Jones has actually conceded goals in both of his last two games against Bruce and Hooker. He's also played some decent footy in both those games. It's been a few weeks since his balance of attack and defence has worked.

And yes, we played Docherty on a wing at stages on Sunday with the intention of his folding back to be a spare man. A lot of the time it worked (he got 31 touches)... but when it doesn't work it can hurt us. We do play a zone defence that relies on the midfield either winning the ball or forcing a quick kick to a waiting defender. When we lose the contest, defenders can get caught out between opposition players, unsure whether to stick to their man or move to the next player. This is why we coughed up so many goals early against Essendon** - both Jones and Weitering were occupying space rather than standing next to their man for long periods.

So, as always.... it comes down to the midfield.

Kennedy has failed as an inside mid
Where he has done best is as a third tall up forward

Setterfield came to Carlton with bigwraps
What was he pick 5 in theAFL draft.
Does his ACL so there are excuses
We gave up a pick in the low 20s( future second rounder) and Nathan Kreuger
Thank god Kreuger hasn’t delivered ( due to injury) otherwise another catastrophic trade

Here is my take on Setterfield
His only real position as a mid is inside. He is a plodder whose kicking lacks penetration
He has good vision in close but simply doesn’t get it enough
An inside mid who consistently gets it under 20 times is not good enough
He lacks strength in close

The big thing for me with Setterfield and Kennedy is they have been around a while
Cripps Curnow and Walsh can’t play well every week
These 2 don’t pick it up when they have to lift to pick up the slack
That’s why Kennedy was delisted and rookied and that’s why they are both in the magoos
They should be blitzing it in the VFL given their reputations

To me they are good VFL players who might play the occasional reasonable game at AFL level

Once again I say
Thanks SOS

Someone on twitter responded to this with:

"For context (which doesn’t seem to matter at Fox) Carlton are 16 points down at the 26 min mark of the last quarter.

I daresay Jones is waiting for the potential switch kick if they win back possession to attack up the middle of the ground.

Carlton need 3 goals in 4 mins."

Might have been someone who posts here very occasionally

Deepest midfield in the AFL v the shallowest. Surprised the margin was only 16 points actually

When we get in front we're like a nerd at a nightclub when a hot girl comes up & talks to him. We just can't believe it's happening to us & don't know what the hell to do...



Not that I know that bloke or anything

When we get in front we're like a nerd at a nightclub when a hot girl comes up & talks to him. We just can't believe it's happening to us & don't know what the hell to do...



Not that I know that bloke or anything

i wont shy away from our bad choke, but given the results of the doggies - aints game today, perhaps we did better than we all thought

Not sure it's a good idea to measure ourselves against St Kilda atm...

We’ve been doing it since 2000. They have been our benchmark team in rebuilds.