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As far as I am concerned, consistency and game sense comes with experience and game time... along with the inexperience bit.Ok, time to dump more of my time onto this forum...
The Season's Eve Player Review!
1. Andrew Walker
Strengths: Experience, Athleticism, Flexibility
Weaknesses: Patchy Form, Injury concerns
Walks hasn't really got started this pre-season, but you'd hope he rocks up for show time Round 1. When on form a seriously difficult player to handle. Looks like he is starting to feel the years
2. Jack Silvagni
Strengths: Game sense, Marking
Weaknesses: Light frame, Inexperience
SOSOS starts 2016 with an encouraging showing against Essendon but not much else to go off. Will see a lot of VFL this season, but has that real nous to make the step before his body is fully ready.
3. Marc Murphy
Strengths: Class, Goal sense, Ball magnet
Weaknesses: Some Injury Concerns, Needs Support to Dominate
The captain cops a lot of flak over his leadership, and while I wouldn't say he has the aura that some have, I don't think he's completely bereft. Besides that he is an elite midfielders who has had some up and down form, but I would expect him to return to dominance with a strong support unit.
4. Bryce Gibbs
Strengths: Skills, Clearances, Tackling (no really, look at the stats)
Weaknesses: Hands Below his Feet, Consistency
Two years ago Gibbs took out the John Nicholls and looked like he was ready for the next step. But 2015 was a let down. If Gibbs can find a real consistency through the year he could kick his performance up a gear.
6. Kade Simpson
Strengths: Calm, tough, leader
Weaknesses: Right foot, Contested Marking
Kade is my long term favourite player, and a legend of this football club in my opinion. His work in the back half last year was consistent and polished. The question is how far Father Time is behind him. Wiry footballers who use their wits are known to have excellent durability, so I will back him in to maintain form.
7. Dylan Buckley
Strengths: Energy, aggression, long kicking
Weaknesses: Composure, Sticking to the Game Plan
DylBucks hasn't set the world alight in the pre-season IMO, but he is a good enough player, whose dedication and perseverance will carry him a far way. I don't think his ceiling is too far above what he has already achieved honestly, but if he can be a good AFL player, I think that's a win.
8. Matthew Kreuzer
Strengths: 1%ers, Tackling, Contested Work
Weaknesses: Contested Marking, Hitouts to Advantage
MK has looked his normal bullocking self in the pre-season and I expect that to continue. He's not ever going to dominate aerial contests, but his ground work and size make him a real handful for opponents and I think he has a real value as an AFL player.
9. Patrick Cripps
Strengths: Clearances, Size, Extremely Difficult to Tag
Weaknesses: Foot Skills, Goal-Kicking
Cripps is a force of nature at stoppages, and even more frightening at centre bounces. His clearance work, combined with his efforts to get around the ground and stay involved in play make him a real A+ talent. If his kicking and shots at goal tick up a notch I think he will be considered elite by seasons end.
10. Harry McKay
Strengths: Athleticism, Ground Work
Weaknesses: Experience, Consistency
Hmac's big knock in his TAC Cup performances was that he only got about 10 touches at most. He'll need to put work into running and making repeat efforts as well as reading the play to improve this. Despite that his brief showing against Essendon made me feel confident he has the aptitude. Development year.
11. Sam Kerridge
Strengths: Endurance, Goal Sense, Physicality
Weaknesses: Polish, Speed
I am pretty bullish, as most Carlton fans are, about Kerridge's prospects. He's got a real flair in his play, despite being for the most part a consistent contributor with a huge tank. I think he's an early bet for the John Nicholls.
12. Blaine Boekhorst
Strengths: Speed, Agility, Penetrating Kicks
Weaknesses: Consistency,
I tried to think of anything else about BB's game that could use work, but honestly, all he needs is to consistently hold his form and he'll be a dynamite player. Outside runners will always fluctuate depending on the quality of the ball they receive, but hopefully Blaine can come into his own this year.
13. Jed Lamb
Strengths: Speed, Tackling, Endurance
Weaknesses: Goal Production, Skills
I am hopeful about Jed, his draft year depicted him as a livewire forward, but since joining Carlton I haven't really seen him as dangerous around goals. Hopefully this comes along with some improvement around his skills around the ground.
14. Liam Jones
Strengths: Explosiveness
Weaknesses: AFL-level Production
Jones is a solid performer at VFL level, but for whatever reason he struggles to have the same sort of impact at AFL. Perhaps his physical advantages are greater at VFL level where he dominates through these, or perhaps it is mental. Needs some very strong form to break seniors.
15. Sam Docherty
Strengths: Run and Carry, Effective Ball use, Game Sense
Weaknesses: Kicking Consistency
Docherty's 2015 was very good at times, and he is definitely capable at AFL level but he struggled with injury and form. Most notable was his tendency to go at a high disposal efficiency for a game, but to still have a "howler" every now and then. Work that out and he should be a very successful player.
