AFL Rd 16 2022 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs St Kilda

[Thryleon]

Why though, ................. probably because he wasn't 100% right to go!

I think Cerra's selection last week is the first rookie mistake I think I can identify from the Voss crew this season, let's hope they learn!

Cerra's only young still, he probably still has ambitions beyond his ability, that usually extends to players thinking they can limp through a match and still have an impact on the outcome.

I think we missed Owies work rate terribly, and that caused some of the others who have been good this season like Durdin, LoB and Fisher to be overloaded and fall short of expectations. Fans underestimate the impact of the 24x7 stuff they don't take any notice of, it's unglamorous and doesn't make the highlight reels, and fans overestimate the impact of the spectacular stuff that happens for 1 second in a 2hr match because it is replayed endlessly!

For example, and I mentioned this after his first game as well, Motlop's highlights do not make up for the rest of the time he is basically spectating. He'd have to do 10x as much spectacular stuff just to break even!

I had Motlop as our one winner on the day.

He ran hard, and pressured hard too.  Kicked 3.1.  Surprised to only see 1 tackle registered to his name, but I guess it only counts a completed tackle on the stats sheet, because I saw him lay 3 tackles in on sequence with little reward given the Saints were able to get out of trouble because he was one of the lone hands pressuring multiple opponents.

FWIW, Shaun Higgins, and Dan Butler had very similar stats and both ended up with 2 goals 1 each and only registered a tackle each, but they also were quite menacing with their pressure.

Anyway, I could pick a handful of players who made pivotal issues on the day.