Who would you ppls play on Judd - Sugar or someone else?
Captain Kane Johnson will be the man handed the job of marking Chris Judd in his first serious game for Carlton - Link.
I think we should leave Judd and worry about getting the ball ourselves!! We should play a quick group of players in the middle and tell them to play on at all costs and get the ball quickly to the forward line. I also think that the time has come to get rid of this loose man in defence crap and back ourselves in.
The whole game plan should focus on using our leg speed to advantage- play on at all costs and get it quick to pre-determined spots in the forward zone, BUT NOT wide to the flanks. That way, even poor thinkers (like JON) on the field know what is expected of them and they will move it on quickly or get dropped. They cannot prop and stop, which is when they get into trouble!
Honestly, I am totally sick of this chippy chippy backwards and sideways crap we have seen for the last year or so, and by the time we do actually get it forward (or turn it over), a wall has been built by the opposition (see the St Kilda NAB Cup gameplan for us) in front of our forwards. Time to beat the stop Richo tactics. Hell, even Cleve and Schulzy can lead to pre-determined spots away from Richo and be a strong chance of getting the footy
IF we move it fast!!!
I am of the opinion that Tambling, Foley and Deledio should be played on ball, along with Tucky and Cogs when fit. Speed to getaway from clearances is the key and fast movement of the footy is what we should build our game plan on, not this possession rubbish we have been sitting through. I guess the aforementioned players have to be good enough to get the ball at clearance type situations, but I believe that Tambo, Foley Cogs and Tucky certainly are and read ball-ups well, Deledio will be too, as will Connors and Edwards and Cotchin. Even Joel could play in there as he has the nouse to find the footy in traffic and use it to advantage to the speedsters. We have to play to our strengths and using speed is it. I also think our forward line is potent enough,
if we get it in there quickly.
Time to back ourselves in, and get away from tagging. Let them have to worry about tagging our players.