Follow AFL round 17 scores, results, odds, squads and start time from the MCG in Melbourne.
Oh, what a difference in a week can make. During the opening periods against Port Adelaide last week, Blues was inactive and received 34 to 3 points more points.
This week is a different story. After a shaky start, they coughs the first two goals to Will Hoskin-Elliott and Jamie Elliott and took this game to Collingwood. Zac Williams started in the middle and scored the team’s first two goals. Jesse Motlop nailed one -third for Carlton,
True, Blues watched six points, but they went back to Collingwood twice further.
Lachie Fogarty is fighting Patrick Lipinski during the opening period.Credit: AFL Photos through Getty Images
One feature of Carlton was kicking. They took 22 undisputed signs and four of them remained in 50 and allowed the target to shoot.
Magpies looks in the second gear, so it will be interesting to see what happened in the store.
Nick Daicos and Patrick Cripps both dismissed eight hands, but Daicos spent some time and scored a goal.
Darcy Cameron, Blues was better than the great man Tom de Koning and Marc Pittonet, but it is great to see Charlie Curnow got up and bought the goods. It was a channel rather than a terminist.
QT: Magpies 4.3 (27) Lead Blues 3.3 (21)
