Rd 18: Pre Game Premonitions: Carlton vs Brisbane

[DJC]

At first glance, that is a very, very young team!

At second glance, that is an incredibly inexperienced team!  Eight players have a grand total of 95 games between them, another three are yet to reach 50 games and only six have played more than 100 games.

[Professer E]

A lot better side (on paper) than last week... Better ball users and faster across the ground.  If we come to play we'll beat Brisbane.

[blue4life]

We can safely say that Jaksch is finished now that McKay has been picked ahead of him, the only player over 6 feet who hasn't is Kerr and he's out for the rest of the season.
What a stellar trade that was eh?
Anyhoo, the Bears will need to be pretty hopeless but they are so we might have a win, either that or a 57 to 54 point loss.
We need the draft picks anyway.

[kruddler]

We can safely say that Jaksch is finished now that McKay has been picked ahead of him, the only player over 6 feet who hasn't is Kerr and he's out for the rest of the season.
What a stellar trade that was eh?
Anyhoo, the Bears will need to be pretty hopeless but they are so we might have a win, either that or a 57 to 54 point loss.
We need the draft picks anyway.

Jaksch was a highly rated kid. Much higher rated than Jones was.

You win some. You lose some.

[DJC]

Jaksch was a highly rated kid. Much higher rated than Jones was.

You win some. You lose some.

I'm not sure what Jones has to do with the apparent demise of Jaksch  ???

The problem is that until the last two draft/trade periods, we lost a hell of a lot more than we won 

[sandsmere]

At second glance, that is an incredibly inexperienced team!  Eight players have a grand total of 95 games between them, another three are yet to reach 50 games and only six have played more than 100 games.

That certainly tips the scales Brisbanes way.

A bit like the side we played PA with. Hope it doesn't blow out like that one did.

[JonHenry]

At second glance, that is an incredibly inexperienced team!  Eight players have a grand total of 95 games between them, another three are yet to reach 50 games and only six have played more than 100 games.

The guys getting replaced are not all that more experienced and this group is certainly better although Williamson may not come up.
Shame, I think we've missed him

[crashlander]

Not sure Boekhurst and Sumner would be sleeping well tonight.

Boekhorst can consider himself a bit stiff. He hasn't been that bad. Sumner, on the other hand, probably realizes his time is up. Last week killed his career as a senior player with us.

Harry McKay is probably a bit lucky. He has been down in recent weeks. But he does now get an opportunity where at least some of the guys can kick it in his general direction. It may also be in his half more often, no matter how poor our forward football can be. That will help him. Last week he got seriously cold.

[blue4life]

Jaksch was a highly rated kid. Much higher rated than Jones was.

You win some. You lose some.

The Jaksch trade effectively cost us pick 7 as Whiley is gone and Boekhorst is soon to be gone, Jones cost us pick 46.
Whether he was highly rated as a kid means nothing as we recruited him when he'd been on a senior list for two years and played 7 games for a very modest return.
It was a woeful trade which was symptomatic of our recruiting and drafting over a decade or more, which is why we now find ourselves bereft of talent in the mid age demographic.
Premiership teams need 10 or 12 players aged between 25 and 30 if history is any guide and it will be another 4 years minimum before we reach that point.

[blue4life]

That certainly tips the scales Brisbanes way.

A bit like the side we played PA with. Hope it doesn't blow out like that one did.

Our kids are more at home than they were when we played PA, particularly the likes of Curnow, although we lack Cripps.
A win would surprise me but I doubt that it will be a heavy loss.