AFL Rd 5 2022 Post Game Carlton vs Port Adelaide

[Professer E]

Watching the tape SPP seemed to be involved in a lot of the play that ended up in scores,  and even though he might not have been credited with the 'assist' he was certainly involved.  At least six times I reckon.  So he may not have had a lot of stats but what he did was damaging. Burton (who I don't rate)  also hurt with a couple of bombs.

[cookie2]

Dominating the opposition and having a big lead in games has been very unfamiliar territory for our club for years. Do we just need to learn the psychology of dealing with it? do we need to be physically fitter? do we need more active leadership? Whatever the answers are, we must keep winning, pretty  or ugly,  to build and maintain the faith.

[LP]

Dominating the opposition and having a big lead in games has been very unfamiliar territory for our club for years. Do we just need to learn the psychology of dealing with it? do we need to be physically fitter? do we need more active leadership? Whatever the answers are, we must keep winning, pretty  or ugly,  to build and maintain the faith.

Yes, I think you are correct, the fitness to deal with being in the front might not be physical fitness.

Coming 2nd too often for too long, and becoming comfortable with it, can be habit forming!

[tonyo]

Dominating the opposition and having a big lead in games has been very unfamiliar territory for our club for years. Do we just need to learn the psychology of dealing with it? do we need to be physically fitter? do we need more active leadership? Whatever the answers are, we must keep winning, pretty  or ugly,  to build and maintain the faith.

The psychology of having a huge lead is challenging - as I have said before, I was always taught that if you have a big lead at 1/2 or 3/4 time, the best way to prevent a turnaround was to go as hard as you could straight after recommencement, with a view to kicking the first two goals (or more).  That serves the purpose of not only increasing the lead, but crushing the opposition spirit to the point where they no longer believe it can be done.

None of these comebacks that have nearly caught us have been barnstorming goal fests - they have been slow burns, because we have not put the foot on the throat.  Never give a sucker a second chance, as they say.  The real trick is to convince the players that these fadeouts are not inevitable, or it might become a learned habit.

[Milhanna13]

First game I’ve seen live since COVID and the result was never in doubt. The bounce of the ball and inexplicable umpiring favoured Port but we always had control of the game.

Port also kicked a couple of goals out of their back-sides......

[ElwoodBlues1]

Dominating the opposition and having a big lead in games has been very unfamiliar territory for our club for years. Do we just need to learn the psychology of dealing with it? do we need to be physically fitter? do we need more active leadership? Whatever the answers are, we must keep winning, pretty  or ugly,  to build and maintain the faith.

Leaders need to step up , hard to see a captain like Hodge allowing players to slip into old habits and take the foot off other teams throats. We looked a bit directionless when the other teams started to kick goals, Burton kicked two long range goals even though he didnt appear to be playing forward, who was playing on him? Butters was damaging also and he must have had an opponent, you dont get these problems if players are accountable and when teams get momentum you need either your coach or leaders to tell players to get on their man and make every possession a contest. When you are at the games you can see the whole spread of players and you can see whats going to happen in advance further up the ground and Port had players loose everywhere on the overlap too often

[madbluboy]

How many games over the last few years have we been the better side for the 3 quarters but one shocking term cost us? No one cared for us then and I certainly don't care now it's the other way around.