08-04-2024, 11:05 PM
That must be the worst post siren shot on goal by a Carlton player since Kernahan missed against Essendon at the MCG in 1993. He was 45 metres out on a slight angle and the ball finished 30 metres from the centre of the goal.
Watching the game I believe that is our best forward line. Martin, Motlop and E.Hollands provide class, Owies and Fogarty the blue collar grunt and the twin towers in Curnow and McKay give us direction.
I think the backline is the preferred option of the Club at the moment, with Young as an option to replace Kemp though he was okay against Collingwood. So Weitering, McGovern, Saad, Boyd, Newman, Cincotta Kemp, though maybe Young is how I would go.
I also think losing Cerra and to a lesser extent Cottrell will be good for the midfield. It hasn't functioned since they brought these guys in without going through the Reserves. Hewitt had got so on top of Daicos that Pendlebury didn't want Daicos anywhere near the stoppages. I think Cerra has disrupted the midfield balance, even though he is a classy player, the Walsh Cripps Batman and Routine hasn't functioned since Cerra came back. At least in the last quarter Walsh was getting near the ball though his disposal was still poor. This may be related to his back issues. Obviously with TDK out, the midfield is Pittonett, Cripps, Walsh, Kennedy, Hewitt, Acres and O.Hollands and either Carroll or Binns. I would go with Binns because he is a wingman and Voss likes playing with three wings. I would like to point out that while Pittonett was killed for three quarters his last quarter was one of the reasons we got back into the game.
If Williams is fit I would make him the Sub.
Except for Mihocek being out, that was probably Collingwood's best side and they were certainly up and about. Even though we were one player down in the second half, it wasn't until we didn't think we could win that we relaxed and just started playing football and the game turned around. We still dropped marks, fumbled the ball, missed our targets, missed shots on goal, and made poor decisions with the ball in hand, but we were all over them and we should have won in the end.
Five weeks ago we were second and thinking flags, now we are eigth and we are wondering whether we will make the eight. As I have said our problems are our mindset and the team's culture. Things that are both easy and hard to fix.
Watching the game I believe that is our best forward line. Martin, Motlop and E.Hollands provide class, Owies and Fogarty the blue collar grunt and the twin towers in Curnow and McKay give us direction.
I think the backline is the preferred option of the Club at the moment, with Young as an option to replace Kemp though he was okay against Collingwood. So Weitering, McGovern, Saad, Boyd, Newman, Cincotta Kemp, though maybe Young is how I would go.
I also think losing Cerra and to a lesser extent Cottrell will be good for the midfield. It hasn't functioned since they brought these guys in without going through the Reserves. Hewitt had got so on top of Daicos that Pendlebury didn't want Daicos anywhere near the stoppages. I think Cerra has disrupted the midfield balance, even though he is a classy player, the Walsh Cripps Batman and Routine hasn't functioned since Cerra came back. At least in the last quarter Walsh was getting near the ball though his disposal was still poor. This may be related to his back issues. Obviously with TDK out, the midfield is Pittonett, Cripps, Walsh, Kennedy, Hewitt, Acres and O.Hollands and either Carroll or Binns. I would go with Binns because he is a wingman and Voss likes playing with three wings. I would like to point out that while Pittonett was killed for three quarters his last quarter was one of the reasons we got back into the game.
If Williams is fit I would make him the Sub.
Except for Mihocek being out, that was probably Collingwood's best side and they were certainly up and about. Even though we were one player down in the second half, it wasn't until we didn't think we could win that we relaxed and just started playing football and the game turned around. We still dropped marks, fumbled the ball, missed our targets, missed shots on goal, and made poor decisions with the ball in hand, but we were all over them and we should have won in the end.
Five weeks ago we were second and thinking flags, now we are eigth and we are wondering whether we will make the eight. As I have said our problems are our mindset and the team's culture. Things that are both easy and hard to fix.