2018 Rd 2: Post Game Prattle: Carlton vs Gold Coast

[PaulP]

Pies looking ominous for next week.

[Baggers]

17 more inside 50s and we lose by 6 gls...  :o >

Something is not right between Weitering's lugholes. He has to be rested or given a run in the magoos to get some touch and confidence... it's almost cruel putting him out there at present.

Now we know what our worst looks like, it was almost as if we explored every possible avenue of how to FU hard fought opportunities. So many skill errors, so many poor decisions. Gee I hope we don't put in another one like that. So, so, so, so inefficient which means no reward for effort which means a drop in confidence.

[LP]

Pies looking ominous for next week.

An Easter full of joy, I'm off to fill an egg full of gin and celebrate! ;D

[PaulP]

An Easter full of joy!

Sports fans are a fairly jittery bunch : unable to see or predict the future, worried about adverse historical events repeating, they need and seek constant reassurance from their team - progress, wins, effort etc. Any blips on the radar are usually jumped upon and dealt with poorly. And I'm up there with the worst in this respect. But sometimes it's best to step back, and at the very least, wait until we have a larger sample space to work with, before we draw any conclusions.

[laj]

Selecting Polson,  period.  No K replacement.  No forward or defensive organisation...  Time to ask serious questions of Mr Bolton. 

Not happy Jan.  I didn't expect to win but I thought this crap was behind us.

PS.  We need some hard as nails inside midfielders,  I still would have gone for LDU.  Our midfield  is small and slow.

Mullet is ca ca.  Soft and suspect under any pressure,  but he ain't the lone ranger.

Don't know about you but I expected a win being at home. 3rd year in I expect to win these types of games. I said last week that a great effort against Richmond would mean nothing if we lost to the likes of the Gold Coast. Not only did we lose we lost as poorly as I can imagine.

They touched us up last year in Melbourne only for us to return the favour in Qld. It reminded of those games we have played against the Lions the last 2 years. Good performances leading up, expecting to win and the players don't come to play thinking it will just happen.

[kruddler]

It doesn't necessarily mean he can't turn it around...but he doesn't get the free pass anymore.
The blowtorch is on!

IMO the blowtorch should be on the whole match committee. We've lost the last 2 games at the selection table.

First week...
i've been very vocal about Weiterings selection being counterproductive to winning. Very few agreed with me before the match. Got a bit more support when he was indeed a liability on the night.
2 touches in the first half.

This week...
Again, with Weitering (1 touch in the first half this week - only 4 for the match, 1 given to him courtesy of a free kick.) but lets bring in another key defender because....?  :o
Also lets drop Silvagni, a forward for that spot too.
Oh, and Kreuzer was almost never going to get up, so lets use our other forward in the ruck all game, and bring in a mid.
So now we are 2 forwards short, 1 extra key defender heavier than the heavy key defender backline we had last week.....and our last minute replacement was a kid playing his 2nd game.....on the back of a game last week in which Crash said he was not ready for AFL.

I heard Rowe is back soon, might as well bring him and A. Silvagni into the side next week. Reckon we should drop Charlie and Wright to fit them in.
Thoughts?

[kruddler]

Did you expect to win today?

Did you expect to replace Kreuzer with Polson?

I expected to win.

If we can't beat sides like Gold Coast in Melbourne, i'm not sure how many teams we will be able to beat.  :-[

[thrunthrublu]

S. Dew

turning out to be a good find.
Post ablett, 2 from 2, playing a brand of footy, we should be playing.

Weitering, im afraid aint up to his no 1 draft status and might be a dud in the making
too slow, seems disinterested, shitt kick

[ElwoodBlues1]

Shocking selection blunder by including Poulsen, and not including a tall ie McKay to help Casboult. WTF were they thinking...Witts deserved some respect and we got burnt in the ruck bigtime.
Sick of how the same players from respective clubs burn us every game ie Lynch, can we at least have a plan B or C for these players, it was so obvious he was going to get the footy every time they went forward, we were out of position with too few defenders in his area and leaving him one out with Jones was madness.

Cunningham cant hit targets by hand or foot
Samo by foot also undercooks the footy and half volleys his passes.
Mullett see what Prof wrote...soft...
Murphy....up and under kicks give other players no hope of marking the ball...

Weitering...the kid is shot mentally and looks miserable playing footy.
Byrne..poor disposal and loose on his man.
Jones...great intent but poor decision making with these across the ground kicks..

Woeful performance and the blowtorch has to be on Bolton and the selectors....

Positive....Jarrod Garlett...good attack on the footy and for a little bloke he tackles well...

[laj]

I expected to win.

If we can't beat sides like Gold Coast in Melbourne, i'm not sure how many teams we will be able to beat.  :-[

I agree there. 3rd year in time to be winning these types of games, no ifs or buts. And yes, team selection, I have no idea what the hell they were thinking.