Jacob Weitering is without doubt one of the league’s finest one-on-one defenders, however he wasn’t at his finest every week after hurting his ankle in opposition to North Melbourne. Weitering was seen in discussions with the membership’s medical employees about his ankle simply minutes earlier than the opening bounce. That insecurity could have impacted his capability to physique up, strengthened when he couldn’t go together with Mitch Georgiades in a vital marking contest.
David King, a twin North Melbourne premiership participant, stated Weitering needed to be stronger.
“Physique on physique, Weitering is the larger physique, he [Georgiades] simply loses him. He [Weitering] has received to be stronger than that to disclaim Georgiades the clear run and soar on the ball,” King stated on Fox Footy.
Seven’s skilled commentator Kane Cornes added: “Nicely, he’d be annoyed by that, Michael Voss, since you ought to be capable of defend that. Weitering simply wasn’t bodily sufficient.”
It wasn’t signal for the Blues when their premier defender was crushed so simply. Weitering was later switched off Georgiades.
Acres misses a regulation shot
Second time period
The Blues wanted to regroup within the second time period, and had a golden alternative early when Blake Acres marked a chipped kick from Patrick Cripps. Acres has booted some huge objectives for the Blues however, on this event, botched a regulation shot from 40m on a slight angle.
Acres wasn’t the one Blue responsible of creating … a blue in entrance of purpose. How on earth did Curnow’s shot for purpose from the suitable pocket find yourself out on the complete within the left pocket with simply over a minute remaining within the recreation?
Motlop caught ‘plodding’
Third time period
Late within the third time period, with the Blues trailing by 10 objectives, small ahead Jesse Motlop fails to man up on Joe Richards, and even factors to close by teammate Orazio Fantasia to take the Energy runner. Richards, in the meantime, pushes ahead from the defensive 50 metre line, the place he began on Motlop, to the wing to mark, the Energy quickly celebrating one other purpose to Willie Rioli.
Riewoldt, in commentary, takes purpose at Motlop.
“Simply take a look at Jesse Motlop right here. You speak in regards to the little issues right here. Joe Richards runs previous him, that there’s not attempting. Simply attempting at hand it off to another person to do your job, plodding by means of, Richards runs previous him and places 50m on him,” Riewoldt stated.
“This ball goes to the opposite finish. You marvel why Carlton’s backs are beneath stress. It’s efforts like these which are irritating Michael Voss.”
McGovern goes for purpose as an alternative of in search of a teammate
Closing time period
Charlie Curnow finds McGovern in the suitable ahead pocket. As a substitute of centring the ball, McGovern opts for a tricky test facet shot at purpose, the ball ending out on the complete within the reverse pocket.
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“He had gamers on, 30m from purpose, for the chip move, and he put himself earlier than the workforce. He may have chipped it, I believe, to [Zac] Williams unopposed 30 metres from purpose,” King stated on Fox.
Cornes, on Seven, couldn’t imagine that McGovern had missed the purpose.
“More durable to not rating a purpose than a rating a purpose there. When Curnow took possession of that ball, that they had two gamers – Docherty and McGovern – nearly working into an open purpose. The Curnow kick was poor. However you may’t be an AFL footballer lacking that shot beneath no stress by 20 metres out on the complete,” Cornes stated.
