Post Game Passion; AFL Rd 21: Carlton vs Gold Coast

[Thryleon]

What I don't understand is why we started the game with one of the best midfielders in the competition on the half back flank.  It's not as though we don't have enough half back flankers on our list.

The other question I have is why did we play an extra behind the ball when we needed to score.  Surely the coaches have worked out that playing a five man forward line makes it easier for the opposition to win intercept possessions and set up forward 50 entries  :

If you set out not to lose the game, your chances of winning are minimised.

maybe he's trying to limit the impact on a young mid and try and use other players at the coalface?  Blokes who we need to make a decision on?

Looks like Teague is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't to me.

Didn't man up Stewart one week.  Should have played an extra back the next, shouldn't have played the extra back the following.

Personally the players are reacting to game situations and rather than telling them what to do they need to work it out and see how being accountable results in a 7 man defence and how we need to get opposition to react to us rather than the other way around.

Still there will be criticism for that too.