DesEnglish wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
jake_h03 wrote:
Our list has clear deficiencies that have never been addressed. We lack a key defender to help weitering. We lack a class small forward yet we recruit 10 ordinary ones and hope one will work out. and a Fwd Ruck to allow us to keep our 2 guns fas targets. The list across the board lacks powerful runners. We’ve got guys who can cover distance, but they’re dainty little long distance runners, not guys who can break lines. Go watch Callaghan at GWS to see what breaking lines with run can do.
But mostly, we lack any semblance of a strategy moving the ball. The reason there are so many blind dump kicks both out of defence or into the forward line is because the players have NFI what they are supposed to be doing. We do not have a system of player movement to create a free man at all times. We do not have a strategy to create space for players to run into. We do not have a plan to catch the opposition defence off guard by moving the ball quickly and unpredictably. The players on the ground should be like 18 cells of a single organism. Every movement should have a purpose and relate to the movement of the other 17 cells.
What we have is u12 style, get the ball, pass it around one or twice and then bomb it as long as you can and hope for the best. This happens because we do not have a game plan that provides players with the right option. Either that or the instruction actually is just to kick it long to an outnumbered forward. Not sure which is worse. Either way it is abundantly clear that Voss and/or whichever assistants are responsible for the game plan and overall strategy for ball and player movement are nowhere near up to it. If their strategy, whatever it is, does actually work, they are unable to get the players to execute it. 4 years is more than enough, especially with a mature list littered with all Australians.
I saw a stat that in our last 10 games we are 2-8, with our only 2 wins coming against Norf and West Coast. We genuinely could be on the cusp of bottom 4 with our first pick already traded out. Let that sink in
Are you coming around to the idea that it’s the coach Bondi? You’ve been pretty staunch in your defence.
I don't know what goes on in the coaches box.
I am sure I have heard the term line coaches, tactician, strategist, opposition intel, motivation...I don't think its all the one person.
Forward entry is ongoing BIG issue for the team. Sort that out and we have a winning combo.
We won everything except on the scoreboard and the ruck ... we broke even, but Nankervis was very effective.
Harry and Charlie are bonafide good targets. Its all the stuff around them and the stuff coming in which is the problem.
If that's Vossy's fault, then I'm all for questioning him, but I don't think it is. The small forwards have always been overrated since Betts days.
Motlop, Evans, Fogarty ... don't inspire me. IMO, we carry them. they are not dangerous enough, and if they don't apply pressure and tackle, they are of no use to us.
Willims is the only small forward I want in, and Fantasia has won me over this preseason. I don't like carrying the former 3 players regardless of perceived potential. So who else have we got to replace them? No names. That's who. Bring on the no names. We need goals, speed and tackles from our small forwards, and a stronger presence from our KPFs. Harry was pushed off line too easily by a 20yo last night. WTF was that? Vossy's fault? Was it Vossy who slipped over or missed the tackle? or kicked it OOF? or missed the target by hand and foot?
Complacency was set before the game started, even at half time for most Carlton players and fans. Is that Vossy's fault. he may have read them the riot act, but in the end, maybe these guys are as soft as Sydney Blue maintains.
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