JLT game 3

[Vivian]

As honest as some of these have been over the years, while our team still requires the services of White, Armfield, Kerridge, Thomas, Casboult, Lamb, Palmer, Smedts and sadly even Curnow, we will not be competitive and will struggle to win more then a few games this year. Only early days but the recruiting of Smedts and Palmer is odd to say the least. 

The above list butcher the ball way too often, miss targets, cause costly turnovers and most cannot nail simple goals. And to compound things the back ups are either kids or players with similar traits.  :'(

Not too many lists have this amount of poor ball users on the park at the same time and that's very reason above many others is why we will be a bottom 2 team. 

Good post and reveals where we are at. I haven't seen the game, but can imagine the skill level and general disorder.

We are only one season and 2 drafts into what has been hinted as a 3 season rebuild. There are some green shoots already, with alot of water to go under the bridge. I get the frustration of us all, but imagine the frustration and thus patiance required of the coaches. Bolton and co are playing a long game.

This season will see the last games played for Carlton for quite a few. If things go well, some others such as armfield, curnow, white will be pushed to the margins.  The top up types such as palmer, kerridge, wright, lamb and smedts will cover the youngsters as they develop. And they will, if things go well, depart in the next 3-4 years too.