jim wrote:
Sydney Blue wrote:
Blue Vain wrote:
SurreyBlue wrote:
jim wrote:
Just watching Talking Footy.
Lions had 309 uncontested possession and 24 marks inside 50. That's off the chart!
They were showing highlights of how we were zoning and showing how, as Carey said, we had absolutely no idea where we should be standing and positioning ourselves. Just totally lost as to what to do. He said the message, whatever he's teaching, is just not getting though using that style of play.
Bingo. My concern of late. It’s nothing to do with age but more confusion of our game plan. Real worry but some of us didn’t need Duck to tell us.
BB needs to address this ASAP!
Really?
Rowe, Jones, Murphy, Lamb, Silvagni, Petrevski Seton, Thomas.
They've probably played a total of about 40 games in defence between them. How observant of Carey.
Put Docherty, Simpson, Alex Silvagni, Plowman, Williamson, Byrne in there and if they're struggling, get back to me. The smalls in there are our midfielders plugging holes. They've probably never played defence in their lives let alone having no experienced heads in there, giving them instruction.
Point of order here BV - they smashed us up there last year and in the team was
Docherty Simpson Plowman Williamson Cunningham and MacCreadie Weitering
and we had Mackay Casboult Curnow forward
And just to shut Jim up - Kruezer was the only ruckman
Next excuse please
Tell me the man of steel wasn't available
Agree.
Injuries would be an excuse if we won 5-6 games as, after last year, we rightly could expect to win 8 or 9 given a normal run of injuries. Never an excuse for one win though. We look a lost rabble our there with no idea of what we should be doing and a game plan that we are not capable of pulling off, especially with the team selection. That's coaching!
Well we lost Gibbs and Docherty and weren't able to get two comparable replacements were we?
The data analysts said this slump was likely:
http://aflnation.com.au/2018/02/01/are- ... heartache/Are Carlton looking at another season of heartache?
AFL Nation - Thu, 1st Feb 2018 - 0 Comments
Champion Data expert Glenn Luff believes Carlton could be set for another difficult season in 2018, possibly falling down the ladder.
The Blues finished 16th in 2017, only ahead of the Gold Coast Suns and wooden spooners the Brisbane Lions.
Speaking to Sportsday, Luff explained why Blues fans should not expect a rapid rise any time soon.
“I think there’s every chance down a bit more,” Luff said.
“We’ve got Carlton with one elite player and that’s Sam Docherty… He won’t be there.”
As well as losing Docherty to a season-ending knee injury, Carlton will also be without Bryce Gibbs, who was traded to Adelaide at the end of last season.
In order to improve in 2018, Luff believes Carlton need to work on keeping the ball in their forward half.
He added: “We talk about the territory game and playing the ball in your half, well they don’t play the game in their half.
“They need to be able to generate more entries and get a bigger score on the board because they were ranked 18th for points for (in 2017).”
On Wednesday, the Blues announced an eight-man leadership group, led by Marc Murphy.