06-12-2022, 03:12 AM
Watched it on-line - the game was stuffed by a 5-goal wind going to one end of the ground, which we did not use at all well by bombing long into an undersized forward line. To make matters worse, the Bombers kicked almost half of their score going into the wind.
The gap between AFL and second-tier competitions has never been bigger IMO. I don't think they can continue to run a 21-team competition in the VFL, the standard is pretty ordinary on average. James Stewart, who is really a bit of a spud, looked like a world-beater out there, in what was a scrappy, awful game.
On the other side of the coin, guys who look average in the VFL can suddenly play far better in the AFL simply because they are surrounded by higher-quality ball users. Dow looked a cut above, and I think he comes in for Cerra. Setters got the ball a lot, but he still does some remarkably dumb things.
And someone needs to get into Ben Crocker's ear about his on-field body language. He either looks disinterested, or sooks in the forward pocket.
The gap between AFL and second-tier competitions has never been bigger IMO. I don't think they can continue to run a 21-team competition in the VFL, the standard is pretty ordinary on average. James Stewart, who is really a bit of a spud, looked like a world-beater out there, in what was a scrappy, awful game.
On the other side of the coin, guys who look average in the VFL can suddenly play far better in the AFL simply because they are surrounded by higher-quality ball users. Dow looked a cut above, and I think he comes in for Cerra. Setters got the ball a lot, but he still does some remarkably dumb things.
And someone needs to get into Ben Crocker's ear about his on-field body language. He either looks disinterested, or sooks in the forward pocket.
This is now the longest premiership drought in the history of the Carlton Football Club - more evidence of climate change?