2018 Rd 4: Carlton vs North Melbourne in Hobart

[ElwoodBlues1]

Dow's kicking isnt great....cant hit targets, and lacks composure kicking for goal especially on the run......also needs to work on his defensive game and chase better, if you stuff up you still have to chase and get to the next contest.
Be good to pit him against LDU from Nth who also has been a slow starter after being a gun a TAC level....

[sandsmere]

Dow's kicking isnt great....cant hit targets, and lacks composure kicking for goal especially on the run......also needs to work on his defensive game and chase better, if you stuff up you still have to chase and get to the next contest.
Be good to pit him against LDU from Nth who also has been a slow starter after being a gun a TAC level....

C'mon EB. Cut the kid a bit of slack. Only played 3 games.
The nerves will still be playing a major part with him.
A teenager playing AFL footy. Pretty big stuff.

He's showing a lot of talent I reckon. A few games in the twos won't hurt him either, which he is sure to get during the season.

[flyboy77]

As I'va said before, playing Polson and Dow rather than say Kerridge and Graham (physically mature men), starts us two men down effectively.

That is, no chance of beating anyone.....strange tactics by the MC, who said 2018 was about wins?

[Jack Burton]

No thanks, we need to look forward, not backwards

[cookie2]

I think the club is committed to youth - I'd be surprised if we go back to the "older" players unless we need to cover for injuries.

[Thryleon]

As I'va said before, playing Polson and Dow rather than say Kerridge and Graham (physically mature men), starts us two men down effectively.

That is, no chance of beating anyone.....strange tactics by the MC, who said 2018 was about wins?

Whilst Polson isnt setting the world on fire, we are at a cross roads with him.

Hes on his third year on the list, and from what I saw on friday attempted to apply a lot of pressure, just needs to catch people and tackle them a bit more.

A little more polish and he would have jagged a couple of goals too.

we need to see him operate over a number of games and see what he can and cannot do, and decide whether or not hes worth persisting with as time is running out for him before he graduates to list clogger.

Im not in favour of dropping him particularly whilst the other smalls are not in the team or similarly not performing all that well.  Basically, Lebois form against Collingwood was ominous and hes started to knock on the door for a potential senior birth if our small forwards don't get a wriggle on.

We need to see Polson for a couple more weeks and then figure out whether or not he's worth persisting with because when he exits this team, hes currently first delist off the rank IMHO.  The rest of the blokes on our list have shown they have the ability to compete at AFL level, and have specifics they need to work on.  Polson hasnt shown anything yet.

[Lods]

Whilst Polson isnt setting the world on fire, we are at a cross roads with him.

Hes on his third year on the list, and from what I saw on friday attempted to apply a lot of pressure, just needs to catch people and tackle them a bit more.

He's only at the start of his second year isn't he? ???
Same draft as SPS

[ElwoodBlues1]

I think the club is committed to youth - I'd be surprised if we go back to the "older" players unless we need to cover for injuries.

Agree...Youth also gives you an excuse if you lose,  its easier to sell failure to the poor huddled masses and blame inexperience rather than anything
wrong from the coaches box.
Lets face it we are back to square one shuffling deck chairs on the titanic, the rebuild has hit an iceberg as our senior playing group are not good enough to carry the juniors while they develop and one of the worries when you rebuild is you hope other teams dont improve at the same rate as you but that hasnt been the case. There are no easy games and other teams who we thought we should beat have actually improved more than we thought, teams that should have collapsed into a screaming heap after cycles of success like Hawthorn, Swans etc refuse to die and bottom out.
We have no choice but to continue with youth but it isnt going to be pretty watching and unless Bolton can improve his coaching and planning on game day to make up for our deficiencies its going to be a long couple of seasons ahead with no guarantees..

[Thryleon]

He's only at the start of his second year isn't he? ???
Same draft as SPS

Sorry, I meant to say if hes to get a third year on the list.

Thus far has shown donuts.

[madbluboy]

Expecting a win, we can't possible go to 0-4.

Weitering to have a blinder playing Marchbank's role.