriously an extra 3 on the field had a massive impact on the scoreboard.

Yeah, but we should still sakc Bolts.....

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I’m gutted and need a day to reflect

Do I support bolts to have a deserving crack at the umps in the hope we get more support

Or do I hope that bolts shuts his mouth and let’s the players who made some dumb decisions in the last take ownership and don’t give them an out by blaming umps.

Hird has a sook to the umps once and have been making excuses for their players ever since

Maybe a coffee with umpire boss during the week might be a better option

Were any of those turds umpiring the hawthorn game?

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Hard to describe my emotions right now.

I’m proud but frustrated, angry but hopeful, numb but totally invested. The end result is a blank stare.

No doubt I’d feel different if we’d won the Syd, GC and Hawthorn games like we should’ve. But at the same time those games were lost in the exact same way as today.

That last quarter blitz was totally expected, and the game was lost by us. When we get into this situation we’re almost guaranteed to cough it up, and until we change the script ourselves I can’t see it changing any time soon. Because sure as shit our opposition won’t just just let that happen.

On the umpires, I’ll only say it’s pretty telling when 95% of BF neutrals say you were screwed over.

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