Re: AFL Rd 11 2023 Post Game Postulations Carlton vs Sydney
Reply #154 –
My wife gets annoyed with me when I watch Carlton play on TV. She is usually in another room and hears my shouting, swearing and hitting of things. I am actually good when I am at the ground as I can see what is going to happen and I am mentally prepared for the stuff ups and don't get quite as angry. Last Friday she sat with me and we watched the game together and I was on my best behavior. Her observations were that our disposal is terrible, there doesn't seem to be a game plan, our players didn't seem to try and they gave up. She now has some awareness of my frustration and things are a little more harmonious.
Cerra, Hewitt, Newman and Holands won't be playing this week, Durdin is not getting any where near the ball and should be dropped, and I can't see any future in McGovern or Ed Curnow. I think is is time Carlton made a big statement about itself but I don't think they will. It is all way too comfortable at Princess Park as everybody is working hard to find positives, checking their KPI's and ignoring the outcomes.
I think we have a very good list. I think we lack a little bit of leg speed but I don't think that is the issue. I think the problem is that we don't hit targets with foot or hand, and if you can't kick the ball to a team mate then there is no game plan, we make bad decisions, we don't trust our team mates that they will make good decisions and actually implement them therefore there is no run. If we don't win the contested ball we can't defend it and we are one dimensional when we go forward. I also think that Cripps and McKay have hands like concrete which indicate both a lack of confidence and also trying to hard.I watched a movie last week called 'The Merger' and the Coach of the town's mythical football team had the mantra, "If you are crap at something, keep practicing until you are less crap"which is something for our players to ponder.
As I have indicated I think there should be seven changes with Silvagni, Dow, Fogarty, Fisher, Cowan, Young and Binns to be brought in with Binns the emergency. If you keep doing the same thing then you shouldn't expect a different outcome. Einstein said was the definition of insanity, I think is is the definition of stupidity.
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