Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 4: Carlton vs. Gold Coast

[laj]

Is this years group a more talented group than previous? If so and we are still not getting results , than its outside the players we need to look re change of direction.

I find our side pretty decent on paper. Should be pushing top 10 4th year in.

[LP]

On multiple occasions this season I've either seen or heard of moments in game were three Carlton players are standing inside F50 almost unattended, and we instead kick the ball long to small forwards outnumbered by defenders.

[JonHenry]

We have a handful of highly potential or already stars that we all love to bang on about in the Pre season but we fail to admit that a huge chunk of our so called best 21 are footballers that are either 1)poor decision makers and or 2) poor executers by foot.

Time and time again we fail to hit a simple 20-30m pass and going into our forward line the choice of where to put the ball when you have not 1, not 2 not 3 but 4 tall marking forwards is simply beyond comprehension.

We are the dumbest group of footballer ever assembled as these traits have been at our club for the last 15 years.

Sick of saying good signs as there is a lot more horrible ones.

Agree.

Dumb football way too often but that has to come back to coaching

[flyboy77]

Charlie Curnow has played 3 games and produced 3 shockers...what to do with him?

[laj]

As I have posted before, this rebuild has been done on very shakey foundations, as we just didn't have enough solid elder statesmen to start with. BB will be held responsible ultimately - whether the architects of it will also be remains to be seen. There will be at least another year of suffering after this, never mind who the coach may be, before we can even hope for any rise up from the bottom of the ladder, and that is best case scenario from what has been shown so far.

Depends. Beverige got finals then a flag in the next two years after the Dogs were $hit under McCartney. Our side is better than what it is producing.

[LP]

I just saw the last 2 minutes on the computer. I still cannot believe it.
Yes, Paddy Dow made a bad mistake, but he then got the clearance only seconds afterwards. Don't throw him away yet.
The umpire not giving Jones that mark - I still can't believe it. One grab, man in front, no doubts at all, yet it is play on and they scored from it (1 point). 13 frees to 20. Difference between a win and a loss.

That said, we should be better and should have won by plenty. We had more talent on the field. But it isn't producing. As for Lobbe, he has a bit heart, but he is no longer a senior ruckman. Not even close.

It's not the final minutes that are the problem, it's the rest of the game!

Through all this, I had to listen to a broadcast with commentators barracking for GC, they want us to be the tragedy!

[Robblues]

On multiple occasions this season I've either seen or heard of moments in game were three Carlton players are standing inside F50 almost unattended, and we instead kick the ball long to small forwards outnumbered by defenders.

Would that be players decision, or a coaching direction? If it's done on a regular basis, than you would think its coaching, you would think players instinctively would go to the talls?

[laj]

Charlie Curnow has played 3 games and produced 3 shockers...what to do with him?

Not that worried, he'll come good.

[blueboys_1]

Two things.

1. Why when we play a tall forwardline are we kicking it to Michael Gibbons?

I get it, we are trying to give the bloke a goal but how about getting a freaking win instead??

2. Walsh is already in our top 3 performers every week.  What a disgrace to the others.

Take two. Exactly. WTF are our forwards up the ground and we kick it long to the guy who is suppose to be front and square and feeding of the crumbs!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so livid after the game I have to go for a walk to cool off and IT HAS NOT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ElwoodBlues1]

Would a really good coach make them a much better team?

We have some serious talent on our list but the coach can’t get the best out of them.
There is a simple answer

Yep...I'd question the coaching but I'd also be taking a serious look at the so called serious talent..

Serious talent doesnt kick the ball like some of our blokes do and make simple errors...Nick Holman was more effective than some of our so called serious talent
who pick and choose when they want to get serious.....