AFL Rd 10 2023 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood

[LP]

Too many players racking up useless stats , kicking too short and taking us nowhere apart from allowing opposition teams time to get back in numbers and clog our forward line.

Yet, ironically I'd say one of our biggest problems are the long bombs into F50.

It's pretty easy to imagine you found the issue when you look at the stats, but it is a stark contrast to what many of us think are the real problems.

Let's face it, when that last kick goes directly to an opposition player, how many attempts we have, how quickly they happen and how long the kicks might be doesn't really make much difference. We miss targets from 20m and from 60m pretty much equally.

If I had a guess, I'd say when entering F50 we tend to try and kick to a player, rather than kicking to the clear space we want the player to move into. I recall back in the day Fev would go ballistic when player up the field sat the footy on his head, or worse over his head, he wanted it out in front and if there was to be an error then make it too short not too long, and definitely not too slow and high.

But we've been doing this crap for almost two decades, and just last weekend multiple times we sat the pill on Motlop's or Durdin's head, not that it helps if Motlop isn't moving because you basically have to pick him out.

With a player like Charlie, the slow movement might actually help him, because aerobically he has almost all opponents easily covered and gets them on the final lead every time!