2018 Rd 1 Post Game Party: Carlton vs Richmond

[crashlander]

The Bad
Byrne was putrid. Zero awareness, gets caught too often and made stupid mistakes, not AFL std I’m afraid. I’d almost say he should never play 1s again.
SOS should plays twos, a witches hat tonight.
Weiters - still a kid but I’m starting to worry a little.

The Good
Charlie-Wow!
Crippa-Ditto
Simmo-Like a Penfolds Grange
Wright’s-Mr Reliable

I wouldn't be quite so negative about Byrne. He is a guy who does have a future. But at the moment he is struggling. He gets caught too often and he dropped marks he normally swallows. He really had a shocker and needs some time in the 2's to:
(a) get his pace back
(b) get some confidence
© work on his game awareness
He has the basics, but he needs to put them together, especially his awareness. I'd drop him, but I would not exile him forever.

Jack Silvagni also needs an extended period in the VFL. He played probably his least effective game tonight. He was slow and got run off continually. His chasing was aweful. Absolutely terrible and he didn't appear to have the desperation that is a hallmark of his game. His reaction times were very slow today as well.
He needs some time to work on his pace, which is his biggest weakness. He needs to get his enthusiasm level up. I want to see him flying for the ball, not getting outbodied all of the time. And he needs to work on his reactions. His dad had brilliant reactions and great strength.


Jacod Weitering is another who needs to work on his body work and his pace. He was OK tonight, but he was always trailing his man. He has to get close enough to get a spoil in on the lead, as he is struggling with this aspect.

Liam Jones didn't have a great night either, as the Richmond forwards worked hard to keep him out of the contest, and tunnelled him when he did succeed to go for marks. This was ignored a number of times. He made one very unrealistic attempt, but the rest should have been frees to him and were not.
His effort in the last quarter was nothing short of brilliant.

I would like to bring Alex Silvagni in. He is a player who adds a lot of solidity to our defence. However, he left the ground before half time with an ice pack on his hamstring. That is not good.