2017 Rd 8: After Game Analysis: Carlton vs St Kilda

[ianh]

Long as someone is on the long term injured list COS will be able to play, problem comes if/when Byrne gets back, if no one else cops a long termer

[cookie2]

Yesterday, in his presser, BB clearly stated that Alex was "very important to us this year".

[BluePhantom]

I think BB, if he hasn't already done so, needs to contact the umpires and ask for clarification of the holding the ball rule. It needs to be brought to someone's attention that we are being treated differently to other teams in this regard.

The umpires have treated us differently for sooooo long.
After the game i was thinking the same that BB complains about the umpiring and cop the fine.
Didn't Sheedy do this type of thing?
Time we pushed back instead of complying all the time.

[sydneybluesfan]

I think that yesterday showed we still have a lot of work to do on our setup week to week. A few things stood out to me.

First, with Alex coming into the team and playing well it does poses some issues to the matchups. Playing both White & Plowman was a mistake yesterday, as we have too many tallish, slower players. Plowman was on Billings at times and is way too slow for that role. I don't see how those 2 guys can play together.

Second, our transition from defence to attack really struggles when we have a lot of young guys in the team. I think guys like Smedts play a critical role as link players through the midfield that was missing yesterday.

Thirdly, we had sub 20 shots at goal again yesterday. We remain the lowest scoring team in the comp, and have been in the bottom 2 teams for scoring and shots on goal for the last 2.5 years. We have seen zero signs of actual improvement in these numbers, despite trying numerous combinations. We are staying in games due to good defence, but our inability to score means we are never going to win games consistently until we find forwards who can actually kick goals. The Weitering, SOJ and Curnow forward line struggled again. This seems obvious, but our lack of improvement when you look at the scoring numbers over such a long period of time is really concerning.

Our experienced players went really well yesterday, but it was the less experienced guys who collectively gave us very little. This is the downside of a young developing team, but I think there are some structural and selection issues that still need to be addressed.

[madbluboy]

Our inside 50s were miles behind the Saints yesterday. We can't blame our forwards for that.

What we can blame our forwards on is their defensive pressure. Every week the opposition run it out with ease.

[blue4life]

Our inside 50s were miles behind the Saints yesterday. We can't blame our forwards for that.

What we can blame our forwards on is their defensive pressure. Every week the opposition run it out with ease.

Casboult is easily run off and Weitering has no real pace or sideways movement, the only forward we have with defensive skills at the moment is Jack Silvagni and he's only a pup.
That said I think that St Kilda are a better side than some here are giving them credit for and with no standout team or teams this season they could well figure into the third week of the finals in my opinion.

[Gointocarlton]

Crippa was showboating. He should have learned from the case of the Costa Concordia! I don't think he'll be repeating that mistake - he must have felt very foolish afterwards.

Agree but the umpire made a mistake, it should have been a free, 50m for the trip and a set shot for goal. Arent certain trips reportable?

[kruddler]

One other thing, I know Crippa a little brain fade running into goal in the 2nd but since when is it within the rules to give an ankle tap and get pinged for incorrect disposal?

I don't think it was an ankle tap.
I think he slapped his hip.

The reason he fell over is that the hip slap put him off balance so he tried to stop his kick (so he wouldn't spray it) and he essentially put himself off balance and tripped over his own feet.

At least thats how i saw it.

[LoveNavy]

One other thing, I know Crippa a little brain fade running into goal in the 2nd but since when is it within the rules to give an ankle tap and get pinged for incorrect disposal?

I couldn't work out what was going on then. It felt like Crippa got ripped off though (but that's my undeniable bias).
Can someone explain please?

[cookie2]

I don't think it was an ankle tap.
I think he slapped his hip.

The reason he fell over is that the hip slap put him off balance so he tried to stop his kick (so he wouldn't spray it) and he essentially put himself off balance and tripped over his own feet.

At least thats how i saw it.

I was sitting fairly close to the incident and that's what I thought happened (I haven't seen a replay). Of course he could have had a shot or passed the ball off before that.