Carlton Supporters Club

Weiters absolutely is a lock to get back in this team. He is still better than Marchbank/Plowman and many others and in any case you would have him ahead of Mullet or O'Shea.

There is no chance that there is no spot for Weiters, the guy is going to be a gun

In a post I done a couple of months ago and based purely on last seasons form I had him only slight below Marchank and Plowman for the season and I had him ahead of all the other Under 21 players except Curnow and Marchbank. I rated him a 69 on the season with Plowman a 72 and Marchbank a 73.

For a 2nd year player, his season was still good and still better than a lot of our other players, including 3 of the Rising Star nominees (imo)

Watched abit of the game, happy with any win whether its JLT or season proper, breeds the right culture. I like the way we appeared to move the ball quicker, still a work in progress though. I still saw a little too much sideways movement and indecisiveness from players at HB or on the wing whilst trying to thrust fwd. Players need to look for the player running past and go bang. You cant stop and prop every time to access the options, its what stifles our game IMO. Decisions need to be made much quicker and can be made easier on the bloke with the footy by those around him getting into the right position and get motoring to provide the option (ie no stationary witches hats pointing into the air). I guess this takes time to master but I would rather pay the penalties for the odd error playing this way than than slow, stop, prop look sideways stuff.

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Hell, Setanta and his little helpers gave teams all sorts of grief because it we were so small and would run off/around/through their 'excess' key defenders when played against us. I think the game is heading a little bit towards the way we played it then, with Richmond being the obvious point of reference.

I understand the point you're trying to make Kruddler.
In some respects we may be the victim of more of our defenders exceeding expectations than anticipated.
We drafted/ traded in a lot with the expectation that not all picks would be successful, and we've probably done better than expected.
So what will happen?

If Kruddler is right there will be games Weitering will miss because of no effective match-up.
My expectation is Weitering will play every game unless he's injured.
And it will be because he is the best option in the coaches eyes.
A coaching group worth its salt wouldn't play a player just because he was the number one draft pick...would they?
You would expect (hope)not.

I cannot recall, but wasn't Weitering in the leagues top intercept marks in his first season if not even leading, then we played him forward!

It seems almost perverse that our back line is such that we could contemplate omitting a player of Weeters' caliber.

The media will be onto it very quickly.

Given time to develop, Weitering will make Rance look like a hack. Macca saying on SEN that he will spend most of his time in defence was music to my ears. I would hope he spends all his time in defence.

Rest easy Paul, it aint gonna happen.

I still saw a little too much sideways movement and indecisiveness from players at HB or on the wing whilst trying to thrust fwd. Players need to look for the player running past and go bang. You cant stop and prop every time to access the options, its what stifles our game IMO

My prediction is that he'll play every game too.
My gut tells me that it may not be in the best interests to do so.
Unfortunately, history tells me that they will certainly play #1 picks for benefits that have nothing to do with game day performance.

I hope that we have learned from our mistakes. Nobody is automatically gifted games and we pick teams to match the opposition and win.