Post Game Analysis: AFL 2020 Rd 5: Carlton vs St. Kilda

[Baggers]

Sick of watching and commenting on this crap. Why were so many players brushed off the ball by Saints? Intent? Core Strength? Our players are 3 years deep with "the best in the business". So for me it MUST be intent. I didn't see them fall over themselves.
Weitering early looked like a first year player - drinking the bathwater I hope not.
SPS needs to be dropped or play mid fwd. Problem is can't kick 40 metres for a set shot goal. Other than Stocker unsure who else they bring in.
Why wasn't McGovern played back, Try something ffs. He has played back in Adelaide. 3 tall fwd line wasn't working why persist? How do you get a leading option if your are coming through the guts and there are 3 fanning out? And when there is a lead up option how many times do we kick over the fwd head! Saints hit their targets - they aren't that much better than us.....are they?
If you are going to try Philp play Honey. Rather see 3rd tall be Kennedy. Does Sav Rocca still have a job as kicking coach? My God kicking for goal is a shambles. H has THE worst ball drop in the league. Yet we rush him back? Typical Carlton no matter who is coach or selector - see Kruzer over his career....
Maybe try De Koning, Kennedy, Stocker, Honey. Why not. Not like we are winning the flag. Try. Experiment. All the reasons the coach was employed. Hope he isn't getting fiddled with like a horse our Teaguey????

Good stuff, Hitman.

Those four cats you mention, TDK, Kennedy, Stocker & Honey all have one thing in common... bit of mongrel, intensity/ferocity. And we like that and are desperate for it. As unpopular as this may be to say, we have no real ferocious mid of size with ability. Ed is tight and strong and won't shirk the issue and that's our closest - and his ability is limited. Gibbo has talent and some ferocity but is a runt. Crippa oozes talent but starts slowly and is something of a gentle giant. Murphy is skillful but nice and has trouble laying a tackle that hurts. Cuningham is talent+ but unreliable/inconsistent, Setters is busy trying to establish himself and seems to also be nice...

SPS has done a v good job stopping certain blokes but are we robbing Peter to pay Paul - pity Polson didn't work out in that regard? I'd prefer to see SPS as an outside mid but it's hard to find blokes who can lock down dangerous small forwards.

McGovern is a quandary. He's not likely to be dropped being The TT's boy who he got from the Crows. But he's another cameo kid like Cuningham (who returned to type against the Aints). We cannot afford such luxuries - players who pick and choose, fade in and out. He did look better when H wasn't there last week, perhaps when he has more responsibility he responds. His skill around goal is important. Perhaps Levi to the backline where he really did exceptionally well and Jones to a wing - he's quick and difficult to match up on. So two talls (H and McG) and a SOJ or Kennedy as the other taller type.

I honestly wonder where we would be this season without Martin (who is ferocious at the contest and belies his wiry frame)... zip and 5? Very likely. We are still very dependent on individual brilliance/talent... against the cheats.com.au it was Murphy's last qtr talent that set up so much and was critical to our win. Next week we're up against a side that plays as a team. Better get some ferocity pills to our hub asap.