Rd 15: Post Game Passion: Carlton vs Adelaide

[Thryleon]

At Shades and Paul

My view is that Ill take a win no matter how ugly at this stage. We can pretty up the game style as the experience and skill set of the group grows/improves. We are showing that we can match it with most but consistency and sustained effort is the problem at present, that will get better. Having said that, I would like them to be a little bolder more often. The chip chip chip stuff is ok to slow down the tempo and get a hold of the game again but at some point, they have to have a crack at winning the game. Perhaps its a confidence thing. Its chipping it around vs run and gun is a balancing act I reckon.

I reckon its tied to fitness too.

The teams that run and gun are the ones that run out four quarters better.

Given the change in the interchange, it might simply be a matter of thats not our go, so we will do something else until there are no other options.


Going back to the Pies premiership year, I seem to remember them playing keepings off a lot back then, chipping it around and then changing it up as the game wore on.

The thing is, the whole retention of posession is a double whammy way to knock your opposition around.

1.  They spend so long chasing tail and not having the ball that they feel "uncomfortable" and out of the game a bit.

2.  Its easier to beat an opponent who feels as though the game is a bit of a grind.