07-24-2021, 03:37 PM
(07-24-2021, 01:34 PM)kruddler link Wrote:The team that has been on top all year (albeit not after tonight) is the same team that has struggled for the past couple of years.
You know what the difference is this year? They haven't been cruelled by injuries!
FFS people can hope and want all they want, but without players available what do you expect?
Someone posted earlier that you can't be 5% off in todays game, well we are 33% off in terms of players available to us and we expect to NOT be 5% off in output? Gimme a break. We were 0% in terms of KPFs available to us.
Eddie Maguire has been saying it for years, Injuries are not an excuse.....they are a reason!
The reason we are losing is because we cannot field a competitve lineup each week at the moment. You might be able to get away with it some weeks. But you simply cannot get away with it every week.
Look at the all conquering tigers. Listen to the media talk about their form being down due to the injuries they've had. We have had 50% more injuries than them for the past couple of months at least. Its a reason for them, but we have it worse and we should sack the coach?!
I knew this kind of reaction would come today which is why i made it pretty clear in the pre-game that we were screwed.
If you look at it logically, you can be disappointed, but understanding.
If you look at it emotionally you are simply in a rage and want blood.
Too many in the latter category......and have been for decades. Not enough in the first category. Stick by the coach and ride out the bumps.
We need to stop looking in the rear view mirror of the past 20 years and look ahead to next week. You might actually see the pot holes coming and be able to brace for them instead of losing your $hit when you spill your coffee in your lap because you're oblivious to whats ahead.
I understand your point of view. Probably I would agree with it if we had put up brief resistance and then had been blown away from late in the first quarter.
But we were ahead at half time. And then we had to watch the bottom side kick 7 goals to none in the third quarter. That's what upsets supporters. Clearly no player was injured during the halftime break so what are we to make of such a humiliating display?
We did the same a week or two ago in the third quarter and I remember wondering then what had happened during the halftime break.
Kruddler, I know the injury list, but what is going on between the ears? We have a whole team stand by and become spectators for a quarter for no apparent physical reason.
It's just not on. Carlton supporters deserve better.