Round #4 Carlton vs St. Kilda in NZ: Pre Game prognostications

[cimm1979]

They want Buckley to tag as well;

They have already turned Yarran into a tagger, a bloke who could easily be as damaging as Betts, Rioli, Ablett, Judd, etc., etc.. They have standardised him into a good ordinary player!

It's fecking depressing, our MC would have Phar Lap training as a trotter just in case! :

I have no problem with them saying he needs to work on his defensive side.

But what side exactly has Clem Smith got squared away at the moment.

I'll give MM the benefit of the doubt (to a point) and suggest he wants Buckley playing full games in the magoos rather than 1/4 or so in the top side.

[kruddler]

They want Buckley to tag as well;

They have already turned Yarran into a tagger, a bloke who could easily be as damaging as Betts, Rioli, Ablett, Judd, etc., etc.. They have standardised him into a good ordinary player!

It's fecking depressing, our MC would have Phar Lap training as a trotter just in case! :

Shock horror, they want a playing playing in defense to defend! 

If only we could get our players to actually run both ways we wouldn't be in the predicament we are in.

You are right that you need to kick goals to win games.
you do realise that if the opposition don't kick any goals, you can't lose.

[LP]

you do realise that if the opposition don't kick any goals, you can't lose.

We've discussed the futility of MMs attempt to stop opponents scoring in other threads, his game plan in known so well we can see that he is obsessed with negativity.

The opposition know that if they get a break on Carlton MMs game plan turns into a puddle, and Carlton then have little chance of catching them. MM doesn't train teams to score heavily, he doesn't like the risk it brings, he has said as much publicly on many occasions!

But in my opinion he has safe bet himself into AFL oblivion! I don't know what others think, I don't speak for them! But I think MM was so obsessed with defense he pulled apart the good aspects of our list to improve just one facet!

[kruddler]

We've discussed the futility of MMs attempt to stop opponents scoring in other threads, his game plan in known so well we can see that he is obsessed with negativity.

So if its known so well, why don't you tell me what it is. Summarise it for me.

After you've done that, realise that what you just told me is last years game plan. It's changed in the off-season in case you haven't caught up with things.

[BluePhantom]

Shock horror, they want a playing playing in defense to defend! 

If only we could get our players to actually run both ways we wouldn't be in the predicament we are in.

You are right that you need to kick goals to win games.
you do realise that if the opposition don't kick any goals, you can't lose.

Malcolm Blight won Back to Back flags with the theory that you just had to kick more goals than them  :o

[kruddler]

Malcolm Blight won Back to Back flags with the theory that you just had to kick more goals than them  :o

...and how many GF's did he lose with the best player to ever play the game kicking record amounts of goals at the time?

Who won the 1995 GF? Was it the flashy forward work of Ablett and co, or was it the dour defensiveness of Silvagni and co.
(although that was Ayres, the same logic applies)

[LP]

So if its known so well, why don't you tell me what it is. Summarise it for me.

In 2014 the game plan was "Stop Em", in 2015 it become "Stop Em All"!

You're absolutely right, it's changed by nearly 50%!

When our club gets serious, I'll get serious! :o

[age]

Wow didn't think about that. We need to win this or risk being labeled the basketcase of the AFL.

we already are the basket case of the AFL

[kruddler]

In 2014 the game plan was "Stop Em", in 2015 it become "Stop Em All"!

You're absolutely right, it's changed by nearly 50%!

When our club gets serious, I'll get serious! :o

...and that ladies and gentleman is why you don't listen to the public when they criticise the coaches game plan.

[age]

Nope, he turned over every single possession he had in the first half, not that he had many.
He's a liability.

Half our side is a liability ATM.