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I was just watching through some Carlton videos on YouTube, and the one regarding Matthew Kreuzer really caught my eye for reasons aside from Kreuzer (although, a lot concern him), reasons that have got me thinking that our scoreline on the weekend was no fluke.
Watch it closely, these plays are executed so well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RHjrFzLma0
Clip 1: Matthew Kreuzer: Was able to tap the ball to Carlton's favour and get himself forward into space (much space!).
Chris Judd: Picked up the ball, went in the direction that he needed to get the ball forward instead of trying to crash through the pack and get to the forward line silly, irresponsible way. I also liked the way he wasn't thinking 'Fevola', and went to the smaller target instead of looking for a tall.
Jordan Russel: So much for Chris Judd not getting the sheppards that made him a star at West Coast, Russel did the smart thing and we were rewarded for it.
Eddie Betts: Smart, smart thinking, didn't look to the goals, he looked all over the forward 50 and got rid of the ball quickly to our favour.
Clip 2: Matthew Kreuzer: Able to rove the tap and do the smart thing in kicking it forward instead of piss farting about with the ball in the centre.
Marc Murphy: He kept his head and didn't just fire out a silly handball, waited until there was a man in blue.
Richard Hadley: Quick hands, quick hands, quick hands. He was able to initiate the play due to what? Quick hands.
Ryan Houlihan: Same boat at Murphy, didn't lose his head and got the looping handball to the running, free man in Stevens who was able to kick the goal.
Clip 3: Matthew Kreuzer, Nick Stevens and Richard Hadley: All of these boys pressured the Essendon midfielders and closed down on them, leaving the Essendon player to go nowhere and have no options.
Matthew Kreuzer: Able to pick up the ball from the ground quickly (amazing in itself) and give it off to again, the running Nick Stevens, aswell as applying the sheppard.
Nick Stevens: He went in the pack, and out the otherside. Such a smart footballer.
Clip 4: Matthew Kreuzer: He was smart enough to get himself behind the pack, ready to rove the ball. He was always one step ahead of the Essendon defenders.
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This one video shows me that, we're not as bad as a lot of people think we are at the moment. We're thinking mature at the moment, it's just when we get out in front, we get confused.
And of course, the point of this thread; I love the way that our boys are thinking 'sheppards', a topic covered in the pre-season, and something that opposition supporters didn't think that we had the ability to do with such precision. In the above clip, all of the running plays involve smart sheppards and ultimately, ending in shots on goal.
Thoughts?
Watch it closely, these plays are executed so well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RHjrFzLma0
Clip 1: Matthew Kreuzer: Was able to tap the ball to Carlton's favour and get himself forward into space (much space!).
Chris Judd: Picked up the ball, went in the direction that he needed to get the ball forward instead of trying to crash through the pack and get to the forward line silly, irresponsible way. I also liked the way he wasn't thinking 'Fevola', and went to the smaller target instead of looking for a tall.
Jordan Russel: So much for Chris Judd not getting the sheppards that made him a star at West Coast, Russel did the smart thing and we were rewarded for it.
Eddie Betts: Smart, smart thinking, didn't look to the goals, he looked all over the forward 50 and got rid of the ball quickly to our favour.
Clip 2: Matthew Kreuzer: Able to rove the tap and do the smart thing in kicking it forward instead of piss farting about with the ball in the centre.
Marc Murphy: He kept his head and didn't just fire out a silly handball, waited until there was a man in blue.
Richard Hadley: Quick hands, quick hands, quick hands. He was able to initiate the play due to what? Quick hands.
Ryan Houlihan: Same boat at Murphy, didn't lose his head and got the looping handball to the running, free man in Stevens who was able to kick the goal.
Clip 3: Matthew Kreuzer, Nick Stevens and Richard Hadley: All of these boys pressured the Essendon midfielders and closed down on them, leaving the Essendon player to go nowhere and have no options.
Matthew Kreuzer: Able to pick up the ball from the ground quickly (amazing in itself) and give it off to again, the running Nick Stevens, aswell as applying the sheppard.
Nick Stevens: He went in the pack, and out the otherside. Such a smart footballer.
Clip 4: Matthew Kreuzer: He was smart enough to get himself behind the pack, ready to rove the ball. He was always one step ahead of the Essendon defenders.
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This one video shows me that, we're not as bad as a lot of people think we are at the moment. We're thinking mature at the moment, it's just when we get out in front, we get confused.
And of course, the point of this thread; I love the way that our boys are thinking 'sheppards', a topic covered in the pre-season, and something that opposition supporters didn't think that we had the ability to do with such precision. In the above clip, all of the running plays involve smart sheppards and ultimately, ending in shots on goal.
Thoughts?
