Re: AFL Rd 3 2022 Post Game Permutations Carlton vs Hawthorn
Reply #64 –
Maybe it's a TV issue, I was at the ground and that happened in front of me, the Dawks already had an overlap with a spare player forward of the ball. Weitering had no choice but to try and intercept the pill before it got back to where they already had greater numbers. The Dawks were sprinting forward off our Mids from the 2nd Qtr onwards, pretty much every time CJ got the pill they would just take off. So pace is still a glaring issue, but I have to say we looked flat even in the 1st Qtr.
More disturbing was how many of their blokes were giving our blokes the "Don't Argue" and getting away too easily, we missed so many tackles it cost us dearly.
We needed an extra small / medium lock down forward who could exert pressure of CJ, BigH was about the only bloke we had that could run him down and who was sticking tackles, but often BigH wasn't near the scene of the crime.
Talking to a few Dawks fans after the game, they had Weiters as Carlton's best, they said he monstered their medium forwards all day long. They had their bloke CJ as best overall, I thought Doc was best overall. So much you don't see on TV, the hard work is often already done and dusted before they come into camera view.