AFL Rd 6 2022 Post Game Permutations Carlton vs Fremantle

[cookie2]

Freo are good team that put us under plenty of pressure. We struggled especially to get quality F50 entries and to hold it in there. Freo caught us out too many times with their quick rebound. Plenty of room for improvement especially going forward  but at least we did fight it out to the end.

[Professer E]

Very, very poor,  sure a few blokes are missing but it's clear that no Pittonet = no midfield control, difficulty scoring.  Dekonig looks great in patches but his first job is to ruck and he isn't doing it well.  Our defence is a mess - it's too short and the small types simply don't defend.  Williams has a low football IQ, utterly over this bloke.  Up forward we have a plethora of small forwards,  some of which are worse than useless.  Did Fisher get a possession?  We may as well play 4 short.  I'm not seeing much different from last year - same group,  with the same blokes making the same errors and mystifying us with their selections.  Quite frankly,  Voss is starting to look like the emporer with no clothes... Our list is over rated and time to move the journeymen types on.

[townsendcalling]

Longmuire has had 45 games to develop, adjust, tinker with and embed a game plan after trying players, promoting players and putting lines through players. Voss has had 6 games. The cull will come, the execution of the game plan will improve and others will be given a chance. Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.

[Mav]

I don't know about others, but I didn't expect to win. When Pittonet went down, that pretty much confirmed that expectation. We now have games against North and Adelaide and if we win them we'll be 6-2.

[Professer E]

Dunno,  I've seen last season and six games this season and Setterfield Williams Fisher Martin Newman and Newnes are still making the same mistakes and have the same deficiencies.  They're not getting better.  So yes. I think we've seen enough to think that maybe Dow,  Motlop, Carroll, Philp might bring something better - they at least have pace because we looked godawfully slow today

[Mav]

I suspect that those who are shattered by the loss had little respect for Freo. As I noted in the pre-match thread, I was initially in that camp but the more I looked at them the more I realised they are a top side. A loss against them is no more cringeworthy than losing to Melbourne or Brisbane. Freo will make the finals comfortably.

[JonDorotich]

Completely outplayed and we were never really in that contest.

Parks, Newnes, Cottrell & Boyd are way out of their depth, Williams looks like being a bust and Fisher doesn’t have the body strength to play midfield. Our leg speed is a huge issue and all of
Williamson, Dow & Philip can help that in the short term.

In the longer term, McGovern, Honey, Cunningham & Dow will provide the leg speed and class that we need.

[Professer E]

I'm not concerned about losing,  it's how we lost and how ineffective about 8 blokes were.  If we aspire to greater things we must address serious shortcomings in both personnel and game plan.

[shawny]

I suspect that those who are shattered by the loss had little respect for Freo. As I noted in the pre-match thread, I was initially in that camp but the more I looked at them the more I realised they are a top side. A loss against them is no more cringeworthy than losing to Melbourne or Brisbane. Freo will make the finals comfortably.

They may make finals but they are not in the category of Brisbane and no where near Melbourne.

It’s a long season and apart from Brisbane and Sydney and Melbourne I think there are 5 remaining spots up for grabs and while freo is in the running so are we imo.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Freo are good team that put us under plenty of pressure. We struggled especially to get quality F50 entries and to hold it in there. Freo caught us out too many times with their quick rebound. Plenty of room for improvement especially going forward  but at least we did fight it out to the end.

Inside clearance team vs outside team with pace and pace won tonight when we lost Pittonet who is a major cog in that inside crew......their small forwards were on and our small defenders dont really defend so we got got caught out. Walters hasnt touched the ball for two years but decided to turn up tonight unfortunately,  and annoying types like Schultz and Switskowski always seemed to have space and a break on our blokes.