Carlton Supporters Club

Our three big forwards need to sort out a system.

Harry looked rusty, the Guv just stuffs up too much presently.

Our forward 6 looked squashed up, there was no space....plenty of talent there but wasn't working at all yesterday.

Won the I50 count easily....

Everyone knows we should have won that game yesterday, even after Q1.

It's on out leadership group to step up. That where tight games get won....

Cripps can't do it every week.

Weiters was very, very good.

Harry started well, then Dees switched to going the body on him and he barely got another kick.  If umps treated him the same way they treated Gawn, he would have had 15 frees

It seems like the old adage of you play the same way as you train.
Two games this year but many games over the years we have failed to fire a shot in the first qtr only to just miss out on the chocolates.
The players must do this at training, just gradually build their intensity instead of warm up then into it.
There also seems to be a lack of intensity at training, yeah sure enough they run around and tackle each other and work up a sweat but this is similar to what happens on game day. There is no 'I'm going to make this personal' or I'm going to really hurt you tackles, there are no consequences for not succeeding.
Goal kicking??? They must practice it but if they miss at training they just grab another ball and try and get it with the next one.
There are no consequences for missing, no pressure! This is what needs to be replicated at training, pressure.
Throw the medical science out the window that says you can only kick 10 times or can only be out on the training ground for x number of minutes.
Training should be harder than the game. The sessions don't need to go as long as a game but needs the same intensity, pressure and that feeling of the need to succeed and to win every battle.
I know it is different sport but when I played high level volleyball our training's were always harder than our games and the results proved it. Undefeated for 3 years in a row and won 9 titles in a row. (age is what got us in the end)
Also dislike the smiling at the end of the games when we lose. They seem to not care.

West Coast got pumped by Gold Coast....

It's been a very weird year.

Even discounting the deplorable first quarter, we should have won that in a canter but for terrible kicking.

The kicking at goal, from relatively easy positions, in benign conditions, was below sub standard.

Our midfield was down, Pittonet aside (terrific debut), and our forward line was a mess, ditto the delivery I50.

We'll improve markedly from that effort.

Of bigger concern was a lot of our guys looked to be holding back/waiting for someone else to do the heavy lifting.

Unacceptable at this level.

Would be getting McGovern's eyes checked - he missed a lot of marks by a wide margin, despite being in a great position to mark.

Bad news for Newman, obviously. But great that Willo can now come in...

Lang was never an answer as a mid and I doubt I ever said as such....i can see why they picked him up (what 3 years ago now?) but he's had injuries and simply doesn't do enough now. Philp for him is a no brainer.

But, why hasn't had been given a crack in the guts?

The other two simply aren't getting their job done....still have high hopes for Setters, Newnes always just a soldier but didn't even do that last night.

That said, all of them were off the pace for a lot of it last night.

Who's our midfield coach? Big, big FAIL.

We're soft,  mentally and physically, end of story

The next bloke we draft has to a hard as *+*! Ultra competive mid.  Dusty Ziebell Viney  Selwood Hodge Lewis or even Rowell.   That kind of bloke. No more pretty, nice,  players like Fisher O'Brien  SPS Murphy Dow Setterfield.  Blokes that will smack the bloke next to them as soon as they get looked sideways at.

Got a lot of hope for Stocker,  at least he's shown some grit.   Why isn't he playing?

Who is the midfield coach?   Please tell me it's not that useless crap truck Barker.

Like everybody else I'm bewildered by the rinse and repeat same old crap that was dished up - on every level - yesterday.

I just don't see a way out if this.   We have,  seriously,  twenty players that have shown nothing on our list.   We can't draft (consistently), we can't acquire players,  we can't develop players, we lack football nous,
ability,  skill,  hardness,  smarts,  effort ....its a mobius loop of mediocrity going nowhere.

I'm utterly bereft how we're ever going to exit this situation.  We've had a parallel before.     Once hope and faith are lost,  and let's face it,  we're almost there,  the club is finished.  Like Fitzroy.

Newman out for 2020😥
Recover well son.

Losing is always disappointing, and for some, infuriating.

Losing as many suggest, through poor goal kicking, inept adaptation to what's in front of you, and mental unpreparedness, heightens emotions. No doubt. The sought after W is so close yet so far.

Many have provided sound analysis of the problems and suggested plausible solutions. In the end we were caught short. Imo our shortcomings fell in areas amenable to correction.

I empathise with Baggers demanding mass reform. I also believe we have what it takes to climb the proverbial. Albeit not consistently for 4q. 6 of our last 8q has shown just that. I expect most footy fans would agree with that to some extent.

Aside from minor adjustments across a few areas, I see one main glaring flaw, and it's not new. Get another quality inside mid or two. Not an athlete or fly weight with fancy footwork, but an inside bull with footy smarts and effective disposal.

This could be SOJ and Kemp in future. Right now though, neither were available. We're still trialling young men in different positions and playing seniors in positions they no longer own. Fix that, and master the 4q focus, and we're in the frame.

Go Blues

Newman out for 2020😥
Recover well son.

Losing is always disappointing, and for some, infuriating.

Losing as many suggest, through poor goal kicking, inept adaptation to what's in front of you, and mental unpreparedness, heightens emotions. No doubt. The sought after W is so close yet so far.

Many have provided sound analysis of the problems and suggested plausible solutions. In the end we were caught short. Imo our shortcomings fell in areas amenable to correction.

I empathise with Baggers demanding mass reform. I also believe we have what it takes to climb the proverbial. Albeit not consistently for 4q. 6 of our last 8q has shown just that. I expect most footy fans would agree with that to some extent.

Aside from minor adjustments across a few areas, I see one main glaring flaw, and it's not new. Get another quality inside mid or two. Not an athlete or fly weight with fancy footwork, but an inside bull with footy smarts and effective disposal.

This could be SOJ and Kemp in future. Right now though, neither were available. We're still trialling young men in different positions and playing seniors in positions they no longer own. Fix that, and master the 4q focus, and we're in the frame.

Go Blues