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I'm talking about this year not the future.

Quote from: PassIt2Carrots on January 14, 2015, 01:43:43 pm

I'm talking about this year not the future.

I'd have Waite in our team any day of the week, as would our coach if his reaction to him leaving is anything to go by. Anyone who says different is kidding themselves.

We have to hope Jones is peaking when we are in a position to challenge..Waite would not have been in our next premiership team but hopefully Jones will be...

if Jones' goal output isn't the equal or better than Waite's that will be disappointing.

Quote from: Lods on January 14, 2015, 03:44:03 pm

if Jones' goal output isn't the equal or better than Waite's that will be disappointing.

With all due respect, that's a tad unfair. On his day, when fit and firing, Waite could destroy anyone. Age and injury unfortunately caught up with him at the Blues and was fair too inconsistent for what we needed (My mail was that his back has never recovered from the injury two years ago and never will). I will be ecstatic if Jones could surpass Waite however I will be more than satisfied if he could just be a more consistent contributor than Waite.

Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on January 14, 2015, 03:19:45 pm

We have to hope Jones is peaking when we are in a position to challenge..Waite would not have been in our next premiership team but hopefully Jones will be...

I don't think Jones will ever be a star but hopefully if he's not a total potato, the others around him can get the job done for us.

Quote from: Gointocarlton on January 14, 2015, 03:52:43 pm

Quote from: Lods on January 14, 2015, 03:44:03 pm

if Jones' goal output isn't the equal or better than Waite's that will be disappointing.

With all due respect, that's a tad unfair. On his day, when fit and firing, Waite could destroy anyone. Age and injury unfortunately caught up with him at the Blues and was fair too inconsistent for what we needed (My mail was that his back has never recovered from the injury two years ago and never will). I will be ecstatic if Jones could surpass Waite however I will be more than satisfied if he could just be a more consistent contributor than Waite.

On his day he could....but his day was much too infrequent.... for whatever reason.

Jarrad Waite will always be a huge case of "what might have been".

Given that Jones will only have to go at about a goal and a half a game, he wont have to go too hard to match Waite's goal output....Note:I didn't mention anything about Waite's impact on the forward line, and his around the ground play...that's another factor altogether.

Quote from: Lods on January 14, 2015, 04:01:39 pm

Quote from: Gointocarlton on January 14, 2015, 03:52:43 pm

Quote from: Lods on January 14, 2015, 03:44:03 pm

if Jones' goal output isn't the equal or better than Waite's that will be disappointing.

With all due respect, that's a tad unfair. On his day, when fit and firing, Waite could destroy anyone. Age and injury unfortunately caught up with him at the Blues and was fair too inconsistent for what we needed (My mail was that his back has never recovered from the injury two years ago and never will). I will be ecstatic if Jones could surpass Waite however I will be more than satisfied if he could just be a more consistent contributor than Waite.

On his day he could....but his day was much too infrequent.... for whatever reason.

Jarrad Waite will always be a huge case of "what might have been".

Given that Jones will only have to go at about a goal and a half a game, he wont have to go too hard to match Waite's goal output....Note:I didn't mention anything about Waite's impact on the forward line, and his around the ground play...that's another factor altogether.

As is his time at CHB; probably where he played his best footy.  Waite's three goals in the first half when he was playing CHB on Richo is one of my favourite memories of him.

Funnily enough I'm not "bitter" at him  leaving.
He'll always be a Carlton player to me....but I'm just a bit sad about 'what might have been' if he'd had an injury free run and been a bit less "careless' at times.

Quote from: Lods on January 14, 2015, 06:17:08 pm

Funnily enough I'm not "bitter" at him  leaving.
He'll always be a Carlton player to me....but I'm just a bit sad about 'what might have been' if he'd had an injury free run and been a bit less "careless' at times.

I think you've summarized the sentiment of the vast majority of Carlton supporters right there.

Quote from: Gointocarlton on January 14, 2015, 03:52:43 pm

Quote from: Lods on January 14, 2015, 03:44:03 pm

if Jones' goal output isn't the equal or better than Waite's that will be disappointing.

With all due respect, that's a tad unfair. On his day, when fit and firing, Waite could destroy anyone. Age and injury unfortunately caught up with him at the Blues and was fair too inconsistent for what we needed (My mail was that his back has never recovered from the injury two years ago and never will). I will be ecstatic if Jones could surpass Waite however I will be more than satisfied if he could just be a more consistent contributor than Waite.

On his day he could....but his day was much too infrequent.... for whatever reason.

Jarrad Waite will always be a huge case of "what might have been".

Given that Jones will only have to go at about a goal and a half a game, he wont have to go too hard to match Waite's goal output....Note:I didn't mention anything about Waite's impact on the forward line, and his around the ground play...that's another factor altogether.