AFL Rd 6 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs St Kilda

[BluePhantom]

Surely we could hire out Marvel for a short goal kicking training session?
MCG for that matter too?

[PaulP]

It was poor all over the ground. Our poor efficiency has been masked by the 20 metre backward kicks.

Have a look on the AFL app at the possession heat map and that sums up the day.

I suspect that possession heat map is only available as part of some paid subscription or plan. It's not on my free AFL app.

[madbluboy]

I suspect that possession heat map is only available as part of some paid subscription or plan. It's not on my free AFL app.

I don't pay for anything. I think telstra customers get more stats but I'm with Optus and I see the map.

[madbluboy]

Click on our game.

Then you will see
Summary Players Teams Tracker.

Click on Teams then scroll down to possessions.

[dodge]

Good thing it was a warm day, otherwise the forwards would have got cold!

[PaulP]

I don't pay for anything. I think telstra customers get more stats but I'm with Optus and I see the map.

Click on our game.

Then you will see
Summary Players Teams Tracker.

Click on Teams then scroll down to possessions.

Yep, you're absolutely right. Not sure how I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out.

[LP]

Personally, I thought yesterday  was SoJ's best game for 2023, when we rucked Young and stopped stuffing SoJ around with a hopeless task in the ruck he was more effective right across the ground. The only thing I'd say is that we should be trying to get SoJ into more of the lead up rotation with Charlie and BigH, that'll lighten the work load and they won't be taking so many shots at goal with tired legs.

Let BigH or SoJ ruck inside F50 and leave Pitto to stay D50 side of the contest, and divide up ruck duties with Young or TDK as required by selection policy and opposition each week. Try to get Cripps and Hewett spending a bit more time at F50 stoppages in fresh condition.

Sounds easy, but needs serious management to achieve.

Also, some might bag Kennedy for losing his feet, but I thought his midfield nous gave us a bit of calmness in and around the D50 traffic, he was able to find a bit of time and space and greatly reduced the hot potato syndrome we sometimes suffer. Given he hasn't really played too much D50, I thought it showed he wasn't completely out of place. These little moments just add a piece of the puzzle to how the coaches can manage workload on match days without having to shuffle the list at selection. Swapping Kennedy for Doc or Saad through the midfield is now an option.

Don't know if you have noticed, but all our set shot kicking has gone off a bit, we seem to be getting into the habit of leaning back on the kicks, it's a bad habit because it leaves more height to drop between hand and foot and you end up kicking the ball higher than is necessary. Also, Cripps, SoJ, Charlie and Big H all kick the pill much further than they think, I've no idea why they run so close to the man on the mark then put the ball 10 rows back in the stand!

[Professer E]

I believe that as a club we are too fixated on the list and not how we play, or "the system".  Man for man, I believe that our top say 6-10 players are the equal of any in the league and we have the key components to succeed (Cripps, Weitering, Harry Charlie is a damn good spine).  But our game plan or whatever you call it is like something out of the 1970s.  It's antiquated, obselete and doesn't win games in the 21st century.

And reflects a poor coaching and "brains trust".

[LP]

I wouldn't be too worried about BigH and the other KPPs kicking, they will always have good and bad days, the media are going to beat up on them, but we need to stick fat, it's not the lack of opportunities for them, it's the lack of crumbing goals that are killing us at the moment.

Aints must have cleaned up 98% of the ground ball in our D50, the low rate of success crumbing is abominable, just unacceptable. You only need to get 2 or 3 crumbing goals a game to flip the equation, take the pressure off the KPFs and turn a deficit into a lead. When Owies went out we've lost both a deep defensive runner and 2 goals a game that we've failed to replace, Honey hasn't had an impact, not sure where we go from here, Motlop is basically a highlights type player not a 4-qtr workhorse. Small Durdin is horribly out of form. Some fans might defend small Durdin because he's averaging a goal and a bit, but other than that goal and a bit he's not having much impact. Sure he made some tackles, but his opponent was still able to dispose of the footy in most tackles, a tackle is basically a zero stat if you fail to trap the pill.

I think another thing missing in 2023 is goals from the midfield, last year we had Cripps, Hewett, Cerra and Kennedy all contributing at times, this year that has basically evaporated. Is it due to form or tactical changes, it's hard to tell, probably a bit of both?

[ElwoodBlues1]

Our small forwards can't take a mark above to their head and just dont get enough of the ball at ground level.
We need a Weightman, Elliott, Ryan, Bolton  type who can be a proper target and not just a crumber...