This game was Malthouse-esque, no effort bar a couple, no structure, no run just nothing and as soon as I heard that Walker took 3 weeks off to get himself right for this game then I knew it would happen. It would be different if we were a Geelong, Sydney or Hawthorn who have all played together for a long period of time, but in that team Simmo, Gibbs, Kreuzer were about the only players left from the Ratten era when we had a little success. The other players could only really pay lip service to Walker as a player and with many feeling the cold hand of professional death on their shoulder, they were playing for themselves.
St Kilda, played this game with a couple of flankers a few KP players and a crap load of mids, all of whom could kick and run and hit targets, compared to us. When your back pocket is your leading goal kicker for the game, but failed to curtail his man in defence then something is very wrong. We need about another 6 mids in the team each week who have skills, not Buckley, Graham, Touhy etc.
The longer we rely on Casboult up forward, the longer we will languish on the bottom of the ladder. If rumours are true and Essendon want him then their 3rd rounder will do nicely. Same with Touhy and the Swans, second rounder please, both will be mid 30's and hopefully we can group them for points that can help a GWS type scenario again.
Yes we are 20 games into a 66 game rebuild but in the previous games we gave a yelp, this was pitiful. Let's get Cunningham in he can't be any worse that Graham, let's get McKay in, they may not be ready but I'd be happy to see a forward line of Casboult, Jones and McKay. Get Lamb back in, at least he's got some mongrel in him and attacks the play and can stick a tackle.
Plowman gets a game on borrowed time only, although with the retirement of Walker, elevate Glass-McCasker, play him down back with Rowe, Weitering and Plowman. Give him a taste and see what he does.
I know they are not ready and not doing that much down in the two's, however I have a theory on why the NB's suck so bad, some have been given the tap on the shoulder and their heart is not in it anymore. If this is the case get our young guys away from a negative environment into the firsts against a young side.
Hang your head in shame Carlton, I thought this sort of team was a thing of the past. You are included in this Bolton, team selection was terrible. You played two crocks in Walker and Thomas who look slower than Brock McLean did, at least Brock had the smarts to get to an open space.
St Kilda, played this game with a couple of flankers a few KP players and a crap load of mids, all of whom could kick and run and hit targets, compared to us. When your back pocket is your leading goal kicker for the game, but failed to curtail his man in defence then something is very wrong. We need about another 6 mids in the team each week who have skills, not Buckley, Graham, Touhy etc.
The longer we rely on Casboult up forward, the longer we will languish on the bottom of the ladder. If rumours are true and Essendon want him then their 3rd rounder will do nicely. Same with Touhy and the Swans, second rounder please, both will be mid 30's and hopefully we can group them for points that can help a GWS type scenario again.
Yes we are 20 games into a 66 game rebuild but in the previous games we gave a yelp, this was pitiful. Let's get Cunningham in he can't be any worse that Graham, let's get McKay in, they may not be ready but I'd be happy to see a forward line of Casboult, Jones and McKay. Get Lamb back in, at least he's got some mongrel in him and attacks the play and can stick a tackle.
Plowman gets a game on borrowed time only, although with the retirement of Walker, elevate Glass-McCasker, play him down back with Rowe, Weitering and Plowman. Give him a taste and see what he does.
I know they are not ready and not doing that much down in the two's, however I have a theory on why the NB's suck so bad, some have been given the tap on the shoulder and their heart is not in it anymore. If this is the case get our young guys away from a negative environment into the firsts against a young side.
Hang your head in shame Carlton, I thought this sort of team was a thing of the past. You are included in this Bolton, team selection was terrible. You played two crocks in Walker and Thomas who look slower than Brock McLean did, at least Brock had the smarts to get to an open space.