Walsh is running in 3rd gear post injury. He'll be fine, but thankfully Cerra and Kennedy are shouldering the load.

He 'benefitted' from having to be Cripps at times last year. With Cripps back to being Cripps, Walsh needs to get back to being Walsh. Only needs to find a few percent.

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6-2. Top 4. Being somewhat disappointed with 8 goal wins. What is this

We have well and truly exceeded all (my) expectations thus far. I’m a self confessed nervous Nellie. My natural inclination is to be worried about it all unraveling somehow. But it feels so @#$%&! good to be where we are at the moment. Long may it continue.

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We are on our way back...

Pro's-
Boyd great courage and used the ball much better
Young is really looking the goods. Not a great kick but he plays within his limitations and hits the targets he knows he can make.
Doc playing great footy.
Saad playing great footy.
Kennedy keeps playing tough smart footy.
Cerra is all class but the kid is bloody tough as well.
TDK continues to impress.
Charlie. I never lost hope and he is getting better every week
Fish frustratescatq times but he is good value.
Cripps. What can you say. He's not trying to do everything this year but he's excelling at his strengths which brings others into the game. His goal kicking has improved out of sight.
Durdin and Owies aren't getting many looks at goal but their pressure is elite.
Our defensive structure and communication is getting better. Especially in the 3rd quarter, it was superb.
The Baggers back at the footy in full voice.
Our coaching group.

Cons-
Another injury.
I thought LOB had some very poor moments.
Weiters gave Tex too much of a leg rope.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

You've got it back the front. We're still improving. Be nervous for GWS cause it could get ugly!

I thought Williams was good today, anyone agree?

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Yup i do kerna….

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…
but every time Williams hurts himself a
little…he always plays better afterwords…!

it’s a weird thing…!


kindest regards tommi

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It’s the big picture stuff BV.
I just don’t look at where we are on the ladder.
We have a great draw this year.
We don’t play Brisbane and Melbourne till late in the year.
We only play Freo twice in regards to the top teams
Given where we are at we will play finals.
You can catch a team when they are playing shit
The draw is a joke. We all know that. Playing only 5 teams twice continues to be laughable.
In regards to this year so far compared to last year

Our mids bats deeper.
Kennedy has evolved in the last year.
Cerra complements Cripps Kennedy and Hewitt
Add Walsh who by the way is clearly not 100% and we are much better.
We are fierce at the contest.
I noticed Carroll got a few clearences yesterday as well
Hopefully he will add to the midfield mix.
A good midfield that bats deep keeps you in the game

We finally get to see McKay and Curnow together
Win in the middle and they become weapons.
They also complement each other as well
Silvangi looks like he has become better.
He is fast becoming the modern utility player. Has always been a smart footballer.

Owies and Durdin add the pressure.
Young looks like a good pickup
It’s what you do when you haven’t the ball which is imo more important

I want to see how we go against a top side and/or when Cripps isn’t there or having a bad one.
IMO it’s a potential problem
We still are suss when the opposition have the ball in space
Buy Voss has coached 8 games.
Don’t sack him when things go to off the rails

This.
Except, I think Cerra's delivery into 50 is very good but not yet elite as it doesn't always hit his target.
Agree about Owies and Durds: again yesterday felt they don't quite have that electrifying burst speed - maybe Motlop has it? But they gave everything for 4 quarters.

I think it’s great that we are 6-2 (first time since 1996 I think) and top 4. We haven’t done that for a long time, irrespective of the opposition.
But it is true that we have had a pretty good draw - although it didn’t look that way before the season started: we’ve beaten Richmond, Bulldogs, Port who have turned out not to be as good as usual.
BUT, we haven’t taken these opportunities before either so that is progress. Plus we are playing much better even than the start of the year and I expect this to continue through the year. I think our defensive unit is gelling nicely with Young solidifying his spot IMO. And the pressure makes a huge diff all over the ground.
Re Cripps, it is a big diff whether he is out of the team Vs if he is tagged out of the game: if the latter, I would expect players like Walsh to step up while they’re focused on Cripps.
But, yes, the last two weeks when we have done well in the third quarter has been against weak opposition. We need to show that against better teams too.
The coming month or so is very important.
The thing to keep in mind is that we are meeting most of our challenges which we haven’t done in the past few years.
And we now have expectations rather than just hope every week which I haven’t truly experienced for over a decade!


