AFL Rd 9 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

[Professer E]

I agree 100% with this.

We can't persist with the same people failing to deliver or making the same old errors.  We won't progress.  Season's gone, time to sort the wheat from the chaff.

Maybe it is time to play Dow and tell him to just go for it, bugger his apparent lack of defensive effort.  Something different. 

So the likes of Honey, Ed etc.  Thanks for your service.  Ed has been a great servant of the club but his ball use has been an issue since he started.

And time to send blokes back to the twos to  learn some lessons because they ain't getting it in the ones.  Durdin and Motlop may have a future, but they certainly aren't showing it in the ones. Won't tackle?  Fine, show the desire in the twos.  Can't get the zone defence?  Fine, learn it in the twos.

I don't think much of Boyd but at least he shows some grit and can kick, moreso than better credentialed players.

Personally I think our top end is good enough but our mid tier is a real issue - their footy IQ is, collectively, very low.

Another serious issue is #9.  Great player but when don't have the pill...