Post Game Passion; AFL Rd 17: Carlton vs Geelong

[PaulP]

A for effort, F for everything else.

[Lods]

Ironic given the kicking yesterday but....
Zac Tuohy (on the Sunday Footy Show) has just credited David Teague as being very helpful with his kicking back in his early days when Teague was a development coach at Carlton

[PaulP]

Grant Thomas on Twitter :

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/c...081fa6e79a

“Carlton just have some very selfish players that are more interested in their own performance than team performance,” former St Kilda coach Grant Thomas wrote on Twitter.

“They’ve tried really hard, kicked inaccurately (because they don’t pass). Floodgates about to open big time I reckon.”

Obviously it's just one man's opinion, but the last 24 hours of his Twitter feed make for interesting reading. Sample :

[Blue Moon]

I thought our endeavor was good and we stuck manfully to the defensive side of the game plan. Fifteen players unavailable for selection, six of them would be in the best twenty-two, five who would be the back ups and only four in the development phase of their career. It would be interesting to know how many out there are playing with injuries, besides Cripps, wouldn't be playing if we had more fit players on the list.
Some people around me were critical of the Coach and thought he should have come up with some killer move that would change the game, however I thought the coaching was fine as you can only play the hand you are dealt. I thought the match up were good and I thought there was a method of play that if executed well could have given us a pathway to victory. Unfortunately our decision making and skills were sub-par. I have no idea what Stocker was trying to do in the last quarter.
It is a question I use to ask regularly a couple of years ago. Do they actually practice their kicking? They practice in game scenarios and match game strategy and football intelligence, but do they actually practice the basic skills. Too many of our players don't kick with penetration or accuracy, both around the ground and at goal, and many can't kick fifty metres. If you can't kick to your team mates advantage and if you can't kick goals, then there is no game plan.
On the upside, I thought Silvagni has embraced his second ruck role, our defence has improved since the mid-field has tightened up, and I thought the fact we were able to have a number of straight forward shots on goal was good. The downside was our accuracy on goals, our decision making and skill execution coming out of defence and transitioning to the forwards was sometimes comical, and I thought a few of our senior players in Martin, Betts, Newman and Newnes, (though Newnes was placed in the media's best), were less than effective on the day than what we need if we are going to be competitive with the better sides.
A for effort and F for execution makes for another frustrating day at the football.

[laj]

With our 5hit goalkicking, 5hit kicking going forward, where does that leaves Geelong. On face value (we know if they were goals the games changes but we'll run with it), if we kicked poorly for 6.10 instead of 2.14 at 3/4 time we'd be in front. No wonder a number of their fans said they were happy to just take the 4pts and move on.

[madbluboy]

With our 5hit goalkicking, 5hit kicking going forward, where does that leaves Geelong. On face value (we know if they were goals the games changes but we'll run with it), if we kicked poorly for 6.10 instead of 2.14 at 3/4 time we'd be in front. No wonder a number of their fans said they were happy to just take the 4pts and move on.

During the week they compared Geelong's scoring without Cameron in the first few rounds to with Cameron and they went form 12th in the comp to 1st.

[madbluboy]

Hopefully Charlie can do the same for us.

[Gointocarlton]

With our 5hit goalkicking, 5hit kicking going forward, where does that leaves Geelong. On face value (we know if they were goals the games changes but we'll run with it), if we kicked poorly for 6.10 instead of 2.14 at 3/4 time we'd be in front. No wonder a number of their fans said they were happy to just take the 4pts and move on.

Dads Army wont trouble the scorers in Sept thats for sure.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Dads Army wont trouble the scorers in Sept thats for sure.

I think with Cameron back and Blicavs free to ruck and roam around the ground they will be very dangerous. Just so cocky resting players were Geelong and I really want to see them bounced out of the finals early but I don't think it will happen. Henderson and Touhy with premierships would be depressing also..

[LoveNavy]

It was obvious pre-game that we'd be too short, too weak, and undermanned in the ruck and defense. Unfortunately the late outs left us vulnerable. Under those circumstances our performance, particularly effort, focus, and persistence, was strong.

What I can't fathom though is why your captain with a leg injury would cover the ruck. Nothing structural they said, but he's previously broken his leg while he was still growing. Common sense tells you the jumping with giants game isn't your gig.

The tomahawk must be starting to dread lining up against young Weiters. Imagine what Weiters will be like when he hits his prime!