16. Dillon Viojo-Rainbow
Strengths: Precision Kicking
Weaknesses: Endurance, Contested Work
I was encouraged to hear that DVR's VFL game involved better running and effort from Skittles. His kicking, when he is in form, is venomous, so if he can overcome his endurance limitiations, and become a more physical player he might still have a role at Carlton.
17. Sam Rowe
Strengths: Wrestling, Close-Checking
Weaknesses: Lead Coverage, Composure
He's a big, competitive defender who will go toe-to-toe in a grapple with the best in the league. Struggles covering leads and is prone to brain fades both in marking and disposal.
18. Kristian Jaksch
Strengths: Marking, Long Kicking
Weaknesses: Light Frame, Consistency
KJ has some really nice hands at full stretch, but he hasn't really shown much at Carlton. In part his body type restricts his viability as a key forward. A strong year in the VFL and a step-up to AFL would be ideal.
19. Liam Sumner
Strengths: Speed, Foot Skills
Weaknesses: Injury Concerns
Sumner could really be an exceptional AFL player, he just keeps getting injured. If he can get back on the park consistently I think he might break the 22 midway through the year.
20. Lachie Plowman
Strengths: Game Sense, Ball Movement
Weaknesses: Defensive Accountability, Injury Concerns
I like the attacking side of Plowman, but I query his defensive nous. I have seen little of his highlights which suggest a dominant KPP so much as a tall and powerful flanker. This could be fine, but I would like to see more of Lachie to gauge where he is at.
21. Ciaran Sheehan
Strengths: Kicking, Athleticism
Weaknesses: Game Sense, Injury Concerns
Still recovering from injury is a familiar phenomenon for Ciaran. Needs a good run with injury and then form to make a break for the seniors.
22. Jason Tutt
Strengths: Endurance, Pressure
Weaknesses: Disposal, Game Sense
Tutt is a real goer, who puts himself into trouble and makes a meal of things he could easily do. The contrast between his efforts and the results is disheartening. If he could bring more composure into his game, get his disposal under wraps he could still be a good AFL player.
23. Jacob Weitering
Strengths: Intercept Marking, Composure,
Weaknesses: Inexperience
He looks great. I could only imagine that his inexperience might affect him, but I see no evidence it will. Too early to call 2016 AA?
24. Mark Whiley
Strengths: Contested Work, Tackling
Weaknesses: Composure
He wins the ball, gets to the contest and has the physical attributes... he just hurries himself and gets into trouble. If he could iron out that little bit of panic then he could be a good foot soldier.
25. Clem Smith
Strengths: Speed, Toughness
Weaknesses: Consistency, Ball Winning
He has a real flash about him but neither wins the ball often enough, nor finishes his good work. If he can sort out what he is doing once he gets the ball, and lets himself a few more seconds to sum up things he will be a much better player.
26. Jayden Foster
Strengths: Marking, Goal Kicking
Weaknesses: Consistency, Game Sense
Foster didn't make many waves last year, hasn't made much during this pre-season and would want to get a go about it. He lead the TAC goalkicking in his draft year and has an opportunity to make headway in the VFL where Jones is likely to attract the oppositions primary KPD.
27. Dennis Armfield
Strengths: Speed, Persistence
Weaknesses: Disposal, Accumulation
Armfield is a goer, always has been, but he is also a fringe player with the wrong age profile with no pre-season. I hope he has cracking form in the twos and pushes into the senior side, but I don't see it.
28. David Cuningham
Strengths: Breakaway Speed, Contested Work
Weaknesses: Accumulation
Cuningham's bubble burst after he got super hyped in training reports and didn't lay a hand on it during he Essendon game. His time will come, and I wouldn't be too surprised with a senior appearance, but this is a development year.
29. Billy Gowers
Strengths: Good Size, Effective User
Weaknesses: Accumulation, Speed
The talk of the preseason surrounding Gowers has been about his size, and his work on the inside as an enforcer type. We haven't seen any of him in the NAB makes me think he'll be depth.
30. Charlie Curnow
Strengths: Marking, Endurance
Weaknesses: Disposal, Game Sense
2nd to Weitering in terms of draftees likely to make an immediate impact. He's a man-child who will be a handful for AFL defenders if he gets a go. A little worried about his disposal from what I have seen, it can be effective, but like his brother, ugly.
31. Matthew Dick
Strengths: Good Size, Defensive Accountability
Weaknesses: Brain Fades, Disposal
Dick's the sort who does the right thing, wins the ball and burns it. I can't help but be down on him. If he could get his ball use right he'd be an AFL defender IMO, his man checking is good and he has a good general pressure game.
32. Nick Graham
Strengths: Defensive pressure, Ball Magnet, Disposal
Weaknesses: Speed
Graham's been a forum darling for a couple of years now because his work in the VFL was so good. Tragically used as a sub on too many ocassions, his best work is as a full-time mid, where I think he will prove himself more than up to scratch.
