Post Game Passion; AFL Rd 16: Carlton vs Fremantle

[ElwoodBlues1]

Before last night's game I believed that our lapses in concentration were caused by so much effort being used for very poor results on the scoreboard and physical fatigue setting in.

But last night was different.  For once we kicked accurately and Freo didn't.  We still looked fresh going into the halftime break but when the third quarter started it looked as though the players had spent the break smoking weed. Our mid field disappeared and too many players became spectators.  In  the main it was our backline and Freo's bad kicking that had us in front at three quarter time.

What worries me when we have these lapses is that we do dumb things without being under pressure.  The turnovers by foot quickly appear and lack of confidence just lowers our ability to put pressure back on the opposition.

Clearly mental attitude is a factor but I don't know how to improve it.

I'm so pleased with the win but...

Freo's kicking for goal has been as bad as ours, really their forward line is a shambles and they were missing Taberner
who is their best option and has done ok on Weitering. Treacy is a newbie kid and Lobb is a disappointing player given his talent.
Walters is also off the boil and I though Stocker stitched him up nicely, not sure how Freo ever got into a position to be challenging for the eight this week because they are a very ordinary team IMO with a very ordinary coach.