AFL Rd 17 2022 In Game Angst Carlton vs West Coast

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Nothing wrong with the flashy starts.

You just need to weather the storm when you lose the momentum.
Ideally you have a flashy middle, followed by a flashy end......but we can't play North Melbourne every week.

The ability to score quickly is a string to our bow, and it helps us when we are all but out of games. Sometimes its almost unfortunate that we do so well straight out of the gate, rather than in the last quarter to put it beyond a doubt, but its better than not doing it at all.

When people make comments like this it makes me look back to 12 months ago. As soon as you see where we were, and then you look at where we are.....i find it hard to get too upset.
This year was always going to be a transition year of sorts, we are WELL ahead of schedule.
So sure, we are not odds on flag favourites and still have a bit to learn.....but did you expect otherwise?

I've no problem with where we are in terms of improvement.
It's dramatic.
We should probably play finals...even if we lose this one.
I'd back us to win a couple of those we're not necessarily expected to win.
But we're just not ready to progress too far.

The problem with the flashy starts is that it has the effect of giving the players a sense that it's all pretty easy.
When the inevitable pressure comes we're too slow to counter it.
You even picked it.
I did too.
Don't get carried away with sensational first quarters.
There is too long in the match to go,