Carlton Supporters Club

Year after year after year after year. Farken sick to death of this:
http://www.afl.com.au/video/2014-03-27/thursday-showreel-blues-in-blunderland
Nuff said

WHat was the deal with McLean not getting off the bench at 3 quarter time?

Encouraging is that we can, as a group, eventually find the minerals to apply legitimate pressure and actually play some very good footy.

A few positives to come out of last night. Buckley was fantastic for his second game, I almost certain Yarran will now become a star and we started to look more like a footy team in the second half something that I couldn't see in the port game or in the first half.

Put walker, armfield, Judd, Kruezer, Scotland, carazzo and to some extent Doherty and we are 50% better side.

Warnock worked really hard but the bottom line is the bloke is one dimensional. Tap ruckman only. In 1988 would have been a beaut. But a ruckman who cannot mark and goes to water in front of goal aint no good in this era of footy. Dare I say Wood wouldn't have been as good in tap work but would have marked and kicked truly!

Quote from: Baggers on March 28, 2014, 08:29:39 am

Warnock worked really hard but the bottom line is the bloke is one dimensional. Tap ruckman only. In 1988 would have been a beaut. But a ruckman who cannot mark and goes to water in front of goal aint no good in this era of footy. Dare I say Wood wouldn't have been as good in tap work but would have marked and kicked truly!

To be fair, I thought it was Robbies kicking only that let him down by and large. For a bloke thats 206cm, he wasnt to bad down low at times last night, dished off nicely when he had to I though. But his disposal by foot was Little Leaguesque!

Quote from: Baggers on March 28, 2014, 08:29:39 am

Encouraging is that we can, as a group, eventually find the minerals to apply legitimate pressure and actually play some very good footy.

There was no pressure applied it was an open game that hinged on turnovers.

Quote from: Koutz on March 28, 2014, 08:16:27 am

A few positives to come out of last night. Buckley was fantastic for his second game, I almost certain Yarran will now become a star and we started to look more like a footy team in the second half something that I couldn't see in the port game or in the first half.

Put walker, armfield, Judd, Kruezer, Scotland, carazzo and to some extent Doherty and we are 50% better side.

Agree with this to some extent. We need more pace and Army will definitely give us this and some mongrel if nothing else. We need to weed out the imbeciles who cant kick one by one or two by two if necessary. If they haven't learnt by now they never will. It is the single most important factor that costs us the majority of our games. HS reports 36 turnovers, none more telling than Warnock to Vickory in the goal square for a gift of a goal. Add another half a dozen odd shots at goal that went out on the full? Deplorable.

Quote from: Gointocarlton on March 28, 2014, 09:42:38 am

Quote from: Koutz on March 28, 2014, 08:16:27 am

A few positives to come out of last night. Buckley was fantastic for his second game, I almost certain Yarran will now become a star and we started to look more like a footy team in the second half something that I couldn't see in the port game or in the first half.

Put walker, armfield, Judd, Kruezer, Scotland, carazzo and to some extent Doherty and we are 50% better side.

Agree with this to some extent. We need more pace and Army will definitely give us this and some mongrel if nothing else. We need to weed out the imbeciles who cant kick one by one or two by two if necessary. If they haven't learnt by now they never will. It is the single most important factor that costs us the majority of our games. HS reports 36 turnovers, none more telling than Warnock to Vickory in the goal square for a gift of a goal. Add another half a dozen odd shots at goal that went out on the full? Deplorable.

I remember some years back David Parkin talking about the evolution of our game. He mentioned that right across the board, skills had improved - hand balling, tackling, running patterns,etc. you name it. Except goal kicking. The one area he said will probably never improve. If there's anyone out there who knows about the mechanics of goal kicking, I'd love to hear from them. The margin for error must be miniscule.