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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by Lods -
One of the biggest pieces of nonsense sprouted by players and coaches is this rubbish about “One soldier out, next soldier in.”

It might work for the Russian Army… but it sure doesn’t work for us.
Not with our current list of injuries.

A ‘good soldier out’ puts an additional burden on your better players who have to carry an extra load.

It puts an additional burden on your fringe players who lose support from, not only the missing player, but also the star players.

Roles change
Structures change,
Your prime movers are covered more easily.
Players carry injuries into games through necessity.

What we saw last night was the cumulative effect of a series of hard games, and missing players.
It takes a toll, and unfortunately it may not be a short fix.
We’ll get players back…but I suspect we’ll also lose some.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by PaulP -
It was like watching a team of tired, overworked old blokes, whose skill and method had deserted them, versus a team of sleek, skilled, precision engineered jets. If you're going to get mauled, I much rather it be by a star studded, top-of-the-ladder team than by anyone else.

I see no value in finger pointing and naming/shaming. What I saw was a team who tried their guts out, but whose efforts were pretty much ineffectual.

A game seemingly tailor made for the Craig McRae windscreen wiper analogy. Just wipe it away, forget about it, and move on. Nothing to be gained by "reviewing hard" as far as I can see.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by Mantis -
I never got a chance to see the game, but by the result it looks like it was quite an embarrassing effort and performance. I agree with those here that fear the similar slump losing multiple games in a row last season. If it happens again I have doubts we could win 9 out of 10 to finish the season well. Did the players look completely lost with confidence and belief? Did they just give up? Our next 4 games could all potentially be lost.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 10 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Sydney
Last post by rocky -
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@rocky Agreed, that was however our worst performance by far. Like you I didn't expect to beat them given how good they are travelling and how many injuries we have. I did think we had a reasonable side on paper and in the first qtr we looked every bit a good side. Once they turned the pressure up we went to water. I expected a better effort than that. On face value, the only one who tried for 4 qtrs was Pitto. I felt the rest were atrocious for 3.5 qtrs. Once again too many (1/2 dozen) out there provided the same effort and contribution as a witch's hat wearing a CFC jumper. Oh and those calling for Pitto to be dropped, he showed why TDK still has L Plates on and needs a licenced driver sitting next to him.
G2C, thought our worst was losing to the crows. We lost Saad that day, but pretty much agree it was very average today. They just looked SO tired. Not sure what's going on. There may be more to the story than we know about?