Interesting read, thank you.
I found this part interesting.
Maybe it is just a case of simply waiting for the players to work out their own system and build confidence and connection with each other.
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Ball movement blues
It's also worth noting Carlton's ball movement changes this year. Lachie Fogarty signalled the change in the preseason towards a system potentially inspired more by one of their arch-rivals.
"We've had Josh Fraser (assistant coach) come in from Collingwood — obviously a successful club there, and he's looking after our ball movement."
Voss has also talked about moving from a more prescriptive system to allowing players to "play what they see" — a freedom about choices relating to ball movement within a broader framework.
Some of the indicators seem to suggest that this shift is real, with the Blues taking longer kicks, handballing it more often and gaining more than twice the number of handball metres than they did last year.
While they aren't moving it by hand at the same rate as the Gold Coast or Collingwood, there is a marked shift in how they move the ball.
Unfortunately, it hasn't translated to how successfully they've moved the ball up the ground.
Carlton sits in the bottom two at moving the ball from the defensive half to inside 50 and bottom four for moving the ball from defensive 50 to attacking 50. Last year the Blues were in the top half of the competition for both measures.
When they do get the ball in their attacking zone they have struggled to find a target, especially as the game progresses.
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