Blog log from R15 of 2019: Fremantle vs Carlton
Matera slides to mark in front of Thomas near the hotspot, he plays on and screws through the first goal of what promises to be a moist evening. (Q1 2:42)
Dow marks in front of Ryan 45m out on a slight angle but misses. (Q1 7:12)
Charlie Curnow marks 45m out on the flank and also misses. (Q1 8:16)
McCarthy marks a Bewley pass on a hard lead in front of Jones 50m out on a slight angle, his set shot is just long and straight enough from a tough spot. (Q1 13:27)
Fyfe beats Ed Curnow with strength to mark a Mundy pass near the hotspot for his first goal. (Q1 23:28)
Walters bends for a ground ball and is caught high by Plowman at a stoppage 25m out on a slight angle, he goals with ease. (Q1 28:28)
Weitering is pinged for a push on McCarthy 30m out on the flank, softish but it was there. McCarthy kicks straight as a die, two for him. (Q1 29:39)
Silvagni misses a set shot from the HFF on QT. (Qtr Time)
Casboult gathers a Murphy clearance from a stoppage on the wing outside CHF, wheels and pokes a pass up the corridor to 40m for Gibbons to mark and goal. (Q2 7:52)
Thomas passes to Petrevski-Seton who leaps in front of Cerra to mark 45m out in front, he converts. (Q2 13:32)
Dow roves a Thomas kick to a pack on the HFF and snaps another one to make good on some massive territorial advantage to the Blues this quarter. (Q2 17:48)
McGovern somehow has only Walters to contend with for a long Dow ball to the pocket with Ryan out of position, he drops it but gathers and goals with ease. (Q2 23:03)
The Dockers get a centre clearance after a free to Conca on Silvagni, two Blues spoil Banfield in the square but the crumb falls to Cox who goals. (Q2 24:05)
Kennedy passes to O’Brien 40m out near the boundary, he tries a pass but it pitches behind the pack and skids for a behind. (Q2 28:45)
Walters kicks poorly from the BP to the hotspot, Fisher roves and spins for a give to Silvagni who snaps wide across the body. (Q3 1:12)
Casboult sails through his first goal from a set shot from the flank 40m out after Darcy is pinged for a jumper hold in ruck. (Q3 6:07)
Tucker snaps wide off a step from 45m on the flank. (Q3 7:54)
Kennedy plays on from a free kick against Hamling for a tackle that lingered on the boundary 30m out, he plays on and screws through a highly unlikely go-ahead goal! (Q3 10:36)
Walters marks a Mundy pass in front of Plowman 40m out on a slight angle but misses, that evens up the scores. (Q3 13:28)
Jones tries a cute kick from the BP but McCarthy intercepts near the boundary 35m out, his set shot is a work of beauty, Freo back in front! (Q3 14:59)
McCarhty goes long to the square from the HFF for Fyfe who chooses to shepherd instead of go for it, the ball skids through for his fourth goal! (Q3 25:03)
Fyfe bounces a snap wide from a stoppage at half forward. (Q3 25:03)
Wilson roves at half forward and bounces a snap wide as well. (Q3 25:03)
Walsh strips Ryan in a tackle deep in the pocket, Murphy roves and shoots but it skids wide from 20m. (Q3 26:59)
Murphy passes to the lead of Gibbons 40m out wide on the flank, whose set shot is short, wide and rushed by Darcy just before 3QT. (Q3 29:43)
McGovern misses from 20m after a chaotic passage of play. (Q4 2:45)
The Dockers go coast to coast but Langdon’s running shot from the HFF skids across the face. (Q4 3:01)
Petrevski-Seton passes to Casboult just on 50m out on the flank, who tugs it left. (Q4 4:05)
Kennedy feeds Walsh who misses on the lope from 35m on the flank. (Q4 4:31)
O’Brien throws the boot at a crumb at half forward, Silvagni is Johnny on the spot to mark it near the boundary 35m out. Second Son of SOS slots it in sensational style! (Q4 5:46)
Tucker, who has had one of his rare good games today, bounces through a snap from CHF after a feed by Mundy. (Q4 7:16)
Dow is caught HTB by Switkowski at half forward and the Dockers counter up the guts, eventually McCarthy passes to Walters 30m out on a slight angle for the sealing goal. (Q4 17:46)
Hughes kicks from the behind line but OOTF 45m out, Simpson takes the free and threads the needle, still a pulse! (Q4 20:01)
Hughes spoils a Petrevski-Seton ball to the square in front of Gibbons for a behind. (Q4 22:01)
Newman intercepts the Wilson kick in over Cox on the Blues HFF and goes quickly to Kennedy 45m out on a slight angle, he goals, Carlton back within a kick, 4:13 to go! (Q4 22:31)
Carlton keeps attacking, stoppage in their FP as the clock ticks towards 3:00. (Q4 25:31)
O’Brien intercepts the next rebound kick and bombs it back to a pack 20m out, the ball flips over the back where Thomas volleys home from the line, Blues in front! (Q4 26:16)
A left foot strike that Sam Kerr would have been proud of! (Q4 26:46)
Marchbank intercepts the next centre clearance at half back and pumps it long to the wing, Simpson repels the next attack, the Plowman intercepts the next one. 1:40 to go. (Q4 27:46)
The Dockers switch on the next one, Walters is spoiled at the hotspot but Switkowski roves and goals, Freo regains the lead! 1:05 to play. (Q4 28:30)
Silvagni soccers to CHF but eventually a stoppage on the Blues HFF, 50 seconds to go, a kick in it. (Q4 29:29)
McGovern gathers the next clearance soccer that comes off hands, he givces off to Murphy who baulks into a phonebox and checksides a fabulous goal! (Q4 30:32)
31 seconds left and the Blues are in front once again! (Q4 30:32)
Curnow to Murphy for the next centre clearance after both Fyfe and Hill fumble, McGovern marks and plays tempo to Weitering, that’s it, Carlton wins! (Q4 31:17)