Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 11: Carlton vs Sydney

[ElwoodBlues1]

Your first 4 words nail it.
"Problem is the natives"

"But Liddle said...."
"But i thought...."
"But but but....."

Look at Melbourne. Up and down more than a yo-yo.
The path to success is not linear. No team goes on a smooth, steady path to success. There are ups and downs.

At the start of the year people were pining for Ratten after what he had done with St. Kilda.
There were times when the bombers had leapfrogged us too......then not....now again...

Forget other teams. Focus on us. Focus on our results. Focus on what is available to us on any given match day.

Lods and I always used to point out that one of the best indicators of how good (or bad) a club is going is by looking at their %.
On any given day a bounce of the ball could be the difference between 4 points and 0.
Instead, % shows you how competitive you are across the whole season.

Currently, on the ladder in terms of wins/losses, we are above 5 teams.
However, looking at %, we are above 8 teams.
Once we start to play more of the teams from the bottom half of the ladder our wins will grow....as will our %.

You cant forget the other teams thats the problem, I know success isnt linear always but you need a catalyst to propel you at
a greater rate than the other contenders. eg Petracca and Oliver have gone to the next level. May and Lever are now basically the best duo defensively in the comp....result Melbourne push up the ladder.
I dont see a catalyst for us unless Charlie Curnow comes back firing on all cylinders...