2015-Rnd 6 Carlton vs Brisbane (Preview)

[crashlander]

Hey Crash - Did you find Mick's book about the slow ox?

Come to think about it, that book might have something to do with how slow most of the players seem to be.

"The team is slow but the fans are not patient"

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No, I haven't found that quote, but yours makes a lot of sense!  ;D ;D

I have been looking for the traits of Malthouse teams in our style of play and I don't see them: no intensity, no physical pressure, no strength, no on field discipline, no no-names performing above expectations. Once we had pace, and it seems to have left us. So, yes, "The team is slow but the fans are not patient"!

To be honest, I think Malthouse will come out with a von Clausowitz quote or 2:

'Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

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'Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

The way we have played so far would show clearly that we find the basics of football difficult indeed.

Now Mozzie is probably incorrect in his quote:

Battle of the wooden spooners this game...

We are truly poor, and so are the Lions, but St. Kilda have already demonstrated that they are worse than us. I think they 'Aints still have the highest probability of finishing below us. However, we do appear to be headed towards a bottom 3 finish, maybe even a bottom 2. Brisbane I thought would be more competitive given the way they finished 2014. They have a few injury worries, but even fewer forwards than we have. They do, however, have a few quick small forwards that we badly lack. They tend to make life difficult for us. It will also be interesting to see how we combat Stefan Martin: I don't think he could have done that well last night, but he has been very good in recent times.

We may not have Hendo or Jamo, but we may get a few others back. (I can hope.) One thing we can be certain of come next weekend:

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.