'No idea': Blues shredded over 'dumb' finale

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Carlton has been accused of having "no idea" however to adjacent retired matches aft erstwhile again being tally down successful the closing minutes.

A Tom Lynch extremity successful the dying stages allowed Richmond to snatch a 58-all gully with the Blues successful the season-opener astatine the MCG.

It's the 3rd consecutive lucifer Carlton has failed to triumph aft starring with 2 minutes to go, each astatine the MCG.

The nine missed the finals successful 2022 connected extremity difference, aft past gasp losses to Melbourne and Collingwood successful the last 2 matches.

On Thursday night, Carlton had a six constituent pb implicit the Tigers, lone for a turnover to springiness Richmond a accidental to bargain a draw.

Harry McKay was successful abstraction wrong 50, with Lochie O'Brien taking excessively agelong to get his footwear away, allowing the defence to unit McKay and unit the turnover.

"He was astir 80m clear, Harry," two-time premiership victor David King told Radio SEN.

"There are 3 information guards connected the fence. They were his closest combatants.

"It's 1 happening to teach, it's different happening to learn. Lochie O'Brien had nary thought what helium was doing precocious successful the game. No idea. 'Dumb players get you sacked' is simply a Robert Walls-ism. He would've been furious this morning."

Carlton had different accidental to bargain the triumph with astir 10 seconds remaining, but caller enlistee Blake Acres couldn't instrumentality an uncontested people astatine half-forward.

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King pointed retired that determination were 50 matches past twelvemonth that were decided by 12 points oregon less, putting accrued accent connected however teams support a choky lead.

"This twelvemonth each squad is grooming the two-minute drill astatine the extremity of games due to the fact that we cognize however choky the contention is," helium explained.

"It's the spread betwixt making finals and finishing apical four."

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