05-26-2018, 07:41 AM
(05-26-2018, 07:33 AM)blue4life link Wrote:I was talking to a life long Carlton supporter about this today, he reckons that with Docherty injured and Gibbs gone there only about three players in our team who would get a regular game at any AFL club.
We agreed that we have quite a few young players with potential but most if not all of them would be learning their craft in the VFL at a top side and be playing the odd senior game, at Carlton we simply have to fast track them.
Long term it might not be to their benefit as we've seen with Weitering's form this season, and to a lesser extent Petrevski-Seton, time will tell I guess.
That was also probably the case during the Pagan years...with players like Murphy and Gibbs.
Would they have been even better players had they had a more gradual "education"?
Murph was knocked senseless in his early years.
I think it depends on the player.
Dow and O'Brien strike me as two who need (and thrive ) playing at the top level... but I'm not sure there won't come a time when they need to have a few games at VFL level... much the same as Silvagni is doing at present.