AFL Rd 6 2024 Post Game Review Carlton vs GWS

[DJC]

We'll see how we against the cats.
I'd only play one ruckman this week.  The cats have historically surrendered clearance dominance to win field position.

Brisbane vs Geelong is a bit of an anomaly given the torrential rain and the Big O getting subbed out.  In that context, Conway got 41 hitouts, Blicavs got 18 and Hawkins chipped in with six. That’s 65 to 35 but the clearances were even at 51 all.

We need to establish a clearance dominance as we did over GWS and that’s not going to happen if we take Geelong’s rucks too lightly.  They have Stanley and Neale waiting in the wings and Sam De Koning can take a turn in the ruck.

Another consideration is the absence of Tom Stewart.  There’s a case for Stewart being the Cat’s most important player and their defence will be weaker without his intercept marking.  Stretching their defence further by “resting” a ruckman in our forward line and making their marking defenders accountable.

Then there’s the idea that, rather than worrying about what the opposition might do well, we just go to work and make them worry about us.