VFL Round 8: Northern Blues vs. Coburg

[northernblue]

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Ahead of that must come which player offers the most in terms of value to the senior side.

Normally I'm all for rewarding effort.

Had Yarran sulked around in the VFL I'd support him having some more time at the lower level.

But
Ellard 23
Yarran 23

Which player is likely to reproduce that at senior level?
If we play a similar style of football to last weekend which player is likely to fit better into the senior team?

Yarran is at a really important stage in his Carlton career.
How we handle him could be the making or breaking of him as a Carlton player.
He appears to be playing angry and frustrated at the moment.
That seems to be showing through in his attitude at other times.(punctuality etc)

I understand the reasons for taking a stand and keeping him in the lower grade.
It might work.....but he might also drop his bundle in which case he's probably finished as a Carlton player.
Fair enough some might say.
That's the simple solution...pack him off.
We'll get something for him.

But if we play it the other way and promote him and support him through this period, getting him playing with a bit of enthusiasm again, the benefits to us are obvious.

At the end of the day it's really up to the "people managers" at the club and Yarran's own attitude.
We can't do much about the latter and we've proven to be pretty hopeless at the managing the "troubled player" side of things.

This is a bit of a test for the club.

I understand what you're saying lods, but I think the more important question with Yarran is WHY he seems to be playing angry...
Is it his personal life ?
Is/was he dissatisfied with mm/coaching/gameplan ?
Is he feeling outcast because Eddie and Jeff aren't here anymore ?
Is he playing injured and thus frustrated ?
Does he actually want to be somewhere else ?

Depending on if there is a problem and what it is will have a large bearing on what we as a club can do...