AFL Rd 8 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood

[crashlander]

Pies' system of ball movement, defensive plan and set up is far superior to ours. They were the better team, quite clearly so I'm afraid

Our midfield is slow, our release and spread horrible and defence has broken down completely.  Other than Weeters, our backs aren't winning or halving contests consistently.  Our small forwards -2 of three anyway - were $$@ing useless.  And they're slow and apply no pressure.  Fantasia is a joke.

There system and their attack on the ball was incredible tonight. last year, we were the hunters and it made a difference. This year they were hunting us and they worked out ways of making our mids ineffective.
All of our mids got plenty of the ball, but they didn't use it well. Collingwood got more out of their mids, especially when it mattered.

Free kicks: I wondered which game the Umpires were at. They ignored so many frees, and not just ours. And the ones they paid were quite often tiggy touchwood. Not pleased with his for the 2nd week in a row.

Our small forwards, Durdin did some nice things, just not enough of them. he was much better than he has been because he didn't stuff up. That said, he's there to kick goals and he didn't get any.
Fantasia, I don't know how he gets a game. he has to go when Motlop is fit. We can't keep carrying a guy who gets less than 8 possessions each week and doesn't kick goals. His shot could have been the difference, and it wasn't that far out, but he failed.
Matt Owies kicked 3 and didn't make any shockers either, but isn't getting the ball enough.
Cottrell had his worst game for the season. He just couldn't get near the ball.
It was the run their opponents got that really hurt us.
David Cuningham didn't do enough, but the things he did do were pretty good.

With Fogarty and Motlop in, we'll keep the ball in better and have some x-factor, which we lack badly.