Carlton Supporters Club

Murphy in, Polson out.

One obvious change for the better.

Pointless dropping Poulson after a game, O'Brien is the one who needs a rest, he's been ordinary 3 of the last 4 games.

I wonder if Poulson got a game due to last weeks training emphasis, that could explain things?

x2...Polson and OBrien would make a good footballer if you could morph them together.....
I think Polson deserves a few games and told he is the team and maybe just needs that breakout game of 20 plus possies to kick start him..
Tough ask vs Port though given their onball riches but vs Brisbane and the like he might have learned something by then and deliver for us..
Obrien needs to toughen up and attack the ball better, nice left footer but more grunt required....

It's funny - when we have so many contributing so little - how can we expect to win games?

Polson, Lamb, O'Brien, O'Shea, Mullet, Garlett....and arguably SOJ too.

Given the two injuries, there half the team not chipping in!!

A bloke like Garlett - for example - has to nail those two goals - otherwise a waste of space....

EB, you've been banging on about O'Brien and how he needs to toughen up, the kid has a boys body and obviously is aware of that, but there are different classes of toughness. I think it was Grundy who took a screamer on O'Brien knocking him flat, O'Brien got up off the ground straight away and started to chase, that's a tough mind, he just doesn't have the physical size to plow into packs, it will come in time.

If we were a better team he would be still playing 2's, learning how to play against me, but we're not and Lachie is getting a game and doing ok. At least he runs hard both ways.

Also Poulson looked to be knocked out early in the first, he dragged himself off the ground, waived the trainers away and chased, well done young man.

EB, you've been banging on about O'Brien and how he needs to toughen up, the kid has a boys body and obviously is aware of that, but there are different classes of toughness. I think it was Grundy who took a screamer on O'Brien knocking him flat, O'Brien got up off the ground straight away and started to chase, that's a tough mind, he just doesn't have the physical size to plow into packs, it will come in time.

If we were a better team he would be still playing 2's, learning how to play against me, but we're not and Lachie is getting a game and doing ok. At least he runs hard both ways.

Also Poulson looked to be knocked out early in the first, he dragged himself off the ground, waived the trainers away and chased, well done young man.

Ray..Got nothing to do with a boys body, he shy's away from contests and doesnt have the mindset of a physcially committed player.....you either have it or you dont.

The problem I have EB1 is that AFL opposition will pick up on this and construct scenarios that cause him to behave that way. O'Brien, boy or man, has to be aware he is under 24x7 opposition scrutiny and must put his hand up sometimes to be unpredictable to the opponents or end up road kill.

It's no different from Levi failing to compete whenever he cops a little body on body contact in the run up to a pack mark, the better teams make sure it happens to him all the time every time!

In crunch time, if you have a predictable flaw in your game, the opposition will take full advantage of it.

On the flip-side, he only has to fly the flag once or twice a game and a hurt opponent will grow doubts!

LP..Kade Simpson isnt going to hurt anyone by bumping, tackling or the like but we all know he will go down swinging 99.9% when it comes to making a contest of the footy when it comes his way..thats all I ask of any player. SPS picks and chooses, Mullet chooses not to most of the time and I dont want Obrien going down the same path....doesnt have to anything Byron Pickett like,  just when the ball comes his way try and get it the best you can and attack the ball with some gusto like his mate Dow does.
He has time on his side to chancge his approach but as you say teams work you out and then start working you over....Mullet got the label from Brad Scott and has done nothing to change that perception, we dont want Obrien getting the same label...

Pointless dropping Poulson after a game, O'Brien is the one who needs a rest, he's been ordinary 3 of the last 4 games.

I wonder if Poulson got a game due to last weeks training emphasis, that could explain things? Poulson had more tackles in one game than O'Brien has had in three weeks!

Garlett is a big worry, pre-season he looked like a tackling machine, since the shoulder problem he's tapered off, yesterday exactly zero, zilch, nada! But then again, even SPS only had 2 and he normally has many more!

Ray..Got nothing to do with a boys body, he shy's away from contests and doesnt have the mindset of a physcially committed player.....you either have it or you dont.
Boekhorst didnt have it and its stood out like dogs knackers, Mullet doesnt have it either...
I'm not sold on Obrien at all unlike Dow who attacks the ball well....Obrien will get some slack cut his way due to being a pick 10 and the notion he is an outside player who isnt expected to
contest as much but the spotlight will get around to him, think it was Cameron Ling in a earlier game who suggested he froze and pulled up short.
Polson attacks the ball and man well, tackles hard but needs game time to improve his skills and awareness.
Fisher has a small body but he commits to the ball, I just want to see Obrien do the same every game....

Polson didn't have a great game, but he did put his body on the line. He needs to get a few possessions and get some confidence in himself. I wouldn't drop him after one game.