Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 5: Carlton vs Port Adelaide

[tonyo]

The age old story with us.

The gap between our best and worst remains huge!

It's the gap between the ears that worries me the most.  The hunger to compete is nowhere near that of the teams at the top end.

I think we have serious motivation issues, and when things are not going well, many of the players go into 'me first' mode and the teamwork evaporates.  You can only see it when you are at the game - the lack of hard running up and down the ground 60-100 metres ahead of the play.  It is why we look so slow, because many players cruise around in 2nd gear, and end up chasing tails.

In contrast, on Saturday night, Port Adelaide had their entire playing group on the one page, and it showed so clearly - they ran in silver waves down the ground and we looked like witches' hats.  Despite the stats being relatively close in most areas, we were just never in the hunt and should have lost by far more.

I fear that being happy to run second has become embedded in the DNA.