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03-05-2017, 01:28 AM
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If nothing else, win, lose or draw, you should use the pre-season games to assess and get some psychological advantage over your direct opponent.
That's what Aint Kilda did yesterday. 
Probably from our perspective, The Aints know they can't catch Pickett, so if and when he gets fit, strong and durable enough to play a full game he's going to hurt a lot of teams. Make no mistake, they tried like hell to catch him yesterday and failed.
Fischer showed signs as well, but I worry about his style of game relative to his size at AFL level.
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OK guys, I will reserve further judgement and comment about our prospects until after the R1 game! 
Reality always wins in the end.
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(03-05-2017, 01:37 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:OK guys, I will reserve further judgement and comment about our prospects until after the R1 game!
I'll be waiting until R5 or 6 before really assessing where we're at.
Dimma reckons he was too strict last season, with his rules, structures etc. Apparently this season he will be releasing the shackles - his mantra is "Just Play". If they go all out attack, it will really test our defensive set ups and personnel.
Whatever happens, I'm guessing that Spanner and the Big Boss will have to double their server capacity. Should be a bumper year for CSC.
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03-05-2017, 02:09 AM
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(03-05-2017, 01:48 AM)PaulP link Wrote:I'll be waiting until R5 or 6 before really assessing where we're at.
Dimma reckons he was too strict last season, with his rules, structures etc. Apparently this season he will be releasing the shackles - his mantra is "Just Play". If they go all out attack, it will really test our defensive set ups and personnel.
Whatever happens, I'm guessing that Spanner and the Big Boss will have to double their server capacity. Should be a bumper year for CSC.
Paul, I will be focused on our effort and intensity and there will be no excuse IMO for that not being evident R1. The other stuff e.g. knowledge of the game plan, skills, decision making etc. make take a bit longer I agree.
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(03-05-2017, 02:09 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Paul, I will be focused on our effort and intensity and there will be no excuse IMO for that not being evident R1. The other stuff e.g. knowledge of the game plan, skills, decision making etc. make take a bit longer I agree.
Fair points cookie.
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It was the lack of intensity and effort from many of the mid tier players that really concerned me yesterday. These are guys who would think are fighting for a place in the team in R1 and didn't fire a shot. I'm talking about guys like Boek, Graham & Lamb who we need as the link players and should be good users of the ball who had zero impact on the game. And don't get me started on Thomas - zero tackles from the senior pro yesterday and a guy who sets a terrible example for the young guys in terms of not putting his body on the line. We all know Jones is a highlight reel player only - yesterday is just another classic example.
I'm not worried [yet] about the young guys, and some of them showed some good signs albeit glimpses only. Fisher and McKay both look to me like they need a fair bit of time in the NB's before they are ready for senior action. Marchbank looks a standout, and Macreadie did some nice things as well.
The other thing that stood out like proverbials yesterday is just how bad our field kicking is. Curnow, Kerridge and Palmer are ok at getting ball, but their efficiency by foot is terrible and they had 12 clangers between them. If your mids cannot keep hold of the ball then you are going to get blow off the park on turnover.
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sbf, re the kicking, this has been one of my many bugaboos for ages. I'll quote from a 2012 Rob walls article :
"Ratten has a back line that can't kick over a jam tin. So he has to play Heath Scotland, Chris Yarran and Bryce Gibbs back there. Someone needs to stamp ''KICKING SKILLS'' on the foreheads of Carlton's recruiters because half the list is substandard by foot."
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@SBF
The players you are describing here SBF are mediocre and not what we need to build our future on. They will not significantly improve let alone reach AFL standard.
We have to put up with them though for another year, unfortunately, as part of our rebuild but I'm hoping that their bad habits don't rub off on to our younger players. So we should be using them as little as possible. A fair swag of them should be sent on their way again this year as we progress the rebuild.
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Remember that SOS has his hands tied somewhat with some of our problem players because of contracts offered before he came to Carlton, namely Thomas, Jones, Jaksch, there's probably more
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Whilst it doesn't help us ac CFC supporters, Daisy was actually a very good kick of the footy in his Pie days.
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