AFL Rd 23 2022 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Collingwood

[Macca37]

I don’t agree!

I watched the game with five Collingwood supporters and they all agreed that we outplayed them after quarter time.  We lost because we didn’t convert our forward 50 entries, particularly in the last quarter.

As they say, bad kicking is bad football and our kicking for goal in the last quarter was as bad as it gets.  What we needed was Eddie Betts out there to settle the nerves and ensure that we converted at least half of our shots at goal.

I’m not blaming Charlie for the loss, but if he had taken 30 seconds off the clock and nailed what was a fairly simple shot at goal, this discussion wouldn’t be happening.

The example you have given of Charlie shows part of our forward line problem.  Had it been Durdin and not Charlie who made that mistake we would be excusing him on the basis he was young and relatively inexperienced and no doubt would learn a valuable lesson.

Charlie however seems to have had a maturity bypass and seems to place  greater value on instant, emotional decisions - just as he has always done.  It looks great when he takes a mark, wheels around and kicks a 50 metre goal,  but unless he can develop the ability to slow down and assess the situation before kicking then he will be just wasting so much talent.