bondiblue wrote:
The Game was set up for an easy Giants win.
As the announcements were made during the week the odds against us grew
The Footy World, (outside of The Carlton Believers) wanted to win for Leon:
The Giants players
The commentators
The Reporters
The Umpires
Keogh
But Carlton believed in the new Coach despite:
Travelling Interstate
Playing at a Ground we have never won on.
Playing a Team we have never beaten in Sydney
Not having won on the road this year
Playing against a seasoned Finalist
11 injured players couldn't be considered for the game
8 Best 22 players missing from the team
9 Players selected Under 22yo
Our developing young ruckman 20kg lighter than his opponent
Losing the club's biggest recruit in the first quarter
Knowing the umpires will be against us.
Talk about a win for the Ages.
This win is as big as the 2002 game without Bradley Kouta and SOS
This win is as big as Fevola's huge 8 goal haul vs Effendruggies in 2008
Sure is a Year of Transition.
Top 4 after 9 rounds. 3 games clear of 9th.
Dare to Dream.
Grandstand post if I ever saw one
Having watched it there are things I want to say to balance the post
We won with a lot against us such as injuries playing away and Cameron’s last game
Cripps didn’t dominate
He was cleverly used as a ruckman
Press’s was always going to dominate the hit outs
DeKoning going forward meant we weren’t so shotrt in attack
Kennedy and JOS have become very good players
Durdin and Carroll look the goods. Finally some late draft pick glory somethings SOS had no idea about.
Well done Austin
The average players seem to play better and with belief
Plowman
OBrien
In saying all that our % is poor for 7 and 2
Lose to Sydney and we could be 6 th next week if Sydney beats us
I think after 9 rounds ( not 10 this year) that only Gold Coast The Dogs and Port can replace teams in the 8.
Banking wins early is obviously important but we have the worst % for teams in the top 8.
Western Bulldogs and Port can overtake us % wise
So let’s not get too carried away with the theatre here unlike BB and a few others.
The way it’s turning out we have the best draw.
Richmond go alright
Freo are up there this year
Haven’t played anyone else in the 8.
13 rounds to go
I’m happy with how things are rolling
Just being rational
We’ve played and beaten Bulldogs and Port who were grand finalists and preliminary finalists respectively last year, and as you say can still make the 8 and probably will. It may well be that we’ve played 4 of the final top 8.
Also there are only 7 other teams inside the 8, 10 outside it.
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