PROS: Got the 4 pts.. Steadied and played out the last 10+ mins well..
Carrazzo and
Scotland, ball magnets last night. Real generals for us around the ground.
Eddie Betts: Really growing and maturing as a player, gives us that bit of class and spark in our team, plays with a bit of arrogance and flair and is growing with confidence. IMO little Eddies a class act!
Stevens: Stepped up to the plate and gave us some real class, particularly in the last quarter. Experience.
Judd: Class. Again.
Bower: Seems to be growing with confidence every match, and loved his attacking bit of play which resulted in Kade Simpson's steadying goal for us that we needed.
Simpson: Good skills, good pace. Great player.
Bentick: Does a lot of the tough, hard work that goes unnoticed. Led the tackle count by a country mile, and is harshly judged by some here. Rock solid effort by him last night.
Browne: Like the look of this kid. Seems composed when he has the footy, great for a first year player. Great first half in particular.
CONS:
Fev's love tap on Selwood. Propably go for a week for that. Very good first half tho..
2nd half: Began to get very nervous, texts from a Collingwood mate bagging me about my Blue thunder comment! lol. Thankfully we steadied, and i thought in the last 10 minutes showed the kind of team were becoming, and our skills and composure too good for the Eagles.
Josh Kennedy: Taking some real steps to becoming a very valuable forward. But guys, you don't get a champion player (Chris Judd) for nothing. Good luck to him though, and great to see the boys give him a pat on the back after the game. Wish him good luck!
Ruck stocks: Dean Cox a bloody champion and single handedly lifting up his team. He's a champion and our 2 rucks were outclassed last night.. Our Kreuzer would have learnt a valuable lesson or 2..
In the end, mostly pleased with the game. Apart from about 25 minutes of footy, we showed we were a class above the Eagles, our team is linking up well, were playing with confidence and our young team is growing with each game. Were on the right track, and this is Year no.1 in the Carlton comeback trail!
Will take time, but there are definetely exciting times ahead..