Prendergast: Terrific bloke. Very fit. Terrific bloke. Very fit. Terrific bloke. Very fit...... Just not a footballer.
Sporn: To small to play as a KPP or even as the third tall down back. Lacks pace off the mark and has really poor hands and has lost complete confidence in his body. Not a midfielder and not fit enough to play a run with role. Used to have okay skills but even those left him in 2005. I dont think he is going to be on the list after this year. Has shown something in the past but think his body is not up to AFL standard now and is not a grunt player or a touch/skilled type. Another in between type. A surprise selection at the time from O'Sullivan and true to standard another waste of a 1st rounder.
Surely they could have traded the first rounder for pick 70 odd and we could have got a better player?
Davies : the key to football is doing the basics well over and over. Something that Davies seems unable to master at this stage. Can do the exceptional but will miss sitters in front of goal and turn the ball over. Needs more kgs onto his frame to hold his own in the contest and to understand what being disciplined is. Instead of sniping blokes in the VFL to show how "hard" he is perhaps he could direct his aggression at the ball from now on. Has an immense amount of time in the VFL but a lot of players have that. Yet to show he has the class to step up at AFL level other than in a few passages of play.
Bannister : Whats wrong with him in 2005? He used to have the endurance and mental discipline to play on a player and stick to it. Decent enough skills and good size but completely dropped his bundle last year. His contract saved him. Maybe he thought he had done enough in 2004 and did not put in enough of an effort pre-season. Has always been fit enough. Will never be silky but should have cemented a position on the hbf/run with role where he could take all sizes.
Wiggins : ahhh the 2000 draft. What a goldmine for the Carlton Football club. Livingston, Sporn and Wiggins with pick 4/11/15. The memories.
Makes you wonder why Wayne Hughes was not brought in well before the 2004 draft to be honest.
Wiggins falls into the Prendergast and terrific bloke class. Really great work ethic and willingness to anything for the team. Play as a tagger or a decoy and show some physicality. Great around the club to encourage the "real footballers". A big body who will provide some help and coverage for the youngsters as they develop in the VFL.
Fumbles to much and you cant teach a player to have good hands. Some dont and no matter how fit they get you cant geta way with that at AFL level.
I feel only Davies and Bannister have anything left at AFL level these days.
Would have Davies in front at this stage.
What do all these players have in common?
1 year left on there contracts.