I think that probably is the crux of the argument here.
It's not that folks don't read and understand points that are being made by others, it's just that they have a different perspective and opinion.
Some will argue team selections stopped us from progressing.
Some will argue the physical toll and high pressure game we played caught up with us in the end.
I'm in the second camp, but it could be one, both or neither.
Maybe we just went as far as we were capable of going given our level of development at the moment.
At this time of the year there are keys to getting it all right.
Every year only one team goes close...this year, as distasteful as it is.... it was Collingwood.
To get it right there are probably three main aspects in play (other than the obvious skill and ability)
Tactical
Physical (fitness and injury)
Attitude and effort.
Blind Freddy could see we were struggling with aspects of the physical, with key movers hampered by injury.
Add to that the physical and mental toll of a run that meant we were playing for our final existence every week after they bye.
And that meant it was always going to be an "effort for the ages" to even get to a Grand Final... but gee, we went close.
It's never a 'one option fits all' with team selection and there are times when different combinations are required.
Yes, We can be the side that everyone stuggles to match up on, but we need to take account of the opposition strengths too, because form is not always consistent, and with 22/3 players in a side there will be days when things just don't click with certain players.
That's when an oppostition can cut you up.
A side doesn't have to be too far off the boil for an upset.
So it's done and dusted...the one thing you can almost put your money on is that the Carlton side that plays the last game of 2024 will have a slightly different look to the Carlton side that took the field against Brisbane...maybe not major, but different.
It's not that folks don't read and understand points that are being made by others, it's just that they have a different perspective and opinion.
Some will argue team selections stopped us from progressing.
Some will argue the physical toll and high pressure game we played caught up with us in the end.
I'm in the second camp, but it could be one, both or neither.
Maybe we just went as far as we were capable of going given our level of development at the moment.
At this time of the year there are keys to getting it all right.
Every year only one team goes close...this year, as distasteful as it is.... it was Collingwood.
To get it right there are probably three main aspects in play (other than the obvious skill and ability)
Tactical
Physical (fitness and injury)
Attitude and effort.
Blind Freddy could see we were struggling with aspects of the physical, with key movers hampered by injury.
Add to that the physical and mental toll of a run that meant we were playing for our final existence every week after they bye.
And that meant it was always going to be an "effort for the ages" to even get to a Grand Final... but gee, we went close.
It's never a 'one option fits all' with team selection and there are times when different combinations are required.
Yes, We can be the side that everyone stuggles to match up on, but we need to take account of the opposition strengths too, because form is not always consistent, and with 22/3 players in a side there will be days when things just don't click with certain players.
That's when an oppostition can cut you up.
A side doesn't have to be too far off the boil for an upset.
So it's done and dusted...the one thing you can almost put your money on is that the Carlton side that plays the last game of 2024 will have a slightly different look to the Carlton side that took the field against Brisbane...maybe not major, but different.