2018 Rd 2: Post Game Prattle: Carlton vs Gold Coast

[kruddler]

So Charlie is top banana, no need to make any assumptions there.

You think opposition teams will seriously focus on Casboult as the 2nd forward and leave a McKay, Kerr, Silvagni or others as the 3rd or lesser options?

I say there is a long history of our performance that says that's bogus logic.

Your bogus logic is ignoring that on the odd occasion, when casboutl has been the top banana, that he has managed to eek out 4 goals on 5 occassions, and 3 goals on 8 more occasions. Playing the numbers game says 1 in 7.3 games, he'll kick 3 goals or more. Can he be relied upon, week in week out? No. Can he do some damage as the 2nd or 3rd tall....yes. The numbers don't have a bias, unlike you.

I think if Charlie, Casboult, Wright, Silvagni and McKay are in the mix Casboult will be last on the oppositions hit list because he hurts them so little, he has little physical presence, can be covered by a smaller player, isn't a significant scoring threat and even if he gets hold of the ball he is likely to shoot us in the foot at any moment.

Is that what we want, is that fair of those 20 year olds?

If he is last on their hit list or if he is in the VFL, you are not getting any extra help to the 20 year olds under your scenario. Having him in the side, at least he can throw his weight around.

I don't expect you to change your mind, but perhaps you can open it up a bit.