Re: AFL Rd 5 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide
Reply #85 –
@ Bluemoon
Mate I feel your pain, clearly your tone is one of utter disappointment and bewilderment, I think it's safe to say we all feel the same way. BUT (yes there's always a BUT), a couple of things respectfully if I may.
1. I can't buy into, or rather I can't get my head around, the notion of "the culture has been stuffed since the nineties". There is no way in hell players like Moo and Dutchy walked in the door this year and were pulled aside by the keepers of this so called evil Carlton Culture and were indoctrinated in it. The relevance or effect of those that walked the halls of PP in the 90s is totally irrelevant to those that walk the same halls today. How many coaches, presidents, boards have we had since then? Respectfully mate its a nonsense in my opinion. I dont think culture is the cause of last nights awful performance. I said in a previous post, one cannot compare last night to our previous 3 games despite not being at our best in those three games.
2. Slow - The loss last night was abhorrent, no question. But almost virtually the same blokes we are calling slow now were flying to an 8-3 win loss and sitting in the top 4 at the bye last year. In fact, I'd argue we have improved our leg speed with Moo and Dutchy. As I said in earlier post, space through workrate and systems/positioning creates time and "speed". Thats what we aren't doing at the moment IMO.
As I said, I'm as gutted as anyone and I am sure our players, coaches and staff are also. Let's all take a chill pill and see what the the response is next week. If we bounce back strongly, that's a true indication of character and culture today.