WB Game Day V Carlton R2 2022

[Hotdog60]

Not sure, Weitering was always going to be a tough match-up for him.

It's more about defence than attack

[comrade]

I think this needs to be acknowledged. They have a far better balance

That’s a huge issue with us right now. We seem to be trying to go against traditional wisdom and play with a side that is totally unbalanced. Way too mid heavy, which you can maybe get away with if your key position players are stars but beyond Naughton, ours are either below average or woefully out of form. We also lack natural goal kicking talent.

We’re paying for the sins of the past few trade periods where we didn’t go hard enough for quality key position talent.

If the next few weeks go like I think they will, it’s time to cash in the chips and let the likes of Jones, Bedendo, Sweet etc play.

[chef]

I think this needs to be acknowledged. They have a far better balance

Wonder how Liam Jones is feeling. They aren't a boring team to watch.

[bornadog]

Second quarter they played all over us and we were then playing catch-up

[soupman]

Clearances were terrible in the last quarter. We did an ok job of nullifying them in defence all things considered but we didn't look like stopping them. English played well in patches but even with the improvmeent from last week in the ruck he struggled and especially once tired had no effect.

Also how frustrating is it watching bloody Pittonet tear us up in there. I know when you ask the question of why haven't we grabbed another ruck some people pull out the "well maybe we tried but nobody good wanted to come". Are they serious? A ruck like bloody Pittonet would be a massive upgrade on our stocks and wouldn't even be expensive in trade value or contract value. Infuriating that this is still an issue.

[GVGjr]

If Bevo doesn’t play another ruck next week I’m done with him for good. Don’t care how many finals he takes us too if you can’t play a competent team structure you won’t get there to begin with

Don't hold your breath there Vred.
We needed that mature key forward who could provide a chop out for English but we never tried to get one. Same with a ruck man.

[DOG GOD]

We are carrying way too many passengers.
Vanders I’m looking at you. 4 kicks and 1 tackle. Bye bye.

[whythelongface]

Agree. It's what I noticed, especially early on. Where do we get it from? Surely there is someone other than Libba.

Libba was about it. Macrae was also getting his hands on the ball. Do we need Wallis in there? We need some mongrel.

[DOG GOD]

Jamarra, Hannan, Naughton, ZERO tackles between them.

[soupman]

That’s a huge issue with us right now. We seem to be trying to go against traditional wisdom and play with a side that is totally unbalanced. Way too mid heavy, which you can maybe get away with if your key position players are stars but beyond Naughton, ours are either below average or woefully out of form. We also lack natural goal kicking talent.

The other issue as has been repeatedly exposed in the last 3 games is that despite all our $$$ and stars being in the midfield we still get slaightered in there on a regular basis. We've unbalanced our team to overload our midfield, and yet against the good teams it's almost our biggest liability.

You've got to wonder if we'd be better turning one or two of our star mids into a cheaper option who can play a role better. Hewett is the obvious example of someone who could give us a different mix in there.

[Vred]

Don't hold your breath there Vred.
We needed that mature key forward who could provide a chop out for English but we never tried to get one. Same with a ruck man.

Sweet or Martin in for Cordy
McNeil or Jones/Bendeno in for VDM
Wallis in for Roake

another step in the right direction to have a half decent team setup

[bornadog]

We were 12-5 and ended 13-12. Wow 1-7 pretty much in the last. You can’t win games like that.

2/7 and how many were set shots

[DOG GOD]

unless we have some 140-30 games like last season we have pretty much worked our way out of top 4 on percentage already.

Agree. No chance with our poor %

[FrediKanoute]

Can’t win if you miss shots.

4 set shots missed in the last 8 minutes of a game - 2 to Dunks2 to Naughts.......

[bornadog]

Carlton beat us at our own game Cont poss and clearances plus more disposals