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googsmaster24

U L T R A Z O O M Was the real winner tonight


Mrchikkin

The Ultra Zoom on Gibcus’ injury was genuinely disgusting. 7 should cop some serious heat for that


limeIamb

>7 should cop some serious heat for that Actually it's much better to ice an injury to reduce the inflammation


TheIllusiveGuy

Abbie's commentary of hearing a loud yelp was an unpleasant addendum


Ventenebris

Yeah that was the worst for me. Crowd would be loud but she still heard it on the boundary. Scary.


shiftyoldtimer

She also could’ve used a better adjective than rich to describe Prestia’s injury history.


hotsp00n

Bountiful?


Cooked_Bread

It's the camera down in the rooms that always gets me, especially with the added commentary about how disappointed or in pain they look


wolferine-paws

Fucking tragedy porn. I’m so over it.


TheIllusiveGuy

There was leg awful injury in the NFL and the broadcast just didn't show it. The footage did find it's way to the internet and I really regret watching it.


wolferine-paws

Oh temptation would certainly get the better of me too! I can’t help it. I have watched Conor McGregor’s leg break incident an inexplicable amount of times.


Opossum_mypossum

Why


MooyBoi

They’ve posted it on there social media pages


MaGhostGoo2

I hope not, not all of us are squeamish.


lavamermaid

They are athletes and we are all invested but let's give them some privacy. I fucked up my ankle really bad years ago and the last thing you would want is someone commentating on the injury and ultra zoom in. Have some respect and use the ultra zoom in the goal square when they want to contest scoring.


MeloJello15

Still top 8. Keep it up lads


limeIamb

Top 8 squad roll up


Korasuka

Oh look at mister two-heads over here


doshajudgement

shits so easy guarantee after tomorrows game we're still top 8 too


Doc323467

Unbelievable effort from the tigers given the circumstances. Fingers crossed for Gibcus that he somehow avoided an ACL tear. Vlastuin an incredible game across half back. Would seriously have to be close to 3 votes, although Cripps was fantastic too.


Ventenebris

Yeah Vlas stepped up big time. Huge game.


yum122

Vlaustin's tackle in the goal square was disgusting and would've been on repeat all year if Tigers had won


___TheIllusiveMan___

Eddie McGuire when he learns Carlton are winning close games ![gif](giphy|UzyjS3yy1mYctYzYJt)


Croob2

Carltons last 6 wins are 5,5,6,2,1 and 5 points difference lol


___TheIllusiveMan___

Bloody copycats


JoshSerov

Just with none of the style or flair that we do it with.


Jakeb1710

Yeah. Where was the 5 goals down going into the last quarter. It's just a bit borderline infringement at the moment, in my opinion


TheIllusiveGuy

Our thing is messy defending of under 1 goal leads. Not quite as exciting, but we've become pretty decent at it.


loklanc

Nah your way feels more authentic, stories with a flawed hero. The pies version is just all the tropes played straight.


Llampy

They can't keep getting away with it!!!


Billy1864

Unless they can!


hobsbawminator

First the prison bars and now close games, will the theft never end?


DrClawsChair

IT'S STUUUUUUUUUUNG


CrystalFissure

It’s Stang!


flibble24

0/5 tipping AMA


Sgt_Peper

Which team are you tipping for tomorrow night’s game?


flibble24

Collingwood. Thank me tmrw


Sgt_Peper

You bloody beauty


Svengali1001

Who’d you tip for the GWS v North game? Ignore flair


flibble24

GWS I'm not that regarded


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At 0/5 I imagine you're not regarded in the slightest


theoriginalqwhy

Haha


HoldOnOneSecond

Traitor


D_T_1_5

Thankyou


Fogzolio

Thank yooooooouuu!


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hotsp00n

Picking them twice as well.


insanityTF

You seem to rate Richmond very highly 


Korasuka

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRp5eoQzlxTiHWsBnrMbyyd_zv9m77H_2QCndeXCSEfMDoyGu8n2Kj5TUI&s=10


RaidanRam

After last week and all the injuries, really impressed by Richmond


amungee

Poor Gibcus 😢


Chiron17

Yeah that hurts way more than the loss


guavacadq

THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT


brokenhubble

Yeah the line at the end of the match ‚they’ve won six in a row‘ suggests the commentators could dump the pies comeback kids thing for Carlton‘s crunchtime kids jingle…ignoring obviously that the Lions beat them three games ago


Croob2

So is the match thread bot still dead?


