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(04-27-2018, 01:37 PM)JonDorotich link Wrote:We’re very unlucky and by my count we’ve got 7 of our preferred starting 18 missing due to injury, which makes it incredibly tough.
Murphy, Kreuzer, Docherty, Pickett, Weitering, Lang, Williamson to name a few. Plus Cunningham and Garlett should probably be in the seniors.
All makes a big difference if you’re able to replace OShea, Mullet, Rowe, Kerridge etc
Dogs had 5 players who have played less than 10 games, we really need to stop with the excuses.
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We have changed every player, changed every coach.
What remains the same?
Same supporters watching the same crap football for almost 2 decades.
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(04-27-2018, 08:24 PM)sandsmere link Wrote:Exactly.
People are screaming about the MC and Bolts.
There are not a hell of a lot of other options. Shaw maybe, but the wingers would grizzle about him too.
McCreadie hasn't done a lot this season either.
I agree with Cuningham and Garlett. Both will be back this week I reckon.
Exactly?
You're missing the point.
The Dogs are a short, quick team. Everyone in Victoria knows that, at least.
O'Shea was shockingly out of form. As a tall, with zip form, an obvious out.
We keep him in and drop two blokes who have some speed - and one who could have been the run out of defence we so sadly lacked - and we bring in another tall, Marchbank, short of a run and Kennedy who looked still injured or labouring for whatever reason.
Then tactically, our talls in defence all decide to jump at the ball at the same time.....
Two basic rules, which the match committee can't grasp:
1. too many talls playing at once will hurt you, especially against smaller opposition; and
2. don't play injured blokes or blokes with sub standard fitness.
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Stats
SPS 14 (lots in the last)
Mullet 8
Plowman 8
Rowe 6
SOJ 8
OBrien 9
Marchbank 11
Big H 10
Dow 14
O'Shea 14
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(04-27-2018, 01:55 PM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Enough of the f'n excuses, the mistakes we make are worse than laughable....
These blokes come to Carlton with talent, ability and skill.
They leave broken and in pieces.....
Not just players, coaches too.
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Imo our main failing last night was another failure of skills execution. Error ridden disposals, fumbling, bad decisions, failure to take our opportunities and turnovers are what really cost us. Very very frustrating to watch in a game we should have won. > 
Reality always wins in the end.
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(04-27-2018, 10:10 PM)cookie2 link Wrote:Imo our main failing last night was another failure of skills execution. Error ridden disposals, fumbling, bad decisions, failure to take our opportunities and turnovers are what really cost us. Very very frustrating to watch in a game we should have won. >
Agree. I don't see the doom and gloom that others see. Whilst as you say, it is frustrating and painful to watch, we do have a few things to work with. Just have to keep chipping away and keep our heads up.
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How do other clubs do a rebuild and still remain relevant?
We could shift to the VFL and no one would care.
The Tiggers have almost 100000 members and where are we at? 40000?
One of the big 4? ????
The players seem to be second guessing their actions, not playing to the best of their abilities. They have gone through the system and know how to kick but when they walk through the doors at Princes Park something happens to their abilities.
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Our skill level is atrocious. You can kind of understand it on a one off basis, but it's been consistently poor, even in our better games.
I'm assuming that's a ooaching thing? But I can't remember the last time we were consistently good in that area, and I'm talking back 3 or 4 coaches.
My main positive from the game was the way our forwards finally made a bit of movement and started to make leads. Very noticeable, and lead to a few nice scoring opportunities. Well done to them on that point.
Negatives... Where do you start. One of the most pronounced was our backs spoiling each other.
Not placing sole blame on him, but Rowe definitely has a spoil first mindset, and that cause 2 of the spoils that lead to goals. But I don't think the communication was there. Maybe that's a result of the inconsistency in our backline the last few weeks, but geez it's frustrating.
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I thought the following did ok : Wright, Levi, Daisy, Phillips, Charlie, Fish. Harry Mac looks like he has something to offer.
Plow was better than recent times. Kerridge was better than I remembered.
I think the two young blokes LOB and Dow have plenty of upside. Both of them did a few nice things.
The rest were either rusty, average or totally blah.
Special note : that gather and deliberate slip under the tackle by Wright on the left boundary, to set up CC's goal, is all class. I don't care how old he is. Give him an extension now.
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