AFL Rd 2 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Geelong

[Thryleon]

Fans tend to focus on only certain aspects of the creative stuff and the finishing. But the other side to the creative stuff is what we see Ed and Ollie doing over the first couple of weeks, especially Ed last night.

When you see those turnovers it's easy to focus on the tackler or the one who spoils, but the truth is the Cats got disrupted because blokes like Ed and Hollands did the hard running to close of exit avenues. This type of creative defence can't be under-estimated in value.

Further, the return of Durdin allowed more run across the full game time from Owies, Motlop and Fisher, so we get a compounding effect. Ed and Hollands prepared to work, and the others remaining fresh enough to genuinely assist.

Acres pushed back really hard, and he had a VERY good game last night.

Owies and Durdin work really hard.  Owies the better finisher, but very vanilla (nothing wrong with that).  Durdin way more mercurial, faster and capable of applying more panic pressure. 

They are the better two small forwards at the moment, but it was telling how the forward line lost organisation without JSOS out there speaking of intangibles. 

Also, plus 1 to the coaches for finally dropping Curnow behind the ball in the last few minutes.