ColourMan wrote:
Cretylus wrote:
ColourMan wrote:
Cretylus wrote:
Big Kahuna Boot wrote:
..we have had a shite culture for years, still do in some areas.. ..will take years of hard work to fix it.. ..but that is not Carlton..
Port power changed it in 1 pre season.If I recall correctly port was broke, and couldn't win at home.
Total basket case.
One training session with hinkley and the players changed attitude, worked hard and had hope. Hinkley asked the players to repeat their first 5km run, because they just went through the motions. He told them he didn't like that attitude, and attitude starts at training.
Ironically, it was the same week that carlton started its pre season under Mick (nov 2012). But as we all know mick was on a book promotional tour with his daughter and so The great Robert Wiley was at the helm.
That's were we are at as a club. Top to bottom mediocrity and unimaginative weak leadership throughout. You only need to look at swans executive decisions to see this in its grandeur
Easier to do if you have a list that is young with talent.... ours is a very old list with very limited young talent (Menzel/Cripps)...
We were carved up by seriously talented midfielders in their second, third and fourth years... we have no midfielders in that age group* let alone talented ones...
*only Graham fits that criteria but he isn't going to make it (at least not in a big way)...
the stats were fairly even until the last 15 minutes.
The only lob sided stats were the 1%ers - tackles, blocks, hard running for the team etc... and they went Port's way....
That was a winnable game, we even got ourselves back in front after Port were on top in that 3rd term.
Tactically we were predictable even though the tactics worked well early - Port were very poor in that first quarter.
Were you happy with our 1%ers against Port?
Where did I mention 1%ers? I was bemoaning the lack of young players on our list, specifically midfielders... and even when Port were a basket case there list management, drafting and recruiting etc was still excellent (and miles ahead of us)... once everything else was put in place i.e. administration, coaching, well, their list hasn't held them back. Our list is flowered..
Name our seriously talented midfielders in their second (
Wines), third (
Wingard) and fourth (
Polec) years.
Name one decent key position player (forward or back) we have drafted in the National Draft this century (not counting father/sons)...
you wont get an argument from me concerning our pathetic recruiting and development record over the past decade or so....
But what has 1%ers got to do with youth in the team???
the basics of the game are non negotiable to everyone who puts on a carlton jumper and runs out onto the field.
That's where everything starts.....on the field and during training etc.,
Nobody can shy away from the fact that Port Power were a basket case, on and off the field in 2012 and in one pre season under Hinkley they transformed themselves into a competitive outfit that works well as a team.
That's all I ask from the Blues - the win/loss ratio will take care of itself.
The next couple of moths of football will determine whether Mick has the fire in the belly and whether most of the players on this list have anything at all in their bellies.
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