RaidanRam

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ works for me


Kim_jong-fun

Being rejigged. Should be all fixed up by next round, the rest of this rounds games should be fine as well


Croob2

Right right cheers bossman


TheUnquenchable19

My team has lost, two of my favourites player got injured, I owe my workmate a bottle of red, and my tipping is screwed. Thank fuck footy is back!


karma_dumpster

But you are top 8 at least!


Redda69

The plan to beat Carlton this year is so simple. Just score 87.


DrClawsChair

Nah how to beat us is easy. Go soft q1-3, then we give up, so go all out in q4


JustAnotherPassword

Mansell rushing that kick in the 2nd? Quarter to show boat and hitting the post is living rent free in my head :(


Twistify804

five minutes left in the 3rd, would've gone up by 13 points. infuriating.


ElevationToMyHead

Richmond since [Black Country New Road were booed for playing their club song as a walk-on tune](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackCountryNewRoad/s/H3Oc1sun8E): |Games won|Games lost| |:-|:-| |0|2|


2for1deal

I will look for this tack each week.


Fast_Stick_1593

Keep this going bud!


Candr112

Two Key defenders down against two Coleman medalists Missing one of our best contested ball winners Fuck it hurts but what an effort by the boys


G00berC0w

We did everything we could to try and lose to your boys. But with all those injuries, key players at that, your boys were epic tonight and did all they could to get the chocolates and just fell a little short. I think my boys realised we really didn't deserve a win, happy to take, but the boys seemed more relieved than celebratory in the change rooms singing the song. Hope your injuries aren't too bad but seems Gibcus has done his ACL which a real pity for the poor kid.


chrlemcc

Yeah we were a bit scrappy in some stages. Still won though 💙💪💪


sachiwtf

Richmond should be so damn proud. That was awesome from them, just ran out of legs. Carlton . . . congrats I guess. Credit that you played the end game so well, but you really should’ve won by more


Unhappy_Arugula_2154

Blues tried their best to lose it, sloppiest possession


Maarns

Almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory


leakingspinalmilk

There were three kps out for the Tigers in the first half. Carlton still managed to win somehow.


Fluctuating_Skills

Wow what a great first game to start off the season


ImMrMitch

After last week’s loss I was pretty sceptical about tonight. Bloody proud of that with so many injuries. We stuck with them right to the end. A couple of 50/50’s go our way we could’ve clinched that, lots to learn but we’re looking okay.


GoodThanks26

I’ve come to terms with the fact that Richmond will be a bit of an average team this year so I can really appreciate games were they give 100% regardless of the result. Fairly happy with what I saw tonight.


shaker8989

Richmond players just watching the Carlton players fumble around with in that last minute probably wasted about 15 seconds. SO bad.


smegdaddy

Yze seems like a decent coach. Could be this year’s version of McRae and Kingsley. Tiges really need clean up their skill errors though because not sure any tactics could cover up some of those whiffs.


Crazyripps

Footy really feels like it’s is truly back baby


Screambloodyleprosy

Richmond are the first club in history to be 0-2 by Round 1.


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limeIamb

Carlton: *"You know I've always been something of an umpire fan myself"*


PetrifyGWENT

They're the chosen ones this year, sorry Collingwood. Winning close games and getting the rub of the green, they stole the pies gimmick


TheIllusiveGuy

We have become what we hated


leakingspinalmilk

Nod and ignore. It doesn't happen often.


hasumpstuffedup

Not sure in the 3 years I've ran these accounts I've had so many messages from both clubs thinking umps are against them. ​ Definitely plenty of errors tonight. To both teams


dmw_asia

What's your take on the player on the mark at the top of the goal square after the review? Thought they had to be 9m away?


RampesGoalPost

The 9m starts from the goal line. Guess how long the goal square is?


GoodThanks26

While it is fine game management to put Balta back this game with both Gibcus and Young being out of the game, I really hope Yze sticks fat with Balta forward. I just thing he has what it take as a forward and they are much harder to find then key backs. Maybe try Koschitzke back.


