has anyone noticed

[Blueinblood]

that we suck jks jks...

has anyone noticed how good t-bird is at selling candy and dodging people even at crucial stages..he never looks serious unless hes opponent marks it..he is cool calm and collected..and crap jks

 

[Beloved]

...he's a great defender.

 

[Mayesy_23]

Great player. Cops a lot on this board for some reason. When he becomes the third defender maybe this year or next, you'll find just how creative he can be.

 

[Dramoth]

Great player. Cops a lot on this board for some reason. When he becomes the third defender maybe this year or next, you'll find just how creative he can be.

Aint that the truth...

Players who will shine next year...

Thornton as the third or 4th defender
Russel on the HFF
Hoops on the other flank
Walker on the wing

We will be in much better condition at the end of next year when our young defenders have had another year under their belts

 

[Pamam]

Aint that the truth...

Players who will shine next year...

Thornton as the third or 4th defender
Russel on the HFF
Hoops on the other flank
Walker on the wing

We will be in much better condition at the end of next year when our young defenders have had another year under their belts

any room for Murphy? we know he is a gun but i think he will make a night game shine when he lights up the MCG especially with the 3rd or 4th tagger!!!

 

[Dramoth]

any room for Murphy? we know he is a gun but i think he will make a night game shine when he lights up the MCG especially with the 3rd or 4th tagger!!!

Whoops... forgot about Murph...

I reckon that the opposition wont know who to tag about halfway through the season...

If they tag Judd... Stevens and rest will run amok.
If they tag Stevens, it releases Judd

If they manage to tag both of them, there is still Gibbs and Murph running around destroying them with their poise and vision

It's all good in the Carlton midfield next year

 

[cfc05]

Aint that the truth...

Players who will shine next year...

Thornton as the third or 4th defender
Russel on the HFF
Hoops on the other flank
Walker on the wing

We will be in much better condition at the end of next year when our young defenders have had another year under their belts

Thornton as the third or fourth defender? one the salary he has demanded from us suggests he is a KPP defender, not just a creative hbf come 4th defender. Secondly, who are our other two or three defenders who are going to comfortably hold down the key position posts next season?

 

[sosos]

Thornton as the third or fourth defender? one the salary he has demanded from us suggests he is a KPP defender, not just a creative hbf come 4th defender. Secondly, who are our other two or three defenders who are going to comfortably hold down the key position posts next season?

Too many third defenders....

Sh1t-cracker who should have been traded. OK skills, too many turnovers....

(Ok, Fev cracks it too, but I want to keep him...call me a hypocrite.)


Credit where its due, he has had to play on larger bodied players for a very long time, he has been our main key defender for a number of years, and he has done an OK job, but come on people, surely we can do better?

This is a club which won flags by having great defenders such as Bruce Doull, Geoff Southby, Stephen Silvagni, Peter Dean, Andrew Mckay.

I'm sorry, but I've heard enough excuses for him....we always seem to be waiting for a couple of big bodied defenders to step up so Thornton can then take the third biggest forward. I don't think we can afford that luxury. He either needs to take on the big lads and beat them, or he's gone.

 

[pumped]

Think Thronton has all he needs to be AA. However he has imo cracked under pressure many times. However I believe it is the pressure he puts himself under to perform. Hopefully as a third defender he will relax more and consistently produce what he is capable of.

 

[BlueYoss]

Thornton as the third or fourth defender? one the salary he has demanded from us suggests he is a KPP defender, not just a creative hbf come 4th defender.

The cost of preventing him from becoming a Hawk actually, not the cost of him playing KPP defender in Blue.

Secondly, who are our other two or three defenders who are going to comfortably hold down the key position posts next season?

From: S Oh'Ailpin, Waite, Hartlett, Austin, Jamison.

Also more than likely at least one of the first four of these will be moved forward to replace JK.

 

[bluebrew]

Too many third defenders....



This is a club which won flags by having great defenders such as Bruce Doull, Geoff Southby, Stephen Silvagni, Peter Dean, Andrew Mckay.

Michael Sexton ,Dean Rice ,David Rhys Jones to name a few more the back line must be a strong team willing to back and support each other .

That takes time to build 1 or 2 seasons and we should be right. but right now we are still on the edge.