Blog log from R7 of 2024: Geelong vs Carlton

Young is blocked early by Hawkins to allow Cameron to mark a Cam Guthrie high ball to the hotspot for the first goal. (Q1 1:24)
Boyd roves after a stoppage and baulks Miers with a lovely right-foot step for a snap from 45m on a slight angle, that one flies through! (Q1 4:09)
Elijah Hollands marks a Cripps kick 45m out in the corridor, he chooses to pass further on to Durdin 30m out on a slight angle whose set shot is a dud for a point. (Q1 5:19)
Dangerfield takes a link mark 70m out and plays on, his kick misses Cameron who taps it back in, cavalry arrives but Miers roves and goals from 15m. (Q1 6:28)
Tuohy catches Oliver Hollands HTB 40m out on the flank trying to run from defence, he kicks the goal. Geelong’s forward efficiency superior early, as it has been often this year. (Q1 10:21)
Carroll roves behind a pack 25m out on a slight angle but snaps to the left off his left. (Q1 12:07)
Miers’ rebound kick to members wing turns over, Durdin hits Cripps 30m out in front with a pass from midfield. Cripps kicks truly like a leader should. (Q1 12:59)
Hewett is punished for encroachment on outer wing to bring Dempsey to 45m on a slight angle, his kick is short and rushed by Weitering. (Q1 15:10)
Durdin should have been given a free for HTB on Parfitt on the HFF but is not, Cats whip forward to Dangerfield who marks 40m out on the flank and goals. (Q1 16:20)
Tom De Koning snaps from 50m on a slight angle. his brother Sam is last on the line but he watches it fly wide right over his head. (Q1 17:20)
Duncan receives from Dempsey in the centre and kicks long over two Blues to Blicavs 20m out on a slight angle, he curls in the goal off his left. (Q1 20:25)
McKay draws two Cat defenders for a long ball to the hotspot, Walsh stays down to rove but hits the post off the right. (Q1 22:33)
Cripps runs through the centre and kicks to the hotspot for Tom De Koning who marks over the pack but misses. Blues inaccurate early, unlike godlike Geelong. (Q1 24:35)
Pittnoet wins a loose ball in traffic in the centre to start an attack, Acres passes to McKay just inside 50m on the flank. Can Harry show them how it’s done? No, shank OOTF. (Q1 25:50)
Oliver Henry marks in front of Kemp on the HFF, plays on and misses with a rush of blood, both Hawkins and Stanley waving arms for a pass. (Q1 27:50)
Hawkins’ only contribution today has been interference off the ball, he finally gets pinged for it plus a 50m penalty to bring Weitering to the hotspot… for another miss. (Q1 29:45)
Dangerfield bombs away from the first centre bounce of Q2 to the square where Stengle beats Williams in a battle of strength to mark and goal. (Q2 0:32)
Carlton is leading everywhere except the scoreboard. (Q2 1:32)
McKay finally puts something on the board for the Blues after fumbling a Carroll give but buttering up to snap from 30m. (Q2 3:23)
Miers passes to Blicavs 35m out on the flank, he tries another screwing set shot that doesn’t get the right curl. (Q2 7:33)
Curnow can’t mark a Durdin kick up the guts to 45m in a contest with Sam De Koning but roves himself and bounces a left-foot snap just wide. (Q2 12:00)
Kennedy gives to Elijah Hollands after a stoppage at half forward, his high snap falls in from 40m. (Q2 14:03)
Holmes breaks a Cripps tackle attempt to snap from 45m, ball falls on the behind line where Oliver Henry pushes Young in the back and claims the mark, no free so reviewed… (Q2 16:53)
Review ends with the play called a mark, Henry screws through the goal off the left. (Q2 18:12)
Cameron roves Hawkins at a ball up 35m out on a slight angle and tumbles through a quality snap off the left, his 500th career goal! (Q2 21:53)
Dangerfield is pinged for HTB at the next bounce, Cottrell is tackled in possession by Kolodjashnij near the behind line but manages to get ball to boot for the goal! (Q2 23:08)
Kemp’s dive forces Cam Guthrie to turn the ball over on rebound, Ollie Hollands kicks to the pocket for Curnow 25m out, he screws in the goal! (Q2 25:00)
Acres plays on to advantage from the back pocket but kicks poorly, straight to Holmes 45m out on a slight angle. His set shot is another peach, Geelong can’t miss! (Q2 27:19)
Dangerfield gives wide of a stoppage to Tuohy who jets to 40m on the flank and rams through another one for Geelong, they just can not miss! (Q2 30:19)
Cameron marks just outside 50m on the flank, Newman tries to smother on the mark but Jezza passes low and hard past him to Bruhn 25m out… who hits the post. (Q2 32:24)
