Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 7: Carlton vs. North Melbourne

[Thryleon]

Kennedy and Setterfield.

Out of stocker, o brien, Kennedy, setterfield and Marc Murphy, you would name Murphy first even with yesterdays stats.

Setterfield and Kennedy would have helped yesterday but only as alternatives to players that gave us nothing.

Even paddy dow and sps were crap yesterday.

They should have just said the truth, after so many outs it was going to be a tough week.

I knew it, you knew it, we all had slim hope and the truth won't change that. But the reality of the outs was so far from dream sold many just wanted to believe in a fairy tale.

Would the players have been less prepared if the weeks pre-game speak was full of adversity rather than expectation? We let the media and Norp install us as favourites and I fear some of the kids believed it!

No.  I think you're confusing public perception with reality.  Our team played like they didn't believe they could win yesterday, and they switched off after our first goal conceded.