AFL Rd 13 2023 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Essendon

[PaulP]

A few random thoughts :

- I thought Voss' presser was bang on.
- Low tackle count - it's rather difficult to tackle something you can't actually catch. The whole team, but mids in particular, have the collective pace of a medicated snail. We kick the ball into F50, somehow the Bombers end up with it, we don't have time to adjust our set up for the turnover, and they start running in waves, using chains of handballs to create overlap run, and we simply can't catch them.
- Lots of whinging in years past about how Cripps needs help, we are skinny and easily out bodied etc. Now we have big bodies, and suddenly we are one paced. What's it to be ?
- We asked for  more run and dare, and we got it.
- not much you can do in the middle of a season when your fastest players and best ball users are injured
- Jack martin emerged unscathed.
- the players are paradoxically giving effort and also in the midst of a collective morass
- we outplayed them for significant periods and with accurate goal kicking that game was definitely winnable.