Re: Rd 2: Carlton vs. Sydney: Post Game Passion
Reply #266 –
I found Brock's biggest problem was our boys club mentality refusing to make use of him.
I don't know how many times I saw Brock on the fat side of the ground 20m clear of opposition heading through half forward when our Midfield/HBF Nutters kicked to a solo Betts or solo Garlett battling a 2 on 1 in the pocket. We took the 10% chance of scoring option and ignored the 30% chance of scoring option almost every time!
But I suppose that is how I developed my theory that we are the worst ball users in the competition, and it has been happening since the days of Pagan and it hasn't changed yet!
Fair point that about the bad ball users. Its a strange one really, we seem to have always had a majority of ball butchers on the list during every regime (for the want of a better term) with a sprinkling of those that were good. And here's where it gets weird, during the Pagan era, Murphy, Gibbs were starting out, Simmo as well and they seemed to use the ball well and you thought "there's light at the end of the tunnel, they will be elite with ball in hand eventually. We will weed out the crap and they will lead the charge. Murph, Gibbs and Simmon were around in the Ratten era, the MM era and now the BB and they haven't become elite (in the true sense). Murph especially can be a shocker. Simmo is getting worse by the week. So after all these years, its still our achilles heal whether it be around the ground, or in front of goal. Its amazing how well other teams have covered or masked their structural deficiencies with good to excellent disposal.