DesEnglish wrote:
Adam Chatfield wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
DesEnglish wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
Clowns at 360 have changed their tune towards Carlton.
More of a pat on the back for first 3 quarters.
That Carlton have the 2 best bookends: Weitering & McKay.
Add Jones and Betts to them and there's a lot to build on from there.
I'm not sure about Betts but they would have liked to say Charlie Curnow.
Saad and Williams under performing, and both very good HB's.
The problem Robbo says is the stuff in between.
I think Whaetely would've liked to have said between the ears.
No mention of Cripps or Docherty, nor anyone else.
I don't know why Russell and co are not being questioned re injuries, strength and endurance.
I think the defensive set of of Teague's is really taxing, but effective for as long as it lasts.
Carlton haven't been able to respond to a big effort from the opposition. Flaky.
Teague has to sort out the players who are going to win it for him, or develop for the position.
Were some guys chronically injured before Russell got here?
Can they not train hard enough to improve their fitness, strength and in turn durability?With regards to the first question. We've stripped the list and everyone is brand new and youngish
Highlighted question. You'd think so. Every preseason, let alone each season, a player would build a l;ayer of each of those qualities you ask about. Always has been the case.
Yes but seemed we had a fettish for broken down injured guys who we thought we were getting bargains for because they used to be high draft picks.
So not sure it’s Russell’s fault re Marchbank for example.
Setterfield had a knee before he came, as did Kemp.
Marchbank was broken before he got here. I get the frustration with our injuries but I’m not sure Russell can do much with
some of them
I don't think that's true.
In fact, I know its not.
He got over his injuries at GWS and was really fit.
He wanted to go back to Melbourne to be closer to his family on the border.
3 clubs were after his signature, that we knew.
Unbeknown to him his Grand father or great gf played for Carlton.
The rest as they say is history.
He was reliable and relatively injury free for first couple seasons with us.
Stand out.
Then when he was rushed back from injury against Collingwood, he was playing really well in a close game. Went for ONE kick in the corridor as coached and the kick was intercepted. Same game he got the knee to the neck standing infront of the oncoming forward and fractured it.
That's when the likes of keogh and other kids started the rumours he was not good by foot, then the SOS hatred turned him into ... complete slander in my books...chinese whispers turned into....well look at your thoughts. Where did that come from?