Carlton v Williamstown : Reserves practice match report

[PaulP]

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/896420...lliamstown

At the very bottom of that report is the following. Make of it what you will :

"Caleb Marchbank did not feature in Saturday's VFL practice match. He will look to get through training next week in order to play VFL next weekend."

[ElwoodBlues1]

Williamstowns  star recruits this season were Cameron Polson and Harrison Macreadie....which probably tells you how we really went.
We had a team full of AFL listed players with considerable experience and only beat the boys from Willy led by their star recruits and a few other discards  and we won by 4 goals.
Sensational performance.....outstanding reserves form...yeah right.

[Thryleon]

Can only beat who you play against and our non afl players in the vfl are hardly battle hardened warriors.

[Shakin77]

Any footage other than the highlights?

[Gointocarlton]

Crash, RiverRat and those who watch tons of VFL footy can answer this, when was the last time one of out blokes transferred great VFL form into AFL performance?

[Thryleon]

Crash, RiverRat and those who watch tons of VFL footy can answer this, when was the last time one of out blokes transferred great VFL form into AFL performance?

Liam Jones was definitely one.

[crashlander]

Crash, RiverRat and those who watch tons of VFL footy can answer this, when was the last time one of out blokes transferred great VFL form into AFL performance?

Justin Murphy in his first stint at the club. he was dropped from the senior, got about 50 possessions in the 2's and was back the next week to play well. That's the one that sticks in my mind.

A slightly more recent one: Jacob Weitering. He was dropped in 2018 after some ordinary performances where he really lacked confidence. He played in the Northern Blues against Frankston at Frankston. He had 18 marks and close to 30 possessions in defence and returned to the seniors a much better player.

Another one of Note: Liam Jones. He played defence for the first time a couple of years back and was looking impressive in the 2's after failing as a forward. He was then moved into the ruck against Williamstown to play against Nick Meese (?), who had been rucking very well. Jones played a ripper and was promoted the next week. he went into defence and played excellently. he has remained one of our key defenders.

[LP]

Crash, RiverRat and those who watch tons of VFL footy can answer this, when was the last time one of out blokes transferred great VFL form into AFL performance?

Gibbons, he'd been good in the VFL for half a decade!

[crashlander]

CARLTON VFL          2.3      5.6      11.11      15.12 (102)
WILLIAMSTOWN      5.0      7.7      8.10        11.11 (77)

GOALS
Carlton: McGovern 3, Cuningham 2, Honey 2, Owies 2, Stocker 2, Kennedy, McDonald, O’Brien, Wooller

BESTS
Carlton: Williamson, Stocker, Cuningham, Stephens, O'Brien, Ramsay, Kennedy

[crashlander]

Gibbons, he'd been good in the VFL for half a decade!

Very true. Alas, he was not wearing our colours at the time.