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Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton - Lods - 07-27-2015
http://www.sen.com.au/news/07-15/patrick-smith-blasts-ordinary-carlton
Forgetting the bias against the author....I'll take the pick if he can arrange it.
Quote:“I think that club is in real trouble, forget about priority picks to Brisbane there’s your problem club, Carlton,” said Smith.
“It’s probably one of the worst Carlton sides, I thought they were pathetic.
“This is an awful list.”
He doesn't miss anyone...
Quote:“This is such an ordinary group of footballers and I think they’re an ordinary collection of blokes in terms of how much they want to give the footy club,’ said Smith on SEN radio.
“My reaction to all of this is that Carlton is absolutely no good and to up to AFL elite measures – and I’m talking about board, football department, coaching and recruiting.”
Smith went further and said that the AFL should consider the Blues as the club in most need of serious help, both financially and maybe even via draft selections.
Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton - crashlander - 07-27-2015
(07-27-2015, 12:08 AM)Lods link Wrote:http://www.sen.com.au/news/07-15/patrick-smith-blasts-ordinary-carltonI take everything Patrick Smith says with more than a grain of salt; more like a Dead Sea worth. However, if he wishes to let us have a decent pick, I'll take it as well. Never look a gift horse in the mouth, they say.
Forgetting the bias against the author....I'll take the pick if he can arrange it.
To be honest, I think Smith is just trying to take the heat off his beloved B*mmers and our performance was handy.
As for his claims about sacking Malthouse and the state of our list: Malthouse has to take his fair share of the blame there. We recruited certain players and certain types of players under his direct and specific wishes. We did not try hard enough to retain others, again, with his considerable input. He was the head coach and we recruited to suit his directives. So, if our list is crap (and it is), and we were playing with no heart (and we were not playing with any heart at all), removing Malthouse would seem to be a reasonable step.
Smith cannot blame our head recruiters: we have already parted way with them. He can continue to blame the victims as much as he likes but it won't improve our list.
On the other hand, if the AFL wants to help us (and what a shock that would be!), I am quite willing to be helped. Resources we would otherwise be unable to get would be accepted with thanks and humility.
As for Priority Picks, I don't know that they would either us or Brisbane per se. Both we and Brisbane have issues at the moment that do not make us clubs that players want to play for. Fixing that would be more important than anything else. But if they want to give us a decent pick, I will accept it also with good grace.
I doubt that we will get help or a priority pick: the AFL have had too much of a hand in our present problems for me to believe that they will come through. But if it takes being abused in the media by morons who know nothing (and are quite willing to let everyone know that by opening their mouths at every opportunity) to get something worth while, then I am quite willing to be abused.
Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton - Lods - 07-27-2015
I can't see them giving us a priority pick either.
We won a finals match the year before last.
We played finals in 3 of the 4 years before that.
You need a sustained period of 'bottom dwelling' for that pick to come into play.
Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton - thrunthrublu - 07-27-2015
thats being arranged
and might i say ....it wont be hard either
Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton - ElwoodBlues1 - 07-27-2015
Smith is a goose but I'll take the priority picks if he can arrange them with the AFL...
Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton - cookie2 - 07-27-2015
He must have been spending a fair bit of time on this site!
Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton - ItsOurTime - 07-27-2015
He's gone pretty soft compared to what goes on here
) bring on the PPs!!!
Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton - MosquitoFleet - 07-27-2015
smith is on the money....
the board is fundamental to our problems since 1979....
Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton - JonHenry - 07-27-2015
(07-27-2015, 01:27 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Smith is a goose but I'll take the priority picks if he can arrange them with the AFL...
I think he has some valid points, particularly when discussing the Bombers
Re: Patrick Smith Blasts Carlton - Pratty - 07-27-2015
A good start would be picks 1 and 2 this year (Weitering and Schache). Maybe another 1st rounder there also to use on someone like McKay, Burton, Balic, Curnow or Weideman perhaps.
Get the building blocks right.