03-03-2020, 11:44 AM
I don't believe too much stock is being put on one game. It's been said that we played well against Collingwood, as though that's a balance for the weekend's effort. Freo's fringe players really showed by their accurate kicking to position just how many fringe players we have who are going up and down on one spot.
Really, they appear to model their kicking skill set on Ed Curnow - if you get the ball often enough odds are you will get lucky and find a team mate.
For years I've watched Carlton throw away any chance of kicking a winning score, or even getting close to top sides, because players going forward butcher the ball with monotonous regularity, turn it over, and game over.
I don't know whether it is the players we recruit or coaching staff, but after so many years of mediocrity when can we expect to have players with the necessary foot skills to make a serious attempt at making the top eight?
Really, they appear to model their kicking skill set on Ed Curnow - if you get the ball often enough odds are you will get lucky and find a team mate.
For years I've watched Carlton throw away any chance of kicking a winning score, or even getting close to top sides, because players going forward butcher the ball with monotonous regularity, turn it over, and game over.
I don't know whether it is the players we recruit or coaching staff, but after so many years of mediocrity when can we expect to have players with the necessary foot skills to make a serious attempt at making the top eight?