Carlton Supporters Club

Well, it does seem Bolts will pick on form so good luck to all the players, Daisy included!

Clearly, there is healthy competition for a lot of spots this year, even amongst the key forwards eg Charlie (a given), Levi, Kerr and Harry.

Can Charlie, Harry and Levi all play in the forward line?

Given Charlie's mobility and flexibiity he's essentially a giant ruck rover (think Kouta) and can play small (ish) for a high marking tall.

Essndon plat three tall in the forward half and they are the third highest scoring team in 2017 - with an AVERAGE MIDFIELD.

Havng three legitmate marking targets will surely make life easier for each of the three forwards as defenders can't focus on one solely....

It ain't rocket science!

I see that The Aints are angling to have the JLT game moved based on "Poor Lighting!

I don't understand why we play night games at our ground without proper lights. The QEO in Bendigo has better lights.

Are the AFL serious about women's footy or not.

I think the correlation between height and success as a footballer is hugely overstated.

The last 2 premierships were won by teams who seriously lacked height.

I think we are highly unlikely to field a team with SoJ, Charlie, Cripps, McKay, Casboult, Kreuzer, Jones, Marchbank and Weitering.

One or two of them won't be making the cut, as a group there are too many slow players.

Further to that, we have Phillips, Rowe and Lobbe on the sidelines with De Koning and Kerr making up senior list numbers.

If we add O'Shea and Macreadie to the list of KPP options, they are over 193cm, it's quite hard to see a balanced list taking the field with any more than 8 or 9 of the slower tall players.

He's versatile. Marchbank played much of his junior career as a wingman, including the under-16 championships, but grew a bit and became a mobile defender.

That's where he played his best footy for Vic Country, although he did push forward at times to mark well on the lead and read the ball nicely in the air.

Because of his size (193cm/85kg) and ability to move across the ground, some clubs view him as a tall midfielder at the next level. With his ball handling, smarts and strong marking, you can't pigeonhole Marchbank into one spot.

I don't understand why we play night games at our ground without proper lights. The QEO in Bendigo has better lights.

Are the AFL serious about women's footy or not.

I was talking about the JLT not the AFLW.

I don't think QEO has better lights, I've been to two night games there and it's about the same and our home.

The main complaints were coming from people sitting behind tinted glass, the media didn't complain, the players didn't complain.

True, and Polson is 10cm taller than Caleb Daniel.  It's fairly clear from what I've read that Polson is very together between the ears. 

I really do hope that he can put it all together and become a regular.  But then I thought the same about Nick Graham and it might be a case of once bitten, twice shy......

1 minute mark of the highlights video:
http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2017/5/port-v-carl

The guy that is compared to McLean, Graham and Wright and is definitely not quick? Anyway - good luck to him. Hope he gets a game next Weds.

Agree, I like Polson, he isnt slow like those mentioned above. Gee we got pantsed that night, PA were plucking them out of their asses at will.

Yep... thankfully his tackle was in the 1st quarter so I only had to watch 1 minute.
Port did their flat track bully thing. Really owe the AFL one for putting that as our only Friday night game.