Carlton Supporters Club

Jake Niall in the age has written a report about the lack of tackling by Carlton in the first quarters. Intensity is the  key. Geelong has good but front running mid-field, their back line is solid but can be taken apart if the ball enters quickly into their opponents forward line, and their forwards are a bunch of names put together like a quilt and only functions if the mid-field is on top. This is why they keep getting cleaned up in the finals by good teams. We need to make an absolute raging contest from the first bounce, if we do that we might find Geelong out.

Go back and watch the replay yourself, you'll find Carlton players getting first to the ball but not being clean on the pickup and getting pegged by the Dees. Then the Dees are very clean, and break away leaving nobody to tackle, it distorted the stats and blaming tackling hides the real problem.

In  Williamson Silvagni Philps
Out Lang Newman Newnes

Going to (potentially) very wet Saturday.

Three talls + SOJ up forward top heavy?

SOJ to the midfield.

Jake Niall in the age has written a report about the lack of tackling by Carlton in the first quarters. Intensity is the  key. Geelong has good but front running mid-field, their back line is solid but can be taken apart if the ball enters quickly into their opponents forward line, and their forwards are a bunch of names put together like a quilt and only functions if the mid-field is on top. This is why they keep getting cleaned up in the finals by good teams. We need to make an absolute raging contest from the first bounce, if we do that we might find Geelong out.

Playing against the Cats at their  irregular Kardina Park is really unfair, we'll be crunched unfortunately, a top 4 side with home ground advantage is the cruel reality.    

Ruck is an even bigger problem this week, not because the Cats rucks are better but because they are ultra-mobile.

I'm surprised its $1.14 v $5.50 with the line at 27.5. 11 odd goal flogging last year IIRC, they will be doing well to get within that I reckon.

Covid-19 or no, I feel very ripped off with this fixture. having to play games in Geelong when we can't play them at Ikon is ... not satisfactory. Not in the least. Just another of those anti-Carlton things that have become a part of the AFL.

On the playing front, Geelong played well against Hawthorn.

We could unleash the king this week, which would help in that area.

But it could make us too top heavy.....especially if it is as wet as predicted.

Drop Gov for TDK?