Carlton Supporters Club

Cripps wasnt a factor and this is the problem when you rely so much on one bloke to lead the way. 

Hopefully this game is an aberration, a blip on the radar, and not the start of yet another downward spiral.

Its the wrong year to be doing a rebuild

I think everyone was expecting us to give them a really good run for their money, sadly, we have gone back to the Voss era standards.

....which is fine, its his first game and in terrible conditions....but are the commentators watching the game?

I wish players would kick  to to space and demand the player run to that space rather than honouring a lead

Together with the one i mentioned earlier from the PA game IIRC where the umpire paid a mark to a bloke 5m off the contest who had the ball punched to him for a 'mark', they are the 2 worst decisions i've ever seen in my time watching football. Both against us.

The Cerra 50m howler aside, umps arent the difference thus far. It's terrible ground positioning and trying to play dry weather footy. Take territory (off the ground preferably) and stop playing pack footy (they are sitting off and getting the footy when it spills or squirts out).

Having said that we are not helping ourselves so far, Dawks have adapted to the conditions better.

The club and players have.

Cripps was capped at 80% time on ground under Voss and has played more under Fraser 80-85% .
I actually think Voss went out of his way to look after his main man...
Bont averages about 83.8 % time on ground and Nick Daicos 87%...so Im not buying workload for such a dramatic change in form/fitness...