(09-03-2017, 11:43 PM)Blue Moon link Wrote:At the start of the year I thought we would win between 7 + 10 games and would be among the also rans. In previous seasons the ladder has usually broken up into 4 groups, the good sides, the mediocre, the also rans and the poor. Usually with 5 good sides, 5 mediocre, 4-5 also rans and 3-4 poor sides. This year the ladder has broken into 3 distinct groups. 6 good sides, 7 mediocre sides and 5 poor sides. Of the 5 games we played against the other poor sides, we only won one. This is something we need to look at. If we had won 3 of those five, we would have won 8 for the year and the debate about whether the team has improved would be more clear. Carlton needs to kick 1 goal a quarter more each game and have 1 goal a match less kicked against it. The one goal a quarter needs a change in mindset and a consistency in attack we haven't had for many years. The one goal less a match could be achieved by not having blow outs. So 10 less goals kicked against us by Port Adelaide and Sydney, and 5 goals less kicked on us by Geelong would achieve this.
My expectations for 2018 is for Carlton to do a lot better because I am sick of following a rubbish team.