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I was at the game and the consensus was that Carrazzo was best on ground.

If there was anyone out there who was of the opinion that Mathew Watson has a future at the club they surely would of conceded tonight they were wrong.

I feel for the guy but he just had his papers stamped tonight for good.

Quote from: toddy on June 14, 2014, 10:49:23 am

Hawthorn players looked much quicker than us tonight and their skills are something to behold. Mclean looked like an old man in comparison. Breust, Puopolo, Hill, Smith, Riolo, all rotate through the middle and they are all quick and skillful. Get with the times Carlton - we need to draft for this.

Everyone who watched the game would have noticed the same thing, but a lot of it comes from confidence.
Hawthorn has been thereabouts since they finished 5th in 2007 and they've won couple of flags since, the players expect success.
They expect to hit targets, they expect to nail all of their set shots and they expect to kick most of the difficult ones as well, Suckling drifted forward for a couple last night and he didn't look like missing, young players called on to play in the senior team are expecte to perform at their best, it's all a part of a winning culture that feeds on itself and leads to more wins and self belief.
You won't hear Hawthorn supporters saying that this bloke or that "wasn't too bad", or that he "did a couple of nice things", they simply don't accept players who can't execute basic skills.
Carlton players are used to mediocrity, I'm not saying they don't aspire to better but it's a hard cycle to break, Murphy is one of the elite players in the competition and hasn't played in a team that's gone into the third week of a finals series, at least sub consciously he probably doesn't expect to beat the best teams.
Malthouse's biggest challenge is to instil self belief in all our players, not only our best half a dozen.

Quote from: madbluboy on June 14, 2014, 09:52:03 am

I was at the game and the consensus was that Carrazzo was best on ground.

Was BOG from my TV also.

Oh and welcome back C Judd. What a gun! Still got the old champ! Loved the way he fired up when little tnuc Rioli got 2E. Mind you the protected species will get off.

Quote from: Gointocarlton on June 14, 2014, 02:49:02 pm

Oh and welcome back C Judd. What a gun! Still got the old champ! Loved the way he fired up when little tnuc Rioli got 2E. Mind you the protected species will get off.

I still consider Rioli the most overrated player in the game at the moment. He used to be OWNED by AJ, and AJ really did own very many. Sit on him closely and he does nothing: pity we don't have the sort of really quick, close minding player at the moment.
That will happen.

Quote from: crashlander on June 14, 2014, 04:25:17 pm

Quote from: Gointocarlton on June 14, 2014, 02:49:02 pm

Oh and welcome back C Judd. What a gun! Still got the old champ! Loved the way he fired up when little tnuc Rioli got 2E. Mind you the protected species will get off.

I still consider Rioli the most overrated player in the game at the moment. He used to be OWNED by AJ, and AJ really did own very many. Sit on him closely and he does nothing: pity we don't have the sort of really quick, close minding player at the moment.
That will happen.

Thought it was just me that thought he was overrated. Thank god someone else sees it.

Quote from: Gointocarlton on June 14, 2014, 04:27:00 pm

Quote from: crashlander on June 14, 2014, 04:25:17 pm

Quote from: Gointocarlton on June 14, 2014, 02:49:02 pm

Oh and welcome back C Judd. What a gun! Still got the old champ! Loved the way he fired up when little tnuc Rioli got 2E. Mind you the protected species will get off.

I still consider Rioli the most overrated player in the game at the moment. He used to be OWNED by AJ, and AJ really did own very many. Sit on him closely and he does nothing: pity we don't have the sort of really quick, close minding player at the moment.
That will happen.

Thought it was just me that thought he was overrated. Thank god someone else sees it.

Oh no, Hawthorn people and Channel 7 seem to love him, but I've always considered him a down hill skier. He couldn't pick up his man to save his life and his game is based on the assumption that his team mates will cause turn overs.

Quote from: TheSheik on June 13, 2014, 10:45:17 pm

If there was anyone out there who was of the opinion that Mathew Watson has a future at the club they surely would of conceded tonight they were wrong.

I feel for the guy but he just had his papers stamped tonight for good.

I've had a long rethink on this guy and have come up with an alternative option for us to try.

Some people think he should be persisted with and given that we have nothing to lose this season, let's trial him as a FF.

Yes, you read that right, as a FF !!

Casboult is being given every opportunity to succeed and his size ideally suits the CHF role as well as giving him some additional space to run into up the ground.

Watson is 195cm & 101kg, he is a decent-sized lad, he showed that can take the ball on the lead and we know he has a huge booming kick on him. Plonk him in the goal-square and tell him to lead straight up the ground, the mids will deliver it lace-out on his chest.

He is bereft of confidence right now and there is nothing worse than playing a key role in defence when you're second guessing yourself.

Give him the remainder of the season as a forward and see how he goes, if it doesn't work then we are no worse off than we are right now. If he ends up succeeding, then we have just solved another of our bigger issues.

Rioli exposed Yarran last night.