Post Game Analysis: AFL 2020 Rd 2: Carlton vs Melbourne

[PaulP]

Goodwin got the 4 points, but I'm sure he realises they are miles off the pace. 2018 must feel like a long time ago.

[31Tommys_barber]

17th vs16th

[ElwoodBlues1]

50 and 42pt starts for two close losses. Had enough of that crap.

Can handle losing to Richmond but not Melbourne...carp team, carp coach and scoring zero points in the first quarter to hackers like the Dees is embarrassing...
We play a bruise free brand(Cripps and a couple of others excepted) and still cant master basic skills like kicking set shots for goal.

[PaulP]

That clip from Wallace just doesn't do it. You can cuss and yell as much as you like, but if you don't have that fearsome demeanour, and if it's not part of you, it just doesn't wash. Also, at the very end where he says to shower and then he'll meet up at the social club, that takes out whatever tiny sting his words had to begin with.

If Malthouse or Clarkson delivered that spray...............

[flyboy77]

Very very disappointed with that.

Watched with a mate who supports the Swans.

He said gee a lot of your blokes look lazy and disinterested....and he was right. Zero intensity.

And our decision making! FMD. Even with minutes to go we had the ball in possession and gave it up so lamely.

Teague should be worried by that effort.

Goal kicking. What the f.. do these blokes do at training day in, day out?

Last quarter 3.5 to 0.1.

Shameful.

[crashlander]

CARLTON            0.0    2.5    4.6    7.11 (53)
MELBOURNE      5.2    7.4    8.5    8.6 (54)

GOALS
Carlton: Cuningham, Lang, Casboult, McGovern, Gibbons, Betts, Cripps No multiple goal kickers!
Melbourne: Hunt 3, Neal-Bullen 2, Petracca 2, Fritsch

BEST
Carlton: Murphy, Docherty, Weitering, Petrevski-Seton, McGovern, Curnow
Melbourne: Gawn, Petracca, Oliver, Salem, Langdon, Viney

INJURIES
Carlton: Newman (knee) A bad blow for us. Hopefully Williamson did OK in the scratch match.
Melbourne: Nil

Free kicks: 13 to us, 18 to them.
Tackles 41 to 50!
Hit outs: 26 to 34

I know I have been blowing my horn about getting a top ruckman now for years, but it would be nice if our match committee and recruiters could understand that.

Docherty and Murphy 24 possessions, Cripps and Curnow 21,
The statistics suggest that not enough was done by too many, even with a great 2nd half.
A question I have: did somebody play close and hard on Oliver? He doesn't like it. he isn't easy to tag, when his ruckman is dominating, but he can be smashed and he does retaliate. So, did we tag him?
Did we tag anyone?

[Macca37]

When does the agony end?  I am over so-called gallant second halves that still leave us without the four points.

It doesn't matter who the coach is, we still present the same garbage week in week out.  Dreadful decision making.  Dreadful kicking to position. Aside from Weitering and Jones, how many of our players can kick 40 metres or more with accuracy and penetration?

And the last 3 minutes of the game showed the weakness and immaturity in so many of our players with them looking as though they had stage fright and crumbling under pressure.

[laj]

That clip from Wallace just doesn't do it. You can cuss and yell as much as you like, but if you don't have that fearsome demeanour, and if it's not part of you, it just doesn't wash. Also, at the very end where he says to shower and then he'll meet up at the social club, that takes out whatever tiny sting his words had to begin with.

If Malthouse or Clarkson delivered that spray...............

Wallace was a caretaker that year. Similar game. Dogs down 8 goals to one at qtr time and lost by 6pts. They didn't look back after that spray. Finished the last few games well and were PF's the next two years. Occasionally this speech is just what you need. Just once in a while. It's about when you make the speech and this is the one Carlton should've been hit with after the game. Those starts are something that now happens too often and need eradicating.

[townsendcalling]

Same for both teams I know, but a home crowd in that last quarter (Melb supporters don’t leave the G) would have made a significant difference. I just think back to the saints game last year and it was the crowd that significantly contributed to that victory.

[capcom]

They came prepared.  We did not.  It's hard to barrack for this at times.

Comes across often as though we don't even get the basics.