Re: Post Game passion: AFL 2021 Rd 6: Carlton vs Brisbane
Reply #70 –
I think the thing that frustrates a few of us is not so much the skill errors as the intensity and pressure.
It was good in the first quarter.
It was exactly what was expected after the criticism aimed at the club through the week.
In the second quarter Brisbane matched and exceeded that pressure and it was pretty much the game done and dusted
I watched two Carlton sides today.
One had very little pressure applied to it and the result was a 12 goal first quarter.
The skills displayed were slick.
Passes hit their marks and good average players looked a million dollars.
In both games the pressure came from the opposition in the second quarter and we struggled with runs of goals against us.
Point is...if you come with intensity and effort you can make the opposition look like unskilled fumblers.
We often see the trick shots at training.
Attend training and the drills will quickly show you that our players don't lack basic skills
No way can that be duplicated under the pressure of 'real' match conditions.
But the side that comes with the greatest intensity will always look more skilled as they dominate the other team.
Again, at the ground (I was at the Coventry end level 2 in a pocket), you can see the whole ground it was so notable the difference in work rate of the two teams when they didn't have the ball. When they didn't have the ball, they would close in hard, limit space and inevitably either tackle our bloke or pressure him into an error. When we didn't have the ball, we would approach with caution, sit off a bit and the Brisbane bloke had all the time in the world to sum up the best option and deliver. The hunger to win it back at all costs by Brisbane was very noticeable.
And can Kruze please work with the rucks and tell them to please hit it to our advantage, or punch it on the direction we are kicking if our on ballers are hot/manned up.