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Simply happy to win!

8 games in there are things we can see that have changed and things that we need to work on.
Our midfield is strong
Our talls forward are strong
The whole team is working really hard together, not saying it, doing it.
We are strong at the ball and strong in our tackling when they have the ball.

I am happy with the progress, that doesn't mean I don't see what needs to improve (mind you for most of the game we protected the corridor and our transition and turnover work is improving), just that we get this is a work in progress but this year the progress seems to be moving us forward,

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This type of slight is alien in the more cultured part of the world - Walsh. Its up there with mad dogs, Englishmen and the midday sun!

Yep , agree . Seems settled on that HBF . He is becoming a Mr Reliable .

Anyhow , the Club is going great . No way known am i going to be picky . Rome wasn't built in a day . Voss is continually tinkering and will slowly but surely iron out the chinks . A very mature coach these days . But Voss is Voss and leopards don't change there spots . A little birdy told me the boys copped a spray off Voss after the game . Nothing withering but a tickle up all the same .

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Re: De Doer. I thought you watched all the other games. FYI he's been dropped afew times this year, and in the past has done well against a crippled Cripps. This week he was the unused sub. I'd love for DeBoer to try tag Cripps this weekend and watch the tables turn.

If you aren't interested in YOUR team being in the Top 4 and consider any Carlton supporter interested in this fact as simple minded, I'm sure you think I'm the exception Gosh keogh. Do you live under a rock? We have been in the bottom 4 for the last umteen years, and you feel the reverse is the way to go?

Show some respect to the team, and your team's effort and improvement thus far, and ditto to your fellow Blue Brethren, because your remark is foolish at the very least. Footy is an emotional game, and you are just wanting to sstart a fight with those sort of remarks.

You tell me who should play on Greene?

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Re Carroll, you and a few others are in the same boat, who didn't notice him as much as last week. You will get use to him.

I watched the game with someone who said the same as you missnaut. I questioned them if they knew what Carroll's number was, and they couldn't. Not saying you couldn't, but he flies under the radar playing for the contested ball in packs.

He is unassuming and does a lot of hard work on the inside. His numbers show a similar output to last week's. Just had a bit more time on the ground last week.

He's 19yo, 2nd gamer:
8 Contested possessions, 3 clearances. 18 disposals in 66% Game Time. 314 metres gained.
2 inside 50's. 1 goal assist, 6 score involvements, missed a couple shots like last week that he normally eats up.

He's a beauty.
All the preseason hype, including Agro's wise words are proving to be right. He's a real footballer with good athletic attributes.

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Yes, the intensity really dropped in the last quarter, that’s why it looked like we “over possessed” the ball, we didn’t over possess, we just didn’t apply the same intensity to work through packs and high pressure situations and were caught.

I’m glad Voss gave them a blast for that, we can’t do that against good sides like Melbourne, and this is what keogh is worried about. Keogh’s not a wet blanket, he’s ahead of his time, he’s over us being average and wants us to be elite. Keogh is a man in a hurry.

I am pretty sure the commentators called him as Durdin a number of times. Don’t know why, he’s a lot taller and is a leftie.

Well put Peter Mac 33

Keogh is displaying typical Sanctimonious commentary.

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Agree with your summary stef

It was highlighted by Sidefx last week that the little fellas spend 2/3's of their time in the defensive side of the ground.
You make a good point re crumbing goals from the likes of Curnow and Harry. Maybe that's the plan. They are that good and mobile one on one with the oppositions smalls chasing their smaller counterparts in less dangerous parts of the ground. Just guessing though.

Interested in what you mean by getting caught out "one paced".
Is that in Transition? Interested in our weaknesses after 8 rounds.

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Both Boyd and Carroll were called as Durdin on the coverage.

It reminds me of a game that Sam Kekovich called at Princes Park years ago where every blonde player was stevens

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Congratulations CK95

Said before the game, if TDK can just halve the contests we will win.
He was up against a bigger, stronger ruckman in the same mould as Freo's Sean Darcy
The only count that matters is the taps to advantage and OBrien 10 vs TDK 7 is a win for the 22yo.
He's developing well at only 22yo, and he's playing with a desire to win, therefore competes every contest in the air or on the ground.
Assett, who will be a huge weapon when Pitto gets back in the 2nd half of the season.

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