03-26-2021, 07:07 AM
It has taken me a little while to settle down after last night abomination. I said to my son before we went to the game, this was big for Carlton. I knew Collingwood would come out hard but I believe we had the players to win, so for |Carlton, was last night going to be different where we make a statement or were we going to meekly into the night and season, just doing enough. I keep saying winners win because they win, losers lose because they lose. Last night was a prime example of this. Collingwood's good players played well. DeGoey, Pendelbury, Moore, Adams, Grundy were huge compared to Cripps, Walsh, who had a big third quarter, McKay, who was in and out and Weitering who was solid but didn't dominate. Because their main players played well, their second and third tier players were able to play with freedom and confidence. Collingwood chased and tackled and won the hard ball while we continually trailed our opponents. Their kicking to advantage was better than ours and their teaming was far better. I made comment a few weeks ago about the continual turnover of coaches at Carlton and the starkly different playing styles they implemented means that the players have yet to ingrain the game plan into their instincts. To me, every time Collingwood got the ball loose, all their players knew exactly what to do, whereas when we get loose, the players seem to be making it up as they go along. Even the third quarter, our forward 50 was over crowded, had too many players going to the ball, hard hands, missed targets, poor option and bad skill execution. We might had we the ball in our forward fifty but their seems to be no system. and poor skills. We started the game without intent again. The lack of pressure up the ground made hitting leading targets a training drill. Plowman is a guy you can get on a lead but some of the ball coming into Collingwood's forward line was pressure less and there were no mid fielders getting back into the whole.
Williams fell over and it cost us a goal, Cripps fell over and cost us a goal, Jones gave the ball to three Collingwood players and cost us a goal. Carlton came out of defence with no pressure, kicked the ball out on the full a number of times and Docherty was the worst offender. Cripps kicked the ball to Casboult and McKay and Moore marked it in between them, which led to a goal. Why were they both standing next to one another on the fifty meter arc in the first place. The umpires crucified us as always, free kick and missed free kicks cost three or four goals and why was the mark not paid to Newnes. And skill errors! Casboult 30 meters directly in front and he kicks it out on the full. Fogarty 40 meters out and he can't make the distance. Murphy 30 meters out, on the run and can't make the distance.
I go thru all of this and I am left with the one question. How did we only lose by three goals? We were rubbish and Collingwood was very good, yet once again, we are in it with five minutes to go. We either have an enormous amount of untouched potential or Collingwood is not very good. Either way, it was a very disappointing night.
Williams fell over and it cost us a goal, Cripps fell over and cost us a goal, Jones gave the ball to three Collingwood players and cost us a goal. Carlton came out of defence with no pressure, kicked the ball out on the full a number of times and Docherty was the worst offender. Cripps kicked the ball to Casboult and McKay and Moore marked it in between them, which led to a goal. Why were they both standing next to one another on the fifty meter arc in the first place. The umpires crucified us as always, free kick and missed free kicks cost three or four goals and why was the mark not paid to Newnes. And skill errors! Casboult 30 meters directly in front and he kicks it out on the full. Fogarty 40 meters out and he can't make the distance. Murphy 30 meters out, on the run and can't make the distance.
I go thru all of this and I am left with the one question. How did we only lose by three goals? We were rubbish and Collingwood was very good, yet once again, we are in it with five minutes to go. We either have an enormous amount of untouched potential or Collingwood is not very good. Either way, it was a very disappointing night.