His main job is to ruck, that job he has been doing well. One's doesn't drop him for not hitting the scoreboard if that's his job and doing it ok. Solution, play Warnock...lol!
I disagree, his main job is as a fwd, his secondary job is to relieve in the ruck.
Again, carrots claimed that he had "a cracking preseason" I asked how many goals he kicked in his "cracking preseason" seeing as the coach said that he wasn't picked originally because he wasn't contributing on the scoreboard... So it would seem that the coaches expect him to score...
I thought that was the job of the KP forwards to kick the goals, not the ruckman. We expect one of our ruckman to kick 2-3 a game. If they did that they'd be elite. This is the part many are not getting. He is doing a good job in the ruck, where he is selected.
Casboult is selected as a fwd/ruck and the team and coaches expect him to score as such. You are correct that he is not expected to score 3-4+, 1 is good, 2 is great. I agree, his ruck work is ok.
My issue is with the claim of his "cracking preseason" I am still awaiting the information on exactly how many goals he kicked in his preseason...
I agree re Casboult having his spirit crushed. Works his butt off and has a cracking preseason, is super fit, and gets dropped for round 1 against the Tiges. Great message to send...not!
Excuse me for sounding a bit vague carrots... "Cracking preseason" how many goals does that equate to ? I mean, just so I know for future reference.
Have an opinion bu all means... But spare us the fabrication to support your agenda.
Lets put it this way, he isn't and hasn't done any worse than the others we have tried up until now!
While I agree in part, he has never strung a series of games together in the seconds whereby he DEMANDED a place in the seniors, either as a backman or as a forward. He has played some serviceable games in the seniors, but he has never destroyed an opponent in his time at this club... Sadly he's not the only one either...
Well that's deadest idiocy. If his form warrants dropping him, drop him. Shouldn't have pumped up his tyres over the summer, most of us can see through the hype.
Are you sure of that ? Have a read of our various stalkbook pages and see if you'd like to rephrase the above :/
What I want him to do is demonstrate that he is too good for VFL football. He is rarely in the best players for Northern.
While I agree with you in part, there is a bigger picture of how often is the ball getting to him ? Is he leading to the preferred areas ? Is he playing the %'s and doing the team things ?
Certainly no fan of Abbott... I also have no idea wtf he was thinking. The real question is can they get him to stand aside ? I don't think they can afford to knife him after the Rudd/gillard debacle.
This match is a waste of time. There will be no result. I would have rather watched a match on a pitch that challenges batsmen to reach a total of 300 to 330 and have a result over 5 days. All we have done is given batsmen a chance to lift their average scores. Whether it is a deliberate thing with the curators, its just not entertaining for the public. I don't remember so many centuries in a test series for years now.
These are all batsmen that would have struggled on greener pitches with bowlers that know how to bowl. Holding, Lillee, Akram, Khan, Garner, McGrath, Warne etc.
Geez mants, popgun attack or what ? Edit: I mean, exactly who would score runs against that attack ?
Agree wholeheartedly about Kerry. He will be sorely missed... Does anyone know where I can get the sound of Kerry talking about Steve Waugh and reciting the lyrics of eminems "the moment" ? I think it was during the Boxing Day or the Sydney (retirement) tests...