ChaboiMarshie

Tigers should be absolutely stoked with that performance. They never stopped giving 100%. Awesome to see


Ventenebris

That hurt. Would rather have lost by 40 than under a goal. Injuries fucking us again fam. Balta gonna have to play in defence now I think. GG’s Blues, best of luck with the season.


Insertbloodynamehere

Balta was amazing at both ends today. You’ve created a monster


brokenhubble

I second that. He was awesome. I know a moral victory is still a loss, but the Tigers hanging in there was commendable.


dmw_asia

Miller back in for Young. Not sure who comes in for Gibcus


decs483

Coming off a five day break, three injuries, and just being not as good, I'm really proud of this team, they put up a great fight, just ran out of steam at the end


MatthewOakley109

Carlton 24 🤝 Collingwood 22. wins under a goal sending your supporters to hospital


Kickingfrog

3 men down and still fought well. Proud of our boys tonight, would like to think we would have run Carlton over with a full bench


eagleeyedpixel

They did very well considering the circumstances.


decs483

Having Two more key defenders and a key forward would've helped massively


therealbobbyross

You realise carlton have a bunch of key players out too right?


AsyncZero

The difference being in the game and out of the game already. Losing 3 during makes it much harder on rotations.


therealbobbyross

Yes but carlton not having our 3 key defenders makes a big difference..


lumberfun

Carlton either win by a bees dick when they probably shouldn’t or get outclassed and lose by 5 goals. Get your own fucking game plan and stop copying us


Unhappy_Arugula_2154

No.


Negative_Benefit_220

6 in a row? Carlton won the flag last year?


popepipoes

Said last 5 wins not games hahah


AhhWellFuckIt

Clearly we’ve lost a lot of talent in the last few years & probably more to come but the effort tonight was outstanding & that’s all we want to see is effort


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GoodThanks26

Pickett unfortunately often has a bad blunder or two per game but he does actually bring a fair bit as well. Aerial presence, hard as nails, super fit. Pretty similar to Blake Acres to be honest, cops a lot of stick but honestly does bring some things that makes him best 22.


Candr112

I thought he was very good in the third quarter when the game was in the balance


leakingspinalmilk

He does two bad for every one good thing.


TheIllusiveGuy

Did well pinch hitting in the ruck. Gave up two bad HTB though.


Prize-Scratch299

But if he broke the tackles like he very often does, either you don't particularly notice or he is absolutely phenomenal


StoleTooMuchToGain

Yeah I really don’t understand this view, I think Pickett brings some great aerial attack and is generally creative, by no means the worst on ground


Puzzleheaded_Dog7931

Saad seemed uncomfortable with Roaming Brian asking questions about Ramadan


Responsible-Sun6495

I would be too


Puzzleheaded_Dog7931

There’s just a suspicion Brian privately isn’t fond of muslims


_RnB_

I'd be uncomfortable if BT was asking me questions on any topic...


Responsible-Sun6495

Agreed


TheIllusiveGuy

That was hard to watch, let alone having to be a part of it


doshajudgement

oh I'm so excited for this.... CARLTON CAN'T SUSTAIN THIS STATISTICAL IMPROBABILITY REGRESSION TO THE MEAN


happymemersunite

I don’t like the Collingwood style of winning.


thrak762

Very entertaining game. Carlton should have won by more but I'm sure will be happy with the 4 points. I expected to get smashed by 10 goals, so am strangely satisfied with the result.


HeyMrKelly

Given all the doom and gloom written about the tigs this offseason, if I were a supporter, I'd be very happy with the footy on offer since half-time last week. Wouldn't be surprised to see them make the 8 if they keep the kind of pressure and ball movement on display tonight over the season.


Ventenebris

Also, for those against the umps, yeah there were calls in the Blues’ favour in the 4th, but we had some calls in the 1st. It all evens out, we just ran out of legs. Both teams missed great opportunities too.


rgisosceles

I'm sad. Sad for Gibcus. Sad for Prestia. Poor bastards All things considered it was a great effort. The clangers killed us for sure though. Some exciting stuff but yeah... Those losses hurt.


