Rd 1 Carlton vs Richmond Post Game Prognostications

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His a big unit with great hands BUT the profession he is employed in is as a key forward.

Therefore when you get your minimal chances you MUST take them and be at least a 50% chance to convert. His team mates after busting a nut to get the ball in his hands must just feel so disheartened when he drop the ball onto his boot from 2 metres away  : and then depending on what part of the ball connects determines the direction it takes. Its pure chance and no system or technique to speak of.

His kicking is not even close to AFL standard not even local footy standard.  IMO this is his last year if comes seasons end it is still a liability. He needs to throw his current technique in the bin and start again. Not a great sign when your 26.   

I think a lot of the ball drop conspiracy is bullsh1t.

I presume you are being facetious on the 2m comment because he would be holding the ball above his head. Get with the metric system!

Last night on Ch.EFC Wayne Carey had a rant about comparing Casboult's ball drop to Riewoldt, Carey banged on and on and on about Casboult needing to get the ball closer to his foot "Like Riewoldt". But post match when they eventually showed a comparative highlight of a Riewoldt shot for goal there was feck all difference. It may even be that Riewoldt's ball drop was higher but Ch.EFC tried their best to show an angle to make a supporting case for their commentator.

The problem isn't so much the height, it the straightness of the drop, and Casboult does fine when he is kicking from the F50 arc with his normal drop. He's had some tuition from Rocca and it's worked well, but this year Casboult's body shape has changed significantly which will without doubt effect his posture, balance and leg action. He will need to go back to school on the subject, if Rocca is no longer available then I'd be offering Fev some cash for tuition. Meat needs advice from blokes who solved their own problems so he can learn to get things sorted out for himself.

The inside F50 stuff, the short range problems, are not mechanical they are psychological. It's a problem in his head.

As for calls to drop him, they are unrealistic. I know we are disappointed in the kicks for goal, but ignoring that if he'd got them he would have probably been listed among the teams best. He was a running, marking monster last night and there are few clubs that can hope to match up with him. If he keeps up that level of intensity and clunking marks he is right up there with the competitions best. Having him in the team with Phillips and Kreuzer worked well, especially not having to ruck Casboult worked very well. The tall spud on the night was Everitt who avoids physical contact like someone with a phobia about it!

Further more, in unrelated play he used the ball pretty well. He hits as many targets by foot and sent the ball to advantage as well as any. Far better than Buckley, Everitt, Curnow or Kerridge who all tended to blaze away.