Carltons Team Balance .... 4th Worst For Points Against..... Is It Fixable? 

Brilliant stuff, Pommy... the numbers don't lie. Let's hope the Blues Brain Trust is taking note👍!

I’m sold on this plan. Great analysis.

Amazing video Pom! Thank you for putting in the effort and making us nuffies understand the nuances of the game. Appreciate you mate!

Love this data based approach Pom! We definitely need a tweak around the edges however maintain our 1 Wood strength in the middle as you’ve detailed. Providing Cerra and others with more defined roles / jobs in game when not in midfield be it defensive or attacking will bare fruit.

Thanks for a great video Pom, as always. This one really provides a deeper understanding of the slight nuances of the game.

i KNOW YOU'RE SPLITBALLING, BUT GOOD FOR YOU, YOUR SYNOPSIS IS CONVINCING. I think Vossy is always thinking and trying stuff, and with more players available I'm sure he knows he has a lot of options he would like to try out, but he needs to find his best 23 by round 21, and let them gel. As you said, we are not far away from the best, and in the top 6 in important metrics. The past is the past. With our 2nd place seemingly in jeopardy I think Voss will make the hard calls and I look forward to this evolution of Carlton circa 2024. Great analysis Pom. Process driven. Love it.

Wow this is incredibly insightful! Great video mate 💙

I can’t follow everything you’ve said but you clearly know your stuff and the data. What I do take out of this is that we shouldn’t have dropped George Hewitt!!

I think you're on the right track here. Ollie is all role and no game(that will come). Getting Cerra and resting/switch Walsh might mean we will play that wing more(less predictable) i was thinking HB but couldn't figure out the other magnets to move, using Cerra effectively as a loose defender from the wing make more sense. I honestly think he's perfect for the role. Walsh, less so,but he would play more like Gulden does.

There is one thing missing from all the stats and lineup talk: actual setup around the ball in specific situations and movement once the ball goes up....okay two things. There are two things missing from the stats and lineup talk: actual setup around the ball in specific situations, movement once the ball goes up, and how the boys interact with what their direct opponent....okay, three things. There are three things....well, you get the idea. We get it right and destroy the opposition. Then for some reason this falls away and they're wrestling, moving the wrong way, rushing, nobody is available to receive, and so on. Also, for much of the successful run last year and earlier this year, we had an extra pair of hands on the defensive side (usually Newman or Docherty), and sometimes on the other side. That's gone now. When it's all cooking, they move with purpose with the assigned bull going for the ball, one guy holding space, and the third moving to provide a helpful angle. Variations on this are when the ruckman grabs the ball and disposes properly (rather than tipping straight to an opponent) and tapping it to ground in space where a teammate has the advantage. That's mostly all gone recently. This time even giving the opposition so much time and space that Bont or someone can simply waltz in and steal in from a Blues player's hands. Or we're on the wrong side of the play entirely because we're reacting to the physical play of the opponent and not to what's happening with the ball. We know what works, and have done it over and over. Now it stopped and we're reacting instead of leading. IMHO this is similar to the weird lineup choices lately, and possibly instruction on defensive setup behind the ball in the forward half. I don't know how much of the latter is instruction and how much is the players just not paying attention to each other and leaving that gap or not putting the numbers where they're needed around stoppages. Point is, I think Voss and his staff are fiddling with lineups in reaction to what they're afraid of, as if they're listening to the chatterati in fan fora and videos going on about how we're too slow, lacking skills and all that BS. Reacting to some perceived threat and messing up chemistry rather than having the confidence to be what we are and let the @#$%ing opponent adjust instead. You didn't see Geelong constantly mix it up to go with what the opposition might do in their flag year, nor Melbourne in theirs. Voss certainly did experience that back when he was captain for three in a row. I can name great NBA teams that go into games saying, this is us, @#$% you, you adapt to us. I want two rucks most of the time and the Fab Five and proper rotations around positions, get the damn spacing right, move in concert rather than allowing your opponent to dictate everything. This is so much more mental than physical. Specific guys sacrifice their body, while others have the role of receiver, blocking (not the ruck, rules is rules), or being the extractor. It's a simple game, don't make it complicated, and don't try to find something that isn't there when you know what damn well works. I'm saying that last bit to Voss and his staff and players, not directed at you with the analysis.

Appreciate the effort you put into the content you put out. Informative an devoid of emotion keep it up

Very informative!

Thanks Dan. Good to get George back in and start to use Kennedy correctly. I guess Pitto goes out. Does Cunners get a run? He is a very different skillset to Ollie. He might swap with Cotters.

Midfield failure the last two weeks, maybe time to try the other Durdin down back, definite drop Marchbank, Pitto, O Hollands and Cottrel. Hewitt, Motlop, Carrol IN. IF we don't have a defensive midfield against the North mids, who are very good, we will get pantsed worse than we did against the Doggies. We have gone from A-grade midfield to D-grade in two weeks. Cerra and Walshy letting the team down, are both injured?

love the analysis and plan. Does this mean Cotters on the wing more and then comes out for Doc if he can get up? Love Matt Kennedy but I expect hes the mid who misses out when Martin comes back, unless they sacrifice the tag role and drop Cincotta. Do you think the incredible form of Cerra last year came at the expense of Walsh? Or is it worth trying to get back to last years set up (Hewett/Cripps/Walsh/Cerra but with TDK instead of Pitto) even if it means losing Cincotta as a tagger (or Cincotta tagging interceptors and dropping a Fogarty or Cottrell)? Very interested to see what blues best team looks like to end the year. Thanks for the analysis and content. Always good

Too many leaked goals from the midfield. This is why I love Hewett. His defending in the middle is amazing. Need to stop the easy reply goals and those shots on the run from the middle to 50.

Very interesting. Thanks.

If Pom was a spectator in my early days as a Collingwood fan, he’d be taping Collingwood games that are played on Friday and Saturday nights to watch early the next morning just so he can watch Alan Didak (but would still be Carlton because of his Father-in-law’s policy) but Pom would still be a big Alan Didak fan nonetheless

Pommy I wouldn’t worry about points against cos we will just outscore the opposition. We are the 2nd highest scoring team to counter the points against. We should really win our next 6, which means we have out scored our opponents and finish 2nd. The stat that every team that has won flag in last 20 years has been top 6 for points against is irrelevant in this situation. We could finish 2nd and still be bottom 6 for points against. Once finals start ,if we win, once again we will just out score our opponents . We just have to get it right in finals

I cant see how this wouldn't be a vast improvement on our current team balance

Where does Cuningham fit here if at all?

So are you saying play Cerra as an outside midfielder/ winger ?

Cerra. How interesting