Post Game Passion; AFL Rd 19: Carlton vs North Melbourne

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Statistically Williams was quite good.
he had it 13 times with a 77% disposal accuracy with only 39% game time.

Yes, his naysayers aren't really commenting on a reality.

The loss of his run was dramatic, because the guys who ran and spread so well, and ran deep defensively the week before, just didn't do it after 1/2-time last weekend. Dow, Williamson, Kennedy, SPS, Fisher were all AWOL, and with the loss of Betts only Owies kept up the deep running with some support from Newman and Newnes.

I realise Kennedy was partly AWOL because of the way we used him, and I stand by my pre-game conjecture that making that change to allow Cripps into the midfield was flirting with Kennedy's form and was a huge mistake. It also I think sends the wrong message, to both the team and Cripps.