2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS

[Thryleon]

Jury is out on our kids being guns...thats the aim but there is nothing concrete at the moment to indicate that apart from Cripps and then potential for Charlie C and maybe Dow to be guns, IMO we gave up in the last quarter and have in a few games where we have been belted........
We play a few men down every week because the mid level tier of players we have is not good enough and that wasnt addressed when we started the rebuild......Paul Roos may not be popular on this forum but he constructed the Melbourne rebuild properly...we have followed the Saints and the results are similar....
The rebuild needs a rebuild...dont need to replace every block this time but we need that mid tier block of players fixed otherwise some kids who might make it wont...the club need to be open, honest and tell the supporters they didnt get it right initially but are going to fix the problems now...

I know that EB1, I was talking about GWS being full of guns.  They have the most draft picks in the top tier hitting their straps together, whilst we are just a team of kids.

Lachie O Brien has played more games than he should have this season, and yesterday showed why.  He had almost zero idea how to beat his opponent (Tomlinson) who even if they were similar games experienced and seasoned (they are 5 years apart at minimum) and he is giving away a whole foot, and probably about 20kgs to go with it.  Instead of changing that matchup (lets face it, O Brien didnt have another one anyway) he let him get an education.

As for the last quarter, we have played one poor one in every game this year, I don't see the point in singling out a quarter where we could barely get our hands on the footy even if the opposition was playing a man down.  It just made the numbers even, but we are that out manned at the moment, I don't see the point of even looking at it.  Its embarrassing and it hurts, but it isnt a coaching problem, when half your side can't compete with a side sitting in the top 4.  Thats a personnell issue.