Round 9: Carlton vs. Sydney Post Game Pain

[PaulP]

The game was over after Buddy kicked his 3rd goal in the first 15 minutes on White. What were we thinking there?

I'm guessing the idea was that White is more mobile than Rowe, Buddy is more mobile than Tippett, hence the match ups at the start of the game.

Sometimes match ups aren't ideal. In our case it was the lesser of two evils. Match ups are also speculative at times. They had a go, White wasn't working on Buddy, so they switched.

We simply don't have the required manpower to create ideal match ups on every line every second of the game. Swinging Henderson from forward to back, switching Rowe and White etc. solves one problem but creates another.

EDIT : I would also suggest the game was over well before it even started, but that's just my opinion.