VFL Rd 1: Northern Blues vs Footscray at Footscray

[LP]

Just on this, we have put Harry Mckay on the long term injury list which means a rookie is in line to get a promotion soon.

It must be Byrne because he had to be elevated to be playing this week.

Sheehan is long term injured but as he is a Rookie that doesn't count.

As far as I know we have no other Senior List LTIs for JGM to replace, and McKay's LTI is probably already allocated to Byrne.

I heard a comment last week that JGM reminds them of a young Paul Salmon, lets hope so! :o

[Thryleon]

It must be Byrne because he had to be elevated to play this week.

maybe, but I was under the impression Byrne was nominated prior to round 1 suggesting we have room to move on the nominated rookie scenario.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-03-16/ro...-your-club

Ciaran Byrne played in two NAB Challenge games and was confirmed as the Blues' nominated rookie on Tuesday as they have 39 primary-listed players. The dashing Irishman, left out of the Carlton team for its final NAB Challenge game last Friday night, was impressive on debut against Essendon last season before being dogged by hamstring problems. Fellow Irishman Ciaran Sheehan, who played four games in 2014, was on the sidelines for much of last year after having hip surgery. The left-footer's hips are OK but he has had a few niggles over the pre-season. Ruckman Cameron Wood had shoulder surgery at the end of last season and missed a lot of training before Christmas but has been training well. Pint-sized forward Andrew Gallucci played in the first two NAB Challenge games and Billy Gowers has had an interrupted pre-season after having shoulder surgery late last season. - Howard Kotton

That was from march 16.

[LP]

maybe, but I was under the impression Byrne was nominated prior to round 1 suggesting we have room to move on the nominated rookie scenario.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-03-16/ro...-your-club

Ciaran Byrne played in two NAB Challenge games and was confirmed as the Blues' nominated rookie on Tuesday as they have 39 primary-listed players. The dashing Irishman, left out of the Carlton team for its final NAB Challenge game last Friday night, was impressive on debut against Essendon last season before being dogged by hamstring problems. Fellow Irishman Ciaran Sheehan, who played four games in 2014, was on the sidelines for much of last year after having hip surgery. The left-footer's hips are OK but he has had a few niggles over the pre-season. Ruckman Cameron Wood had shoulder surgery at the end of last season and missed a lot of training before Christmas but has been training well. Pint-sized forward Andrew Gallucci played in the first two NAB Challenge games and Billy Gowers has had an interrupted pre-season after having shoulder surgery late last season. - Howard Kotton

That was from march 16.

Fair enough, I hadn't read that.

That being the case JGM for me, he's tall, agile, solid and athletic and both our defense and forward line looks fragile and could benefit from his presence.

[PassIt2Carrots]

Leaving aside his rookie status, i'd have G-M playing ahead of Jamo in the 1s quite frankly.

No way could he have broken even with buddy last week. I'm going to give Jamo a little more time.

[cimm1979]

Fair enough, I hadn't read that.

That being the case JGM for me, he's tall, agile, solid and athletic and both our defense and forward line looks fragile and could benefit from his presence.

Solid?

Nope.

Buddy would have ragdolled him 20 times, then we would have put him on Tippett just to completely ruin his confidence.

It would have been a blood bath.

[LP]

Solid?

Nope.

Buddy would have ragdolled him 20 times, then we would have put him on Tippett just to completely ruin his confidence.

It would have been a blood bath.

When JGM joined Carlton prior to pre-season he was listed at 95kg. After his first pre-season you can expect 2 or 3 kg more which probably puts him in the 98kg class.

That ain't fragile! :o But I appreciate it doesn't mean strength either.

Keep in mind The Hyphen was one of the heaviest player on Carlton's list but never looked like it! But he had bones like a Hereford Bull, which says something about how hard Diesel hits!

[cimm1979]

When JGM joined Carlton prior to pre-season he was listed at 95kg. After his first pre-season you can expect 2 or 3 kg more which probably puts him in the 98kg class.

That ain't fragile! :o But I appreciate it doesn't mean strength either.

Keep in mind The Hyphen was one of the heaviest player on Carlton's list but never looked like it! But he had bones like a Hereford Bull, which says something about how hard Diesel hits!

Buddy would have eaten him alive and picked his teeth with the bones.

This guy is suited to Sam Reid/ Schache types who are naturally lean or underdeveloped.

Doesn't mean he won't play this year, but he needs the right match-up.

[Gointocarlton]

Keep in mind The Hyphen was one of the heaviest player on Carlton's list but never looked like it! But he had bones like a Hereford Bull, which says something about how hard Diesel hits!

Sorry Im confused (thats not hard) The Hyphen, you mean Rhys-Jones yeah? And you are saying Rhys was heavy? He was 6ft2 and 84kg. There were plenty heavier than that on our list I would have thought.

[LP]

Sorry Im confused (thats not hard) The Hyphen, you mean Rhys-Jones yeah? And you are saying Rhys was heavy? He was 6ft2 and 84kg. There were plenty heavier than that on our list I would have thought.

Rhys wasn't 6'2" and he wasn't 84kg, I played cricket with him, and I was an 84kg on-baller playing footy with him before he was drafted. I was significantly lighter and at 5'10" I was at least 6" shorter! The stats are you read are bullsh1t,  taken from back in the days when clubs submitted their figures unchecked by the VFL.

Explain this photo for your 6'2" if you are struggling to believe it!
[img width=500]http://www.blueseum.org/show_image.php?id=1575&scalesize=0&nocount=y[/img]

Keep in mind Silvagni, Dorotich are listed at 194cm and 193cm! :o

Don't be confused by muscle mass, can be very deceptive. BTW, I must clarify my earlier statement about weight because I was excluding Madden and Kernahan. They were both ruck size and I wasn't making comparisons to rucks.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Rhys wasn't 6'2" and he wasn't 84kg, I played cricket with him, and I was an 84kg on-baller playing footy with him before he was drafted. I was significantly lighter and at 5'10" I was at least 6" shorter! The stats are you read are bullsh1t,  taken from back in the days when clubs submitted their figures unchecked by the VFL.

Explain this photo for your 6'2" if you are struggling to believe it!
[img width=500]http://www.blueseum.org/show_image.php?id=1575&scalesize=0&nocount=y[/img]

Keep in mind Silvagni, Dorotich are listed at 194cm and 193cm! :o

Don't be confused by muscle mass, can be very deceptive. BTW, I must clarify my earlier statement about weight because I was excluding Madden and Kernahan. They were both ruck size and I wasn't making comparisons to rucks.

Ran into Rhys at Box Hill buying coffee and stood next him....I'm 6 ft and Rhys probably shaded me by by about and inch and a bit......my son was with me and he is around 193cm and a lot taller than Rhys.
Rhys has a massive pair of shoulders on him though and I wouldnt want to be taking a bump from him....