2018 Rd 4: Post Game Pain: Carlton vs North Melbourne

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I think we have gotten ahead of ourselves.

We have dropped triers like Silvagni in round 1, o Shea in round 2, lamb and polson in round 3, to bring in players with little exposed form and have avoided dropping others who are talented but not contributing and also blokes carrying injuries with the end result being last night's debacle.

Sometimes you have to reward the effort in order to ensure players keep playing with effort.

I'm not sure going with bam bam and Dow first up ahead of kerridge with his finish to last season has sent the right message to the group.

We've since obviously made further changes that have similarly cost us the ability to be competitive and it's all pointing to us having pulled the wrong reign.

This is not too far off to my way of thought.