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Mick Malthouse joins a training drill at Visy Park. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
BLUES coach Mick Malthouse declared "we're ready to go'' for Carlton's opener against Richmond at the MCG tonight.
Malthouse dismissed any relevance of the NAB Cup final defeat for the blockbuster clash.
"Basically what you've got is a change of direction. Players have jumped on board very quickly. The leadership group have driven it and the coaches have been outstanding and we're ready to play,'' he said.
"We can go out there tomorrow and have to go to Plan B straight away. And that's the art of football these days, to have enough flexible players with a mindset that can change if you need to and be ready.
"Because no-one's going allow you to play what you want to play. That's the simple fact of any team sport where you've got multiple numbers (of competitors). You change up, so it's not about picking the best 22, it's about picking the smartest 22.
"I don't believe you have to wait for the (quarter) breaks to find out things aren't working. They will be changed immediately.
"I repeat, Richmond won't allow us to do everything we want to do. And we have no intention of allowing Richmond to do that. And that's going to be a week to week thing. Players are very well versed in acknowledging the
opposition.''
Andrew Walker lines up the goals at Carlton training. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
The Blues had 24 players at the leisurely final training run that lasted less than an hour, but Malthouse wouldn't divulge the final line-up.
And, while he realises there's an intriguing focus on his first game for his fourth AFL club, the premiership coach played down the significance of his personal milestone.
"Every person in the football club will have a sense of anticipation, as will Richmond. We're all in the same boat here, we're all round 1 with high expectations from our supporters,'' he said.
"You can't allow that individual feel to override anything that's got to do with the team. So, it's not about me, it's about the team. So that's the last thing I'll accept here is coaching my first game (at Carlton). Yep, we all knew that back in October. It's the team's first game of the year.''
On the emotions of the occasion, Malthouse said: "It's an intangible. You don't realised you've missed it until it has gone. I know that feeling, but it's not there all the time because your emotions are varied.
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"We're here for three quarters of an hour before training going through our strategies and that's the main core of our morning. Then you reflect and ask 'ok have I covered everything?' It's not that you're doubting yourself, it's whether you've covered everything.
"The adrenalin rush of when you think of consequences of have you got the side prepared to play the occasion, do you crave it? You would be crazy to crave it all the time because you would not only go grey, you would end up like
Robbie Wiley (assistant coach) with none (hair). So you have to have a balance.''
Malthouse said he learned about a different type of teamwork working for TV and radio last season.
"It's not about focusing in on the result. I've always been focus-driven. First and foremost it's the players to be focused in on the roles they play. That takes away worrying about what the result is,'' he said.
"So nothing has really changed in that 30 years, it's all about how you get men playing to their maximum.
"You're seeing the bear with the sore head today, I'm not good the day before a match.''
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