2018 Rd 13: Post Game Prattling-Carlton v Fremantle

[Barbs]

If he doesn't get the ball on his terms, he allows his opponent to run downfield to create an overlap or loose player and he just jogs along behind (if that).

This could be just about any player wearing navy blue yesterday (or this season)

At stoppages and contested marking contests we seem to set up in ways that our boys are all standing together and leaving the opposition unattended. When the ball spills the opposition move together and break in numbers. We just turn and start jogging back to leave it to the next layer of defenders to deal with. Hardly anyone chases with the intensity needed to stop the easy ball movement.

Worse still is our defensive tactic of guarding space. The opposition just work harder to either lead into space for the mark or create the overlapping run that breaks through as we don't chase down hard enough or stay in the contest long enough. When we do chase, its like 3 guys converge on the ball carrier rather than stay with a player who is going to be the next link in the chain.

I know we're young will make mistakes. But these sort of tactical and behavioural shortfalls are where you start to question the coaches and their game plan.