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BakerWasAStar wrote:
I sat next to my brother's mate who pointed out a simple fact when Thornton outmarked Carlisle - Thornton is a 200 game player and Carlisle a 10 game player. Meyers is, what, a a 50 game player? In each contest the ball was kicked perfectly to advantage.
And this is Carlton's great problem.
It has no good, young key position talls coming through and is relying on ageing hacks like Thorton and SANFL/VFL good bodied players like Laidler & Duigan to take KPs or key roles (Watson tried & found wanting multiple times. They would have to play out of their skin to be beat the best and we are nowhere near the best.
Their list mgmt looks screwed and their list unbalanced. They Kane Lucas instead of Talia/Carlisle and that decision may be the one that prevents them winning a flag. I'd expect them to go after a quality, KPP big time this off season.
They may have pantsed us today but we have young, quality KPPs (Hurley, Pears, Carlisle & Hooker when fit) and a young developing midfield (Zaka, Melksham, Colyer, Prismall, Hocking) led by Watson & Stanton neither of who is over 26.
Their window is now & next year whilst Judd is still at the top of his game.
Their best quarterback/tall defender is a 36 year old who played with Jobe Watson's Dad.
A shame they can't find a midfielder who can play a sacrificial negating role on Laidler and Yarran like Robinson has done to Fletcher twice.
Our babies eliminated their babies in the VFL final last week ......... and Hurley might still go to GWS in 2013 ........ it all amounts to Essenduds
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