04-23-2023, 01:02 PM
So here we are into what, our eighth year of a rebuild?
We all knew from being flogged by teams such as Hawthorn, year after year - but evidently not our recruiting team - that we needed to recruit players with excellent disposal skills, especially by foot.
What did we get? Maybe we can excuse our recruiting team to a certain extent because nobody wanted to come to Carlton, but they were quite happy to take on Williams with a known Achilles problem. Then we have Kemp, and we were told that it would be worth the wait of a year for him to recover from knee surgery because he would be our version of Darling of West Coast - and we are still awaiting for his arrival.
Then we have Dow. It was known that he had poor disposal foot skills prior to the draft but we gave up a first pick for him. And what did the recruiters see in Honey that made him worthy of recruiting?
We have an unbalanced list with too many players lacking the disposal skills necessary to be a serious contender for the flag.
It's the same old same old. We get possession of the ball but keep turning it over because of poor disposal skills.
We keep playing Harry in the forward line. Why? He showed today that he is worthy of the title of Harry the Heartbreaker. He simply cannot be relied upon to kick goals.
It seems we have also got the problem of players with dumb disposal syndrome anytime pressure is applied in the game.
Realistically, I don't think I will see another Carlton premiership in my lifetime.
We all knew from being flogged by teams such as Hawthorn, year after year - but evidently not our recruiting team - that we needed to recruit players with excellent disposal skills, especially by foot.
What did we get? Maybe we can excuse our recruiting team to a certain extent because nobody wanted to come to Carlton, but they were quite happy to take on Williams with a known Achilles problem. Then we have Kemp, and we were told that it would be worth the wait of a year for him to recover from knee surgery because he would be our version of Darling of West Coast - and we are still awaiting for his arrival.
Then we have Dow. It was known that he had poor disposal foot skills prior to the draft but we gave up a first pick for him. And what did the recruiters see in Honey that made him worthy of recruiting?
We have an unbalanced list with too many players lacking the disposal skills necessary to be a serious contender for the flag.
It's the same old same old. We get possession of the ball but keep turning it over because of poor disposal skills.
We keep playing Harry in the forward line. Why? He showed today that he is worthy of the title of Harry the Heartbreaker. He simply cannot be relied upon to kick goals.
It seems we have also got the problem of players with dumb disposal syndrome anytime pressure is applied in the game.
Realistically, I don't think I will see another Carlton premiership in my lifetime.