Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 6: Carlton vs. Hawthorn

[PaulP]

Sounds like code for making excuses Paul, that's ok.

Just stop shooting yourself in the foot when trying to salvage Bolton's game day tactics?

LOL. You wouldn't know Bolton's match day tactics if they bit you on the ar$e, slapped you in the face and then introduced themselves.

[flyboy77]

LOL. You wouldn't know Bolton's match day tactics if they bit you on the ar$e, slapped you in the face and then introduced themselves.

Perhaps, if he had any, I might!  :

[madbluboy]

Bolton's only tactic was to pretend Charlie Curnow was going to play.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Dont confuse tagging with going head to head.

Howe tagged Cripps today , DeBeor gets all the opposition best mids hence he gets belted each game....even a star studded midfield like GWS run a strong tag.
Are we that good we dont need to do it?

[Thryleon]

Howe tagged Cripps today , DeBeor gets all the opposition best mids hence he gets belted each game....even a star studded midfield like GWS run a strong tag.
Are we that good we dont need to do it?

My only thinking is there's little learning to be done running a hard tag.

I.e. other kids need to know their roles and what changes when one of them tags.

Interestingly, I could swear I saw Zac Fisher tagging today.

[Baggers]

Just watched the game again. Staggering how we went into our shells in the third... just went negative once the Dawks upped the ante, yet flipped back to positive attacking footy late in the last! Why?

Second time 'round I was able to see a few things I missed watching it live. I hate to pot a champ, but some of the poor disposals and half efforts from Murphy in the third and especially final qtr were deeply disappointing, and costly (from a leader/experienced player these mistakes have a terrible impact on the group).

I wonder if Cripps had a touch of the flu?

LOB actually looked very dangerous as a forward.

Dawks definitely got the rub of the green at critical stages in the final qtr. Impey got right into the back of one of our blokes in the forward pocket, in front of the umpire... tumbleweeds.

Cattle wise, I'd much rather have our list than the Dawks.

[LP]

McKay, Cripps, Kreuzer, hardly small players, all repeatedly hit in the head and it's play on!

Secondly, when will the AFL do something about these "body spoils", too many good players are having their season ended by landing awkwardly after a small players cannon into the back of talls in marking contests, always without getting anywhere near the ball.

Roughead, first a trip, then a blatant push, neither penalised right in front of the umpire both times. Both resulted in goals!

So many Dawks players block in marking contests it's ridiculous, they fly through the contest behind their marking forward without making even a basic attempt to contest the mark or touch the ball.

Why wasn't it a 50M penalty for that striking report, isn't it supposed to be automatic? You hear the umpire say he's reported for elbowing SPS to the head but no 50M gets paid!

Second time 'round I was able to see a few things I missed watching it live. I hate to pot a champ, but some of the poor disposals and half efforts from Murphy in the third and especially final qtr were deeply disappointing, and costly (from a leader/experienced player these mistakes have a terrible impact on the group).

I suspect he was concussed but played on, didn't you notice that head high hit, he staggered for a few moments after that then seemed to run it off. I immediately expected him to come off when it happened as he was clearly stunned.

The worry is what was wrong with SpecialK?

[PaulP]

It's not the coaching, it's not the game plan, it's not the match day tactics, it's not the structures, it's not the tagging.

When you're getting flogged by 10 goals every other week, then yes, by all means question the coach, structures etc. If not for a few skill errors, a few brain fades, a few stray kicks, we get the 4 points yesterday.

Can someone tell me how many touches O'Meara had at 1/2 time ?

[PaulP]

Just watched the game again. Staggering how we went into our shells in the third... just went negative once the Dawks upped the ante, yet flipped back to positive attacking footy late in the last! Why?
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Youth, and our senior players - surely you know them by now ?
A. Gap
A. Void
D. Aylight

It pains me to say it, but most of the good things coming from the field are Cripps-driven, and youth-driven. That nothingness at the top is very telling in games like yesterday. Exceptions being Krooz and perhaps Daisy.

[madbluboy]

I'm not sure Kreuzer was injured? He just looked physically spent, hasn't had much of a preparation.