AFL Rd 7 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast

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Haven't seen the game and not likely to as I don't do Foxtel. However it appears that this result affirms what I have been saying for a while. Carlton picks and chooses when it wants to play and how much of the game they play out. This week they chose to play, chose to play out the game and chose not to use an interstate game as a "bus man's holiday", and they won by 108 points. Given the relative strengths of the two sides, we have a lot of injuries, they have a few more, we have a squad that should be playing deep into the finals, they have a squad that is old and needs a rebuild that has barely begun. The result is a very good result. Ten to fifteen goal win should have been the range. Playing interstate to meant to me that a ten goals plus would be a good result with fifteen at the top end. Eighteen goals is an excellent result and better than Melbourne's fifteen demolition of North at the MCG. Turning up to play and playing out games needs to become embedded into the team's culture.
I have been telling my friends for a while that Charlie is better now than what Kouta was at the same age. I have also said that this is the time when Kouta went stratospheric. It would be really good as a Carlton supporter if Charlie went stratospheric as well.We have a really good team and squad which is why the performances over the past two weeks and for most of this season have been disappointing. Hopefully this is the start of something big.