Carlton are added to the annual examples of why we should never listen to the media hyping up a team over summer after another recruiting spree, they fail every time
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admit I got sucked into the media hype on the blues as I thought they would finally make finals this year
Out for a month. not that it matters. West Coast are easily the most overrated team in the comp. If we can’t beat them over there, we don’t deserve top 4.
Been on this for a while, it's about time the media are finally starting to pick up on it.
Heard a bloke call SEN and remind us of that magnificent day when he reckons the rot really set in at the blues.
Great day for us though!
www.footyalmanac.com.au
Great day for us though!
The Footy Almanac 2007 Round 22 – Melbourne v Carlton: The Kreuzer Cup
Fair bit of discussion about young Liam Stocker after getting a toweling from Liam Ryan last week.
I know he's only young so loathe to have a crack but the Blues gave up plenty to get him (insert SOS fist pump here) as an inside mid & yet they're playing him as a back pocket? Since there was some rumour at the time that they thought they'd gazumped Richmond, I've watched him closely a bit & must admit to not seeing much...
I know he's only young so loathe to have a crack but the Blues gave up plenty to get him (insert SOS fist pump here) as an inside mid & yet they're playing him as a back pocket? Since there was some rumour at the time that they thought they'd gazumped Richmond, I've watched him closely a bit & must admit to not seeing much...
Hey @Tigers of Old - From memory didn't we expect to take Stocker but then when Cartoon gazumped us we took RCD instead? Or was it Balta?
Memory is failing me.
Memory is failing me.
Got a feeling the kid might be suffering from Teagueitis.
Inside mid type trying to tag Ryan.
Docherty playing on a wing instead of defence.
Curnow their best shut down contested type tagger playing somewhere.
Murphy playing forward flank, pocket.
Reckon Teaguey might be trying anything n everything pretending to look busy n inspirational when maybe he's got no idea n his players don't much give a *smile* anyway.
Don't mind his attitude or attack on the ball and man. Hasn't been fully Carltoned yet.
We were never taking Stocker as we didn't rate him, but Carlton still traded up to get him before us.
Rumour has it that we interviewed Stocker before the draft and told him in no uncertain terms that his defensive running was pretty much non existent. Not sure that we were going to pick him up or not but the draft 'experts' had us picking him with our first pick. Hence when Carlton traded and picked him before us, everyone just assumed that we were trumped, and SOS had his sh1t eating grin.
Maybe Teague has finally seen what we originally saw, hence playing him in defence. Or maybe Teague just has no idea.
The biggest criticism of NAB League midfielders when they step into the AFL system is that they dont run defensively, so doubt that'd have been an issue specifically to Stocker. ****This will be even worse moving forward as NAB Leaguers will play a lot of school and local footy instead of the elite pathway, so theyll all step in with lots of really bad habits that will take time to coach out of them
Stocker is a solid citizen player, not a 1st round player. Doesnt help he is being played out of position, if you want to develop those traits you need to either accept that they'll get towelled up and look lost for a while, or do at VFL level
Stocker is a solid citizen player, not a 1st round player. Doesnt help he is being played out of position, if you want to develop those traits you need to either accept that they'll get towelled up and look lost for a while, or do at VFL level
I know that grin. I once assumed something was a Polly Waffle, but it wasn't.
Coach killing move. Self inflicted.
But the problem with the three you mention - they are not a defenders *smile*. Not one of them goes near an opponent.
Can't play on an opponent?! Are you a *smile* ing footballer or not?
Scoop's right, horrible move by Teague. Even if he'd done it to humiliate his senior tap-dancers (he's not that clever), he torched a kid in the process. Not cool.
Are they tanking again?
Scoop's right, horrible move by Teague. Even if he'd done it to humiliate his senior tap-dancers (he's not that clever), he torched a kid in the process. Not cool.
Are they tanking again?
Carlton have 1.5 million on 2 defenders and none are kpd.
Over the last 3 years they also have had several older players who were in their best 12 players and their recruiting hasn't found enough players to replace them.
Also way to many players not naturally hard enough .
Mid field is wafer thin with very few mids pushing up from their early picks.
Over the last 3 years they also have had several older players who were in their best 12 players and their recruiting hasn't found enough players to replace them.
Also way to many players not naturally hard enough .
Mid field is wafer thin with very few mids pushing up from their early picks.
