Why are there so many people cracking the sads here ??
We finished last in 2016, we turned over 14 players from our list & we appointed a new coach - do you really believe we are going to be premiership contenders all of a sudden ??
FFS, get a grip will ya !!!
Due to the past 15-20 years of inept recruiting & player development, we are virtually starting up the club once again and it is going to take some time (ie. years) before all of this hard work starts to show.
Due to the salary cap & draft, there are no shortcuts these days so how about everyone take a chill pill and be content with the exciting young players we now have on the list ??
It may take some time but believe me, it will happen !!
I thought Bolton in his presser gave the impression he is stuck with the list he has and said he all he can do is coach to improve them but I get the feeling another large cull is on the way....
as I said before, the only thing I am looking forward to this year is who we draft trade and delist
I've changed my mind completely on this.... If we're going to entrust Bolton the rebuild /reset let him start from scratch.
I used to think it was important to retain players like Gibbs and Murphy to help guide the younger players. The problem is that these were blokes who(apart from the Judd influence) were given little guidance about just what it takes to make a champion professional footballer due to the mediocrity of the playing group around them so their own "education" was limited as a result
In Cripps and Weitering it looks like we may a couple of natural leaders (at least by example.)
I think we'd lose little by moving most players who've been at the club longer than Cripps on. They've been part of a pretty tumultuous period that we need a clear break from. Some like Murphy and Gibbs will still have fair currency and provide us with more as trades than they do if we retain them.
We start with a fresh group, untarnished by the turmoil of our recent past, that Bolton can develop.
agree with this - we are a bottom 4 side and we will win our 5th spoon in 14 years
apart from the Board and any remaining old admin existing under pratt, smorgon and sticks (which should all be wiped away) we should trade all our last remaining assets in murphy gibbs kruez simmo for draft picks and go young and bottom right out like st kilda did in early 2000. we run the risk of putting too much load on the young players - but from 3 games i have more confidence in cripps and no 23 as leaders than the frustrating introverts of jamo murph and gibbs
btw I dont understand why docherty gets raved about
the president must speak to daisy and demand his retirement - come to a financial arrangement to reduce our cap pressure and get him out of the joint
For all the board issues we may have none of those people had anything to do with the collective turd we squeezed out on the ground at Metricon tonight. Mathieson didn't make casboult forget what he learnt last year about kicking straight, the pratts didn't teach tuohy how to get caught holding the ball so much or make him believe he could kick 60m goals and Elliot isn't to blame for the long list of guys not running, fumbling and giving their opponents too much space.
Yes it is...which will be discussed in another thread Stay tuned
You could save yourself a lot of repetitive typing - just write "it's the board's fault" as your signature and be done with it.
I will try and be more constructive....but pratts mathiesons elliots must release their collective hold on this board and let the club grow with new people in charge. ..its our only chance..because I suspect something will happen to carlton in 6 months. .
The club said a three year rebuild. We must get every top 20 draft pick we can in that time. Weitering, Cripps, C Curnow and McKay aside, trade trade trade. We need confidence, skill, attitude, mental strength, disposal ability. We also need to clear out weak minded players that may influence the future. That is the most important trading aspect.
Yep...cut hard and deep...get the loser players out of the joint that are bad examples for young kids
