I wish it wasn't serious........



Mum

Go Blues

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Wasn't that Essendon*? And they did lose....

All for questioning Voss but that's not the right example

Genuine questions:
What did the Pies do differently in the last quarter to go from 28 points down to win by 2 goals?
Can we learn from it?
And, if it works as well as it did, why were they not doing it the whole game?

Similar questions, in reverse, for Essendon*?
Thoughts?

PS. I read that McRae specifically mentioned selection integrity in his press conference….


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Was it?
Ok.
I think my point still stands.
Pies plan and style wins games.
They only stopped in the last minute or so
. They play joyful energetic footy.
I'd take McCrae over Voss any day.
I think he's smarter and has engaged his players. They are all in.

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

Lets not forget they get 5goals down frequently and yesterday were scoring a goal once every 7 fwd 50 entry up until 3qtr time. Play one good quarter alot but it usually happens to be the last. When we played one good quarter last year and still won we got on our teams case and in the end aadjusted our gameplan and probably overcorrected.
I like the idea of going all out attack for a few weeks even if it costs us 8pts. Then roll it back and hopefully find some middle ground at a time when we get players returning.

Our real major problem is leg speed. They Pies have loads of running power. Yesterday their running power , long bombs and chaos entries in the last helped them overcome the Bombers.. and every touch the Diacos two get is worth about 3 of a Carlton touch.

I mostly agree.
Except, as per my question above, it clearly wasn’t working for three quarters. And they were behind against the Saints as well, like we were. If we did that, we would be bagging Voss for having a shit game plan and just relying on a champ or two to save us in the last gasp.
So, what did the Pies do to turn it around? And why didn’t they do that from the start?


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100%
And another two of those players, Steele and Pendles are mature, smart, damaging players.
A refreshing perspective on the situation amongst the pitch forks herd mentality on here lately.
They have a good spread of talent on their list as well as depth.

I also find it amusing not less than 2 years ago the same herd were saying Teague's game plan was too complex and the players couldn't cope.
Voss comes in and simplifies it and we start winning, now it is not creative, daring, tactical or dare I say "complex" enough.
Yet, McFly's plan works because it is simple...........I'm confused.

The issue is cattle to facilitate the plan and structure as it is being developed.
Do we need to have a more controlled playing style to be able to control the tempo and ultimately make and win finals? 100%
Do we have the players able to effectively do the above plan? With an injury free list (or non injured key personnel to implement) yes.
So if the players needed to play the new plan that has been worked on all summer are not available, then how can we effectively do that?
As I said in the after game thread, the only thing we could've tried was an undermanned F50 with a defensive wall to keep the ball locked in as long as we could.
Or go back to the rush forward at all costs like last season and risk getting smashed on the rebound (which for me was too risky given the personnel shortage).

Very interesting comments from Jordan Lewis on 360 tonight. Basically he said Clarkson more than once, got to round 5 & just said to them, everything we practiced over the summer, it's not working & we're not doing it any more.



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Blindfolds off…?


kindest regards tommi

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that'siti'mnotchangingthistagain......!

Do it!

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

With Lewis, Roughead, Franklin, Hodge, Rioli, Smith, Breust, Gunston, Poppy, Mitchell, Burgoyne and others - sure, go nuts.

Will our mob cope with a mid-season adjustment or flail about like beached whales?

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O say does that star spangled banner yet wave.

Sounds like our mob would be telling the coaches what they want to do and when it suits them to do it

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I think I missed this comment.
Was it when he was talking about Freo performance so far this season?

It was yep. But you could apply it to us because we've got a bit in common with them at the moment

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I just don't undertsand where that run and dash from last year went?

I watched the intra club game in the preseason, and the dare and the speed we moved the ball from the backline was the best I have seen in decades. That was when Williams and Saady were the HB's. Doc wasnt needed. It was truly a revelation. Those 2 players alone showed their wares in round 22 and 23 last year, and we all know we didn't lose those games in defence. My heart sank when Williams did his ACL.

If our 3 Big Forwards would kick straight (ie take a professional approach to kicking at goal with the same process every time) we would have won those 2 games vs Coll and Melb, and beaten Saints on the weekend.

Docherty Saad and Williams make a HUGE difference to our running game, even without Boyd.

Remember Martin, Cottrell and Marchbank in round 22 & 23? They provided plenty of speed and link from defence to forwardline too. Pity we have put our faith in too many injury prone players. Hey, they may come good in the next month. They've been out for so long, they must have been rebuilt...bionics?

I think we still have time to get our best players back to make an impact and make finals.

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You mean from the team that didn’t make the finals and had runs of goals kicked against it regularly?

All summer I had trouble reconciling the popular expectations of Carlton in 2023 with the Carlton I saw in 2022.

I’ve never had any misconceptions about us being anything other than - unfortunately - a work in progress.

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It's never as good as it looks and it's never as bad as it seems.

Get Franklin!

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

Yes true, a work in progress. Which in some respects I struggle with given we are focussed on improvement within - to date I haven’t witnessed any improvement.