AFL Rd 3: Pre Game Prognostications: Carlton vs Geelong in Geelong

[Baggers]

Jake Niall in the age has written a report about the lack of tackling by Carlton in the first quarters. Intensity is the  key. Geelong has good but front running mid-field, their back line is solid but can be taken apart if the ball enters quickly into their opponents forward line, and their forwards are a bunch of names put together like a quilt and only functions if the mid-field is on top. This is why they keep getting cleaned up in the finals by good teams. We need to make an absolute raging contest from the first bounce, if we do that we might find Geelong out.

Intensity - exactamundo. And that's above the shoulders, that's attitude. Too often we start games trying to finesse... now where does that instruction (and lack of intent) come from?