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Pre-season's back, and you can't wipe the smile off Marc Pittonet's face
Marc Pittonet spoke to Carlton Media after a gruelling return session at IKON Park.
I think it may be to get an idea of the numbers, but I could be wrong.
What was a joke last year was when they held an open training session in January, and the only section they had open on arrival was the ground level terracing in the hot sun on a 27 degree day. The Legends Stand of course was under cover but they weren't allowing anyone to sit in the shaded area for whatever reason - and actually had a security guy turning people back who had the audacity of wanting to sit in the shade.
It was only through the efforts of Terry BlueAbroad who spoke to a few club officials - who then made the decision to open up the stand and allow people to sit in the shaded area.
As much as I love the club to death, sometimes they treat the supporters pretty poorly, and have done so for many years. One day I may even tell the story of the letter I sent to the club back in the early 80's expressing my concern of the way they were treating supporters during the year, and the letter of response personally signed by Ian Collins which would make you hair curl
Open the whole ground and you gotta pay cleaners to clean the whole ground.
Open one section and you only have to pay cleaners to clean one section.
Always remember the bottom line
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“That’s our identity”: Pittonet on contest and pressure focused pre-season
Marc Pittonet spoke to Carlton Media about the first few seasons back from the break as well as about attending the annual AFLPA delegates conference.
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all I can say is thank **** for pitto - geez, he looks and sounds fresh and enthusiastic........I'm on the pitto-training train........
*has reality check, refers to 2023 statistics, hbgs, hota, mg, tog...............
** football is not about feelgood interviews
*** lift pitto!
*has reality check, refers to 2023 statistics, hbgs, hota, mg, tog...............
** football is not about feelgood interviews
*** lift pitto!
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“That’s our identity”: Pittonet on contest and pressure focused pre-season
Marc Pittonet spoke to Carlton Media about the first few seasons back from the break as well as about attending the annual AFLPA delegates conference.www.carltonfc.com.au
Fast ball movement, constant pressure and connection was the mantra before Xmas. Nice to see it happening
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All obvious criteria for current AFL footy teams... so what's out point of difference?
Doing it consistently better than other teams
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with a nuance of hubris, a soupcon of arrogance & a shitload of brutal, brutal navy.........
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Well we're one of the best contested teams in the league and we have some of the best key position talent going around, so there's that.
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I don't think we have one except a high level of physicality when at our best. But i think at times Dees midfield/def, Brisbane's midfield/def have the same level of physicality. Pies in their mid/def also have similar hardness available.
I think the only team that stands out for being really different is the Pies who have no key forwards of any note and an elite kicking game offensively that offsets the lack of quality key fwds.
Everyone else is just building strong lists and we are where we are because our list of players is now very strong. I think we dump kick it into the forward line very similar to Doggies key forwards.
So our one wood is physicality and our achilles heel is the corresponding injuries that comes from the style.
We can improve our kicking and inside 50 connections but Acres, Walsh, Cripps, Doch, Hollands cant compete with Daicos x 2, Pendles and Sidebottom on those type of kicks/vision. Basically we need Acres/Cripps, Cerra, Hewett etc to bash them into physical submission.
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All of this. Do it longer and better than the opposition.
Take but reduce the give
But is there a Plan B?
I think we play a simple contested style and then rely on our genuine talent. This season we will naturally have more depth and options. If we do the basics well for 120 minutes, sides will have trouble covering us
The key now is connection and using any player in the Navy Blue jumper as opposed to focussing on certain players.
We can defend and restrict teams from scoring. Now we need to kick more and easier goals when we attack without losing our defensive structure.
The spread of contribution IMO is going to be a biggest strength
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Just as a comparison point, look at the intensity level they're prepared to ramp up to (and down from):
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The 2k is favoured over the 3k for Vo2 Max calculation, so it's a great indication for overall running performance but it isn't the best for sport specific running whereby a lot of efforts in footy are short sprints rather than long, steady state efforts.
The 2k is only favoured (to my knowledge) because it is less burden on the players bodies, so they can pull up and even go for a training session afterward.
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Team doesn't lack points of difference.
Charlie and Harry are extremely potent marking targets.
Saad, Williams and Newman are a very dangerous set of rebounders who can get up the ground and be damaging
But as a general sense, I think we have one of the strongest sets of repeat effort players in the comp, which lets us play a higher pressure game, because Acres or Docherty or Walsh or a Hollands brother is backing up and gut-running defensively.
Our midfield might be slow (Cripps, Kennedy, Hewett, Cerra) but they can play a very in your face contested game, because the outside players are working hard to get the out-number, so it matters less if the opposition gets out of the contest.
Even better, on the attack the hard-running extras creates lots of opportunities to run the ball or keep it in motion as there are lots of options for the player with the ball.
Makes the game more dynamic in our favour
Charlie and Harry are extremely potent marking targets.
Saad, Williams and Newman are a very dangerous set of rebounders who can get up the ground and be damaging
But as a general sense, I think we have one of the strongest sets of repeat effort players in the comp, which lets us play a higher pressure game, because Acres or Docherty or Walsh or a Hollands brother is backing up and gut-running defensively.
Our midfield might be slow (Cripps, Kennedy, Hewett, Cerra) but they can play a very in your face contested game, because the outside players are working hard to get the out-number, so it matters less if the opposition gets out of the contest.
Even better, on the attack the hard-running extras creates lots of opportunities to run the ball or keep it in motion as there are lots of options for the player with the ball.
Makes the game more dynamic in our favour
This is another piece in the puzzle that will be interesting.
Can we play Cripps Hewett Kennedy all in the same midfield? All contested beasts that win a lot of ball but are slow. If a side get us on the outside we will struggle defensively with those three in the middle. However, if they win the majority of contests we are well in front.
IMO Cerra Walsh are a bit different. They can also win contested ball but are better at covering the ground. Having Holland x 2, Docherty Durdin Motlop Cuningham Martin helping through the guts will really help
The addition of Williams E.Hollands Fantatsia around the flanks should help our run at well
I don’t know the answer and it may be a mix of both but will be interesting to see how it plays out.
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For team balance, only one of Hewett or Kennedy to be teamed up with Crippa - the other one has to miss out
Same with our backline - only one of Kemp or Marchbank to support McGov
For team balance and more dynamic movements - I'll take the same with Rucks as well - TDK and JSOS, rather than having both TDK & Pitto in the team
It will be an interesting year with all the depth we have, good players are going to miss out - but, that's a good problem to have!
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Very fair comments.
I’d like to see Cripps play a bit “fresher” during the year and that is where Kennedy & Hewett become vital. IMO Cripps struggles when he becomes banged up. That’s the way he plays. I hope during the year we freshen him up a few times. I would rather have him fit and playing 15 games than 23 games and struggling in many.
Be such a bonus to be confident and win games without him
Contested game and key forwards are our point of difference at the moment. Point of difference doesn't mean no other side can have similar attributes. Just that you have something in which you are better then most.
Our half backs could be quite a weapon too. No other side has 3 as good as Newman, Williams and Saad. That's without even including Docherty. In the future I could also running power as a point of difference. Walsh isn't finishing outside the top 3 in the 2km time trial at probably any other club. Just need those elite runners to progress their football game enough to warrant a place in the side.
Our half backs could be quite a weapon too. No other side has 3 as good as Newman, Williams and Saad. That's without even including Docherty. In the future I could also running power as a point of difference. Walsh isn't finishing outside the top 3 in the 2km time trial at probably any other club. Just need those elite runners to progress their football game enough to warrant a place in the side.
Amazing that we finished 3rd considering how poorly we do things as a club while 17 other clubs are at the cutting edge
