Football Department Review

[shawny]

Agree with Jezza, midfield is where the game is controlled/won and we dont have the numbers or quality to compete.
Its also is putting a large workload on Cripps and Walsh and you have to wonder how long that can last.
You add a tight salary cap and it might be back to the draft for more kids if we cant offload some players and make some wriggle room to attract some quality readymade mids. Cerra and Merrett would interest me if we could afford them..

Cerra wont come cheap and is still learning so with our poor history with developing kids into decent midfielders, I don't trust the club with a player like Cerra.

Rather we throw as much as we possibly can to get 2 ready mids like Merrett and Mitchell who we know without wondering the instant improvement those recruits will make.

Cerra is better going to an organisation that can develop him into the potential he has. We are not the team for that and by now should know this and stop making the same mistakes.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Cerra wont come cheap and is still learning so with our poor history with developing kids into decent midfielders, I don't trust the club with a player like Cerra.

Rather we throw as much as we possibly can to get 2 ready mids like Merrett and Mitchell who we know without wondering the instant improvement those recruits will make.

Cerra is better going to an organisation that can develop him into the potential he has. We are not the team for that and by now should know this and stop making the same mistakes.

Take your point Shawny on Cerra... Its a valid criticism and if the coaching setup doesn't change then maybe readymades are a better bet.

[LP]

btw., On mids, did anyone hear Darcy carry on about Connor Rozee last night, spent quite a bit of the commentary trying to create an assertion that Rozee was somehow a rare latent talent better than Walsh.

I suppose this goes back to Darcy's call when we took Walsh that we'd made a mistake overlooking Rozee.

Cerra would compliment on mids HFF nicely, but what do you do with Martin, Williams, Saad, etc., ect. if you take Cerra? So I tend to agree, the price is too high, we probably need more grunt as a priority over polish.

I concede we need some polish too, I'm just not giving up on the polish eventually coming from our current list of kids given some time.

[ElwoodBlues1]

btw., On mids, did anyone hear Darcy carry on about Connor Rozee last night, spent quite a bit of the commentary trying to create an assertion that Rozee was somehow a rare latent talent better than Walsh.

I suppose this goes back to Darcy's call when we took Walsh that we'd made a mistake overlooking Rozee.

Worst football commentator on TV is D'Arcy..

[Professer E]

Sycophant

[LP]

Sycophant

Yes perhaps, maybe more than perhaps given the CheatsFCTV structure.

But I dare say even in other days at MMM and the like Darcy has always hated us.

We know we can just Andrew Walker, perhaps the biggest joke decision in the history of AFL/VFL. Ironic that someone would love the Filth ahead of anybody, but then if the assertion is correct, Darcy is a sycophant to the likes of CheatsFC!

The Krakouer mark has barely been seen in replay since the day of the award, I even seen Walker's used in MOTY highlights this season! :o

[crashlander]

Until there are Carlton people making decisions and appearing in prime time, we're not going to get what we deserve from the mouths of the news services. A fact of life. But there are a few out there that make their biases pretty obvious. No need to mention names.

[spf]

Cerra wont come cheap and is still learning so with our poor history with developing kids into decent midfielders, I don't trust the club with a player like Cerra.

Rather we throw as much as we possibly can to get 2 ready mids like Merrett and Mitchell who we know without wondering the instant improvement those recruits will make.

Cerra is better going to an organisation that can develop him into the potential he has. We are not the team for that and by now should know this and stop making the same mistakes.

It is at the other end we need the support i.e. not so much Cerra but more Mitch Duncan. We need quality professionals who can get it, use it and lead. They need to turn up most weeks and give us consistency. We need them to do it for three years while the juniors develop.

[Micky0]

Hm. From the Prez

  THE CLUB recently announced that it will undertake an independent football department review to be conducted by an external panel of experts in the industry.

The first part of this process has been to finalise the external panel who will lead this process.

I am pleased to advise you that the following three panel members will conduct a holistic review of the entire football department. This panel will be led by incoming President Luke Sayers with the support of CEO Cain Liddle, and the final report with its recommendations will be delivered to the Carlton Football Club Board.

The three-member panel will be:

-              Graham Lowe

-              Geoff Walsh

-              Matthew Pavlich

Graham Lowe is a high performance and leadership consultant who for the last two decades has worked across multiple levels of professional sport both nationally and globally including AFL, Rugby (domestic and international) and America’s Cup sailing.

His recent sporting experience and expertise involves being a key contributor to the Western Bulldogs 2016 Premiership in his role of General Manager – Football, along with working within high performance for the New Zealand All-Blacks.

Outside of sport, Graham has also consulted with several organisations in the delivery and facilitation of leadership and development, including Ernst & Young and worked with clients such as Google and Walt Disney Australia / New Zealand.

Geoff Walsh is one of Victoria’s most experienced and accomplished sports administrators, holding leadership roles at both state and national levels over an extensive career in elite sport. He contains a strong skill set in people management, problem solving, innovation, and sustained sporting excellence.

A respected AFL administrator, Geoff has worked across multiple AFL clubs and has extensive experience leading AFL programs that have delivered four Premierships, 10 grand finalists, and 25 Finals series teams.

Matthew Pavlich was an AFL captain for nine years during his 17-year career at the Fremantle Dockers, becoming the first WA based player to play over 300 AFL games.

Off the field, Matthew has obtained both a Bachelor of Science and an MBA from University of Western Australia. He also completed a three-year tenure as the AFLPA’s President and was a member of their board of directors for nine years. During his AFL career, Matthew also spent time on the AFL Laws of the Game Committee.

He is an established media presenter with Fox Sports and Channel 9 and has a number of business interests including PMY Group, Lumin Technologies and PickStar.

In what is an important process, the experienced panel members will be afforded the time required to conduct the extensive review and as such there will not be an ongoing commentary of the review. The panel will provide the necessary recommendations to the Board, to take the football department forward.

We understand our members and supporters expect more from an on-field performance perspective. As a club, we are fully aware that we exist to win games of football and ultimately win premierships.

You, together with all our members and supporters can rest assured we remain committed to improve our on-field performance, while also ensuring this football club continues to be relentless in its pursuit of excellence and success.

That is why we have embarked on this mid-season independent football review.

History will show you that in challenging times, the best clubs stay united and supportive.

I thank you for your continued support of the Carlton Football club.

Mark LoGiudice

President 

[capcom]

Hm amplified.