2018 Rd 10: Pre Game Irritation: Carlton vs Geelong

[Thryleon]

If Garlett doesn't get dropped I will lose the little bit of faith I have left in this current coaching group.

Jogs around the outside of the play guarding space and does what he can to avoid getting involved. Refuses to use his one advantage in his pace. Put simply offers SFA week in week out. Cant see him outlasting his current contract.

Reckon our club would learn to resist in taking these late picks on these sorts of players that 17 other teams say no to.

Mullet, O'Shea and Garlett might cost little but they take a spot on the list and then the club tries to justify be playing them when they are not up to it.

Jarrod Garlett is a low risk high reward player.  Hes a former first round draftee, with good tools to play the game, and would absolutely look good in a side such as Hawthorn where everyone is much more polished and is experienced.

Mullet was an insurance pickup who was likely to play more VFL footy than not, in case someone went down injured and we needed some outside run.  Unfortunately, hes playing off half back in a role that Docherty was playing so much better last season, and is actually not playing too poorly, he just isnt very good when contrasted with Docherty.

O Shea got a chance off hard work, and good form in the VFL.  Irrespective of how he works out on our list, the fact that he got the rewards makes the Northern Blues an attractive destination for AFL blokes looking for a second chance, and although he might not be a success story for us, it could pay dividends in other players.



I think that the emotion of yesterdays game leaves us not thinking critically about things, and looking too much at the johnny come lately outcomes, and not enough on the bigger picture which is far more important.  We have faced a bit of a perfect storm this season, but the reality is that it was much more likely to occur than not given just how badly we have been hit with injuries to too many key performers.

We made the decision to trade Gibbs, which was always going to put a bit of a strain on our team to survive, but its absolutely doesnt help that the two mature mids we traded in that have a good long term outlook in Lang and Kennedy have been broken men this season, Docherty went down injured, and Kreuzer has gone back to his old self where he takes two steps forward and then three back thanks to being physically hindered.

We need to have a better grasp on where we are at than this or else we just are firing out criticism for no good reason.