(03-22-2021, 04:59 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Love or hate Murphy I think its time we moved on from him, ditto for Ed Curnow, Betts and probably Casboult(when we get a replacement). Its time to play younger players and look to change things up...vs Richmond it was the same old same old.
We didnt take our chances and fed them with mistakes they lived off, been the same for a while and getting the same results from the same group of players is bordering on insanity.
Play Fogarty in Murphys role and let him develop, bring in Stocker, Honey, Durdin to generate some excitement and find another tall forward/ruck to help TDK and Pittonet.
I think both Murphy and Betts have played one season too many and while you need experience you dont need players who are holding younger players back. Mitchell, Lewis, Hodge were all moved on by the Hawks to allow fresh blood to play.
I'll be saying the same thing about Cripps in a couple of years if we cant win a flag, let him go and lets gets some value for him while we can. Murphy should have been let go when we let Gibbs go, fresh start for him at a contending club and we get some picks/players who might help us more. Watching players just fizzle out like Murphy as one club players is old school thinking and its a professional game where the clubs needs come first.
I agree with all of this Elwood. I too believe we should move on from the guys who have been the 'close enough yet not good enough' types. We need to do what the great clubs and teams do, regenerate and get ahead of the curve. Play the kids at different stages. Get some zip and excitement with this new group as opposed to the blokes who have been a part of the losing Carlton culture in past years.
I'd be looking toward the guys you said such as Stocker, Cottrell, Durdin, Owies, Honey, Philp, Ramsay, Kemp, Carrroll and Parks at different stages when fit.
And, perhaps our ruck/forward due can become both Pittonet and De Koning when TDK is fit.
We have to play Martin the middle more. I see him as our own Shane Edwards from the Tiges and guys like Fogarty and Gibbons challenged to play the Kane Lambert role.