Carlton’s powerlessness to arrest Adelaide’s savage early onslaught, followed by prolonged bouts of inefficiency at the other end, left the Blues bearing a big black eye to open Gather Round.
“I thought our preparation was really good,” he said. “We had a great opportunity to kick off that [Gather Round] weekend with this game, so there was going to be extra focus and scrutiny ... and we were looking forward to that.“When the whips are cracking, you’ve got to be there at the start, and we just weren’t.”Carlton finished ahead in clearances and inside-50s , but were never as damaging or clean as Adelaide in either of those areas.
“Going inside 50 we were completely inefficient and every time they [the Crows] went in, it felt they were going to score,” Voss said.“We tip our hat to our opposition, they were too good. We needed to turn up better than that.” The Blues were dealt a body blow 10 minutes before the bounce when key defender Mitch McGovern withdrew with calf tightness., who endured a rare downer, sat out the closing stages with hamstring tightness.’s return from back surgery and human glove Nic Newman adding Izak Rankine to his swelling list of victims, which already includes Toby Greene.
“He [Walsh] has been a complete professional over a period of time and can go do that when he hasn’t played a game of footy at all,” Voss said.Adelaide skipper Jordan Dawson and engine room heartbeat Rory Laird combined for 69 disposals, 16 clearances and 15 tackles, while taking turns in torching Carlton skipper Patrick Cripps, who admitted “they [the Crows] punched us in the nose and got the head start”.
“Thursday night footy, with every single football person in the state, there was a fair bit going on and our group handled it so maturely.”
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