YesitwasaWin4theAges

Interested to see how Joel Smith goes about it tonight. Hope he clunks a few and can apply some tackling pressure when it goes to ground. We need to find our system and method tonight going forward.

He sure is trying out there.

I actually dont mind Schache as a defender, he's playing well as a forward but i would play him higher on Mckay and May on Curnow. Suspect that the brains trust will go with Tomlinson before Shaq though. Thommo also is good form. We definitely need to form the defensive triangle 🔺️ of May, Lever, Petty or Thommo again.

I know a win is a win, but if we are fair dinkum serious this year it just has to be a 5+ goal victory Friday Night.

We have definitely changed the way we play in one of the defensive transition aspects of our game. We have sagged off on our half field press. We longer have a defensive wall outside 50 for those dump kicks. This is mainly because teams are being coached to either handball out or hit up players with 15-20 m chip kicks exiting when our F50 lacks tackle pressure. Having said that Freo on the weekend did dump kick on 4-5 occassions and landed directly into Freo hands then they were off. This is a direct result of our hard press being released and why you see us out numbered in the middle third of the ground.. Oppo teams have definitely worked us out hitting shorter targets with their kicks especially in board where we have no strong zone coverage in the center square what so ever. Whilst we had our chances to win both games against Powa and Freo our weakness in our mid zone compressing coverage this year and last has allow team to be more brave against us and kick through once a strength now a major weakness.

He kick 4 that game and was close to best on.

The AFL really want Carltank to stay relevant and alive in this year's season.

Is their best player playing Friday Night?

Do Carlton run the MRO Panel?

I can't ever remember a Melbourne home and away season game being Sold Out. So this is official?

Tmac from 2021 would be very handy right about now.

That's because a certain Third tall isn't playing next to him.

Great reporting as usual Kev, im sure the brains trust will come up with something to cure our Forward line, Stoppages and clearance worries.🙏

Would be a disaster by the medical team to allow Clarry to play before Kings Bday regardless of the Brownlow. Monday June 12th will be the 24th day since his hammy strain, it will be healed nicely if his rehab goes to plan.

Have they put the BBQ on to say sorry we have lost 2 in a row? 😋

I don't know how he gathered 19 but his kicking game was a disaster.

These defensive stoppage miskicks in the last 2 weeks have cost us big. Its the by-product of teams placing extra pressure in our D50 and Dee players 💩 the bed.

That's what cuts me the most about today.

We need a third tall down back.

May keeps getting dragged outside of F50 needs to stay at home. Missing that third tall in Petty chasing the lead up forward outside 50. I don't watch enough VFL footy is Joel Smith worth a crack up forward if BBB is cooked?

Im a relatively positive person but unfortunately today didn't feel me with any sort of warmth or positivity. We have a multitude of issues that we are getting exposed on from personnel, stoppages, clearance, forward 50 entries, dysfunctional forward line etc. We have the same problems as last year unfortunately. Lose to Carlton friday night and this joint were burn to the ground.

It's been a while, but start getting used to it again.

Good for @Orion a gold stamp for you.

We are not a quick side at all, we are starting to drop easy marks, we are easily bypassed, we are just to easy to play against. Our Forward line is a mess, our stoppage work is third world. We are in a world of hurt.

We are just a good team that can turn it on once in a while that's all. 5th or 6th best team in it, fallen to bottom of the 8.