White handballed it out before he hit the ground. The handball was smothered and it hit the floor and Philippou dragged it under.

Was not holding the ball.

Maybe it happened too quick for the umpire to officiate with accuracy, or, he cheated.

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haha. i was chuckling at this in the game thread. these kids are my spirit animals

Yeah he has been good after a slow start
But the thing is why did we get him
Because are window is open
Face it it’s shut
What we needed defensively is another key back and another running half back creative with ball in hand
Where I really got it wrong was underrating JOS
Been terrific

Captain obvious would say we need a running half back but know we go for a 32 interceptor who is an average kick. I know we didn’t get Houston but still
Haynes is not creative with ball in hand
Reckon Saad is a shadow of the player he was too


Haynes Doesn’t take the game on
And often plays loose in defence on smaller forwards
Does it a bit easy

Well, it started promisingly...

I'm with you on JSOS. Thought he'd be too slow and not a good enough kick. He's been a revelation. Not sure where the improved kicking came from, but he proves the old cliché that the game is 90% (give or take) above the shoulders. Maybe more like 60% these days, but enough that you notice.

That rule may eventually apply to Binns, too. The physical flaws (including kicking length) are plain to see, but he had the impact that the likes of LOB never did. Maybe he'll make it. I'd still like to have my cake and eat it too. What's baking in Jagga's kitchen?

Have to disagree on Haynes's kicking. Been a very accurate distributor down the flanks. I'd like to see him take some of the riskier outlet passes, he changes angles nicely but still mostly outside the centre square where there's margin for error.

The high free kick given to Higgins in front of goal in the 2nd qtr was even worse.

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Binns is clearly slow one paced
Not a high % of fast twitching muscle fibres
Looks like he is jogging on the spot and can’t kick over a jam tin
But he plays wide and gets the ball
And is an extrovert
Need a few more in our team

Wasn't upset to see him subbed off after that duck.

The AFL rightly go on and on about concussion, but they continue (via their umpires) to reward players who bring high contact on themselves. Pathetic.

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Pros:

Contest and pressure.
SOJ, Haynes, Hewett, Harry.
Weiters and Cripps pretty good.
Good contributions from Young, Binns and Lord.
Charlie show in first half.
Didn't get cut up by Sinclair like we often do. Good performance from Elijah.

Cons:

More injuries.
Small forwards didn't contribute much. But at least they were laying tackles.
Walsh quiet again.

Not sure how tackles are a “con”

We had an 87% tackle efficiency according to fox footy which is classed as elite

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You don't know anything about Haines and yet you still have a go at him every week....because of his age. WTF
You must laugh at Geelong and Collingwood.

Haines is a great kick. He's craetive and penetrating. He's a quick decision maker. That's why he's a cut above most.
He sees the game clearer than most. He watches it unfold. Its a knack, a skill and something most players wish they have. You should appreciate what he does have that others don't.

You've read the reasons why we convinced Haines to play for us but choose to forget the explananations to continue your shameless attack on his existence at Carlton.

Give the guy a break.

Youre the only one I know in Australia giving him a bake.

He doesnt intercept marks because he's playing against a smaller player. You're thinking of those 2 marks he took out marking Close v Cats one on one. He takes 10 a game.

His opponents dont kickl goals against him. round 1 when he had his shocking moments (2), his opponent only kicked 1 goal. His opponents haven't been able to get off his leash, but Haines gets away from them wiith ease to helphis team mates because he sees the game unfold. Its an art. He turns his artform into an elite interception.

Blind Freddy can see how important he is to us.

Fair suck of the Sav.

Our window is still open. Not closed because you said so.
Its a long season. Enjoy the wins.
See Swans 2004. We play the same ugly style of pressure and contest. It works. We only just got started.

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Walshy quiet, or quiet for him?
Had 21 disposals in a game only one player reached 30.

9 score involvements in a low scoring grind.

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I can’t believe the lack of appreciation for Sam Walsh’s game. He had 9 score involvements and if you look at the highlights and see all of our goals, you will see how his running power and ability to create were one of the reasons we won the game. I put him in my votes.

To all those pessimists - WE WON!

GO BLUES!

My thoughts exactly, none of our small forwards dominate, their best contribution is as lockdown forward role. Young can play lock down forward just as well as any of them, plus he is a threat with his height and takes attention away from Charlie who struggles to be a tall, pack marking forward.

He’s more like a HFF or forward pocket.

Thought it was a gutsy win

McGov and Cowan injuries unbalanced the whole side yet we still ground out a win.

Thought Haynes was terrific (though the kick in the head slowed him a bit)

Think him, Weiters and SOS set us up beautifully down back.

Durdin needed to kick those 2 - if he had his game would have been excellent - small forwards need to take their chances.

Soon as Young went back Curnow's game dropped off.

Great goal from Harry at the end and Lord's goal was a ripper.

Hewitt is having some season and bot did we miss Cerra when he needed to go back.

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