Pea heart players, or boys bodies against men, whatever, the players lost a lot of battles.
Someone in the Pies rooms said after the match the Pies decided to block the corridor and the blues kept wanting to go through the corridor.
That happened 2 years ago when Vossy was ridiculed and laughed at by Sidebottom for Carlton arrogantly choosing to go doen the corridor and kicking to Moore all game. I think he took 15 intercept/ non contested marks in that game.
Voss has fallen on his sword. Repeating the same action and not thinking quick enough to change proceedings is on Voss. He has instructed the players and the players are too dumb to see a road block ahead, or they have been instructed to do so, in the hope some get through.
Well Vossy, hardly any went through in the 3rd. I couldn't believe we were trying to break the wall in the contest with forward handballs. They looked good, only to be defended by Pies numbers behind the ball. The were hitting a wall, ad nauseum. It was crazy to see after 10 minutes, because nothing changed from Carlton.
Embarrassing. Moreso, embarrassing is I expect Vossy to continue to play "his way" next week, like he does, next half, when the players know oppo coaches will, as usual, plan to counter "his way".
That's arrogance and stubborness.
As for the players ... see Sydney Blues list above. Cripps wasn't right, and poor guy, he gets held by oppo when he doesn't have the ball. That has to stop. Happens to Cerra and walshy. Rarely to Hewett. It has to stop. Fix the rules AFL
We can turn this around, if we and when we coach to win the game.
I use to really like Nick Daicos till I saw him baiting our players and hitting them off the ball...no one really retaliated in a smart way.