Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 11: Carlton vs. the Drug Cheats

[Barbs]

Cripps wants to be elsewhere

Can’t say I blame him

[ElwoodBlues1]

Big question mark on Marchbank IMO...was terrible today and IMO needs a spell in the twos, over rated IMO.

[cookie2]

Well I think if we want to keep Cripps and save the other good talent on our list we have to make some big calls and SOON!

[Baggers]

Today we met a reasonable side in poor form, with our backs to the wall.

Absolutely pathetic.

I've tried to look at BB positively and believe the excuses, justifications and explanations for chronic failure. No more.

The rumours about his coaching ability seem true.

The idea that you can lose week in, week out and not damage the culture and mindset of the playing group is absolutely preposterous - just look at Cripps.

How much more damage does the President want to allow to be inflicted upon this group? Grow a pair and make a decision or fk off with the work experience senior coach.

Bad coaching can make the best players look ordinary. Good coaching can make ordinary players look capable, even good.

[Woodstock]

He’s done Cookie. Bolton won’t survive this. Enough now for the Board to make a move now.

[kruddler]

Big question mark on Marchbank [insert name here] IMO...was terrible today and IMO needs a spell in the twos, over rated IMO.

You could probably put 22 names there, why single out Marchbank? Not sure what he did or didn't do that was far in excess of anyone else out there.  ???

[spf]

He’s done Cookie. Bolton won’t survive this. Enough now for the Board to make a move now.

I really hope that is not code for Brad Scott is the Messiah.

[Barbs]

We had Curnow on Merrett but seemed happy to let Heppell run around on his own....our midfield planning isnt great and we are poor tactically in most games.

And that’s our style, warts n all. We let he opposition have space - all the time. Our players seem to be drilled to set up in a zone that guards the space but offers harder running opposition mids way to much space to just move through it seemingly uncontested.

They create overlapping run and just move the ball easily with little pressure. We rely on them to make mistakes, which isn’t often, and then when we do get the sherrin we crumble under the pressure they put on us because we ironically won’t run and carry it like they do.

Instead of spreading players across the ground, we load up down the boundary line (our along half back for the switch of play). Even when that long kick to a contest down the line works, our forwards who were at the fall of the ball have to work back hard for the next kick instead of being able to lead up at the ball.

At times earlier in the season when we actually tucked the ball under the arm and had a run through the middle we were kicking some goals. That has stopped now.

[ElwoodBlues1]

You could probably put 22 names there, why single out Marchbank? Not sure what he did or didn't do that was far in excess of anyone else out there.  ???

It was hard to kick goals to day and he had about 6 kicked on him......and was lucky Laverde didnt kick straight, gave away dumb free's and was outbodied
by lighter players...pathetic performance IMO.

[LP]

You could probably put 22 names there, why single out Marchbank? Not sure what he did or didn't do that was far in excess of anyone else out there.  ???

He's awful Kruddler, just awful, he's a nothing type!

It's not those dodgy umpiring decisions, like when Tippa ducks his head and Marchbank is pinged, that has nothing to do with it.

It's what Marchbank does when he has the ball, and the way he plays as a medium tall type, 194cm x 93kg. But he is worthless against players his own size, lacks strength and aggression, plays bruise free and is too slow for opponents smaller than him.

If he was an elite ball user and decision maker he could get away with it because he intercepts well, but he isn't!