Carlton Supporters Club

Lest we forget....scroll down to his 2015 draft review:

https://www.afldraftcentral.com.au/tag/jack-silvagni/

Cripps, Ed, Jack, Graham....thats as slow as treacle....and about as poor a kicking midfield going around....

He can't get a game because he's not the greatest kick and some of our other players are even worse.
We really are in trouble.

The likes of Kerridge, Mullet and O'Shea simply aren't good enough and never will be, they had ample chance to prove themselves before they even came to Carlton.
There's nothing to gain from persevering with them.

Except buying some time for kids to develop naturally, instead of burning the kids on the alter!

I know I bang on, but I fear fans just do not give enough credence to the mental damage that can be done to the kids long term by flogging them while they lack the strength and skills to overcome the adversity. It's too easy to say they must learn, but you just churn out a playing list full of Pavlov's Dogs if things go the wrong way! The little wins will be drowned out by the many losses, they'll be lost to Carlton and they will then leave and progress at some other club, the fresh start they need to remove the mental barriers.

I hear what you say, but surrounding them with hacks only teaches them bad habits and that mediocrity is acceptable, and if you're getting beaten by 109 points anyway I don't see the point of using c graders as cannon fodder.

Lambert was under our noses at the NB and we let him go. O'shea is probably on our list because it was feared he may be another Lambert. We were wrong.

Lambert was under our noses at the NB and we let him go. O'shea is probably on our list because it was feared he may be another Lambert. We were wrong.

O'Shea isn't getting the same lose man role at AFL level, at VFL he was doing the intercept marking stuff that should be a backup for Marchbank or Weitering.

In my opinion, none of this will sort itself out until we have Jones out of D50, either in F50 or on the ball and guys like Williamson and Macreadie in. 3 years from now things will look very different as long as we don't break what we've got!

OShea's problem is when he does take an intercept mark the ball usually goes straight back to the opposition.......
Agree on Jones...I'd run him around the ground like Geelong do with Blicavs as that old fashioned follower where he can take a few ruck contests, drop back take some marks but also drift forward.
Williamson has been a massive loss on top of Docherty...cool heads both of them and they use the ball well.....Jones, Mullet and OShea is like having three chooks with no heads running around on the ground....

We lost Docherty so the powers at be hedged their bets on Mullett and OShea...one cant contest and the other cant kick and both lack nous.....been a lose, lose, lose situation.....

In fairness EB, I'm tipping the powers that be didn't bank on having to deploy both of them at the same time as cover for injured players.

I agree GTC...OShea has probably replaced Marchbank and Mullet has done same for Docherty.....
Weitering being out of form/confidence hasnt helped either......you add Byrne out and there are not many alternatives...