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

[PaulP]

Never been a fan of comparing scoring shots.
For a start...poor kicking is poor football.
Poor skills or shots under pressure.
Secondly you don't know without looking how many of the behinds are rushed points.
OOF is another factor.

The scoreboard actually flattered us.
If we'd have got to the stage where we actually started to worry them they would have clicked it up a gear and skipped away.
They were very average but still had our measure.

I think poor kicking for goal is precisely that - it's not bad football. It doesn't invalidate what has got the ball into the goal kicking position. It is simply bad finishing. It was our worst performance for the season, against a real flag contender. If you thought Port were average that night, I shudder to think what their best might look like.