SDK spent half the game lying on the ground. He was clearly not quite fit from last week and we seemed to target him.

Is there a player who "accidentally" injures his direct opponent more often than this flog?

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He's got wheels too.... very quick. Weapon.

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That may have been how it looked on TV but at the ground it was very hard contested footy that whoever got the ball into space moved it into the forward line and gave themselves an opportunity to score. The pressure at the contested ball was immense, yet both teams were pretty clean by hand. The fact we won without dominating the contested footy shows we have improved immensely.

NO !

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Carlton - Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love

With daylight savings the early season games start stupidly early here. Thurs game 4.20 which sucks if you have kids sport.

Last year round 2 against the Bullies I watched first qtr from home, listened to second qtr on the radio in the car taking my daughter to training, and watched the rest of the game on my phone while pacing around stressing hard.

Did the EXACT same thing yesterday.

Needless to say, I’ve already booked taking her to training round 2 next year.

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We are on our way back...

I thought that was a bit of a dog act he did against Weitering in the first qtr.

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I agree. At the ground I thought it was a tough game with above average pressure applied by both teams. I enjoyed the contest.

I don’t agree Geelong were “shit” - they aren’t at their premier level yet this season - but after quarter time I thought they had a real crack at us. Chris Scott said after the game that he wasn’t unhappy with his team’s performance.

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Carnna’s right.

It wasn’t a scrappy game. Highly contested.
The ball moved up and down the ground freely mostly.
I’m surprised it looked scrappy. Maybe tv production focussed in on close to the contest this game.

Geelong are not shit.
They are big, quick, experienced, skilful, experienced and position their bodies best of all in one on one contests.
They are freakish like Effendopes were in 2000. They know where to kick and we to punch the ball ala Doull.
Fantastic game.

We ran hard in 3’s and 4’s.
Like I said last week was rope a dope and nearly pinched it.
This game I expected a game plan like first 10 rounds last year before injuries.
Geelong have the deepest list in the comp. 32 players who can step in.
We don’t bat deep with classy ready players and have Walsh Hewett missing from the guts

We can play more than one way and we are still learning.

I love Carlton and Carlton makes Melb
Bourne the best city in the world.
We are still fkn peaking. Went off last night.
Now for the VFL tonight.
I’m heading for a day in Lyon st Lunch, drinks, dinner, footy, party!,,,

I wasn’t joking when I said we could be undefeated in first 10 rounds such is the growth to come in this squad.

PS. I Take back some of my negative thoughts on Silvagni. He compensates shortfalls with a 100% commitment to the chase and his pressure is through the roof.

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Imagine he and Walsh working in tandem

WOW.......great win!......heart in mouth right to the last 5sec win but great nonetheless.

It was great to see that surge, free flowing football again for the first 3/4s.
Lots and lots of nice tap work to players and the blocking for players was a lot better this week, still need more of it though, especially after close in handball gives.
Not sure whether it was the teams objective to come out defensively in the 4th from the start or it was the sub out of a tall that nearly undone all the good work.
Either way, luck was on our side and I think we were lucky we played them round 2 and not later in the year, they are clearly underdone as a team.

I'm glad they put Pitto in the team as he did some good work.
Even without a few key players they are still really tall around the ground.
How good was it to see Ed play at that level again, huge.
Perfect replacement for Hewett, maybe Crippa can go forward/back a bit more this year with Ed in the middle.
I think I've seen enough of Fisher now, he get's in the right spot but he just can't make an impact.
I'm convinced Hollands will be like Kade now, courage, commitment, running power, but his disposals are just........
And Adam Saad, I think he should celebrate Ramadan all year, every year he goes off during Ramadan, love it.
Acres much better game this week, his disposals are questionable too, but to be fair the wings were not on their own.
McGlovin is just frustrating, the dropped marks got me, especially because you know what he can do.
TDK, killed it in the ruck. If he keeps this up, give him what he wants.
The defenders were solid again, they're becoming very reliable.
Charlie.......well what else can you say.......Harry did some great work too.
The smalls, I don't care what people think, all 3 need to play each week.

But the best part of our game this week was how much body work we did on them, they will be feeling it today.
No more bruise free footy, love it.
Now it's time to dial the skills in and we are on our way.
Time to start putting some teams away.
Go Blues!!

Distance Covered (km):

Hollands 15.2
Blicavs 14.7
Close 14.6
Miers 14.4
Doc 14.3

Distance Covered at high speed (km):

Hollands 3.5
Acres 2.8
Bowes 2.7
Holmes 2.5
Close 2.5

Avg Speed (km/h):

Bruhn 9.7
Kennedy 9.4
Hollands 9.3
LOB 9.1
Smith 9.1

Sprints:

Hollands 27
Acres 23
McKay 20
Holmes 20
Close 20

Repeat Sprints:

Hollands 5
Mckay 4
Cameron 4
Stengle 3
Henry 3

I share the overall positive sentiment, but I saw a couple of halfhearted chases again last night. I’m not sure if it’s concentration or fitness but that’s an area of his game that stands out as requiring improvement. At one point last night he just watched his opponent run off and then gave a soft chase when his opponent got into space and was used in the next play. Mindful that he’s only a second year player and there’s plenty of good things he’s doing.

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Reckon Tuohy was concussed in the 1st too and they should have subbed him. Was like a deer in headlights which is very out of character for him

If it wasn’t for Cameron Geelong would have lost by 7 goals
Geelong are still on party mode

I must still be hammered from last night as just splashed out on new merch for the kids to strut around in. Ching ching!

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Excellent team effort. So many guys playing their role well last night.
Charlie with 5, Saad's attack on the ball, Kennedy's toughness, TDK in that 3rd quarter, Ed doing a job on Guthrie. Newman important.
Our small forwards all had good moments. Harry in the last. Acres. Hollands.
If we continue to get the same output spread over so many players we will have a season of many highs.

Why does Cameron and a lot of Geelong players squash the footy before they kick for goal? Makes no sense. Its annoying. And how long does Hawkins take to kick the thing, no timer for him?

Deflate-gate

Obviously this is no secret but it is good for the team that they have now played in 4 consecutive BIG games - the Melb loss, the Coll loss, the Richmond draw, and the Geelong win.

Experience on the big stage.

Next step is to win with some breathing space over the next 4 rounds as on paper these games are easier than the last 4 games we have had.

Next week is a trap game for us though, so we need to be switched on.
To be a good team we win next week and win with breathing space.