Match thread.

[undy]

Listening on 3AW, so its a bit hard to know what the flow of the game is... are we unlucky or have we lost the plot ?

[sharpie]

Why is it that whenever we get a decent lead, not just today, but always within the last few years, we play safe instead of trying to kick on and burry the opposition

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by undy
Listening on 3AW, so its a bit hard to know what the flow of the game is... are we unlucky or have we lost the plot ?

3AW were saying all along that we were looking vulnerable and Carlton just needed to play a bit better - seems like that is happening and we are panicking.

[sharpie]

Originally posted by undy
Listening on 3AW, so its a bit hard to know what the flow of the game is... are we unlucky or have we lost the plot ?

Our only goals have come against the flow of general play since quarter time.

[gossipcom]

I have no idea sharpie - you'd think they'd try and kick ahead and build up % instead of freezing up (play safe mode) from 3Q instead of playing the whole 2nd half out.

undy it's a bit of both - there was one so-so free kick towards the end but the Blues just dominated in the last 5 mins in particular in that quarter.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by gossipcom
ETA: You know a coach gets desperate when they bench Schauble and move LRT onto Whitnall.

3AW said they had moved LRT off Waite?

[gossipcom]

Yeah they moved him off Waite and put him on Whitnall and benched Schauble in the process.

Basically their forward line lifted dramatically and our backline just couldn't respond to it.

[sharpie]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
3AW said they had moved LRT off Waite.

Nah, Schauble was being destroyed by Whitnall, hence he was benched and the only other replacement available was LRT.

[gossipcom]

Ugh.

Enough said.

ETA: Bolton's now on Whitnail

[Nolie]

Listening to the game on 3AW. SS must be pathetic at the moment. Thank heavens I didn't go to the pub to watch it on Fox.

[undy]

The new goal-kicking drill is working then

[NMWBloods]

Couple of goals have helped us - getting a bit of run off half back now.

[gossipcom]

Doing the voting this week will be interesting

Jude B - 31 possessions
BH - 5 goals
MOL - 4 goals

[sharpie]

How good was Jude! Best 4-quarter effort I reckon I've ever seen from him.

What happened to Kennelly after the 1st quarter, he completely disappeared from the game.

I liked Malceski's effort for a first gamer, but the Carlton ruckman Bryan was amazing for his first, must be a deadset certainty for the rising star nomination (unless he's too old).

[NMWBloods]

Fantastic game by J Bolton.

Schauble becomes a dilemma - seems too slow yet gives us a better structure in the back line.

Malceski looked okay.

Good to get the 4 points. Good to kick 18 goals.

Bad to struggle for most of the game. Bad to have only 26 scoring shots against the bottom side. Bad that we seem to struggle when pressure is applied.

Will be interesting to see how things go in the next 4 games - all winnable. We actually have a very good run coming up.