Outclassed yes, but also outworked with a superior system.Have to have the cattle though and from my observation most of our mids seem to be playing the inside mid role although imo Kelly should be playing that outside mid role. In any event Carlton’s injuries were not in their midfield so it was just a matter of being outclassed as we still have a long way to go. The thing I found most disappointing was that we didn’t appear to be having a dip as were not showing the competitiveness we had shown in previous weeks as it appeared we were just coasting at times.
A player like George Hewett is no superstar but he was going in hard and feeding the ball out of the packs. They outnumbered us all the time and killed us on the spread with numbers and desire.
It’s not simply talent it’s also the system and workrate. We lack numbers and a strong method in the midfield.
Harley and Yeo seem to be acting as individuals, Kelly looked injured.
Our midfield operates on individual efforts rather than as a team. We need more runners.