Carlton Supporters Club

I have never liked Max the person, however as a driver his talent is unmatched at present.

Charlie.  Hes an enigma.  Always has been, always will be.  Suspect he doesnt take footy too seriously (hell, probably doesnt take life seriously).  Was a super athlete capable of turning and winning games.

Lemmey is young enough to make it still.  We've had talls before.  They usually kick on.  I think lemmey is going largely because he developing physically but not really showing improvement in his game. 

Quote from: DJC – on August 20, 2025, 09:18:06 pm

You can’t have too many small forwards … when they’re part of the midfield rotations and playing the high half forward role.

Apart from pretending that TDK is a key forward, that’s a well-balanced line up.

Nine goals in a match as a 17yo for Dandenong Stingrays perhaps suggests that Tom is yet to show us his real potential as a key forward.

AB

I think one of the great stories out of this train-wreck of a year is George Hewett.

He was absolutely sensational yesterday, and has consistently performed right throughout the year.  Would have to be a mile in front of our B&F.

As for Weiters, he needs to trust his other defenders and worry about his man. Too often he splits the two key fwds hoping to 1/2 cover both and it fails. One of the commentators last week suggested he might have to drop a few kgs over the summer to get some mobility, I agree.

Did anyone else notice that Cinc seems to be carrying an injury? Stuck with short steps rather than striding out? Hip? Groin? Favouring his left leg just a bit.

Quote from: Lods – on August 10, 2025, 06:59:09 am

I found it hard to tell at any point who had who.
Seemed to see both at various stages.
At times Young or Weitering would peel off to attack the ball and then you'd see the other trailing King to the ball and assume that was the match-up.

I understand it's all about matchups and sometimes freeing Weitering up by not always matching him against the best forward.
When we used to play Geelong it was nearly always Weitering v Hawkins.
And Weitering rarely lost that contest.
Rarely was it Weitering v Cameron so our 'second best defender' got to run around with Cameron who often did significant damage.
It may have been judged that Weitering would have been less value against a very mobile Cameron and Hawkins would also have got off the leash against a lighter opponent...I just found it a little strange

Weitering's positioning was terrible last night, I thought he put pressure on his team mates especially Young. I think Weiters tries to do too much, worry more about your man who is getting off the chain and let the others worry about theirs. Too often it looked like he was trying mind King and Reid and was minding neither in the end. Thats what it looked like to me and a mate of mine.

I thought Cripps and Hewett were outstanding vs a very good opposing midfield.