AFL Rd 1 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

[Gointocarlton]

I'm not sure what to take away from the game. Whilst it's too early to hit the panic button, I was a little concerned that we lost the territory battle, and more concerned about being beaten around the ball. This has not being a forte under Hardwick, but it is under Voss. Some of the boys certainly looked rusty, and a little sluggish. I thought at times Richmond opened us up far too easily. Both teams had good and crap moments. Splitting the points is probably about right.

I heard Voss in the post match say that if this game happened last season, we would have lost by 6 goals.

Yes hid did say that, also said we were in it and could have won it by playing a different way (which he considered a positive). It was a game of moments, their little center square clearance burst period in the 3rd, a couple of misses by both sides (Showpony Bolton was a particularly hurtful one for them), a block which allowed Lynch to mark and equalise, a slip by H and a spill by Acres. I would also say the wind swirled and changed direction a few times which caught a few out I reckon. First qtr favored our end then by the 3rd it changed, then again in the 4th.