Carl was right.
The "war" was lame
I thought it was spot on. I mean, think about it.
You got a bunch of people in Woodbury who have been led to this "battle" by the Govenor. They're not soldiers. It makes sense to me that when it hit the fan in the prison, they freaked out and bailed.
I don't know what the govenor thought he had in those people, but it wasn't what he wanted. He wanted them to stay and stand their ground, but they bailed as you'd probably expect them to, really.
AMC probably built up the "war" too much, leading to people being let down. But some grand "war" with Michael Bay-esque explosions would be uncharacteristic for the show and would probably be worse IMO