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Foregoing an “ev road levy” at this point in time is a strategic move to promote a new infrastructure, a time will come to introduce it but now is not the time.
Now is to allow the market to pivot from dinosaur juice to electrons, unless you’re beholden to big oil lp… ?
Drop won't kick in until tanks are re-filled. All petrol currently in the sevo tanks has full excise paid.
People whinge about how much excise there is and whine when the cut isn't big enough.
Next if some economists are right in that cutting excise will increase inflation, hence interest rates - what's the reaction?
I was going to say the same thing as EB.
I think EBs point is that the judgement before a ball was kicked in anger was premature expectations.
After 3 games last year our % was 83.3%
After 3 games this year our % is 72.9%......and we were luckily enough to hold on and win one of them.
Based on form.....i'm taking last year.
I know its hard to compare, but youre putting words in people's mouths again. Your contention was we'd go backwards where most were saying we wont miss Charlie. Thing is, are we missing Charlie? How about tdk? Or jsos?
Thing is this is what the discussion was.
Not whether or not we'd magically improve. How far back do we slide? Id wager with Charlie in, we might have done a bit better, but tdk was going anyway, and jsos is a hard one to quantify as he only averaged 12 games a season. What if he had missed these ones?
The Melbourne loss might not be as bad as we think, theyve at least got the bones of a premiership side there and some bonafide stars. We have a vanilla team, and we play vanilla footy.
The argument I heard over summer was the list is much better and better placed and that the new game plan would make us better. Im not sure it's premature, a few of us predicted what would happen.
There seem to be this idea that every other team would go backwards and that our brilliant new recruits would change our fortune. Hope you didn't put any money the on the outcome..
I'd call judgement after three rounds in... premature 'expectations'.
Both for the team and individuals.
We have a long way to go.
We started last year 0-4
We're already ahead of that.
There's a bit to play out on, and maybe off the field.
Evans hasnt hit the form he had late last season and Haynes is at the backend of his career and looks like its going to be a tough year with injury for him. I think we are worse than last season, at rock bottom and lucky to have one win on the board.
Evans has only played one game
Haynes hasn't played any.
But that's not the point...the point is that at the same stage last year these two were basically written off as a waste of space, but by the end of the season they would have just about been in everyones best 23.
So criticism of the new additions to the side is arguably a bit premature.
Let see how they settle.
There's a fair bit of deja vu associated with the Round 3 Post match thread and the same round from last year.
A lot of the same problems.
https://www.carltonsc.com/index.php?topic=7160.0
But just be a little careful with judging some of the new players at the moment.
The chief whipping boys in that thread were Haynes and Evans.
The talent wasn't limited in the 1st quarter!!!
Limited list talent wise being coached by a man who is struggling with a modern game plan which is foreign to how he really wants the game played and looks like a deer in the headlights when the momentum changes and gets that paralysed look which all Carlton coaches of recent times get.
Zero leadership from senior players, the captain looks like he has checked out and I also question our fitness.
Fritsch always plays well against us.
Agree...Hayward and Ainsworth are handy players but not matchwinners and Id like the latter to spend some more time onball but Chesser and Florent are very average imo and I can see why the Swans let Florent go after signing him to that long deal.
Chesser isnt a great contested player and I dont see what the List Management team saw in his kicking either, I thought the real difference in the game showed when the kid Lindsay and Fritsch had the ball along with K.Pickett of course and their footskills just knifed through our defense, hit up players and the goalkicking of Fritsch was A grade.
Had it been even all game and we lost I wouldve been disappointed but the next day I wouldve said well they still have some excellent premiership players so okay, i wouldve given them that out and sais Kemp is only back after a year off as is Elijah, H is getting used to being the lone tall fwd, new guys are finding their feet etc BUT being 42 pts up and capitulating?! Absolutely terrible.
Do we need to?
Do we need to drop one of Cripps or Hewett to play BenC as a midfielder?
Yes.
Will we?
No
So how about this....
Out: HOK.
In: Ben C.
Cripps to FF and changing in the ruck.
That way we have another option at FF....and one that can actually wrestle.
We can play him as a ruck and have 4 mids in the middle.
We give exposure to Ben C in the process.
Given the way we are being swept aside at centre bounces as games progress, I would hope selectors bring in Ben Camporeale for some more grunt.B Campo in for Williams who to appeared get injured
Didn't watch the game, but 27 disposals suggests he is running into some reasonable form.
Wade Derksen could be the obvious choice if Harry Dean with injured shoulder doesn't come up. I would hope they give Dean a good spell and allow his young body time to recover.
Derksen (as a fwd) in for either Kemp who needs a spell in the 2s to gain some form
Need another defender to come in for Dean if he misses.
HOK also needs a spell, give Ready another crack and light a fire under his feet this time.
Leave Gov fwd as he appears to be the only functioning tall.
Can they fire up Harry into some semblance of competitiveness? Feed him some angry pills for goodness sake.
what did our LM see in Chesser and Florent.
Both turn over merchants and the opposite of the type of players we need.
On another note if Saints are paying Milera 2M what is Pickett worth. Can rip a game apart like no one else except maybe only nick dacios.
Cripps (omitted) would certainly send a message.
I'm not sure whether the repercussions would be positive or negative.
Unfortunately, its not new. Even the tigers tried it, they just didnt have the firepower to get on top. Melbourne did it effectively yesterday. Wonder if Clarko will do it. My gut is he wont. He doesnt like dropping that far behind, and will likely play shoot out football.