Re: NAB Challenge- Round 1 Carlton v WCE
Reply #179 –
All those of you who judge Bell - hang your heads in abject shame.
He's 23yo and HAS PLAYED 29 senior games. TWENTY NINE. ONLY.
the SIMPLE RULE IS THAT IT TAKES most players 75 games + to find their feet at the top level.
Seriously, arm chair critics in over drive......
from memory he didn't even play afl as a kid?
Settle down tiger, everyone is entitled to an opinion. People call it as they see it, far too many over inflate the abilities of our players. You want an honest appraisal of him and others on our list? Talk to other teams supporters, we are simply not rated highly at all and its players like Bell and Graham (to use 2 examples who many are pinning their hopes on) who perpetuate this opinion. Just as an example, I have two good mates who are supporters of other clubs who have wives that are Carlton supporters. They both go to their teams as well as Carlton games most weeks to appease their better halves. Whilst they have soft spots Carlton, they don't rate our list at all apart from a few players here and there. An its very interesting that they both point out very similar things in relation to particular players. In any case, we will always have our own opinions, thats what forums like this are for. As I have always said, would love nothing more than to be proven wrong by players who I dont rate.