Rd 3: Carlton vs Gold Coast: Pre Game Premonitions

[laj]

Noticed I only said 3 tall defenders there...

That  roundabout way of saying you think Jamison should be out?

[PassIt2Carrots]

I think that is unfair...90% of the team put in all day. They came out hard after half time, and fought right to the very end in Junk time, where Malthouse teams would have been blown out by 100+

It was hard work turning the ball over at half forward every time and getting smashed at the stoppages. Effort and competitiveness was there, class was not and it didnt help that our "midfield" leaders didnt want to crack in and were fumbly.

Spot on mate. How can we progress when these blokes pick and choose? They are supposed to set an example. Murphy has been nowhere near as bad as Gibbs but he has to stop throwing himself on the deck looking for cheap frees when the pressure comes. That is not leadership.

[Thryleon]

I get the idea that Bolton has a rather different philosophy regarding selection and that players who put in a barry crocker will not automatically be dropped.

i.e. Phillips.

In a game we got monstored, I don't believe he is an automatic exclusion from our team.  It will teach him nothing.  The bloke actually tried, we were just fairly beaten.  There is nothing wrong with that provided that there is some learning to do.

The fact the bloke was happy to be accountable and follow his opponent as they drifted forward speaks for why that might be the case.

Sure, he still might miss this match but I reckon things might work a little differently to what we are expecting.

[ItsOurTime]

I get the idea that Bolton has a rather different philosophy regarding selection and that players who put in a barry crocker will automatically be dropped.

I doubt this will be a thing.

[crazyjoedevolamk11]

And Thomas on Buddy? :o

Beat him in the air though....Mark O The Week ;D

[Thryleon]

I doubt this will be a thing.

I missed a word so it might have a bit more meaning

[PassIt2Carrots]

I missed a word so it might have a bit more meaning

May pay to go back and edit as without the word it means the exact opposite!

[LP]

I missed a word so it might have a bit more meaning

Now I agree!

At AFL level you need players who have a trick, and success is all about developing players deficiencies so they can stay in the game/contest long enough to use their trick. We've lacked so much player development for years that most of our blokes never got to show their tricks.

[Thryleon]

May pay to go back and edit as without the word it means the exact opposite!

Done mate.

I just forked it up yesterday and didnt see my mistake until IOT had responded.

Lets hope its this way anyway.  There is nothing to gain for players to go up and down regardless of the effort they put in just because they had an ineffective match.

[LordLucifer]

B : Weitering, Jamison, Buckley
HB : Docherty, Jones, Gibbs
C : Simpson, Cripps, Boekhorst
HF : Touhy, Casboult, C. Curnow
F : Everitt, Gorringe, Wright
R : Kreuzer, Murphy, E. Curnow
I/C : Phillips, Thomas, Graham, Sumner

IN : Buckley, Jones, Gorringe, Sumner
OUT : Walker, Rowe, White, Lamb