Carlton Supporters Club

I expected to be 6-6, i thought we would drop 1 out of Brisbane and St Kilda. Saints were good yesterday, strangled our space and waited for us to inevitably turn it over. We had no flow ...

This is what perplexed me the most - our patience in switching it until we could push through any zone or flood has been very good these last few months and suddenly it all seemed to fall in a heap for some reason.

I agree someone like Armfield should have run with Steven but he looked to be limping by half time anyway.

I expected to be 6-6, i thought we would drop 1 out of Brisbane and St Kilda. Saints were good yesterday, strangled our space and waited for us to inevitably turn it over. We had no flow and guys i think have been reading the Press to much.

I actually have no problems with this loss and got on with life fairly quickly.

I think we need some help in the middle. Our midfield is basically:
Curnow, Cripps, Gibbs and Kerridge. Thomas as well. Sumner gives us little around teh contest, Lamb is raw (very pleased with him overall), Doc and Simmo to valuable down back.
Not a lot in the Ressies either, with Graham, Whiley and Tutt, but would not be adverse in bringing those guys in.

This is what annoyed me the most:



This was the 6th time Jack Steven received the ball from the Centre Clearance... in the exact same spot... In the 3rd quarter alone. Re-Watch the 3rd and watch where he receives the ball everytime. No effort to have athe sweeper, to block his run, to come off the wing.... Clearance, Mark, Goal...Repeat.

Said the same thing...we setup in the middle like we were winning the tapouts...Steven just ran onto Hickeys tapouts with no one in front of him......
I would have had Sumner on Steven..not Curnow ...was poor coaching and planning...

And we set up exactly the same way against the Kangaroos, when we pretty much had no ruckman.

As I said then & keep saying after yesterday, it's an issue the coaching group just can't seem to grasp or be able to develop a tactic to counter.......for mine, it's our one major flaw at the moment.

I thought that it was a bit of a rookie mistake.  In fact, I think Richardson gave Bolton a lesson in coaching.  I expect that he will learn from it and boys will be working on a set up to counter a dominant opposition ruck.

I thought that it was a bit of a rookie mistake.  In fact, I think Richardson gave Bolton a lesson in coaching.  I expect that he will learn from it and boys will be working on a set up to counter a dominant opposition ruck.

Yes, you can win clearances against a losing ruck if you set up properly. Freo lost the clearances many, many times despite Sandliands dominate in the tapout dept.

It was just last week Hinkley said that you want either a winning or losing ruck. It's predictable and you can set up for it. It's anything in-between that's causes more problems, especially if you hope to win and you lose.

I wouldn't care if we lost the tapout dept every week if those ruckmen played great footy around the ground. To me alot more value. Like I said, you can set up to a losing ruck.

Bolts got schooled a bit by Richardson in the coaching and tactics stakes but will learn from it. Doc stood up again even when the team was poor which was a great sign.

The more I see of him, the more I think he will be our next Captain.