04-17-2022, 02:21 PM
I have never seen a team that is so comprehensively brilliant, and then so totally unimaginative, all in the same game. We are 4-1, but with a percentage of 102. Good we have the points, but in all of the wins, we have had patches that were simply atrocious.
After the first half heroics, I sat down to watch the second half hoping this might be the time where we really blow someone away. Could not believe what I was watching after that. First rule I was taught - if you have a good lead at half time, you go out there hell-bent on kicking the first two goals in the 3rd, with the aim of crushing the opposition's spirit.
The same thing has happened against the Bulldogs, Hawks and Power - we have precious little run to take the ball from one end of the ground to the other. Also happened against the Suns, but we had no lead on the scoreboard to buffer us. Its like we lose all sense of what put us in front in the first place, and we go into some sort of defensive, stodgy mode. If you think about it, we did the same in many games last year, but without first building the big lead.
Quite simply, we need
(1) far more backline run, ie Williams and Saad. McGovern will help, as will Stocker.
(2) more pressure around the ball in play - centre clearances are one thing, but our long bombs to the wing come back with monotonous regularity, as we are out-worked on the ground
(3) we need more goals from the midfield - we are getting almost none because there is no dash out of the backline.
(4) a sense of ruthless hunger (not the defensive mindset that seems to happen as soon as the opposition kicks 2 or more in a row)
Can't believe that I am complaining about a 4-1 start.....
After the first half heroics, I sat down to watch the second half hoping this might be the time where we really blow someone away. Could not believe what I was watching after that. First rule I was taught - if you have a good lead at half time, you go out there hell-bent on kicking the first two goals in the 3rd, with the aim of crushing the opposition's spirit.
The same thing has happened against the Bulldogs, Hawks and Power - we have precious little run to take the ball from one end of the ground to the other. Also happened against the Suns, but we had no lead on the scoreboard to buffer us. Its like we lose all sense of what put us in front in the first place, and we go into some sort of defensive, stodgy mode. If you think about it, we did the same in many games last year, but without first building the big lead.
Quite simply, we need
(1) far more backline run, ie Williams and Saad. McGovern will help, as will Stocker.
(2) more pressure around the ball in play - centre clearances are one thing, but our long bombs to the wing come back with monotonous regularity, as we are out-worked on the ground
(3) we need more goals from the midfield - we are getting almost none because there is no dash out of the backline.
(4) a sense of ruthless hunger (not the defensive mindset that seems to happen as soon as the opposition kicks 2 or more in a row)
Can't believe that I am complaining about a 4-1 start.....
This is now the longest premiership drought in the history of the Carlton Football Club - more evidence of climate change?