Rd 4: Pre Game Pressure: Carlton vs. Western Bulldogs

[LP]

However, if changes are to be made, then those who could be replaced include:
[1] Jamison
[2] Rowe
[3] Whiley - just played his best game for us (low bar, I know) - he looks better trying to win the ball than tag an opponent
[4] Buckley - play him in defence where he can run the lines
[5] Phillips
[6] Kreuzer - has never been and will never be a forward - IF we want to be more competitive, this guy has to spend more time in the ruck
[7] Casboult

Sorry RR, just can't see the love for Whiley. At unders we pump it into kids heads;

Don't stand still
Don't stand still
Don't stand still

But Whiley's default mode of getting the ball is decelerate or stand still and letting someone handball to him. At Unders he would not get many kicks because we tell kids;

Don't handball to someone standing still
Don't handball to someone standing still
Don't handball to someone standing still

Whiley needs to get the old toothpicks under the eyelids and watch 80hrs of Ablett Jnr, Jab Watson or Diesel Williams. Particularly Watson and Williams because it shows just what you can do without extreme pace or extreme acceleration if you are prepared to keep moving and accelerate through the ball.

Dynamic and lateral movement is a must against the Doggies.

This post might sound unfair to Whiley, but I can only judge him by those around him and he looks static relative to others.