Rd 15: Post Game Passion: Carlton vs Adelaide

[PaulP]

We are 2nd last for forward entries last time I checked......Betts, Jeffy and Waite would be going cold waiting for the ball...
Our midfield is a tad overrated...

At this writing, we're equal last with Brisvegas for I50's, and 9th for conceded I50's.

[PaulP]

you seem to neglect available cattle to the respective coaches. Bolton coaches to the lists strengths. If He didnt play with spinners off half back, we'd be annihilated .
Like i said, to be fair. Bolton doesn't  have the talent of waite, betts and garlett at his disposal. Even only Betts in today's line up would have us entrenched in the 8. Im not worried, as i believe it will come and when it does, it will be sustained

I think we would all agree that cattle does play a part - but from what I can tell, there's more to it than that.

[PaulP]

Whilst I was looking at the stats, a few others that piqued my interest :

1st for kicks
last for handballs
2nd for marks
6th for tackles
last for goals
last for behinds
1st for clangers (i.e the least in the comp)

[jeza]

We are 2nd last for forward entries last time I checked......Betts, Jeffy and Waite would be going cold waiting for the ball...
Our midfield is a tad overrated...

It's funny - I'd say Kreuzer and Gibbs are almost on AA pace and Cripps is going well. Murphy isn't going badly either.

So how is our midfield so underpowered? I guess you've got to look at the depth midfielders and the wings and flanks where we're definitely light on for real top end quality.

[ElwoodBlues1]

It's funny - I'd say Kreuzer and Gibbs are almost on AA pace and Cripps is going well. Murphy isn't going badly either.

So how is our midfield so underpowered? I guess you've got to look at the depth midfielders and the wings and flanks where we're definitely light on for real top end quality.

Our midfield gets plenty of the footy but the question would be where do they get the footy? and one of our major problems is the amount of ball the opposition mids are getting...
Ed Curnow aside we dont really man up the opposing mids very well...the Crouch boys had the ball 20 plus times between them in the last quarter vs the Crows..
No use our blokes getting 30 possies a game when the opposition are doing the same and using it better.....

[DJC]

It's funny - I'd say Kreuzer and Gibbs are almost on AA pace and Cripps is going well. Murphy isn't going badly either.

So how is our midfield so underpowered? I guess you've got to look at the depth midfielders and the wings and flanks where we're definitely light on for real top end quality.

Kreuzer, Murphy, Gibbs and Cripps are right up there and Ed Curnow is pretty good.  However, the quality drops away after that.  When the second tier midfielders/small forwards struggle to get 40 possessions between them, the added pressure on our first tier players is enormous.  I think that many folk fail to appreciate how hard Murphy, Gibbs and Cripps have to work, and it would be an awful lot harder without Kreuzer's second and third efforts.

[sandsmere]

Kreuzer, Murphy, Gibbs and Cripps are right up there and Ed Curnow is pretty good.  However, the quality drops away after that.  When the second tier midfielders/small forwards struggle to get 40 possessions between them, the added pressure on our first tier players is enormous.  I think that many folk fail to appreciate how hard Murphy, Gibbs and Cripps have to work, and it would be an awful lot harder without Kreuzer's second and third efforts.

Spot on DJC.