Carlton Supporters Club

Quote from: tonyo – on March 15, 2025, 11:48:01 am

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(1) Tell Harry to stop wrestling, he is no good at it - instead just put his arms in the air.  He'll either mark it, get a free kick, or at least create a crumb.

No key forward however skilful will consistently take many marks if :-
a). The ball is just bombed into the 50 m arc
b). The area is clogged up with other Carlton forwards also flying for the mark or dragging their opponents into the area.

Tell me: -
Has football changed that much that forwards no longer lead and demand the ball? 
Has football changed that much that coaches don't encourage a key forward like Harry or Charlie to tell other forwards to stay out of the area and thus keep those extra backs out.

Ab

Its incredible we put so many players in our forward 50 leaving no leading lanes.

We have all seen this game before,  we will come out with low energy, Hawthorn will get  a lead, Carlton will pretend to have a go, Hawthorn will skip away in the end.

Unfortunately, we have no elite ball users in our midfield.  They send hack kicks into the forward line and more often than not it suits the opposition rather than our side.

Jagga Smith was going to help fix that.  Well, not this year......

Also, we had 65 inside 50s on Thursday for 9 goals.  And I lost count of the number of marks Richmond took in their defensive 50.

Some things for this week.

(1) Tell Harry to stop wrestling, he is no good at it - instead just put his arms in the air.  He'll either mark it, get a free kick, or at least create a crumb. Hate to say it but H needs more ticker, more passion and must learn to impose himself on the game... presently? Finessing... being 'nice.'
(2) Bring Moir in immediately.  We have tried 3 crap small forwards a lot, and it just does not work.
(3) Put Doc behind the ball.  They need another cool head back there to support Weiters.
(4) Our half-forward line is all wrong, it is too small.  The ball gets whipped out of there far too easily.  McKay CHF so he can get some grabs on the wings, Curnow lurking in the forward 50, and Moir supplying leads.
(5) See if we can hit a handball and a kick at training this week.  Skill level in the second half was about U16 standard.
(6) Matt Carroll in for Haynes.  Apart from Saad, our back 6 are slower than statues, and the Hawks can whip that in spades (And where's Boyd?)

Unfortunately, I just don't think we are ready for the Hollywood Hawks at the minute.  We are honestly staring at a 0-4 start......

Unfortunately, we have no elite ball users in our midfield.  They send hack kicks into the forward line and more often than not it suits the opposition rather than our side.

Jagga Smith was going to help fix that.  Well, not this year......

Also, we had 65 inside 50s on Thursday for 9 goals.  And I lost count of the number of marks Richmond took in their defensive 50.

Some things for this week.

(1) Tell Harry to stop wrestling, he is no good at it - instead just put his arms in the air.  He'll either mark it, get a free kick, or at least create a crumb.
(2) Bring Moir in immediately.  We have tried 3 crap small forwards a lot, and it just does not work.
(3) Put Doc behind the ball.  They need another cool head back there to support Weiters.
(4) Our half-forward line is all wrong, it is too small.  The ball gets whipped out of there far too easily.  McKay CHF so he can get some grabs on the wings, Curnow lurking in the forward 50, and Moir supplying leads.
(5) See if we can hit a handball and a kick at training this week.  Skill level in the second half was about U16 standard.
(6) Matt Carroll in for Haynes.  Apart from Saad, our back 6 are slower than statues, and the Hawks can whip that in spades (And where's Boyd?)

Unfortunately, I just don't think we are ready for the Hollywood Hawks at the minute.  We are honestly staring at a 0-4 start......

I still think our biggest problem is lack of leg speed, we are too slow, get caught easy and then rush a disposal which misses the target or gets turned over.

Bring a sustained and brutal hunting to our game against the Dawks and the tide can quickly turn. Then to maintain that brutal hunting culture.

I didn't see or read anything about the VFL game, who warranted a call up to come in?

Quote from: Gointocarlton – on March 16, 2025, 12:47:27 pm

I didn't see or read anything about the VFL game, who warranted a call up to come in?

Maybe this.

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1730669/vfl-match-report-all-the-action-from-richmond-practice-match

Play both Jack and Kemp in the backline or play Kemp as a high half forward in Elijah Hollands role because he was a good conduit last year and dont have one this year.
Moir looked good at VFL praccy today but his determination to defend and win contests goes amiss. But looks extremely classy with ball in hand.

Quote from: pinot – on March 14, 2025, 01:41:24 pm

Play both Jack and Kemp in the backline or play Kemp as a high half forward in Elijah Hollands role because he was a good conduit last year and dont have one this year.
Moir looked good at VFL praccy today but his determination to defend and win contests goes amiss. But looks extremely classy with ball in hand.

I had hopes for Moir. Sounding like a Damien Cupido / Troy Menzel type. The last thing we need.