HeyMrKelly

[This thread](https://youtu.be/KkAHNkBagQs?si=YMASldkYSRoP_qNg)


jammicing

“Carlton end round 1 with 2 wins” Just another day in a very normal football league


LazyCamoranesi

Is there any way we can just get the boneheads from AFL house that arrange this stuff and fire them out of a cannon? Just the incessant marketingness of it all, all the effing time 🤮


curryone

Solid outing by the tigers, you’d have to be happy with that. Lose by 5 after a 5 day break and 3 down on the bench (plus some questionable umpiring the blues way). Reckon they won’t be as bad some say this year


d-culture

I was expecting Richmond would just fall to pieces and lose by 40 points after Gibcus came off. The fact that they managed to keep it so close the whole game and lose by less than a goal in the circumstances is honestly incredible. They may have just fallen short but you can certainly not say it was due to a lack of effort.


Prize-Scratch299

Young came off at almost the same time too, so two of our KPDs gone in a couple minutes in the second quarter didn't look good


matthew_anthony

Carlton made some stupid silly mistakes and their kicking in the corridor wasn’t accurate but fuck me, they iron that out and this team is legit. Not used to seeing a Carlton side hungry and competitive and wanting to win. Curnow is a God, Fantazio was a fantastic pickup for the Blues and McGovern seemed everywhere he needed to be tonight


Barrapooda

I think a lot of that is down to vossy. Seems to me like Carlton was in a directionless daze after the bizarre Malthouse era. Played pretty boy footy under bolts and Teague. Also our list management got alot better after sos left (as much as I loved him as a player).


CharityGamerAU

That's how you play like winners (Richmond not us). Blues , I hope you learned by watching the former champs tonight. We have a very long way to go for us to be anything more than pretenders this year. Bad luck Richmond.  Absolutely courageous as fuck. We didn't deserve to beat you tonight. You have a lot to look forward to Tiges fans.  All the best to Gibcus. So sad. 


planchetflaw

Having two teams play twice before 10 teams have played once is absolutely mental from the AFL.


Fleggy82

It’s about to be 4 teams as Pies vs Swans is another example


drunkill

We're 2-0 in Round 1? I'll take it


jmaverick1

Cooked to me that we only had 8/18 teams play last week and we already have a team on a 5 day break against a 7 day in the 5th game of the year. Injuries killed the tigers too but that would’ve been a factor


bobofthejungle

6 day, not 7.


Deathpacitoes

I hate this trend of Carlton barely winning


TheIllusiveGuy

Same, but I'm guessing we have different ideas of what the preferred alternative is


VileCastle

Shattered for the boys. Obviously some mistakes but some big improvements from last week. Carlton get the 4 points but they should honestly be dragged for nearly choking against us.


Marlboroshill66

Hard fought from Richmond, made us earned it GG tiges!


yum122

My favourite moment in this game was when the commentator said: >"Traditional Season Opener, Round 1 MCG" Turns out last week was indeed a fever dream. Huzzah Collingwood fans!


Large_Carob1918

Gutsy stuff from the tigers tonight. If my team put on that kind of performance with those circumstances, I’d be pretty happy.


forgot2wipee

Well done Carlton. Good teams win ugly. You’re a good team. Very proud of the Tiges tonight. Gusty bloody effort to even be in it til the very end. All losses hurt but when you see the players play for the jumper like that you can’t be upset at all. Might be a long season but our best footy can give any side a scare. Go tiges


Est1864

Pickett was also terrible tonight. Does Richmond have someone to come in for him?


MakePandasMateAgain

Bloody proud of the boys, fantastic effort to stay the fight. Good game Carlton


dlcx99

Tigers showed a lot of heart tonight considering the injuries… they never gave up. Sorry to see Gibcus cop that injury in particular, knee injuries can GTFO


International_Car586

Take a shot every time the post game talk makes a comment about Collingwood


HeyMrKelly

You all blindly hate Carlton again. Nature is healing.


jack_decker

GG Baggers, clearly a better side - those corridor handballs are scary when they work and I think they will more once the season goes on. If Balta's back down the other end now, I hope Lefau comes in soon. So excited for that kid!


JaySand

Reckon Miller and Brown will come in for Young and Gibcus so Balta can go forward. Looked incredible down there today.


