Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 1: Carlton vs Richmond

[LP]

Love or hate Murphy I think its time we moved on from him, ditto for Ed Curnow, Betts and probably Casboult(when we get a replacement). Its time to play younger players and look to change things up...vs Richmond it was the same old same old.
We didnt take our chances and fed them with mistakes they lived off, been the same for a while and getting the same results from the same group of players is bordering on insanity.

 While I agree, mostly it wasn't the old blokes making the bigger faux pas last Thursday, which is a bit of a problem.

[Baggers]

Love or hate Murphy I think its time we moved on from him, ditto for Ed Curnow, Betts and probably Casboult(when we get a replacement). Its time to play younger players and look to change things up...vs Richmond it was the same old same old.

As the season progresses, depending on injuries, I think you'll find these changes will come to pass. Eddie has already said this'll be his last year. I suspect the form of Murphy and Curnow in particular will probably pick up for a while but it's unlikely they'll both continue though Ed can surprise. Levi was clearly not ready to play last week, so let's see what he produces this week. Once the King is ready to return and can show body endurance, it could well spell the end for Levi.

[Thryleon]

Im going to make a call, and say these guys will get better as the season goes on.

The younguns will be variable through inconsistency, but the elders will work their way in.

[madbluboy]

Curnow is underrated, he runs hard, tackles hard and is just a beast of a competitor.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Curnow is underrated, he runs hard, tackles hard and is just a beast of a competitor.

Been a handy player and sets a good example but I think we need four high class attacking mids rather than three plus one defensive one, a game winner rather than a saver.
Teams just bat deeper now and we need more players with better weapons.
Ed will make us a handy B grade midfield but I want an A grade set of mids who can compete with the best and who require taggers not the other way around.

[kruddler]

Been a handy player and sets a good example but I think we need four high class attacking mids rather than three plus one defensive one, a game winner rather than a saver.
Teams just bat deeper now and we need more players with better weapons.
Ed will make us a handy B grade midfield but I want an A grade set of mids who can compete with the best and who require taggers not the other way around.

The problem with getting too many a-grade mids is that nobody wants to get their hands dirty.
Look at GWS, best bunch of mids in the game, even though they lose an a-grade player most years.....yet as a team, pathetic. They are a bunch of superstars with no team-first players.....or very few at least.

[Macca37]

The player who worries me most is Harry.  Since his recruitment we have been waiting for him to deliver.  At that time he was compared with Wayne Carey.  We all know that Carey had a football brain.  What is between Harry's ears is anyone's guess.

It's said that he'll get better when he has played fifty games, but the mistakes he continues to make through stupid mistakes and being a smart ar@e should have been dealt with by the time he had reached ten games.

If Teague allows Harry to continue with his dinky kick across the body shots for goal, then he is wasted at full forward.

Maybe put him at centre half forward where he will be forced to kick the ball properly and he could actually trouble the opposition.

[ElwoodBlues1]

The problem with getting too many a-grade mids is that nobody wants to get their hands dirty.
Look at GWS, best bunch of mids in the game, even though they lose an a-grade player most years.....yet as a team, pathetic. They are a bunch of superstars with no team-first players.....or very few at least.

GWS as a whole have always had the soft tag, highly skilled but if you go hard at them they only have a few blokes who stand up...Greene, Ward....they had to keep playing Mummy, but have very few who wanted to scrap hard including their mids.
You need the right mids, Cotchin was accused of being Murphy like.... a skirter of packs who kicked sideways and didnt enjoy contact but he had to change or probably find himself on the trade table. He isnt a natural get dirty player but has forced himself to be better in that area. Luke Shuey is your ideal mid....can get dirty but also drill a pass or kick a nice goal.
Cripps, Walsh, Williams and Martin have the skills and can get their own ball when the heat is on...I think we will be better when Ed Curnow is our 5th, 6th or 7th choice mid....

[Gointocarlton]

Been a handy player and sets a good example but I think we need four high class attacking mids rather than three plus one defensive one, a game winner rather than a saver.
Teams just bat deeper now and we need more players with better weapons.
Ed will make us a handy B grade midfield but I want an A grade set of mids who can compete with the best and who require taggers not the other way around.

Happy to make way for the young attacking mids, not at the the expense of Ed just yet. Plenty of others in the team who get games despite providing little or no benefit should go before Ed.

[Gointocarlton]

The problem with getting too many a-grade mids is that nobody wants to get their hands dirty.
Look at GWS, best bunch of mids in the game, even though they lose an a-grade player most years.....yet as a team, pathetic. They are a bunch of superstars with no team-first players.....or very few at least.

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