AFL Rd 17 2022 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs West Coast

[tonyo]

I'm with ya LN, I was talking to a mate the day and we asked ourselves the question, What's changed?
Apart from being 11-5 instead of the usual  5-11, the following sticks out for me:
- We play hard and we are hard to play.
- We play selfless footy instead of selfish. To quote Tina Turner, "We dont need another hero".
- We are in every game, we fight until the end.
- Before this year, I didn't know WTF they were doing on game day and I suspect many of the players didn't either. Now, every player to a man seems to know their role.
- When we are "on", we play scintillating footy and can beat anyone, anytime, anywhere.
- We we do lose, you can see exactly how we strayed from our DNA Game Style. Every other year for me it was "WTF did I just watch?"
- Our talent has come to the fore, we have a group of very talented guys who have now played many years together and they are 100% connected.
- Our whole club is united and aligned, that is more powerful than many realise.
You say you dont know what to expect, if you think about, we should now know exactly what to expect.

Of course, the frustrating thing about this series of observations is that it has been achieved with largely the same personnel we already had.

Amazing how a couple of well-targeted recruits (and not just those that run out on the footy ground) can make a world of difference.  We have gone from being a laughing stock at the end of last year after the Teague/Liddle fiasco, to being one of the more stable clubs in the competition.  Even Flubbo and his anti-Carlton HS mates are struggling to find a crack to write about.