2017 Rd 2: Post Game Postulations: Carlton vs Melbourne

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Am no where near sold on White and Armfield still. Nothing to get enthused about there IMHO.

When things are not working, I'd consider -

Docherty & Gibbs switch - Doc to the midfield and Gibbs to half-back.
Simpson to half-forward
Wright & Pickett rover/wing more often
C.Curnow key back

Weitering stays forward IMO. He and Jack Silvagni are working.

My point being, we need a little bit more flexibility. We seem to stagnate and have a plan A and that's it. Nothing wrong with settling players but I'd like to see some more rotations when things are not working, and players are flat footed and getting beaten.

I'm afraid I don't agree with much of that.

Docherty like Simmo is a straight line runner, he won't work out in the midfield.

Simmo might have been that HFF option a year or two ago, but he's lost a yard and wouldn't get separation from a defender. I'll be pleasantly surprised if he doesn't pull the plug before seasons end.

Pickett is nowhere near fit enough to run on the wing for more than 1 or 2 minutes, then he'd be cooked for the rest of the game.

Wright is a good one, I'll back him in to have a crack wherever and whenever he is played. You won't see him standing next to a taller opponent watching them mark.

C.Curnow might make a HBF, but the best we saw from him at the weekend was a few limited minutes in the midfield. He's a serious chop-put option for Cripps but needs far more core strength before he can fill that role. He has the lateral movement combined with height that makes him a massively difficult match up, but he has to learn to tackle. Off to the wrestling coach with him!

I've said my piece about Weitering, he's being wasted in F50.

SoJ worked hard after an injury, but the Dees are probably one of the weakest defenses we will come up against and he didn't look like scoring except when they fecked up! We need blokes who look like scoring when we get clean entries, not only when they turn it over. Neither Weitering or Silvagni have the speed to get separation in a clean one on one contest.