2017 Round 4 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Gold Coast

[flyboy77]

Give Pickett a chance, noting he sees himself as a mid and not a small forward.....

[Gointocarlton]

Reckon Pickett will get one more chance on the dry ground at Etihad, I think he is a very skilled player but at the minute is more of a cameo type who needs to make more of his chances.
Gallucci was ordinary vs Port so I dont see a quick promotion for him, maybe a fit Jed Lamb might challenge Pickett for a place but I prefer we keep getting games into Pickett as he has more upside.

Re Jed Lamb, I'm not sure about him and I cant work him out. He's one of the blokes that doesn't do enough to get noticed yet doesn't do SFA either. He sort of flies under the radar to me, either that or I just dont look hard enough at what he does/doesnt do :o :o I could not definitively say whether he is fast, slow, skillful, unskillful, hard, soft etc etc. I am tempted to lean towards the old "VFL player at best" label.
Whats Sumner's story this year? Injured? CBFed?

[jeza]

On Lamb and Sumner : tough gig playing small forward for cfc at the moment.

[blue4life]

On Lamb and Sumner : tough gig playing small forward for cfc at the moment.

Boekhorst got a bit of the ball in the VFL so he could be a chance, not sure what's going on with Dylan Buckley.
We've got about half a dozen small forwards, it's finding a good one that seems to be the problem.

[Lods]

It's interesting that some commentators are now reflecting on Richmond's and Melbourne's performances in the first two games in a positive light by declaring  ..."Well maybe Carlton aren't so bad after all"...meaning their wins had a bit more merit than they were credited with at the time.

Big test this week against a side that will be determined to back up  their win on the weekend.
We'll have a much better idea about our side after this game.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Boekhorst got a bit of the ball in the VFL so he could be a chance, not sure what's going on with Dylan Buckley.
We've got about half a dozen small forwards, it's finding a good one that seems to be the problem.

Buckley is playing small defender down back in what I see as a last ditch effort to stay on the list.....wasnt impressed with him vs Port and
he lacks nous under pressure and is a poor decision maker.
Boekhorst......if you rated him a rookie pick then you are probably getting what you paid for, but if you rated him a top 20 pick
then you are going to be disappointed, no way is he senior material based on what I witnessed...

[LP]

Buckley is playing small defender down back in what I see as a last ditch effort to stay on the list.....wasnt impressed with him vs Port and
he lacks nous under pressure and is a poor decision maker.

Boekhorst......if you rated him a rookie pick then you are probably getting what you paid for, but if you rated him a top 20 pick
then you are going to be disappointed, no way is he senior material based on what I witnessed...

I'll cut Buckley some slack, but I think even he knows he needs to find another level to cut into the side.

Boekhorst I have to agree about, he doesn't seem to have another level, he looks to me to be another Kane Lucas or Troy Menzel. All I can say I hope he proves me wrong!

[blue4life]

Buckley is playing small defender down back in what I see as a last ditch effort to stay on the list.....wasnt impressed with him vs Port and
he lacks nous under pressure and is a poor decision maker.
Boekhorst......if you rated him a rookie pick then you are probably getting what you paid for, but if you rated him a top 20 pick
then you are going to be disappointed, no way is he senior material based on what I witnessed...

We're barking up the wrong tree if we think that Buckley will get a spot as a running back.
Docherty, Simpson and Byrne to come, and who knows how good Williamson could be?
His only hope is as a small forward IMO and even that's a slim hope.
I've never really had much of an opinion of Boekhorst, or Lamb or Sumner either for that matter, I think Pickett shows more promise than any of them but it would be nice to have a couple.
Armfield is probably done and dusted but he's done well to play 140 games.

[DJC]

On Lamb and Sumner : tough gig playing small forward for cfc at the moment.

Wright does OK at it.

I think Lamb and Sumner just don't have attributes necessary to be a success as a small forward/midfielder.  Samo and Pickett have gone past them - and the latter isn't setting the world on fire just yet.

[DJC]

We're barking up the wrong tree if we think that Buckley will get a spot as a running back.
Docherty, Simpson and Byrne to come, and who knows how good Williamson could be?
His only hope is as a small forward IMO and even that's a slim hope.
I've never really had much of an opinion of Boekhorst, or Lamb or Sumner either for that matter, I think Pickett shows more promise than any of them but it would be nice to have a couple.
Armfield is probably done and dusted but he's done well to play 140 games.

X2

That's exactly as I see it.