There was a piece of play from Murphy in the 1st qtr which both told me we were "on" and showed how we've improved this year.

Murphy had the ball on the members wing with no space to work in. He tried to squeeze a low pass to Waite on the lead. Kick doesn't have the carry and Waite unsuccessfully tries to cleanly take the awkward half volley. Instead Rance (I think) collects and takes off to launch the counter-offensive.

Except new Carlton sees Rance immediately tackled by Murphy who had continued to move forward with real intent. So instead of Blues backs having to defend the counter, Blues ended up with a repeat 50 (hi club ).

Fantastic play from Murphy and not a single acknowledgement from those annoying commentators too busy with their BS banter on lace-up jumpers et al ...

And for what it's worth, I enjoyed reading the tiger fans wanting to have Grigg banished to Coburg

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Nah - I don't reckon. It just proved that sometimes teams are more switched on than others.
Waite and Robbo were good though.

I remebr that vividly.

That's the new Carlton imo...the thing that differentiates us from the past.

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Robinson's full on tackle in the middle of square on the Richmond player who just got past 2 previous players also goes close to the "2011 CFC". That was just classical stuff and the very reason the kid is just a favourite!

Yep...very good...perspectine indeed.

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I'd love it if someone could put a video clip of that up, it was sensational!

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That player had heaps of prior oppurtunity to dispose of the ball.Should have been a free to "Crazy Mitch".I am surprized,or should i say relieved he didnt blow a fuse.

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The umpiring this year has done my head in. Your right Mick, how that wasn't holding the ball is beyond logic.

Murphy was running to take the handball from Waite had he collected the footy cleanly. It turned out to be a defensive tackle instead. Goof play either way.
And the commentators didn't start talking about lace up jumpers until the 4th qtr when they were bored shitless with the game like lots of other people.

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Re Grigg:
First off, I hope some of you have calmed down and can show a bit more grace to eachother (kick the cat first, then post). Grigg got what he wanted - a regular first team game, which he was never going to get this year at Carlton. But, is he really happy?
Re White injury:
Didn't do enough last week in 2s and shouldn't have replaced Austin; didn't have much positive impact before injury yesterday. Give Austin another crack (maybe his last go?) in a more settled and powerful line up.

So glad we finished the job and got the percentage back. Bloody great second half. Robbo 3 votes for starting it. Phew, Warnock found something.

Looking forward to KB's reaction this morning.

It is really frustrating, I agree. Maybe the umps get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of tackles which are happening now days. It can just get really messy in close and maybe they just can't keep up.

Not sure if anyone saw the Pies game yesterday but gee did they get the rub of the green. Not that they needed it but there was lots of infringing which went unpunished I thought.

Was in Lijiang last year tuning into a Blues game myself! Was a very happy early morning listener from Rome on Saturday.. Very keen to watch the replay when I'm back this week!

There was another really bad decision before the Tuohy travesty .... when Eddy ran down Rance from behind near the middle of the ground and Rance got free for in the back! The umps have lost the plot with 'holding the ball' ...... and it also seems there is no such thing as 'incorrect disposal' anymore.

I am a Duigan fan but I reckon this bloke is more important to the backline function/structure. So assured.

They have both been fantastic acquisitions. Difficult to say who I'd chose over the other if there was only one spot available. I love Duigan's attack on the ball and his work for his teamates, but Laidler "plays taller" and has an elite kick. Great pick-ups both of them.

Maybe you're right and if that's the case maybe he achieved his goal. Although quite a few times I saw the two number 4's matched against each other, and Gibbs had him every time.

My comments stem from two incidents. One where he had Walker on a lead in the pocket in the first quarter and kicked it out on the full.

The second was a contested turnover on our D50, Carrazzo received the handball. Garlett was at the back of two Richmond players and all he needed to do was lace out over their heads onto a running Jeffy. He kicked it straight to the Richmond players.

I've seen the same from him in the last two games against West Coast and Sydney.

I just checked the stats from the game. Carrazzo only 4 tackles but 28 disposals. Although I've shit canned him for his kicking, he does have a good hand ball and can find a target through traffic with his hands. Maybe that's his best asset.

You will always get a clanger or two from Carrots but you also get a highly committed, team oriented, high endurance workhorse who regularly sacrifices his own game for the team (and still gathers a shitload of touches). Carrots just finds the footy and 9 times out of 10 he uses it well. Last two weeks have seen a couple of really good spot ups inside 50 under pressure. I reckon his disposal has improved heaps in last few seasons but many still watch him looking for the odd mistake that confirms their past opinions. But that's just my opinion.

I believe there's a few that could fill Carazzo's role far more effectively, none more so than Tuohy.

That being said, Carazzo has certainly improved since the start of the season where I was vocal in my detest to him being selected.

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Duigan is also an elite kick....

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