AFL Rd 10 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood

[pinot]

Team morale is sometimes fragile when the team is out of form.

Yo go hard at them and expect more when you are winning.. when form is poor losing the dressing room is the worst possible results.

They will go on about their business in a professional manner with reviews and what not. I believe in this squad and reckon they will turn it around. But going hard at them now is totally the wrong move for team morale.

[pinot]

BTW I am not concerned that we are going to get reamed - we are due to bottom out in the current out of form cycle that happens to all teams during the year. The team is not playing too badly but in case you missed it our small forwards are the worst in the competition.

[BluePhantom]

Tassie Blues!  ;D
We'd get good draft picks early.

[rocky]

BTW I am not concerned that we are going to get reamed - we are due to bottom out in the current out of form cycle that happens to all teams during the year. The team is not playing too badly but in case you missed it our small forwards are the worst in the competition.

Problem is the out of form cycle has been going on for 9 rounds!!

[Thryleon]

Are the small forwards really getting potted again?

We've got two coleman medalists who can't hut the side of a barn, midfielders refusing to compete and run hard, defenders leaking goals on the goal line and wingers that can't hit a teamate by foot, but somehow we aren't getting enough out of our small forwards.

I'm sick to death of hearing that.  We don't even kick the ball in their direction most of the time, and when we do we expect miracles.

Small forwards.  7 to 13 possessions with a couple of tackles and hitting the scoreboard for a goal or two with the odd goal assist is what you can expect from the average small forward.  Motlop was arguably the worst of the 3, but they are all a work in progress and will have up and down weeks.

Thing is, they've also been vacating the forward line in an effort to give Charlie and Harry more room but tv doesn't show you this. 

[madbluboy]

I was on level 3 last night and it was our slow midfield that were terrible.

[kruddler]

Are the small forwards really getting potted again?

We've got two coleman medalists who can't hut the side of a barn, midfielders refusing to compete and run hard, defenders leaking goals on the goal line and wingers that can't hit a teamate by foot, but somehow we aren't getting enough out of our small forwards.

I'm sick to death of hearing that.  We don't even kick the ball in their direction most of the time, and when we do we expect miracles.

Small forwards.  7 to 13 possessions with a couple of tackles and hitting the scoreboard for a goal or two with the odd goal assist is what you can expect from the average small forward.  Motlop was arguably the worst of the 3, but they are all a work in progress and will have up and down weeks.

Thing is, they've also been vacating the forward line in an effort to give Charlie and Harry more room but tv doesn't show you this.

Don't read Pinot's posts, and you will probably not hear it anymore.

Its a bugbear of theirs that has been going for years.

[Thryleon]

I was on level 3 last night and it was our slow midfield that were terrible.

our slow ball movement is another problem.  By the time we make up out mind what to do all options are closed.

[Gointocarlton]

our slow ball movement is another problem.  By the time we make up out mind what to do all options are closed.

Its not that hard to work out, we faf around the boundary line, meanwhile the oppo run down the middle droves and are in our F50 waiting to greet our guys when they arrive.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Our small forwards don't do enough and that's the reality, they don't get the ball enough. If we had something better they wouldn't be getting a game.
Some people want Martin back...that's a real endorsement..
Our seconds got knocked over by a bunch of high school kids, there isn't any pressure for positions and we don't have any depth.