Carlton s on-ball conundrum continues
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They have too many on-ballers and not enough centre bounce opportunities to share around.
On the weekend, Sam Petrevski-Seton finally returned to some semblance of a midfield role for the Blues and played his best game of the year.
This was only possible because he was substituted on for a midfielder, Paddy Dow.
Petrevski-Seton had been dropped following 18 months of indifferent form in the back half and one week back on the wing.
The former top-10 draft pick looked engaged, hit the contest hard and had 14 disposals playing essentially half of the game.
He only attended three centre bounces, but it was still a prominent midfield role that reinvigorated him.
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The Kangaroos did not take very long in this season to get seared on all sides and have their raw insides exposed, while the smoke still hasn’t cleared from the roasting that the Pies got from flying too close to the Suns.
Markets will start to get interesting for wooden spoon favouritism as the two worst teams face off in Round 8 after just a third of the season, but both are cooked for season 2021.
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One positive and one negative from your club s Round 3 performance
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Round 3 of the 2021 AFL season is in the book.
The Easter weekend matches produced some shock results with Sydney stunning reigning premiers Richmond and Essendon thrashing 2020 finalist St Kilda.
Brisbane’s after-the-siren victory was also a highlight with Zac Bailey kicking truly to sink Collingwood.
Other Round 3 winners were the Western Bulldogs, Adelaide, West Coast, Carlton, Melbourne and Geelong.
We have selected one positive and one negative from every club’s Round 3 performance.
See our thoughts below:
Positive: Midfield clicking (and Tex again)
Rory Sloane and Rory Laird were both enormous in Adelaide’s hard-fought win over Gold Coast.