see I disagree, transplant this game plan onto Collingwood (for example) and there run of wins would evaporate, in fact I'd back us to beat them as long as we were playing some semblance of a game that from the opening bounce included urgency in all aspects of football.

see I disagree, transplant this game plan onto Collingwood (for example) and there run of wins would evaporate, in fact I'd back us to beat them as long as we were playing some semblance of a game that from the opening bounce included urgency in all aspects of football.

Transplant Collingwood's gameplan onto this group of players and it'd fail just as hard as whatever it is they're doing now.

At least it would be better to watch, and the players might even start to enjoy themselves in parts of games.

What’s the point in trying to play an ultra defensive game if your players neither have the discipline to execute nor the strength to hold tackles?

At least it would be better to watch, and the players might even start to enjoy themselves in parts of games.

What’s the point in trying to play an ultra defensive game if your players neither have the discipline to execute nor the strength to hold tackles?

Buckley says it is not a coaching issue.
Of course he would say that.
He says it is because of Harry and Charlie.
Of course they carry a fair bit of the blame for Fri night.
But equally do the coaches not play a role in kicking skills?
At the end of the day it is coaches who cop it in the neck.
Maybe Nathan has forgotten that.

Harry & Charlie can blame their kicking skills on the coaches.

These guys have to be held to account for their set shot kicking.

I dont blame Vossy one bit for their kicking woes. They're full time professionals.

At least it would be better to watch, and the players might even start to enjoy themselves in parts of games.

What’s the point in trying to play an ultra defensive game if your players neither have the discipline to execute nor the strength to hold tackles?

At least it would be better to watch, and the players might even start to enjoy themselves in parts of games.

What’s the point in trying to play an ultra defensive game if your players neither have the discipline to execute nor the strength to hold tackles?

Be amazing to watch a gameplan based on fast ball movement and players surging forward executed with handballs at feet and kicks floating over heads......

Fixing those structural defensive issues was a critical issue for Voss, but perhaps not the only one.

Overall, the signs seem positive for Carlton so far this year.

Carlton are setting up more cautiously at contests and not racing ahead prematurely.

Most prominently, the Blues seem to be defending the counter-attack more effectively.

This has included deploying the spare defenders able to assist in closing down those high-value, one-on-one opportunities.

It has taken away a little bit of the sting of their attack from turnovers but, in turn, they can stop opponents from putting up cricket scores.

It's not just the defence that has improved so far this year.

Voss — as one of the most-damaging clearance players of his era — has an innate eye on not only how to win the hard ball but also how to make it useful.

At Port Adelaide, he helped to develop the Power group into one of the strongest in the competition, one that focused on both sides of the ball.

This strength has transferred over to the Blues' early season form.

So far this year, Carlton has had one of the most-damaging clearance set-ups of any team in the competition.