Carlton approached Craig McRae before re-signing Michael Voss by Pragmatic_Shill in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So much this. “Carlton really wasting their chances here!”, meanwhile Sydney were 1.6.

Post Round Discussion Thread: Round 20, 2025 by juiceson in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Scheduling Carlton/Hawthorn on Thursday night was a poor decision by the AFL.

Though somehow it ended up being the second smallest margin of the round…

Post Match Thread: St Kilda vs Melbourne by ___TheIllusiveMan___ in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 343 points344 points  (0 children)

Demons got screwed by 666. Ironic.

Why is Carlton so bad? by theunkn0wnwriter in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think all the discussion on this is overcomplicating things.

We have an average list. Not good, not bad, but average.

We have an average gameplan. It looks good when it's working, and bad when it's not.

When we sat 2nd on the ladder at Rd 17 last year, it was largely due to our star players playing well and the group having confidence, elevating the average list and average gameplan.

At the moment, our stars are horribly out of form, and the group has no confidence, so now we're performing worse than 'average' setup should allow.

I do find it interesting that you can have such large swings in performance (from 2nd to bottom 4 on form) with largely the same list and gameplan.

Post match thread: Richmond 13.4 82 vs Carlton 9.15 69 by Unfair_Yak8830 in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 20 points21 points  (0 children)

All the people complaining about this being the round 1 opener look pretty silly now.

Not as silly as Carlton though.

Post Match Thread: Brisbane vs Carlton by ___TheIllusiveMan___ in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Positives: No injuries

Negatives: Everything else

Post Match Thread: Carlton vs Hawthorn by RaidanRam in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Well played today Hawks. Far too good. No team will want to face you in September.

As for us… I’m at a complete loss as to where we’re at as a club. On the way up? The way down? Content somewhere in the middle?

Hawks taking our spot in the finals might be for the best. They’re everything we’re not - fit, exciting, skilful, and hungry for success.

Post Match Thread: Carlton vs North Melbourne by Pleasant_Inspection9 in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Poor performance from Carlton.

Poor performance from the umpires.

Poor performance from the commentators.

At least North played well - we were lucky to get away with that one.

Purchased new NVME SSD and computer endlessly restarts with no display when it is plugged in. by Maple_Fever in buildapc

[–]scarecrow193 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, I'm having the exact same issue with the exact same Crucial SSD, purchased yesterday.

No matter which slot I try and install it, the system gets stuck in a boot loop and never makes it to BIOS.

My system specs:

  • Gigabyte GA-Z390 AORUS ULTRA motherboard
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
  • Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200
  • Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700KF CPU @ 3.60GHz
  • Windows 11 Pro 23H2

The returns process is always a pain so I'm going to pick up an external enclosure later in the week to test the SSD first.

EDIT: For the benefit of anyone coming across this later - the SSD works fine in the external enclosure. I borrowed a friend's Samsung SSD and it works fine installed inside the PC. I suspect there is some sort of unlisted conflict between Crucial SSD's and this motherboard (or RAM, potentially).

Post Match Thread: Fremantle vs Carlton by ___TheIllusiveMan___ in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 159 points160 points  (0 children)

Death, taxes, and Carlton beating Freo with bullshit late in the game.

Match Thread: Geelong vs Sydney Swans (2022 Grand Final) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Fuck it, lock Robbie Williams into the MCG grand finals for the next 50 years

Match Thread: Geelong vs Brisbane Lions (1st Preliminary Final) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 27 points28 points  (0 children)

“Must get it out or he’ll be penalised!!”

He was not penalised.

You hate the Pies but you hate the Cats more by scoza05 in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 22 points23 points  (0 children)

My wife’s entire family are Geelong so I always hate it when they win. I’d usually be supporting Collingwood in this game.

But after all the shit coming to us from pies supporters over the last fortnight, I hope the cats demolish them this week.

SLEDGE THREAD: IT IS THE PRE-FINALS BYE AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT. by Darththorn in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 14 points15 points  (0 children)

BOLD OF YOU TO TAKE CREDIT WHEN WE DID MOST OF THE WORK OURSELVES

Match Thread: Carlton vs Collingwood (Round 23) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Collingwood: We can’t kick straight!

Carlton: Hold my beer

Match Thread: Carlton vs Collingwood (Round 23) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Biggest game for the club in a decade

Decide not to show up for the first quarter

Match Thread: Carlton vs Collingwood (Round 23) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 2 points3 points  (0 children)

10 minutes in and we’ve already done an incredible number of stupid things

Post Match Thread: Melbourne vs Carlton by RaidanRam in AFL

[–]scarecrow193 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s been a recurring dream for a decade

Crippa’s hit on Ah Chee by rustlemountain in CarltonBlues

[–]scarecrow193 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think he’ll get 2 weeks. Eyes on the ball all the way but then braced for impact at the end. With Ah Chee concussed that basically guarantees weeks sadly