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But is his best even good enough?
Agree, if rather a kid like OFarrell who is only going to get better than a mistake prone hack like McG. Senior players who cause more issues with bad play than good have killed us this year.
McGovern is good in a good team.
Good at the Crows, crap when he first came to us, good then crap again.
Disagree Elwood, Brisbane were ferocious.
Martin tears it up for four qtrs and doesn't get injured, and...
Of all those...this one is the most likely to come off
More sensationalist media to pour more fuel on. Don't click on it.
All designed to make us give up mentally and emotionally on Charlie, thus buttering us up to trade him for less than true value to the cats or some other ruthless mob.
I'd have played Lemmey and he probably wouldn't have got a kick playing on Harris Andrews but he might have learned something and it should be about 2026 now not limiting damage.I think once we're mathematically out of the finals race we'll see a flurry of additional debutants in the team, sends the wrong message to be doing it now as it would be a concession that we have given up on 2025 even if our chance of playing finals are incredibly slim.
Same with Ben or Lucas Campo taking on Neale, McCluggage etc, such a good education.
If the players have even a morsel of respect for Vossy, they will do the job for him tomorrow night.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/collingwood-magpies/afl-2024-uncertainty-surrounding-jamie-elliotts-football-future-vascular-issue-in-his-foot-injury-latest-news-return-collingwood-magpies/news-story/14ead8a803e4e18d6b16c94386e3cc48
The myth. Other clubs do it better.
The reality: Age 31 at Carlton, and there would be numerous calls to delist him, and trade him "whilst he still has currency".
Not new for "billy" hes missed a lot of footy with hamstrings and foot issues.QuoteThe only thing I know about his injury is that he was coming off for a couple of weeks midway through a second quarter and couldn’t feel his foot,” Buckley said on SEN.
“He’d take his boot off and it (his foot) was black. That’s a concern, you know something’s not right. They were able to find the vascular issue, which is basically blood flow into and out of his foot.”
Buckley hasnt been his coach for a long time.
Meanwhile fast forward to season 2025:
https://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/43669336/coleman-medal-leaderboard-season-2025-kicked-most-goals-afl
Sitting 4th on 41 goals as a small forward.
Learn the lesson Carlton.
The Collingwood trio are exceptional players, coached by the most innovative coach in the comp who has managed his older troops with precision.
We don't have any of that capability at our club and can't get the simple stuff right.
OK, how about old man Goldstein at Essendon then?
He isnt tripping the light fantastic, but hes been a solid contributer. Carlton dont rate solid contributer hight enough IMHO, and Jeremy Howe in particular is not someone who has an injury free history, and when I think of him is highlight of intercept marking being in his game.
As for the innovative coach, how did they go in finals of 2024? Given they won the flag in 2023, and then bombed out completely, and now stand above everyone, why did he get 2024 so wrong?
You are 3 key players away from being an also ran in any one season.