Re: Carlton V North- Post match thread
Reply #22 –
Feck me that 2nd half was an utter trainwreck.......it's getting harder & harder attending I tells ya, at halftime I thought I'd made the best decision ever by attending - chuckling at all those who hadn't bothered......and then THAT damn 2nd half.....*sigh*.
The fact that Barker continues to play Yarran in defence, as Yarran continues to give up cheap shots on goal, tells me Barker isn't the man for this caper. Yes, I'll accept that there's a lot of what goes on out there which is not a directive of Barker, but feck me, surely there's some basic footy 101 stuff that can be reinforced. I'm sick of seeing opposition players marking the ball at around the 50m mark, then casually being able to find a teammate, uncontested, about 20m closer......I mean FFS, really??? He shouldn't even need to be coaching that, but seeing as it's clear he needs to - FFS do it!!!
I love Patty Cripps, I really do, but by christ he cannot kick to save himself - he seriously can't, to the point that it's not just a liability to himself & the team, but it's what's gonna hold him back from ever being elite.....having said that, Jobe Watson was very ordinary by foot when he started & he managed to turn it around, so I'm hopeful Patty can do the same. Cripps could easily have about 15-20 goals to his name this year if he could kick.....it's a real shame at the moment.
For mine, Barker's been part of an unsuccessful & rabble of a Club for too long.......yes, he appears to be a nice bloke & says all the right things, but at the end of the day, surely what we need is someone from a highly successful culture, someone who's seen & been part of a football system which has reached the pinnacle of the sport. I for one, will be extremely disappointed if Barker gets the job permanently. Yes, he has a largely crap list to work with, but geez, there's not even a semblance of pride in these blokes....we're right back to where we found ourselves the week Mick was sacked.