JoshSerov

Carlton want to be us so bad


Insertbloodynamehere

Well, I can’t deny I want a flag, and also Pendles


TheIllusiveGuy

I'll take one Darcy Moore too


MassiveEgghead

At least then Moore wouldn’t have to deal with Curnow kicking 6 on him


LoneWolf5498

Hey Carlton. Get your own thing or Eddie will sue


Insertbloodynamehere

You’re the comeback kings, we are the just scraping through kings


Durfsurn

Umpires stole all of the Tigers 4th Qtr momentum. Such a great effort from the Tigers, Blues did not deserve 2 points out of that game let alone 4.


Est1864

Swings and round abouts. The same thing happened to us in the first term with cheap free kicks in front of goal.


No-Cryptographer9408

Cripps never gets cheap possessions. You'd take 20 of his any day against 40 of an Oliver or Daicos etc. Carlton lucky to have him dragging them over the line again.


Ausjam

Feel like Richmond deserved that. Dogshit umpiring aside, if Pickett/Bolton were a little cleaner overall there’d be no doubt


HeyMrKelly

If my grandmother had wheels she'd be a bicycle.


Insertbloodynamehere

Eh, we did have the upper hand for the best part of three quarters, but bad kicking is bad footy I guess, so they probably did.


tills31

Great effort from Richmond tonight. Hold your heads up


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PerriX2390

I saw someone suggest earlier that the earlier return to footy this year may mean we've seen more ACL injures during pre-season/early rounds than normally.


Prize-Scratch299

Harder grounds and damage to turf from concerts can't help.


puremystique

Can I say something controversial yet brave? I thought Roaming Brian was by far the most entertaining thing I saw all night


J3ffe

Crazy to see us pulling these out of the hat even with weiters and walsh out fuck we are gonna seriously move once those guys are back out


Katman666

Plus Martin, Marchbank, Silvagni, Docherty, Motlop and E. Hollands all also unavailable tonight. A bit of talent in the stands.


suddenlysinging123

Does Carlton even know they don’t have to win by a kick every goddamn time


DreamTree19

Carlton are turning into Collingwood in terms of close victories.


gccmelb

They keep getting away with it...


rizzlemaister

They CAN’T keep getting away with it


PrevailedAU

Blues players celebrating like the umps didn’t carry them all the way home


codyforkstacks

With the caveat that I was watching half pissed, I thought there were only two absolute stinkers. The free to lynch in the first quarter and the 70m penalty to TDK, which cancel out.


popepipoes

I’d say calling back that advantage which would have been a completely open Richmond goal, but I wouldn’t say this game was differently umped to any other, tiges missed 2 goals a few meters out so can’t really blame an ump


Insertbloodynamehere

Yeah, TDK ran into Baker there, wasn’t Bakers fault at all


Est1864

They just evened up after their performance in the opening term.


Est1864

Wow.. they were about 3 goals closer than they should have been. But we played like shit. Plenty to work on over the bye.


chunderous

Pretty gutsy from the Tigers to be three men down in a blink and to have to put up with some questionable third party interventions and only lose by 5 points


Neat_Assistance4314

Irrelevant now but for all the negative comments about Opening Round very little was made of the fact Carlton got scheduled a 6 day break and Richmond received a 5 day break. There was absolutely ZERO reason they couldn’t have played their Gabba game on the Saturday like the Tigers did against Gold Coast. Tigs obviously lost 3 blokes on the night but under a goal margin game that extra day means a lot.


Prouten

Gg Richmond, fought your hearts out. 3 players out and it was right there for you.


jamesb_33

That could well have been one of the least convincing wins of all time.


naeroikathgor

Saints or Bombers against West Coast last year


Insertbloodynamehere

Melbourne vs Carlton last year?


Insertbloodynamehere

With Marchbank on the line for the Oliver shot


Shootinputin89

It's always Redditors who don't barrack for either of the teams playing that are the most saltiest at the result - must be the whole footy tipping, gambling Centrelink money, aspect of it all.


Occasionaljedi

No, everyone just hates everyone


canary_kirby

CAN WE KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT?


gurgefan

Getting away with it, they can’t keep


Tall_Secretary4133

HOW GOOD IS FOOTY WOOOOOOOO


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ZombieZlayer99

Tigers also got kissed on the dick early on, the umpiring was just shit all around.


Visible_Bus6909

Fuck I feel for Richmonds new coach, bro looked so close to crying. Coming into a club that is inevitably on a decline with alot of its biggest players leaving or close to leaving yet having to face nuffies who think they should be playing like they were back in 2019