Rd 15: Post Game Passion: Carlton vs Adelaide

[mateinone]

Thry, the point I was making is that this is less about cattle and more about the mindset of the coaching staff. I am of course quite aware of player movements in the intervening years. Of course the cattle at your disposal must count for something, but not as much as people think in my opinion.

You don't think a midfield that includes Judd and a forward line with Betts/Garlett & Walker wouldn't be suited to a different game plan than our current one?

If we moved the ball in as quickly as we did with those guys terrorising the opposition it would be rebounded back up the other end and see us on the end of a whacking most weeks.

Cattle is only a part of the equation, that I do agree with completely, but this current team is more suited to Bolton's gameplan than Ratts I think and I was happy with Ratts gameplan.

From Round 1, I posted the following

Also from a tactical point, what should Carlton do?
They should make themselves hard to beat.

Forget the scoring for a moment, forget quick breaks and everyone running forward of the play, concentrate on getting into position and shutting down.

It is ugly and it makes us a mongrel crap team to watch, but it also teaches a hell of a lot of discipline and you don't need talent to be disciplined, you need commitment to the task.

The equivalent is my team in soccer, West Brom, they play ugly, they play without real fullbacks in the traditional sense (well at least without a RB) and they don't sprint forward on breaks, they maintain their positions and they are bloody hard in the tackle. It is ugly, it pisses me off, but clubs hate playing against it and it is effective.

If the club played 75% of the game shutting down their opponent, went back to the early Clarko days of crap football and shutting teams down with anti-social football, I think it would go a long way towards setting this group up.

I stick to it still. I continue to think this club is on the right track, even though at times they are really frustrating to watch