Synbad wrote:
Blues2005 wrote:
Who would you say is a better kick of the footy at the club than Camporeale? I would say Stevens and Houlihan could argue their cases and someone like Fev is a better kick for goal but Campo is a field kicker.
The fact that he misses targets is sometimes his fault and sometimes its the bloke receiving the kick's fault. But the fact is that Campo is at least one of the better kicks at the club. Whether that's an indictment on the club is for you to decide but I don't think it is.
Fev is a better kick field or otherwise than Campo.
It doesnt say alot about the club when Campo is there to kick a footy and he isnt hitting that many targets does it??
Well an emphasis has to be put on basic skills in recruiting.
I really dont think you can truly teach someone to be a Stewie Dew.. and Campo is not in the Stewie Dew league if were talking hes there to just kick.
If Campo is receiving 600k plus to be our version of Stewie Dew (lets be realistic thats what Stewie Dew does) then he has failed miserably..
I bet the forwards would prefer the ball in Stevens hands than Campos and same with Houlihan.
Kouta is a better kick than Campo...
Watch Campo in a game and tell me how many times he actually finds a target.
Why is Campo there to be our version of Stewie Dew? He can't kick as long as Dew, lacks the penetration of Dew etc etc. we all know that.
They're completely different players...you're right you can't learn to kick like Dew can but how many sides have a Stewie Dew anyway? Stewart Dew is a luxury at Port Adelaide and yep I wish we had him or someone that kicks like him but we don't...
I'd say the closest thing we have to Dew is probably Chambers or McGrath in that when they want to they can both roost the ball...and Fev of course. But as you can see we don't have a Stewie Dew so why compare Campo to him?
For what it's worth I reckon Campo has done more for Carlton than Stewie Dew will for Port..
I also think that missing targets isn't always the kickers' fault, often it is, but sometimes the kicker is made to look bad by his target not running hard enough, good defensive play by the opposition etc...