Rd 2: Carlton vs. Sydney: Post Game Passion

[DJC]

I saw some snippets of the game (the Telstra app is useless) and listened to a fair bit of the commentary.

The positives I took out of the game are:
1. Bolton refused to go defensive and didn't allow any of our players to have an easy time.  He will have learnt more about who is capable from that game than he did in the last 6 months.
2.  We didn't give up.  Even though we were being smashed by a very good team, players tried their hardest right to the end.

[PaulP]

I saw some snippets of the game (the Telstra app is useless) and listened to a fair bit of the commentary.

The positives I took out of the game are:
1. Bolton refused to go defensive and didn't allow any of our players to have an easy time.  He will have learnt more about who is capable from that game than he did in the last 6 months.
2.  We didn't give up.  Even though we were being smashed by a very good team, players tried their hardest right to the end.

The usual suspects did pick and choose way too much for my liking.

[ElwoodBlues1]

The ball movement last week was pretty slick at times. Swans were just too good at setting up.

And how long do we have to watch the opposition midfield sharking our taps ? This has been occurring for ages.

Ball movement is helped by having something to kick to.....a couple of times casboult led we did hit him up but when you have nothing else
its hard to develop any system....and then you revert to old bad habits ie bomb it long to no one...

[flyboy77]

The usual suspects did pick and choose way too much for my liking.

Gibbs? Everitt?

Who else? Name and shame!

[Robblues]

Your right hard to develop a system when we done really have an established forward to work towards. We have bits & pieces players but no "full time" forwards , it's not Casboult unfortunately , so we are missing cattle still

[PaulP]

Gibbs? Everitt?

Who else? Name and shame!

They were the main two offenders, but that's already too many.

[cimm1979]

Swans didn't have it all their own way in the first half.

Hit the post a few times we could have easily been a goal or two  down at half time instead of 38.

We then only got beaten by a goal in the third.

Last was a struggle but they are a battle hardened team full of stars.

Not to bad .

[PaulP]

Ball movement is helped by having something to kick to.....a couple of times casboult led we did hit him up but when you have nothing else
its hard to develop any system....and then you revert to old bad habits ie bomb it long to no one...

True enough, although tonight we reverted to kicking backwards again, which is worse.

[laj]

The ball movement last week was pretty slick at times. Swans were just too good at setting up.

And how long do we have to watch the opposition midfield sharking our taps ? This has been occurring for ages.

That slickness has been a rarity the last couple of years though.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I'd play Jones ahead of Everitt next week........just sick of Everitt coasting along providing no effort or pressure unless its obvious he has to contest...