Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 9: Carlton vs. GWS

[LordLucifer]

Why do our players jog after the player with the ball or better still, run towards the potential receiver instead of attacking the ball-carrier ??

Admittedly it was from the perspective of the TV but I lost count the number of times it looked like our players appeared to completely ignore the guy with the ball even though they were within arms distance of them.

[Inboltswetrust]

So BB asks we not treat this game in isolation but rather look at the body of our work over 9 games. Okay. We've won 1 game.

Bolton's kidding himself.  If we lose to the saints, he will be sacked.  Footy is big business and loyalty can only go so far.  We all love the navy blues- that is why we are on here and talk about them every week.  But as a supporter you need to see progress.  We haven't.  I don't know who will do a better job, or even if anyone can, but this I do know- the current setup is not working.  As senior coach you simply must take full responsibility.

[JonDorotich]

Hopefully Jones back too as you need effort players and he gives you that, Kerr would also be a cert for me and Casboult out..McGovern can play down back in Plowmans role and
intercept like his brother and maybe play on Membrey who has become a decent player for the Saints...
Lang is 50/50 for me...still not sold on him but he does kick straight when he gets near goal and maybe Gibbons needs a rest too...unsighted today.
Macreadie and Obrien need NB's time too...I'd keep Stocker in the team as well as Jack, not great today but didnt give up.

Agree on Macreadie and OBrien and also agree that Jones and JSOS always give a 100% effort, which is more than you can say about a number of others.

Im not entirely convinced about Kerr as he isn’t overly agile or quick, but it’s certainly worth trying st this stage.

[Professer E]

I expected today's result,  so I can't get too worked up about it.  I didn't see the presser but if I was BB I would have shopped Mumthug...."yeah,  Murphy is OK,  got busted ribs, tends to be what happens when a bloke goes in with the knees after the ball has moved on... "

Hard for the defenders today with the abject lack of pressure applied by the midfield today. So I'll cut those blokes some slack. MacCreadie was picked before he was ready.

But I'm totally over our midfield.  Christ we have some soft passengers and blokes that drink their own bathwater.

Ed has been a loyal servant but gees he's a limited footballer and good players badly show him up.

Need to start selecting a side with a chance.  That means no Lachie O'Brien, no Levi Casboult and dropping blokes like Dow and both the Curnows.  Pick Kennedy and get him involved. Heck,  wasn't he supposed to be Cripps' support,  difficult to do that in the twos.

I've heard lots of theories about OBrien - he needs mass, he needs strength he needs games he needs kryoptonite.  What he needs is a cup of concrete because his "efforts" today were deadset piss weak. Harden up or F off.

And we need ready mades in the MSD,  not kids for the future.  If there don't start to be wins,  there won't be any future.

And forget about trades and FA. No one in their right mind will come to Carlton.  Nobody.

The club has until the bye to turn this around,  or it's going to get nasty,  really nasty.  It's flashing light panic button time.

[Mantis]

It really looks like it’s time for the mid season review of every role in the entire club after this next game against the Saints. To see what is working and what isn’t. Coaches, players, recruit staff, team selection for every match, game plans, tactical changes etc. Before the bye. Before the mini break. Like a fresh start with new ways to develop and move forward before we see positive changes. A good soul searching moment for every player too. Seriously looking at their own performance and efforts in the first part of this season. It’s hard to see that every person in the club has bought into this rebuild properly yet. Especially the players. The coach BB has stuck by the playing group. Are they prepared to do their best to cover his arse. Questions need to be asked before we can honestly move a real step forward. Plenty of fine tuning to do at the moment.

[JonHenry]

Kennedy needs time like Setterfield both still learning...Jye Bolton and Marlion Pickett are mature footballers.
If Ed isnt tagging he doesnt impact enough for mine, we really need a Tim Kelly who can step straight in, get 25 plus possies a game and draw some heat off Cripps but quality like that
as a freebie doesnt  come around that often so you have to go with whats available.
We dont need more 75kg kids at the mid season draft.....

We got Gibbons who won three league medals as a mid, but our genius coach has decided to turn him into a forward pocket.

[townsendcalling]

We play ourselves into the ground against Hawthorn and go down by less than a goal  (away in Tassie...no mean feat!). Then we don't turn up against North.

We push the league's form team like few others have this year and scare the crap out of them for 3 quarters and 20 mins. Then we don't turn up against GWS.

Re employ Rudy Webster....it's all between the ears!!

[LP]

Norp and the White Walkers both had physical intimidating players we do not like playing against, we become turtles under Mumford type physical pressure.

A kid like Polson will crack in but he is a support player, there is no point expecting blokes like Polson or Murphy to do the heavy hitting and see out a game! So nothing is gained by making those changes as we just do not have enough of that type, we are too easy to play against!

Yesterday's game was a blight on SpecialK, Casboult and maybe even Charlie, McKay and McGovern, allowing a spud like Mumford to make himself so valuable without having to touch the football.

[Thryleon]

Norp and the White Walkers both had physical intimidating players we do not like playing against, we become turtles under Mumford type physical pressure.

A kid like Polson will crack in but he is a support player, there is no point expecting blokes like Polson or Murphy to do the heavy hitting and see out a game! So nothing is gained by making those changes as we just do not have enough of that type, we are too easy to play against!

Yesterday's game was a blight on SpecialK, Casboult and maybe even Charlie, McKay and McGovern, allowing a spud like Mumford to make himself so valuable without having to touch the football.

I wish we had a spud like Mumford.

We talk up our blokes all the time but they all go missing when it counts.

This is a historic problem and even cripps did it yesterday.

[flyboy77]

They walked out there with the wrong mental mindset.

Inexcusable at this level of professional sport....

That is amateur hour. Fundamental, inexcusable mistake.

38 shots to 10.

I50 - 65 to 35 (and a lot of our came late in the game).

Newman the only player with more than 20 disposals - they had 12.

I'm over Bolton - nice blokes seldom win.