Carlton Supporters Club

Well, Cas isn't either of those two blokes, and I doubt the club would look the other way, as they do with stars. He's just been given a one year extension, the club has invested x amount of time and money in the off season reemploying Rocca etc. to try and finally fix his issues. I'm not sure they would look too kindly on him getting done for a couple of weeks. That might just about finish him as far as playing seniors is concerned. Which may not be a bad thing.

I reckon Hosking has been underrated in earlier games, her run and carry is enormous to us and she is getting better week by week. It generates deep F50 opportunities for the likes of Vescio.

The ball wasn't thrown directly to our player, it simply cleared the two nominated rucks. We got a free kick shortly after when the ball cleared the rucks and landed on a Bulldog's chest.  The umpires were consistent 

Nathan Burke's comment about allowing the ball to bounce before trying to take possession being contrary to the way the game has always been played summed it up for me.

The crazy third man up rule strikes 

The boundary throw in clears the rucks and heads straight to a Carlton player who understandably goes for the ball.  Free kick and goal to the Bulldogs.

IMO, the net result of that is giving away a free, possibly a report for Cas and no goal. If we put Cas in the goal square one on one v Rance, we'll get a goal, without giving away a free or getting reported.

Good Points..Totally Agree...the reason players like Dickson and Membrey are so accurate is they never get too far away from the goals and in Dicksons case always seem to be doubling back into the corridor and having shots from in front of goal.
You wait and see vs Richmond.....having Rance in the corridor near goal will force our blokes wide into the pockets unless Bolton has some plan to take him out of the game, am sick of seeing intercept marking players dining out on our inability to provide and hit targets because we bomb the ball due to congested forward lines, then other teams rebound and have so much space up forward with our blokes caught too far forward and players like Martin  are one out and running back towards goal when the ball gets kicked over our players heads.....

So we can add you to the list of people who don''t like my "Cas in the goal square" idea ?

sbf, I know it's not trendy, I know it's probably daggy, but I have no faith that Casboult will fix his kicking now. He's been on the list 5, 6 seasons, plus the NB's before that, plus x years of junior footy, and still these chronic problems persist. I should also add, somewhat comically, that the Hawks under Clarkson didn't have all that recent success by following trends.

The FF in the goal square doesn't have to be every second of every game. I've said before Levi is great as a target after a behind is scored, on the wing etc. He could easily play a few different roles - just nothing that involves kicking for goal between 20-50m from goal.

Other teams know Casboult will be a nightmare in the goal square. It's takes his big Achilles heel out of the equation. He's an elite mark. He can easily hold his own in the rough stuff. He will never be left one on one in the goal square. He'll have at least 2, maybe 3 defenders watching him, because from there he'll mark anything and won't miss. He can even be used as a decoy if required. The F50 setup is critical - we need the 2nd and 3rd talls, and the goal sneaks all set up correctly. The ball delivery needs to be suited to the play. Flat and short to the 2nd and 3rd talls further away from goal. Higher and more helicopter style if going to the goal square, pricnially to avoid being picked off as an intercept by a defender.

I say we try it for a few games - it's not as if we're putting our flag chances in jeopardy by doing so.

I couldn't watch the game at the time and, while I was intending to watch a replay, the result has quelled my enthusiasm so no votes from me.

I'm sure other folk watched the game 

I'm still not sure why Harry shouldn't be played in the ruck 

Apparently he has bulked up to 100kg and most of the top ruckmen in the competition began rucking at 19 years of age.