05-08-2016, 07:30 AM
(05-08-2016, 06:41 AM)shawny link Wrote:Everything points to players 100% buying into this coaches plan.
It's an interesting point.
At the start of the season, in the first couple of games, it would probably be fair to say that the "Older Carlton" players (those that had been at the club for more than just a year or two) were struggling to get back to their 2015 form....and it wasn't just one or two, it was the majority.
The enthusiasm was very much being shown by the new players and it had me wondering whether some of the older players mightn't have been a bit resistant to the change....whether some could perhaps see themselves been replaced by the new group.
Over the last three weeks that seems to have turned around.
The older group are going as well, if not better than the new guys.
A bit of it has been caused by injuries and illness (Weitering,C Curnow Phillips), but the older group have stepped up now and are playing like they're 100% on-board.