Unfortunately we currently play a one dimensional game style that leaves our defence exposed. I posted a while ago (6 weeks?) that we were in the 8 or contending yet we had conceded the second most points.
Teague likes to stretch the ground and to retain forwards deep which creates space but it also makes us predictable and exploitable when the opposition win it back. We play an almost exclusive front half game but you need more than that to prevent the opposition settling in to a defensive system.
Perhaps the training restrictions this year have prevented the ability to diversify but we need to mix it up and get offensive run from our back half as well. Some posters have bemoaned our lack of run from defence. Well, that's the reason why. We don't compress the ground enough in defence so when we bring the ball out, it's either chip kicks or Hail Marys to the contest. 18th in the AFL for uncontested possessions and 17th for handballs. Ask yourself how many goals we've got out the back this year. Very few. Some times you need to get players up the ground, compress the defence and bring the ball out with run. It's great that Teague has a preferred system to play the game but we need more next season.

noice one!

You had a sister play netball?

How about, McGovern...

GS

AFL site - "Blues 2020 Report Card"

https://www.afl.com.au/news/509756

What failed
"Carlton's inability to stop opposition teams from gaining complete control over the contest in a short space of time ruined any chance of finals footy.
The Blues have remarkably now conceded a 30-point run in 18 of David Teague's 28 games in charge, and it cost them dearly this season. Carlton threw away winning positions against Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, West Coast, Collingwood and Greater Western Sydney – not to mention costly periods in defeats to Richmond, St Kilda, Adelaide and Brisbane. How differently are we evaluating the club's campaign if they secure victory in even half of those very winnable games?"

Fully 64% of all games under Teague feature this 5-goal opposition run.

On top of the 25% of opening quarters without a single goal.

There is a coaching-deficit happening Big Time here.

our under12 game plan (using this line all year) does not work alot of teams expect us to boot / long bomb into our fwd 50 we don't mark it turnover and of course with quick ball movement all of a sudden the ball at the end easy goals,being happening for years . Our team defence does not exist. Then you watch good sides have numbers in defence support / run handball we need (our coaches) to somehow introduce this system for 21 .

Nice work getting to 500 posts in less than a month CC1961

That is a STAGGERING statistic. I don't think it's a gameplan issue but more of a work-rate issue.

Just watched the Dogs game and the first quarter against Geelong.
Both were free flowing hard running using the corridor at all opportunities and we slaughtered them.
I have no idea why we stopped attacking the game early on in the year and reverted to the crap short stuff down the line that caused us to win and lose by small margins.

If they play daring footy like that every week and only play chippy chippy when we need to control the pace of the game (e.g. to stop a run on) we should really trouble most sides.

If we look at the teams who are still in it, they all play run and carry football and back themselves forward of the footy. Teams who play slow are mid-table and below.