We've had some funny reactions to the result across the various Carlton forums and pages.
There seems to be a wide range of opinions.
Was it a bad result or about what we expected?
When I was thinking about it pre-match I thought if we could get within about three to four goals we would have done alright given their current form and the home ground advantage.
The injuries to McKay and Pittonet probably added an extra weight to the task, so I'm pretty much OK with it.
Just a few thoughts.
Whether or not it was a deliberate tactic I thought we were better at "pacing" ourselves
Rather than a frantic first half and a 'die in the backside' second half we seemed to save ourselves and were no where near as tired at the end as in some of our previous games....five goals to their seven in the second half.
There were several times in the first half where we seemed to slow the game for a bit.
De Koning was a good example of that...83% time on ground but was still jumping well in the last quarter...whereas in the past, when he's shouldered the main ruck responsibility he's been buggered by the last.
Just on De Koning...He's lost the ruck duels, but with 17 disposals has been a presence around the ground and I liked some of his second efforts. Great leap and if a few of those mark attempts could stick they'd be sensational. He probably needs another pre-season in the weight room....but as a second ruck he's probably tracking OK.
Our mids had plenty of the ball but our forward line was just dysfunctional.
Curnow and McKay were often in each other's way. The injury to McKay no doubt hampered him...but I thought he may also have had some type of shoulder/arm injury. He was not confident going for his marks and on a number of occasions only went with a single arm.
Owies and Durdin were pretty much unsighted. Martin, showed a bit last week but went missing again this week. Fisher....just not enough.
Curnow is a bit of a 'cameo' player at present. Does some really good things but often goes missing for big parts of the game. Even last week when he kicked 5 he was fumbling the ball a fair bit. He's missed a lot of football so hopefully as the season progresses he starts to really hit his straps. If he's getting amongst the goals now, a bit out of touch, he could be a huge asset later in the year.
I'm not sure about our defence. We haven't had 100 points kicked against us this year (We have had four games over 90 though).
We're missing Jones. I also think we're missing McGovern. Weitering is doing a sterling job as usual....but I just wonder whether the weight of the effort will affect him as the season progresses. Young is doing OK but his real value may be as a swingman.
Our half backs seem to be a similar type of attacking/running players, but in terms of shutting down dangerous small forwards they can be a little loose.
Boyd, great smother, but that was about it. A few silly costly errors....I guess some of those were because he was being a bit proactive, he just failed in the execution. The thing that intrigues me is that he seems miles away to most of us yet those who know his skills better keep playing him. What do they see that we don't. Is it a case of using him as the medical sub so players like Dow and Stocker get full games in the seconds. Doesn't make a lot of sense when he comes on early in the game.
There seems to be a wide range of opinions.
Was it a bad result or about what we expected?
When I was thinking about it pre-match I thought if we could get within about three to four goals we would have done alright given their current form and the home ground advantage.
The injuries to McKay and Pittonet probably added an extra weight to the task, so I'm pretty much OK with it.
Just a few thoughts.
Whether or not it was a deliberate tactic I thought we were better at "pacing" ourselves
Rather than a frantic first half and a 'die in the backside' second half we seemed to save ourselves and were no where near as tired at the end as in some of our previous games....five goals to their seven in the second half.
There were several times in the first half where we seemed to slow the game for a bit.
De Koning was a good example of that...83% time on ground but was still jumping well in the last quarter...whereas in the past, when he's shouldered the main ruck responsibility he's been buggered by the last.
Just on De Koning...He's lost the ruck duels, but with 17 disposals has been a presence around the ground and I liked some of his second efforts. Great leap and if a few of those mark attempts could stick they'd be sensational. He probably needs another pre-season in the weight room....but as a second ruck he's probably tracking OK.
Our mids had plenty of the ball but our forward line was just dysfunctional.
Curnow and McKay were often in each other's way. The injury to McKay no doubt hampered him...but I thought he may also have had some type of shoulder/arm injury. He was not confident going for his marks and on a number of occasions only went with a single arm.
Owies and Durdin were pretty much unsighted. Martin, showed a bit last week but went missing again this week. Fisher....just not enough.
Curnow is a bit of a 'cameo' player at present. Does some really good things but often goes missing for big parts of the game. Even last week when he kicked 5 he was fumbling the ball a fair bit. He's missed a lot of football so hopefully as the season progresses he starts to really hit his straps. If he's getting amongst the goals now, a bit out of touch, he could be a huge asset later in the year.
I'm not sure about our defence. We haven't had 100 points kicked against us this year (We have had four games over 90 though).
We're missing Jones. I also think we're missing McGovern. Weitering is doing a sterling job as usual....but I just wonder whether the weight of the effort will affect him as the season progresses. Young is doing OK but his real value may be as a swingman.
Our half backs seem to be a similar type of attacking/running players, but in terms of shutting down dangerous small forwards they can be a little loose.
Boyd, great smother, but that was about it. A few silly costly errors....I guess some of those were because he was being a bit proactive, he just failed in the execution. The thing that intrigues me is that he seems miles away to most of us yet those who know his skills better keep playing him. What do they see that we don't. Is it a case of using him as the medical sub so players like Dow and Stocker get full games in the seconds. Doesn't make a lot of sense when he comes on early in the game.