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

[LP]

Gibbons, Owies and Silvagni are honest triers, but they aren’t going to win you games against good defenders. Throw in Eddie and Fog and it really is a major worry.

I disagree, I don't think the medium smalls are the problem at all.

Yesterday both Owies and Silvagni should have received obvious frees 20m out dead in front, Owies was slung tackled at the top of the goal square right in front of the umpire, you see the umpire in the video looking straight at them as the camera angle is over the umpires shoulder. The same thing happened to Silvagni earlier in the game, that is a costly 2 goal swing. You don't get it as loud feedback from the commentary team because Ling and Bennett hate us.

Betts is great in a certain scenario, but you can't create that many of those scenarios per game, so we need another avenue. I thought at times last weekend we could have had Williams or Martin push more into deep F50, they are the type that can score in heavy traffic.

Several times yesterday we had players with goal eyes on, BigH at least twice could have swivelled the head and looked left or right to see a team-mate in the open 25m out dead in front but tried to take opponents on and got tackled near the square. Fogarty and Gibbons did similar at least once each.

Gibbons injury is an interesting one because he was probably overdue for a rest anyway, but we might be thin on the ground for replacements.

All those guys play better when McGovern is in the F50 alongside Betts, because unlike BigH, McGovern and Betts do the sacrificial things to bring other players into the game. The kids we have there at the moment get the goals in their eyes and are blinded to the available options.