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This will certainly be a step into the cauldron and only the brave need to turn up!
However, based on last night I think we need to give Jack and O'Shea at least spells in the NBs. Others here will name more I guess. I don't think Kennedy is fully match fit to say the least - I have been very underwhelmed by him so far and there may be a case for him also to play NBs for a week or two. There are probably a number of other candidates I could name but I would be very concerned about who we have to bring in as replacements.
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04-28-2018, 12:58 AM
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(04-28-2018, 12:51 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:This will certainly be a step into the cauldron and only the brave need to turn up!
However, based on last night I think we need to give Jack and O'Shea at least spells in the NBs. Others here will name more I guess. I don't think Kennedy is fully match fit to say the least - I have been very underwhelmed by him so far and there may be a case for him also to play NBs for a week or two. There are probably a number of other candidates I could name but I would be very concerned about who we have to bring in as replacements.
Long term I agree they need a spell, but I think they have to play next week, it'll be a defining moment for them and a tell for our club! They need a game that is clearly their last chance moment, to see if they have anything to offer, anything they can step up to! If they drop SoJ, O'Shea, SPS, Kennedy, Dow, McKay etc., etc., this week they are basically hiding them from scrutiny.
I'd bring Weitering in and drop Simmo, Plowman or Rowe, there is no point subjecting the old heads to scrutiny they have no further improvement to offer, they are known knowns. But we need to see what these "talented kids" can do against the best in a do or die moment! When the team was crap late last season we saw Weitering step up to be one of our better players.
Win or lose, if the kids look like they do not want to be out there, if they fail to lift or shrink under the pressure, it may be time to make a call!
I want to see the kids with a bit of Fisher type spirit!
btw., That "Other" option on the Next Captain thread, for me it's Fisher, if only he was a year or more further progressed! But Cripps and Docherty look like place-holders for Fisher long term!
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(04-27-2018, 11:27 PM)PaulP link Wrote:So you reckon after R8 he could be sacked ?
Yes.
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(04-28-2018, 12:59 AM)madbluboy link Wrote:Yes.
That's a big call mbb. And the coincidental fact that Micky Blue Eyes was also sacked after R8 isn't lost on me.
If that scenario does transpire (I seriously doubt it), then our next coach can plan a long vacation with atomic clock precision - R8, 2021.
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re: Simpson... was tagged by Caleb Daniel, and has been tagged the previous two weeks, No Docherty means Simpson is under the pump from other teams each week.
Coach seems oblivious to what other team are doing, we are losing to copycat tactics each week......Bontempelli should have been tagged heavily and wasnt, when he rested forward he needed a direct designated opponent like Marchbank not just left to the closest man..I saw the Bont just push Plowman out of the road like was a bit of paper and outmark him easily.....
I understand what MBB is saying about Bolton but I think we will see him survive this season...there is little in the coaching ranks to replace him and sacking him would also put SOS under pressure being the next head on the block and I dont see the prez doing that to his mate.
I think the assistants might get chopped first and we might get my pet hate the " Director of Coaching" position reinstated first before we get to Bolton....
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Now we have broke our record every week the pressure will go up exponentially.
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(04-28-2018, 01:20 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:re: Simpson... was tagged by Caleb Daniel, and has been tagged the previous two weeks, No Docherty means Simpson is under the pump from other teams each week.
Daniel out-bodied and defeated Simmo in two marking contests EB1, as much as we love him Simmo is cooked, it's over for him he's played one year too many!
BB complained about panicking at center forward, lacking composure entering F50. Simmo was one of the big offenders in the first half, no matter how much ball he gets or how many contests he makes we cannot afford the experienced heads to be cooking the footy!
The difference last night was that the Dogs had a core group from the 2016 that were the experienced heads, they worked in the hot zone to release the kids on the outside. Other than Daisy, with a little cameo from Wright, we had no experienced heads leading the way, some of the experienced heads were the worst offenders, and it was kids like Fisher working the hot zone to give off the ball to older heads that turned it over!
As much as I love them, from our more experienced types I thought Simmo, Ed, Rowe, Jones, Plowman had very very bad nights. It's a tell when Kerridge is one of the better players, that tells you the level the rest of the team is at!
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(04-28-2018, 01:28 AM)LP link Wrote:Daniel out-bodied and defeated Simmo in two marking contests EB1, as much as we love him Simmo is cooked, it's over for him he's played one year too many!
BB complained about panicking at center forward, lacking composure entering F50. Simmo was one of the big offenders in the first half, no matter how much ball he gets or how many contests he makes we cannot afford the experienced heads to be cooking the footy!
The difference last night was that the Dogs had a core group from the 2016 that were the experienced heads, they worked in the hot zone to release the kids on the outside. Other than Daisy, with a little cameo from Wright, we had no experienced heads leading the way, some of the experienced heads were the worst offenders, and it was kids like Fisher working the hot zone to give off the ball to older heads that turned it over!
As much as I love them, from our more experienced types I thought Simmo, Ed, Rowe, Jones, Plowman had very very bad nights. It's tell when Kerridge is one of the better players, that tells yo the level the rest of the team is at!
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(04-28-2018, 01:46 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:x2 Nothing to add....
I have one thing to add.
I love Carlton, but we have a scatter gun approach at the moment, I'm not sure BB can be blamed for it though! I can't help but feel there is some back-room interference or politics going down, it feels like the bad old Carlton is throwing one last tantrum in resistance to change! It may be that the likes of Simmo have to be move on for the slate to be wiped clean!
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(04-28-2018, 01:28 AM)LP link Wrote:Daniel out-bodied and defeated Simmo in two marking contests EB1, as much as we love him Simmo is cooked, it's over for him he's played one year too many!
BB complained about panicking at center forward, lacking composure entering F50. Simmo was one of the big offenders in the first half, no matter how much ball he gets or how many contests he makes we cannot afford the experienced heads to be cooking the footy!
The difference last night was that the Dogs had a core group from the 2016 that were the experienced heads, they worked in the hot zone to release the kids on the outside. Other than Daisy, with a little cameo from Wright, we had no experienced heads leading the way, some of the experienced heads were the worst offenders, and it was kids like Fisher working the hot zone to give off the ball to older heads that turned it over!
As much as I love them, from our more experienced types I thought Simmo, Ed, Rowe, Jones, Plowman had very very bad nights. It's a tell when Kerridge is one of the better players, that tells you the level the rest of the team is at!
A week really is a long time in footy for some :o.
Simmo is still probably the heartbeat of our club and still while in his twilight of his career continues to put his small body on the line time and time again for every young player to witness.
We are a team so short of real leaders and experience - makes no sense IMO to lose a player who rarely on our list, ticks all those boxes.
Scary to imagine what our team would be like at the moment, without the heart of the skinny No 6 out there directing and showing every kid that runs out beside him, what it means to wear the CFC jumper. Still a vitally important player for our list IMO even if he has a quiet game every so often.
I will be rapt when I agree his time has come but with such an inexperienced list and a team devoid of leaders now is not the time.
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