Blueboy74 wrote:
Most satisfying win in 15 years.
Coming off a thumping last week, 2 men down, playing the flag favourites coming off a loss, 2 big men playing after missing just 1 week with serious injuries and yet we endured everything they threw at us.
But what pleased the most, just like the Port game, is the aggression at the man and the ball is a geniuine want to impact the contest and just contrived huff and puff that might last a quarter. It's becoming a brand, a non-negotiable. Playing football "the Carlton way".
During the period of 2008 - 2013, we were known as a team hat had individual brilliance, but we're brittle and weak of mind. If you didn't allow us to play the way we wanted then we were beaten. Now we dictate terms.
How many times did flowers like Ballantyne, Monfries, Davey etc suck us into giving away stupid frees, and in turn change the momentum of the game. How often would we get scored against by allowing free players in the corridor, red time goals, no clue how to defend kickouts, no clue how to work the ball out of D50, no flying the flag when our players were targetted etc etc.
No more.
Watching us target Motlop physically and mentally, and getting to him to a point where his game suffered would have never happened previously.
It then flowed through the whole Geelong outfit, those constant fumbles in the 3rd quarter weren't a coincidence.
We've all been teased by false dawns before, but if you're not on board yet, do it now, because this is more than just talk. Theres a long way to go, but for once all the talk is being backed up with actions......
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Excellent post. Couldn't agree more.
No doubt there'll be downs and more roadblocks. However hard not to think there is a really solid foundation being built for sustained success.
So great to be back fully engaged with the entire club. No longer the league laughingstock, easy beats and pushovers.
Proud.
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