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Re: 2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS - blue4life - 08-05-2018
(08-05-2018, 07:12 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Yep...we looked really slow, no run from the backline and Whitfield really carved us up breaking the lines....that kid can really play and his disposal on the run is some of the best I have seen.
Their field kicking was as good as I've seen from anyone this season but we didn't apply much pressure so it was a bit of a training run.
Re: 2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS - PaulP - 08-05-2018
(08-05-2018, 07:22 AM)blue4life link Wrote:I've been happy with our recruiting since 2015 but we were coming from miles back due to our abysmal record in the decade prior.
There's no point dwelling on it, but how Hughes lasted 10 years at the club is totally mystifying.
There's plenty to like about our current crop of young players but they need time and the AFL is a very unforgiving environment.
Some of them will fall away but the strong will survive.
When the chequebook is your main weapon in building a team, you don't need a recruiter, and you don't need player development either. Just buy what you need, and pay them overs, or in our case, overs and under..........the table.
Re: 2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS - cookie2 - 08-05-2018
From what I witnessed today we must be so far off the pace it will take us 10 drafts to catch up and Cripps will be well-retired or in a bl00dy wheelchair! We were literally reduced to witches hats by the end. A few drinks for me tonight methinks! >
Re: 2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS - Jack Burton - 08-05-2018
(08-05-2018, 07:22 AM)blue4life link Wrote:I've been happy with our recruiting since 2015 but we were coming from miles back due to our abysmal record in the decade prior.I agree with this. Problem is, we are now so far behind, and with free agency rules the way they stand it will be near impossible to get back to being competitive. Major list turnover required again
There's no point dwelling on it, but how Hughes lasted 10 years at the club is totally mystifying.
There's plenty to like about our current crop of young players but they need time and the AFL is a very unforgiving environment.
Some of them will fall away but the strong will survive.
Re: 2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS - capcom - 08-05-2018
Crisis time .... yet again. The club needs to change its position re the PP and as forcefully as they can
The AFL have given us nothing
Re: 2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS - Gointocarlton - 08-05-2018
(08-05-2018, 07:12 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Yep...we looked really slow, no run from the backline and Whitfield really carved us up breaking the lines....that kid can really play and his disposal on the run is some of the best I have seen.Agree on Whitfield, Kelly was the standout today for mine, it was a pleasure to watch, his running power and disposal was head and shoulders above everyone on the ground. BB said in his presser (respectfully to other top teams) their midfield running power is the best he has seen all season. And they didnt have Shiel out there who is another running machine.
Re: 2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS - Jack Burton - 08-05-2018
We need the PP, but we need a hell of a lot more than just that
Re: 2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS - PaulP - 08-05-2018
(08-05-2018, 07:29 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Agree on Whitfield, Kelly was the standout today for mine, it was a pleasure to watch, his running power and disposal was head and shoulders above everyone on the ground. BB said in his presser (respectfully to other top teams) their midfield running power is the best he has seen all season. And they didnt have Shiel out there who is another running machine.
Yes, I know they have plenty of talent, but I find them to be a very pure, very nuanced football team. Not that Richmond "frenetic midgets on speed" crap.
Re: 2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS - jeza - 08-05-2018
As doom and gloom as it all is - Harry McKay looks the real deal. Polson was awesome in those few flashes and Dow is going to be a serious player.
Polson looks like he should clearly be still playing VFL as he's not ready but those bits of class and courage running back with the flight show you there is potential there.
Harry - sensational. He is going to monster some opposition over the next 10 years. Could he end up being better than Charlie? That thought hadn't even occurred to me until today but that was a massive step forward today under severe duress.
Dow stepping around, in and out of trouble. He doesn't have the extreme sideways immediate burst speed of Judd but he's got some similar traits.
There's something to go with the truckload of negatives from today.
Having said that I will storm Carlton HQ if we don't ask for a PP.
Re: 2018 Rd 20: Post Game Calm & Civilized Discussion: Carlton vs GWS - Gointocarlton - 08-05-2018
(08-05-2018, 07:32 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Yes, I know they have plenty of talent, but I find them to be a very pure, very nuanced football team. Not that Richmond "frenetic midgets on speed" crap.GWS play with precision player placement and disposal. Richmond move the ball forward at all costs and place immense pressure.