Carlton Supporters Club

Agree with all points. Best balanced post I've read in a long time.

We all want the rebuild but part of it is these sorts of performances - we all have to accept the pain in doing it properly.

My only 'small' concern is whether theres a point when playing too many kids actually slows their development. Still I shall trust the club - hopefully playing the amount of kids we have this year is the best long term plan.

jack had four shots at goals for two goals two behinds. Her set up two other goals of which one was a pass to Weitering. Not sure what game you were watching but Jack played up the ground. Weitering, Casboult and Charlie were our deepest forwards most of the time. Jack was born in late December and scrapped into the 2015 National draft and is 6 weeks older than Sam P-Seton. He has out shown Charlie Cunningham and McKay and many first round picks of his year.

Then again,  you probably would like Blain Boekhorst in the team for his speed. I think not! Give me someone who try's and bleeds for the jumper.

Jack is an absolute steal!!!

Not sure if you blokes are taking the pi55 or not.
Jack is clearly our best forward... That's not to say he is an elite player or anything, but of our forwards he reads the play best, clearly the highest work rate in the  forward line, no one leads or works harder off the ball... And is a fair kick and a good mark. We have absolutely nothing up forward, and I reckon most teams in the comp would be happy to have Jack on their list. Unfortunately we have to pin our hopes each week on a 19yo kid with the body of a 16 or 17yo kid, who competes much more impressively then he would be expected to at any other club.

Certainly a bit more to like this week than the first outing.  Some more experience in the middle made a big difference, with Judd and Carrazzo playing well. Judd especially went pretty hard at times, seems to be enjoying the game.   A fit Carrazzo for the season will improve our chances a great deal.

Yarran was great, but he is going to have a serious tag on him most games and will have to work hard to get free. KJ will definitely play round 1, he looks like he belongs out there, with poise and good disposal too.

I must say the pies looked pretty ordinary and could be in for a long season.  They have some players that promise but we had a lot more possessions,  despite mucking it up a bit at times.

As other posts have mentioned, our rucks are a problem. Casbolt is not tall enough to really compete at throw-ins so it does leave a gap.  I don't see this as too big an issue over a season though as few teams seem to have the ruck situation settled in the era of a substitute and three on the bench. Two pure rucks is one too many, but a back up during games is needed. In our case Warnock is not going to get much better, but Wood has limitations too.  I tend to think that rucks are a little over-rated anyway. Yes our rucks are average but fewer turnovers in the midfield is going to make a bigger difference.

And finally, those torps that Jamison booted twice kicking out were something! Not always the best option and it is only for the odd time when team mates know what is going on, but when they work they can be spectacular.