AFL Rd 1 2020: Post Game Post Mortum: Carlton vs. Richmond

[laj]

Anyone will smack us if we turn the ball over so easily (thoughtlessly) as we did in H1 - most of the time under little or no pressure.

And 13 tackles in the half - we weren't switched on....at all.

And they were ALL guilty of it.

Lack of pressure hurt. Allowed them to move the ball alot more easily. Even then we were talking 15 points later in the last qtr.

I assume that aspect will improve but we have to get better ourselves on the outside otherwise we'll be middle of the road.

[laj]

Raw numbers or not, i think its part of our game plan.

Teague wants to be able to get the ball inside 50 and keep it there.....he said as much pre-game.
So what do we do? Go long inside 50 towards the boundary so the defenders hit it over the line. Tada the ball is inside 50 and we have a stoppage. We setup our wall outside 50 and we lock it in. We got what we wanted.

If only we had some decent forwards to help mark the ball (Curnow, Harry), or crumb it (Eddie) and we'd be able to turn those entries into scores a bit easier.

I'm encouraged by what i saw last night.

So was I but we have to learn to get it in there faster. We'd score more easily and would add an extra dimension to our game

[LP]

Raw numbers or not, i think its part of our game plan.

I think it's doomed to fail if you are relying on the likes of Dow to chase down an opponent and lock the footy inside F50.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Kreuzer going down early, along with the tigers fast start, put the result beyond doubt from the get go.

That being said, 50 points down at one point had people reaching for the remote, but i doubt anyone thought we would get it back to within striking distance.

Cripps and Doc did what we'd hope them to do. We're on the right track with them in charge.
Murphy+Ed haven't fallen off the cliff in terms of performance just yet.
Walsh was good enough.
Thats our core group performing at an acceptable level.

Weitering and Jones did well, the former was excellent.
Plowman can hold his head up IMO. Considering he had Dusty for large parts, he was not beaten as often as anyone else on the ground would've been in similar circumstances.
SPS should be played off Half back for the next 10 years. Elite disposal coming out of defence.

Our backline was relatively solid....as we'd expected from the team sheet.

Now to the forwardline....or should i say the Jack Attack.
'Jack's kicked 7 goals between them tonight.
Obviously Jack Martin was elite and exceeded most peoples expectations......and we got him for nothing thanks to SOS.
Jack Silvagni kicked 2 and should've had a 3rd (but it was gifted to someone else) as usual, tried hard.
Finally Jack Newnes managed to kick a nice long goal. More impressive IMO was his hardness and willing to stand up for his new teammates. His smarts to draw a free kick is much needed as well. Hopefully others see what i've seen in him thus far and why i've been pumping up his tires. Fills a need in our list - mature player who you can back in to play week in week out

...and cannot forget Casboult. Asked to lift after Kreuzer went down and held his end up. Kicked 2 as well.

We'll gain some confidence from that game for the season. Hopefully we get a bit of luck with injuries from here.

SPS was good but none of our smaller type defenders actually defend... Tiger smalls ripped us apart and were allowed too much space.

[madbluboy]

23 tackles is putrid even if you add 20% on to make it 29.

Our tackling average last year was 63. The lowest team in the comp was 57.

[kruddler]

I think it's doomed to fail if you are relying on the likes of Dow to chase down an opponent and lock the footy inside F50.

Not sure how many had Dow in their best 22, i didn't. He got games through injuries to others - eg Eddie.

But he does have talent. He just lacks confidence. I'm not sure how he is going to get that back given we don't have a VFL side.

[Gointocarlton]

It so much easier to play like Richmond does when you can push every opponent fair and square in the back and not be penalised, they have become so use to doing it and getting away with it, that they take immediate offence whenever an umpire pings them for doing it! Are whingers are winners, is that why they get away with it!

Richmond have two critical techniques that help them win games;

- Play on Richmond

Dimma(Just let em play!!!!) has bashed the umpires so much in the media, along the way inciting the aggressive Nthmond fans to support his perspective, that the umpires are now scared to penalise them. This manifests itself as alllowing all Nthmond players to push opponents in the back, or dive on the football, and not be penalised, they can even play on after a mark and you'll be given a 50m if you try to tackle them. If you touch a Nthmond player, even if the umpires perceive you thinking about touching a Nthmond player, the whistle goes off. Last night someone commented that an umpires whistle appeared to go off before any contact was even made, surely that is a broadcast audio bug!

- The Richmond Release

Most of us call it a throw, players from most clubs in the AFL get penalised for doing it, but Nthmond do not and they have taken it to a whole new penalty free level!

Thats right, blame the umps and the other mob for our ineptness with the basics of the game.

[laj]

23 tackles is putrid even if you add 20% on to make it 29.

Our tackling average last year was 63. The lowest team in the comp was 57.

Yep, that as sit. Think Richmond only had 45. Not alot either but alot better than 23.

[laj]

3AW Kruz suspected fractured/ broken fibula.

[sandsmere]

They beat us with a team almost the same as the team that won the 2019 GF easily.
They have very few injury worries at the moment.
Put a fit Betts, McKay and Charlie C in our team and we could have been very close last night.

Jack Martin looks like a damn good pick-up for nothing.

Dow needs a lot of time in the NB's before he plays AFL again.