Carlton Supporters Club

Too many players racking up useless stats , kicking too short and taking us nowhere apart from allowing opposition teams time to get back in numbers and clog our forward line.

Yet, ironically I'd say one of our biggest problems are the long bombs into F50.

It's pretty easy to imagine you found the issue when you look at the stats, but it is a stark contrast to what many of us think are the real problems.

Let's face it, when that last kick goes directly to an opposition player, how many attempts we have, how quickly they happen and how long the kicks might be doesn't really make much difference. We miss targets from 20m and from 60m pretty much equally.

If I had a guess, I'd say when entering F50 we tend to try and kick to a player, rather than kicking to the clear space we want the player to move into. I recall back in the day Fev would go ballistic when player up the field sat the footy on his head, or worse over his head, he wanted it out in front and if there was to be an error then make it too short not too long, and definitely not too slow and high.

Against BrisVegas I think you predicted 16... not far off the mark. So... gulp!

I've lowered my expectations. Just hoping for a four qtr good showing... with more instinctual, bold movement of the aggott, and dare I say... everyone with a better than 65% disposal! 1975... Supertramp!!!

But we've been doing this crap for almost two decades, and just last weekend multiple times we sat the pill on Motlop's or Durdin's head, not that it helps if Motlop isn't moving because you basically have to pick him out.

First game back at the G since round 2, we are, and I expect to see, a different Carlton which will beat the Pies.

Look at the midfielder disposal stats(fox footy) vs Impact....only Cerra at No 52 is in the top 100....Walsh and Cripps are in the 300's.
Kennedy and Hewett are outside the top hundred and 200 respectively.....

Not sure what stats you are looking at Supercoach?

If I look at player / game stats, averages not totals, Walsh is top 10 midfield for both Fox Footy and AFL, Doc is Top 20 with Cerra in 3rd. But the order depends how you filter the stats. If you post a link I'll probably get a better idea of what you mean.

On DE, Cerra, Doc and Acres are all highly rated, with Saad and Kennedy also just outside Top 100.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/blues-seduced-by-false-dawn-as-sorry-stats-reveal-just-how-far-superstars-have-fallen/news-story/850d75fe92a379e1350a4cf8ecd9d7d6

I think we can win too....not based on much logic apart from the fact the Pies have been up a while and are a tad cocky and we should have a backs to the wall approach which should harden our resolve.
They will come in expecting to run over the top of us but I expect to build up a lead and hold this time.
Charlie and Harry are our two aces and I expect a 8-10 goal haul....
If we had won againt the Dogs I would have expected us to get hammered but its all about timing and momentum and this week I expect us to be up and about with Cripps and Walsh leading the way.
Blues by 15 points......Swans will probably beat us the following week but if we can beat Collingwood and Essendon then I will be more than happy as I despise both clubs.

Yes, I see, the "Impact" thing is a bit of a made up figure, you can tweak the terms to give the type of measures you want.

I suspect it's being taken out of Supercoach or something like that, stats that might involve some arbitrary measure.

When the media write stuff like "Statistics Show" and do not link to the stats, be very very wary, it could be the figures are made up, or are based on rubbery sets of statistics! It could be Nana Mouskouri's Excel Spreadsheet

I know when felling disgruntled it can be comforting to find someone who bashes the club, emotionally we want to find a reason and tend to just agree with findings that support our feelings, but pause for a minute or two and remain sceptical.

Last weekend we basically outplayed the Dogs for 3-qtrs, but we were missing one piece of the puzzle, scoring. We were like the Titanic, nothing really fundamentally technically wrong, just a very very poor set of circumstances exacerbated by some bad decisions.

How did we outplay them?...look at the stats.....they won more stoppages, won the tackle count and were less efficient than us I50? yet beat us on the scoreboard easily.