Post Game Pandemonium!: AFL 2020 Rd 14: Carlton vs Collingwood

[Professer E]

Casboults last month has been very poor.  Tempted to give him a week off.

More grunt and run required as well.  Kennedy and Cottrell please would have helped.

We desperately need another running/rebounding defender who can kick.

[JonDorotich]

Beaten by a better side and shows where we need to improve to actually improve.

TDK-Casboult-Mckay.... Any chance of these jokers  actually holding a mark?  And what was worse... Why do they get out marked so frequently?!? By midgets!!!! Moore did as he pleased today,  ##@$/! Our tall forwards are frustrating.  Maybe it's because they get blocked and held,  but the delivery to them was excremental. Anyway,  very poor these three today. 

Everybody loves Eddie but Quaynor ran off him at will today and killed us.  Sorry Eddie, but if you can't chase and pressure exiting defenders it's curtains mate.

And Cripps stunk today, Pendles - his direct opponent -  flogged us... As did every single small pies running player.

We desparately need a line breaking half back with penetration, hence I can see the interest in Zac Williams.

Exactly how I saw it along with the Plowman on jaidyn Stevenson debacle

[kruddler]

So can we end the Polson experiment now?

Can we send Dow back to the 2's?

Try something/someone else.

Bring in Owies, let the lad get a crack at it.

Can someone explain how we have a 9-day break in a season where 5 day breaks are the norm, and fail to kick a goal in the second half?

We should've ran all over them.

[LoveNavy]

The strange thing (per running stats) is that we did run the game out. The fastest on ground was no other than Eddie. Their running was best in defense. Ran rings around us in fact.

We had enough i50. In this sense, it was our inability to go i50 with poise (plan, or marking ability), have a shot, and to a lesser degree to convert, that cost us.
Like others have said, our tall forwards in particular had a stinker, and weren't helped by i50 delivery.

Perhaps the best learning will be how to handle a touch of pressure. Coaching staff included.

PS
I see Zac Williams has put a high price on his head?

[ElwoodBlues1]

So can we end the Polson experiment now?

Can we send Dow back to the 2's?

Try something/someone else.

Bring in Owies, let the lad get a crack at it.

Can someone explain how we have a 9-day break in a season where 5 day breaks are the norm, and fail to kick a goal in the second half?

We should've ran all over them.

Agree, Polson is done and Dow probably gets another season to show something but its not looking great for him.
Cripps needs a rest too...
Owies in to work with Eddie and Martin..

[kruddler]

We had enough i50. In this sense, it was our inability to go i50 with poise (plan, or marking ability), have a shot, and to a lesser degree to convert, that cost us.
Like others have said, our tall forwards in particular had a stinker, and weren't helped by i50 delivery.

When you bring in 2 blokes that can't kick, and drop one who can, you clearly make your ability to spot up a target more difficult....and we were struggling with it before.

I've said that our biggest area of need is an outside running mid who can kick.
I think some others are starting to agree with me.
Bring in Williams, Papley and Atkins and we never have to wonder about that area again.

[Professer E]

Why has Dow stagnated so badly?

[Spanner_smf2_import2]

Why has Dow stagnated so badly?

He's just another to add to the litany of poor high draft picks to add to the pile. Nothing more, nothing less.

Who in their right mind selects a player at pick 3 that can't kick and has no tank? Only Carlton my friend, only Carlton...

[Professer E]

I wanted Cerra.

[Spanner_smf2_import2]

I wanted Cerra.

He is looking the goods. Runs all day, has skill and is a great kick. What's not to like?