06-11-2022, 05:44 AM
Essendon were definitely fired up early and played pretty good football in the first quarter. Then the effects of the drugs wore off. They were up about 10 to to in centre clearances in the first half. After that we got back into the game. The knock on their midfield is they are good when they have the ball, not so good when they don't. So they were good in the middle, not so much in around the ground and had little impact in general play.
Two of my biggest criticisms of Carlton over the journey has been that we pick and choose when we want to go and that we play like millionaires when things are going our way. Other than the Gold Coast game, I think we have turned up to play thought the second halves against Port and hawthorn were disappointing. However I was wrapped that Voss called out the players last night on their lack of hard headedness in the second half of the third quarter was great. Hopefully it is a real time lesson that players can understand and use to change the culture of the playing group. The trick is to keep playing the way that has got you on top and not become too defensive or too loose.
Getting Marchbank back was great and Young keeps getting better. Having Marchbank, Curnow and Cripps free from injury has been a great bonus for us this year and on top of the development of some of the players as well as getting in Cerra, and Hewitt it is no wonder we have improves. Voss has clearly got a united Club on his side. Whether he is a driver of this significant change or a fortunate beneficiary of the change is irrelevant. He is managing the circumstance very well.
We have not won nine games in a season since 2013 and we still have ten games to go. I think the players should be reasonably confident about Richmond, Freo, StKilda and Geelong over the next five weeks. Not saying we will win them all but I wouldn't think that any of them will hold any fears for us.
Two of my biggest criticisms of Carlton over the journey has been that we pick and choose when we want to go and that we play like millionaires when things are going our way. Other than the Gold Coast game, I think we have turned up to play thought the second halves against Port and hawthorn were disappointing. However I was wrapped that Voss called out the players last night on their lack of hard headedness in the second half of the third quarter was great. Hopefully it is a real time lesson that players can understand and use to change the culture of the playing group. The trick is to keep playing the way that has got you on top and not become too defensive or too loose.
Getting Marchbank back was great and Young keeps getting better. Having Marchbank, Curnow and Cripps free from injury has been a great bonus for us this year and on top of the development of some of the players as well as getting in Cerra, and Hewitt it is no wonder we have improves. Voss has clearly got a united Club on his side. Whether he is a driver of this significant change or a fortunate beneficiary of the change is irrelevant. He is managing the circumstance very well.
We have not won nine games in a season since 2013 and we still have ten games to go. I think the players should be reasonably confident about Richmond, Freo, StKilda and Geelong over the next five weeks. Not saying we will win them all but I wouldn't think that any of them will hold any fears for us.