Round 1 - Blues v Tigers (21 March) Pre-Game

[Thryleon]

Don;t get me wrong I love Carrazzo, but Carrazzo wasn't a ball magnet back then, in his first year he was a run-with tagger at Geelong, in his second year courtesy of injuries he got a midfield rotation and won the VFL teams B&F purely as a result of his possession count at VFL level, yet the Cats still didn't pick him up on the senior list because excluding handballs he could hit a barn by foot! So we picked him up but also as a rookie, not part of the senior list. What possessions he was getting came at VFL level for almost the first 3 years of his career, and he wasn't all that different from Poulson at VFL level.

By his 5th or 6th season Carrazzo won a B&F, yet I suspect after the same period of time Poulson could well be a better player.

I somewhat agree, although Carrazzo was very good by the end of his career.

He had many different attributes.

1.  Elite runner.
2.  Got Leather Poisoning which means he had nous.
3.  Could shut down an opponent who was a genuine on baller.
4.  Was good at jagging clearances.
5.  Was able to work on his kicking.
6.  Made good decisions but executed poorly.
7.  Had better size than Polson.


Polson has a yet to show us much of any of that list.

Carrrazzo is probably a poor example.  Lets get him to Ed Curnow level of application first, and we'll worry about the rest later.