Cam Luke

five to ten minutes, Carlton played well again.

They had opportunities.

They had inside 50s.

They were plus four or five at one stage.

The issue was the Blues kicked four behinds in the first seven minutes of the quarter.

And then St Kilda had two entries down the other end inside 50.

They kicked a goal.

And that was it.

After they kicked a goal and the Carlton had missed those four opportunities, there was no resistance that came back the other way.

It was almost like, well, everyone in the crowd knows what's going to happen.

The Carlton players in their minds knew exactly what was going to happen.

And they just didn't do anything about it.

So the Carlton's uncontested mark game and the switching game and taking the ball off the line was actually pretty good in the first half.

So Ross addresses it at halftime.

We looked up at one stage in halfway through the third quarter.

Carlton had the ball at halfback and every single player from St Kilda was one-on-one.

It was like watching old school footy from the 80s and 90s.

And once they went one-on-one in defence for five minutes, they just shut the game down.

Carlton had no flow in their game whatsoever.

And then the Saints scored a couple going back the other way.