molsey wrote:
when are Carlton players going to get a bit smarter? I would estimate that at least half of the frees were for high tackles, not hard enough to hurt you, but high. We continue to fall for the James Hird kneel manouvere - we must tackle lower and not allow the guys dropping to their knees a free possession.
While I agree the maggots were F#@%king us around on Sunday I definitely agree with Molesy on his main point.
Too many times we do not go low enough in the tackle so a quick shrug of the shoulders means we a re pinged for head-high. I think Waite is one of the repeat offendors here. He can ruin a lot of the very good work he does just by being careless (that being said, I think he improved on Sunday night compared to the Bummers game).
Prenders and Davies can alos be a bit too reckless.
The other side of the coin (although it is anathema to me seeing a Blues player take a dive) maybe there should be some attention paid to how the Bummes exploit the umpies