AFL Rd 21 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Collingwood

[PaulP]

Yeah, we can speculate all we like but none of us ‘outsiders’ can possibly know where the issue lies or even if there is an issue (other than not good enough).

It’s perplexing as hell though. We were/are so close.

I’m wondering if Voss falls into that category of being such a champion player that he just expects others to execute perfectly every time, rather than getting them to focus on one specific task or skill set which benefits the team while sacrificing their personal gain.

McCrae wasn’t exactly a superstar but his players lock into a system and ‘connected’ more seamlessly than we did for most of the night.

For instance, why didn’t anyone stick like glue to Bobby Hill all night? The guy won a premiership off his own bat last year yet was paid little respect for most of the game.

Bringing Cox in was a no brainer given the absence of TDK. Cameron took 6 marks and Pittonet zero. Although, to be fair, I thought Pittonet’s last quarter was enormous and was instrumental in our comeback.

Another positive was Crippa probably picked up votes again.

I think the fluctuations in form and W/L are inevitable. I'm not sure it's related to structure or effort. We've both won and lost games with Weitering as the sole KPD, with 1 or 2 rucks, with essentially the same collection of small forwards. There's something outside of those things IMO, but I've got no idea what it is. Voss seemed somewhat pleased with the game last  night, as least in comparison to the last few. I just hope we win the last couple of games. Time really is running out.