Re: AFL Rd 5 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
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@Lods Nice summation. RE the Owies no goal call, I haven't seen the vision as I was at the game so not sure how clear cut it is. My guess is if it was clear cut, the ARC would have reversed the call and paid the goal. Even so, swings and roundabouts, we were on the right end of a missed touched call last week, the reverse this week perhaps.
Take a Cerra and a Saad out of any side and your going to struggle, especially an in game loss like Saad (at least Cerra we had time to plan for it, I personally wouldnt have picked a Ruckman to come in).
What disappoints me most is getting beaten by something you know (and has happened before). Walker fair enough, great footballer and a beautiful set shot for goal. But Ben Keays? Gimme a spell, he was given far too much latitude...again.
I sat behind the goals and their ball movement out of defence seemed effortless, too much so for my liking in fact.
To often yesterday our blokes were a little too happy to sit off and wait for the TO that didn't come. In game adjustment was non existent (to my eye at least).
Speed is a concern for us and next weeks match up is not a good one in that regard and I think we will get exposed again. It will be interesting to see what the coaching staff do to combat the orange tsunami.