Miers is over the back of the Carlton defence to mark and run into the open goal for the first of Q3. (Q3 0:55)
Free kicks for a hold to Pittonet then a push on Sam De Koning, set shot for McKay at the hotspot which swerves into the right goalpost. Can’t miss those, Harry. (Q3 2:42)
Kennedy ignores Cripps inside 50 in space and kicks to the hotspot where Curnow leaps in front of two tall Cats to clunk the mark. He converts, barely missing the right post. (Q3 4:53)
Dangerfield roves Stanley at the next bounce, swerves past Cripps and launches from 55m… but Williams anticipates and punches it through. (Q3 6:14)
Curnow centres from the HFF to the corridor for Carroll on his own 45m out. Carroll’s kick is long… just long enough for the goal! (Q3 7:33)
Young’s dump kick is smothered, ricochets to his man Cameron who misses around the corner from 30m on a slight angle. (Q3 13:02)
Oliver Henry feeds Bowes who hits the post from half forward. (Q3 14:15)
Elijah Hollands goals from close range after McKay roves and fires a handball, he fumbled it but regathered and bounced off Holmes to shoot from 15m. (Q3 18:18)
Stengle has time in the pocket to measure a centring ball to the advantage of Cameron to mark over Young and boot goal number three from 20m. (Q3 19:56)
Dempsey kicks inside 50, Cowan slips over to allow Stengle to try a checkside from 40m on a slight angle but it stays left. (Q3 21:13)
Cripps clears from a stoppage on member wing to a pack 20m out on a slight angle for McKay to bust open with a contested grab. The set shot is a chip… that sails through! (Q3 24:04)
Centre clearance to Carlton as has happened a lot today, crumb from Walsh’s bomb falls over the back for Curnow to rove and goal! (Q3 25:26)
Oliver Henry marks 40m out in front with Williams on the turf grabbing his head after Henry had coathangered him off the ball, Blue fans boo lustily but Cat fans cheer the goal. (Q3 28:34)
Stanley passes to Hawkins to mark on the boundary 40m out in front of Weitering, the set shot drifts across the face. (Q3 29:59)
Curnow marks just inside true CHF, wheels and shoots… over Tom De Koning’s head and into the right post. (Q4 0:28)
Williams intercepts the kick in on outer wing and centres for Cottrell who passes to Durdin at the hotspot… but he sprays a soda. (Q4 1:09)
Kennedy wobbles a kick from members wing to the HFF where Tom De Koning marks 45m out. His set shot stays left. (Q4 2:23)
After a quick rebound around outer wing using overlap, Cameron marks on the HFF and centres to the hotspot where Tuohy flies over the pack to mark and goal. (Q4 4:34)
McKay is pinged somewhat mystifyingly standing behind the mark on members wing to gift Cameron a goal from 30m on a slight angle. (Q4 7:59)
Cripps throws Cam Guthrie to ground in the centre after the next bounce, free kick up the guts to the hotspot where Oliver Henry marks in front of Kemp and goals. (Q4 9:34)
Bowes roves and shoots in one action from a pack 45m out on the flank, the ball spins and bounces in the square for another low-percentage conversion for the Cats! (Q4 13:34)
McKay marks 45m out near the boundary but misses. (Q4 19:49)
Jack henry slips over to allow Cripps to mark a Newman pass untouched 30m out on a slight angle. This has to go through… it does for his second goal. (Q4 21:09)
Technically it’s still a game with 5:29 to go and five kicks in it, but the crowd’s silence in recent minutes shows no one really believes. (Q4 21:54)
Cripps gets a free at a stoppage on the HFF, he goes quickly to Kennedy in the pocket 35m out. Plugga splits the middle. (Q4 23:35)
4:19 to go and four kicks in it now. Still practically impossible. (Q4 23:53)
Acres has had a dirty day but he bobbles the crumb from a throw in to 30m, breaks clear of the pack and tumbles through another one for Carlton! (Q4 25:41)
3:50 to go and three kicks in it! Now it’s a live game! (Q4 25:49)
Hewett clears to a pack 40m out, Acres comes off that wing again to rove McKay’s contest and goal again from the hotspot! (Q4 27:15)
3:26 to go and now it’s only two kick the difference! Geelong need to stop this rot! (Q4 27:15)
Bruhn gets the next centre clearance, Stengle receives from Close and centres from the pocket for Cameron to dive and mark in front of Binns at the hotspot, he slots the goal. (Q4 28:55)
Walsh roves a Cottrell speculator to the hotspot and gives outside to Durdin who blazes well wide off the right. Time has run out. (Q4 31:35)