Agree...Warnock is a dinasour and while Rowe gave effort today he had no imapact on the game at all and Casboult deserves a run.....I think hwile Rowe has another year to go he is destined for backup material only. Warnock needs trading out....I prefer Hampson who at least can take the odd mark and contest at ground level.
As much as Kreuzer tries hard he lacks polish, but he is young and works as hard as anyone on the list.
Hampson makes mistakes, but at least he wins some physical stuff other than just some hit outs.
Casboult might not ruck well but he can clunk marks.
All three do stuff that influences the outcome of the game.
Trade out Rowe and Warnock, unfortunately for Rowe he gives us nothing the others don't already offer. Warnock is just a giant diversion from the realities of modern football.
The value of Warnock diminishes every time the lad takes the field. Some will get sucked in by the stats, even his coaches it seems. 48 hit outs, 6 kicks, 2 tackles.
But at 206cm it is the zero marks that hurts us, opposition teams do not even bother to stand him. At stoppages Minson rucked and roved while Warnock watched on. I am sick of seeing it, for someone his size he is pure poo, and anyone who defends him is a joke!
Minson got half the hit outs and was twice the player!
Just realised Army playing his 100th game. Congrats to him, didnt realise he had racked up that many.
And his last 6 have been arguably his worst.......
That assessment might be a tad emotive and subjective I suspect, i.e. it does not appear to be supported by fact in that it is not arguable that they have been his worst or if all of them have even been bad!
What's there to not understand about Yarran? He's not playing HBF. Don't you mean you don't understand why we've adopted this method and Yazz isn't playing off half back?
I never stated Yarran was playing off the HBF, and yes the rest of what you wrote is what I mean!
So the question becomes a chicken and egg scenario. Is Yarran not off HBF because of his form slump, or is his form slump because he is not off the HBF?
Wouldn't want to be given out LBW after edging onto your pads.
Spot on, hot spot on even!
The silicone tapes and coatings are a doubled edged sword, or bat for that matter.
The first time one of these cheating blokes gets given out edging the ball into their pads, assuming with no hot spot showing, those tapes and coatings will be off like Paris Hilton's knickers!
There is / was a high speed video/image/sound analysis method that allegedly out performed Hawkeye, Hot Spot, Snicko and just about every other method. It could even adjudicate no-balls in real time, and it was smart enough to learn from it's mistakes if any of it's decisions got over-ridden by a third umpire resulting in it getting better over time.
But it was not developed by the owners of the TV networks and no MCC stakeholders were shareholders. In the long term it threatened the status of umpires, and some parties didn't like that. FFS, it would be incorruptible!
As a result I believe the company that developed it has now withdrawn the product from that market segment and restricts sales to security for governments and the military. It may be watching and identifying you right now!
We're effectively one man down defensively and Judd isn't good enough to tag now anyway. I do see the point you're trying to make though but perhaps would be more effective with a more talented midfield.
I don't agree, I think one reason our midfield is on the slide is because it has gone too far in the tagging and negating direction and not maintained enough focus on itself and what it can do in attack.
I'd rather see a few of them get cut loose to see what they can do, they should have learned that effort is required both ways by now but we seem stuck in defensive balance. Our midfield is no longer feared as an attacking tool, MM's emphasis seems to be running off HB which is why I struggle to understand the form slump of Yarran.
If, like us, you only have one or two genuine mids you are cooked.
It's why the Bombers wont get anywhere in finals. Tag Jobe, job done. It's why the Eagles went from world beaters to cooked when Judd and Cousins left.
It used to be you could get away with 2-4 mids, but that just won't cut it now. Must have 6 quality runner/ball users rotating through there.
We are 4 mids short .
Agree....now that Judd is on the slide , it only leaves Murphy and we need another 3 -4 quality mids....maybe Graham and Bell might step up if we give them opportunities to learn.
I would argue we have seen Gibbs and Bell step up already. Buckley will be in there eventually as well, and over the last couple of weeks there have been signs from Curnow he has another gear if someone can put him in it!
Bell is a victim of the rookie rules, and nobody knows why Gibbs isn't being played in the midfield.
Our other major mid is the one nobody ever remembers, Kreuzer. If he had a half decent player to give him a chop out of the ruck he would go to another level all together, especially at ground level.
I think it's time 1AW was given some center square work to get done. He looks to have the body, speed and acceleration. Whether he has the quick hands and smarts in that situation is another issue all together. I hate seeing potentially our best ball winners standing opposition forwards.
It is easy to say this is what he must do, as observers we can all talk the talk as can the coach.
But if you are carrying an injury the seemingly simple and obvious can quickly become the impossible, and there is the difference between the rhetoric and reality.
I have no reason to doubt Murphy, he has already done enough to prove to me he has the mental and physical capability. All he needs now is an injury free run at getting fitness.
Not just tapes, there are oils that can be applied to do the same. There are any number of fluoropolymer based coatings and oils that reduce friction and as such may diminish the abilities of hot spot.
Also, there are specific infrared reflecting or absorbing coatings that would also reduce the contrast between the hot zone and the rest of the surface.
For me there is a clear ready made technology solution and Hot Spot, Hawkeye and Snicko are not part of it! But commercial interests are preventing anyone but Hawkeye getting a leg in!
Robert Harvey used to burn off taggers with pure gut running. Hard when you train once a week with a dodgy knee.
I asked Braddles this very question at a function last year, he said: "Run till your mans tongue is hanging out of this mouth, then run harder" Braddles told me he used to run (ie train) 365 days of the year and still does. Thats dedication and thats how its done my friends.
At the peak of his career he could have been described as a OCD, he is alleged to have asked his manager if he was getting too fat to continue playing!
Much respect for Marc toughing it out this season with a broken jaw and bung knee, some players sook over a sore toe.
Agree, it has been obvious to anyone who watches Carlton in detail that Murphy has been carrying a problem for more than half the season so far. He has had zero ability to break away for most of the season, looks slow by his standard and lacks agility. I reckon something went wrong after about Rnd 7 or 8, at that time he started playing more forward than anything else.
As for his season, if Port drop back you rest him up and try to get to the finals without him, so he can have his best chance in a final. If North draw level or if Port go another game ahead it would be season over for Murph, we cannot bridge the gap to North's percentage and if Port get an upset win over one of the two top sides they must play it's over, imho!
