AFL Rd 11 2024 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Gold Coast

[madbluboy]

Pittonet is the one who can't play anywhere else.

Why is TDK expected to be Buddy Franklin when he goes forward?

[Lods]

I think we don't make too many changes next week.
Just go with Tom as the one ruck.

I really can see the benefits of both options.
It's why it's hard to come down in favour of just the one approach.

Horses for courses is OK, but making that judgement would take a fair bit of analysis.

The thing I need to see more of is... how either option works consistently against quality opposition.
If we'd gone with just one ruck against Sydney...how would we have fared?
Gold Coast in Melbourne wasn't quite the same level of difficulty...and that can distort comparisons.
Port in Adelaide will be a tough ask and if the one ruck works equally as well as it did yesterday that's a point in it's favour.

So, just the one next week.

[pinot]

TDK tackles and takes marks and restricts opposition from winning quality clearances. He is Kreuzer on steroids except very durable. You can't play talents like that in other positions other than their preferred and most dynamic,

[PaulP]

There's probably guys like Jacob Weitering who are one position players, but most everyone else needs to be able to play a few different roles, or so I keep hearing from all the experts. De Koning has developed his forward craft, and it needs to continue. Last year's premiers seem to have no issue with Darcy Cameron and Mason Cox in the same team.

[cookie2]

ZW gave some bite to our fwd line, I like him there. He and Motlop could well be a dangerous combination to complement H and Charlie.

[Professer E]

Staggers me how ZW can get to the fall of the ball, yet blokes like Fantasia - supposedly a a specialist in that area of the game - can't.  Embarassing really.

[DJC]

Pittonet is the one who can't play anywhere else.

Why is TDK expected to be Buddy Franklin when he goes forward?

It’s a bonus if your ruckman can get a goal or two when they rest forward.  They should be expected to keep a tall defender engaged and make life a little easier for the regular key forwards.

[DJC]

That snap for his fourth was a bit hungry, could have laid it off by hand.  Doesn't look a natural forward, but I'll take any goal we can get

There was no-one else in a better position and Williams had to take the shot.  How many times did we waste forward 50 entries with too many handballs and forwards not willing to seize the moment?

[DJC]

Williams had significant game influence today, fans seem reluctant to give him credit where credit is due. For me his F50 success highlights a fundamental contributing cause of our failings over the last few weeks. How can it be a rookie SF like Williams gets in all the right spaces, while relatively more seasoned SFs like Fantasia, Owies and Durdin cannot?

I thought that Williams played with freedom and made his own luck.  Perhaps our regular small/medium forwards are too focused on performing defined roles to take a chance.

Of course, Williams is a very talented footballer whose skill set is similar to Jack Martin’s and a level above that of Owies, Durdin, Fantasia and Motlop.

[Lods]

Much prefer him forward.
He takes risks, takes the game on, which can be costly in the backline, but an asset up forward.
See how he goes in the weeks ahead.