33. Andrejs Everitt
Strengths:Flexible, Endurance, Marking
Weaknesses: Consistency
Dre is a good player, whose had a quiet pre-season, dampening expectations. He won the goal-kicking and kept primarily forward I wouldn't be surprised if he put together a similiar year on the scoreboard
34. Andrew Phillips
Strengths: Aerial Competition, Work Rate
Weaknesses: Marking, Hitouts to Advantage
Phillips is for me kind of a Kreuzer lite. He is better in the air, much worse on the ground. His chief attribute aerially is how he kills the contest or keeps the ball forward, an underrated aspect of flying for a contest. 2nd fiddle for sure in my view
35. Ed Curnow
Strengths: Work rate, Defensive Accountability, Ball Magnet
Weaknesses: Disposal, Speed
Ed is a known quantity. He does the same thing out there, nullifying opponents, collecting the pill and generally giving his all. If he used it better he would be known as a dangerous player in his own right, as Carrazzo was, but I don't think we'll see much more improvement
36. Cameron Wood
Strengths: Competes, Aggression
Weaknesses: Game sense, Disposal, Skills Below his Knees
Wood's looked pretty lacklustre this pre-season and is likely to continue to look so. He is what he is, a real fighter, but he lacks much of the required skillset to accomplish much more at AFL level
37. Daniel Gorringe
Strengths: Athleticism
Weaknesses: Game Sense, Marking, Disposal, Accumulation
Simply doesn't make an impact. Has been trialled, hasn't done much. Athlete more than a footballer IMO.
38. Ciaran Byrne
Strengths: Kicking, Speed
Weaknesses: Game Sense
Still adjusting to the sort of pace and awareness required at the top echelon. I think Byrne will make it, but I am not sure if he will be as good as Tuohy, if nothing else for a lack of the same durability.
39. Dale Thomas
Strengths: Pressure, Speed
Weaknesses: Long Kicking, Hairstyle, Former Pie, Injury Concerns
Daisy can play at a high level, and he was decent against Hawthorn. If he can find a vein of form and draw upon the wily instincts that a veteran like him should have, he can be a contributor, although my estimation of impact has declined since the start of preseason.
40. Michael Jamison
Strengths: Close Checking, Experience
Weaknesses: Injury, Optimistic Disposal
Jamo's biggest limitations are his recovery from injury and his tendency to sometimes go a bit too pinpoint on passes and grass them when they didn't need it. If he can get fit he should be good protection while the next generation develop.
41. Levi Casboult
Strengths: Marking, Ruckwork
Weaknesses: Leading, Below his Knees
Casbah takes big grabs, we all know it. He's also a decent hand in the ruck. His weaknesses is in getting separation from opponents and making effective space to avoid being mobbed. If he and the forwards can better arrange the forward line to give him more chances one on one, he'll be a better forward.
42. Zach Tuohy
Strengths: Kicking, Shot at goal, Defensive Coverage
Weaknesses: Zoning
Zach leaves his man a bit too much for my liking, trying to zone. He isn't a big intercept marker, but he often seems to have given a step he didn't need to against his man. Besides this he is an A-grade defender.
43. Simon White
Strengths: Marking, Aggression
Weaknesses: Disposal
White's a journeyman, who has made the most out of what he has to bring to the team. He could be top 8 depth or bottom 4 depth, but he is depth. He is undersized to be a KPP and not quite dominant enough to be an effective flanker better defending.
45. Andrew Gallucci
Strengths: Aggression, Speed, Agility
Weaknesses: Inexperience
I am very interested to see how Gallucci goes. Has a real Puopolo look to how he moves and plays but isn't as stocky. Might not make the grade in the end, but I am a fan.
46. Matthew Wright
Strengths: Flexible, Goal Sense, Pressure
Weaknesses: Consistency
Wasn't sure what to put down in weaknesses for Wright, he seems decent, just not necessarily mind-blowing. No real blaring holes, except that his time at Adelaide involved a clear decline in form.
47. Jesse Glass-McCasker
Strengths: Size, Close Checking
Weaknesses: Disposal, Inexperience
New player who is probably a bit closer to athlete than footballer but has a real combativeness to him and his defensive work. His disposal looked shonky in his draft year, but plenty of time to improve that.
48. Matthew Korcheck
Strengths: Immense Size, Athleticism
Weaknesses: Game Sense
Korcheck has a long road ahead to get to AFL standard. Mostly he needs to figure out what is going on and how he can affect things. His size and power will make getting confidence at VFL level easier after a few runs. Development year
Gorringe was certainly drafted by GC as a ruckman, but he's shown himself to be wanting in the position despite some exciting athleticism.
As a ruck, or a ruck/forward I understand why he was overlooked. We're in a position to invest some time in training him into a forward/ruck, where he could excel.
Your not suggesting he could be as good as Blicavs are you ?
Thought that was my role.......?
I associate you with donuts and coffee.Thought that was my role.......?
