Carlton Supporters Club

Here's why we need to wait just that little bit longer to have some success :

THE CARLTON COLTS (UNDER 21's)

Proven Senior Players
- Jacob Weitering

Shown Glimpses
- Jack Silvagni
- Sam Petrevski-Seton
- Caleb Marchbank
- Harrison Macreadie
- David Cuningham
- Charlie Curnow

Yet To Salute
- Harry McKay
- Zac Fisher
- Cameron Polson
- Tom Williamson
- Pat Kerr

Rowe is my main concern... He easily beat Reiwoldt all night, but if I was going to drop someone to make a statement it'd just about be him... I have never seen someone so reluctant to take a mark in my life. Several times, all on his lonesome and could have taken a chest mark, and he punches the ball. WTF!!! And it was noticeable last year as well.

Simmo  45    Denis A 46     Sam Jacobs 72 (ouch!)   Nick Duigan 70     Sam Rowe 44   Jack Silvagni  53  And that's all folks!!

Why do you assume that we would have picked the same player?

Our development coaches are dumb.

Dusty's fend off is dead easy to deal with. You just tell the kids to forget the ball and sling him as hard as they can by his arm. You grab his wrist and drive your other hand into his elbow. Eventually he will either wreck his elbow, his shoulder, or he will become wary of the consequences which causes a hesitation in his actions.

As for the trade being poor value at least he's playing senior footy, unlike Jaksch who we traded pick seven for.
Now that trade really sucks.

I have always supported Daisy's recruitment but I think injuries have crueled his career and his time may be up. Dont care how much he gets paid, don't care where he came from, don't care who he is mates with. Can he do his role and contribute? Only the coaches know that. From an outside looking in, he doesnt look like he has much left in the tank. Time will tell.

I'm judging it just on the best team we can put on the field in 2017....compared to the best team we could put on the field in 2016

Do you think the 2016 side was better Kruds?

In respect of last night, there would be five or six ahead of him getting the chop if the decision is based on performance.

Luck is a variable...our luck may turn out to be better this year.
We don't know that yet

Walker and Jamison gave us very little last year for all their experience
Tuohy is a loss but the addition of Marchbank into the backline has allowed Weitering to move forward so that kind of negates that loss.

Definitely a better list.

Here's my thinking...There's actually two components to it.

Firstly.....

Our 2017 list is an improvement on our 2016 list...(anyone think differently?).
The only way we go backwards in terms of ladder position/ games won is....

1)Teams below us improve at a greater rate (possible)
2) We get hit by a dreadful injury run (also possible)

My estimate of (9-12) of is a gamble that neither of these two things will happen.

Other way around, you agree with them.

There was a goal kicked by Rich at the city end last night from a boundary throw in during the first qtr. From memory, and I was at the opposite end of the ground, the Rich ruckman took it easily, after Cas stumbled cluelessly towards the boundary line, and either snapped the goal or hacked it fwd and someone else snapped it. It was an example of how poor Cas's ruck craft is and how little he imposes himself physically on a contest. If he cant ruck, cant impose himself physically and cant kick straight, his days are well and truly numbered. Whilst Phillips is injured, we don't have much choice and Gorringe is as soft as butter IMO. Its a problem area that I dont think we can rectify in the immediate future.

Yeah ... I'm gonna be something of a wet blanket and say I don't share the fervour everyone else seems to have for SOSOS, or TWOTT as I call him (The Worst Of The Three). Hopefully he proves me wrong in the coming years but, what's he got that's special/different?  I mean, is he super fast? ...brilliant overhead? ... electrifying goal sneak a la EB? Granted, his mum's still hot but I'm really hoping he doesn't become yet another Coodabeen Carlton Champion.