Also - as the alternate long time driver of the "Marc C is the reason we are so shit bus" I have to say I appreciated his game today

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Cheer up..take the win

Cripps and Williams were in our best
Cripps had it 25 times, 5 clearances a goal assist and 10 tackles
Very solid game - not sure a month off is a good idea
Williams played his best game for the club. Had plenty of ball, offered rebound, hit targets and gained 764 metres

Pros:

We were able to get the job done, and get a much needed win. Everyone contributed to some extent.
Weiters, Walsh, Ed, Docherty, Williams, Saad and Eddie.
Best game we've seen from Cripps for a while.
Owies continues to do well.
Occasionally gets found out, but like what Stocker is showing. His grunt is good. And he's now showing his skills.
Probably the best Setterfield has looked this year.
Great seeing De Koning back in the side. We got a lot more out of our resting ruckman than we've been getting out of Levi.
Nice to hear Teague gave them a bake at half time. And credit for swapping Williams into defence, and Docherty into midfield.

Cons:

We sure make things hard. If we hadn't gone to sleep for the final 5 minutes in the 2nd quarter, could have been a much more comfortable victory.
Still think we're leaking far too many goals out the back. Against better sides, who control the ball better, it spells disaster. Not convinced we've solved our obvious structural problems.
Jones made some awful defensive decisions.

Teague absolutely sprayed them big time at half time focussing on the defensive aspects of our game as a team. Second half was different. 5.5 to 2.3 so obviously he got through to them.

We kicked pretty well today too. Scoring those early goals helps.

I didn't mind Murph today. That goal before 3/4 time was nice. You know Cripps would have missed...

Notice after half time, after Teague sprayed them about their defensive efforts, that they only scored 2.3.

Yes better defensive efforts but Hawks Clanger kings worse than us and lost against North so let’s see against a better side yhis great defence mechanism

Went along to the game.
It was great to sit in our own seats again and catch up with other supporters we hadn't seen in almost 2 years.
Game itself was pretty ordinary but will take a win any day, especially against this mob.
Walsh was amazing, as was Saad.
Curnow had a great game as did Docherty.
Williams played his best game for us and it was nice to see the players get around him when he kicked the goal.
The crowd reaction when McKay kicked that goal in the last quarter was pretty special.
Looks like we got through the game without any injuries.
I heard that Teague gave the players a huge spray at half time. I am glad he gave it to them, they deserved it and it worked.

Still mad about the 2019 Rising Star I see...

Just so frustrating to watch for the most part. Really wanted the killer instinct to go in at half time 5 goals up, & we just didn't bring it. No wonder our crowds just seem so dispassionate this year.

We still need to get better at keeping it in our forward 50. It just seems to bounce out too easily too often

To our credit good to see us really tighten up & kill the contest in the last, like we did against gold coast. It's a sign of progress on an otherwise pretty meh day.

Really liked stocker's game. I'm not as annoyed about him playing HB as others...his time will come & for now he's giving us value in the firsts & looks like we got a draft pick right. It's all good

& well done to Harry. Sign of a good player when you can have a not so great day & still kick a couple, including the sealer

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Refreshingly blunt presser from Teague - calling out some of the piss poor efforts during the day, despite winning the game.

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He isn't particularly gifted athletically or skill wise (compared to the general body of AFL players) but the kid knows how to football and gives it his all. Very important player to us.

Happy 21st Present early

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Williams played in position where he doesn't have to run around chasing the ball and gains 100+ meters more (764 m) than the next best player on the ground (Saad 654 m) and kicks his first goal. Pushed Docherty out of defence to wing he has one of his best since coming back and comes in third Carlotn player for MG at 533 m. Glad the coaches worked that one out! (And nice to see Setter come in at #4, pity he missed those two goals).

Funny stuff from a flat track bully

weird for a team that only beat us after the siren last year...

Good post CK. Your point about Stocker is spot on. He was given an opportunity in the midfield last week and struggled. No centre clearances out of 10 CBA's and minimal impact elsewhere. They gave him the big job on Bruest yesterday and he acquitted himself reasonably well in general play. More possessions than he had playing as a midfielder and more impact IMHO. He'll get his chances in the middle but he has to grasp them when they come.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Should’ve told Rozee to look in the mirror. Only one team competing for a Premiership choking against good teams.

Adelaide beat Melbourne.

Whether a team is bottom or top, if they play with intent they will be hard to beat.

Hawks had something to prove after last week, and we withstood that and won by 4 goals, the same margin we typically lose by against top teams.

Do the top teams get tainted with playing poor when they beat us by 4 goals? More like Carlton playing shit if you read the media and socials.

We are a middle of the table team, as I expected this year, 11 wins is possible, but I have never expected anything more.

Let’s start to appreciate that we are now beating teams we should beat, and consistently challenging top teams, with obvious areas we need to get better at.

Teague and his coaching panel need to lift, as do a number of players, but for me the effort/intent has been good since the early rounds.