How is Josh Carr going?

[Groove]

Just wondering how Josh is going, he was my favourite player at Port and I havent heard anything about him settling in. Can you help me out freolites?

 

[Groove]

Cmon guys, surely you have some news?

 

[ImperialPurple]

hehe... yeah here I am...

By all accounts he has settled in very well. Took the kiddies to the Junior Members Christmas party a few weeks back and they were keen to get an autograph and have a photo with him. He was very accommodating, had a good laugh and a joke with the kids. My son (who is 8 and loves a good natter) asked him if he was happy to be at Freo. He said he's loving it, the guys are great, the weather's great, it's nice to be home. My son asked him if he was going to help Freo win a premiership, and he said, well that's what we'll all be trying to do. Then my son told him that Port was his second favourite team, and Josh laughed and said, me too, then my son said, but I still hope we beat them in round 1 and Josh laughed again and said, me too, again. Then it was autographs and happy smiles and photos all round and the kids think Josh Carr is "so cool".

Then when it was an introduce the players thing near the end they all came up on stage and waved to the crowd one-by-one, then the moron that is Orion from 92.9 took the mic and spoke with "new guys" Josh, Heath Black and Toby Stribling. Biggest cheer almost of all the players for Josh (except maybe Pav, Hase and Bellie) - the Freo faithful have really taken him to heart.

Josh trotted out the media line about how good it is to be at the club, that the guys have all been very welcoming, that he's looking forward to getting into the real training after Christmas, that it's great to be home, that he's looking forward to playing alongside Matt and also looking forwrad to playing Port in round 1.

Blackie said it was good to be back and it felt like he had never left.

 

[Groove]

Thanks imperial, I hope he does well for your club.

 

[Borry]

Josh Carr apparently is currently the standout performer at Freo pre season training atm. He is settling in well. I also had the privelege of getting a photo with him at the Christmas Party. Nice person.

 

[Reveler]

wonder who would be better between Schammer and J.Carr if they both started at the same time.

Looking at schammer at the moment he is a hard at it footballer and hopefully will show people just how good he is this year.

He is my wildcard for 2005

 

[theorangeapple]

Josh Carr apparently is currently the standout performer at Freo pre season training atm. He is settling in well. I also had the privelege of getting a photo with him at the Christmas Party. Nice person.

preseasons are judged on past results in training. the fact josh wouldnt have any previous figures at dockers would it pretty hard for him to improve thereby be a standout.

 

[The Mission Man]

preseasons are judged on past results in training. the fact josh wouldnt have any previous figures at dockers would it pretty hard for him to improve thereby be a standout.

Apart from the fact that this is probably the most inane piece of nitpicking pedantry I have ever encountered and has less legs than an amputee snake, the adjectival phrase "stand-out" comes also from one of your favourite sons:

Barra's Training Report

 

[coasting]

Apart from the fact that this is probably the most inane piece of nitpicking pedantry I have ever encountered and has less legs than an amputee snake, the adjectival phrase "stand-out" comes also from one of your favourite sons:

Barra's Training Report

Well if Barra said it then it must be true.

 

[The Mission Man]

Well if Barra said it then it must be true.

He's your spokesgoon, not ours.

 

[zero]

preseasons are judged on past results in training. the fact josh wouldnt have any previous figures at dockers would it pretty hard for him to improve thereby be a standout.

no, to "stand out" he needs to be training harder and better than those around him. the only prerequisite for standing out is be training with other people to stand out from

 

[coasting]

no, to "stand out" he needs to be training harder and better than those around him. the only prerequisite for standing out is be training with other people to stand out from

Well yes and no. I think people are getting confused here between being a 'stand out' in the preseason and having a 'stand out' preseason. The point I think that Orange Apple is trying to make is that preseason is about improving yourself as a player, not about competing against other players personal best times. To use an example, Callum Chambers beat Lance Whitnill by about 2 minutes in a 10km run during Carlton preseason recently... but it was actually one of Callum's poorer times while Lance had a personal best. So who has had the stand out preseason, Callum Chambers or Lance Whitnill? When a coach says a player is having a good preseason they are indicating that a player is having personal best times, not that they are leading the group. If having a stand out preseason was about having the best times then Daniel Bandy would have had a 'standout' football year every year he was at the Dockers.

 

[masai]

" Josh Carr apparently is currently the standout performer at Freo pre season training".

Put simply, Josh Carr is the best performer of the group on the training track at the moment. Read nothing more into it, it is a very simple sentence to understand, I thought .....

 

[The Mission Man]

" Josh Carr apparently is currently the standout performer at Freo pre season training".

Put simply, Josh Carr is the best performer of the group on the training track at the moment. Read nothing more into it, it is a very simple sentence to understand, I thought .....

Well said - although boasting's little digression into the current personal habits of filthy ex-Weavils was most entertaining.

Terms of art and words in general use are often confused. By the ignorant and the sophist alike. But to drag Jacaranda Bandy into it was a masterstroke.

 

[pav_is_god]

preseasons are judged on past results in training. the fact josh wouldnt have any previous figures at dockers would it pretty hard for him to improve thereby be a standout.

I think as a professional footballer, Josh would have some idea of how his preseason went last year with Port.

 

[The Mission Man]

I think as a professional footballer, Josh would have some idea of how his preseason went last year with Port.

No. He was never at Fremantle before therefore he CANNOT stand out. Not even in the rain.

Freaks.

 

[coasting]

This is a rather amusing thread. I never thought I would see so many people jump to defend Barra from people trying to debunk his casual observation. We all know this is just a bit of the usual pre-season press you hear every year. Medhurst has beefed up, Farmer is quicker etc Barra wouldn't have a clue how well Josh Carr is travelling from one training session. Feel free to continue to hold onto his assessment like grim death but please, if the whole thing doesn't work out for you, then save us from any "But Barra said..." threads. Cheers.

 

[The Mission Man]

This is a rather amusing thread. I never thought I would see so many people jump to defend Barra from people trying to debunk his casual observation. We all know this is just a bit of the usual pre-season press you hear every year. Medhurst has beefed up, Farmer is quicker etc Barra wouldn't have a clue how well Josh Carr is travelling from one training session. Feel free to continue to hold onto his assessment like grim death but please, if the whole thing doesn't work out for you, then save us from any "But Barra said..." threads. Cheers.

Geeze, you're a d i c k.

Any mention of 46 here was straight urine extraction. It's a Fremantle thing and I don't expect you to understand it.

The whole palaver about PBs and comparing preseasons at the same club to be allowed to use the phrase "standout performer" correctly was your invention.

We - and, it so happens, 46 - are using it to indicate that he stood out from the rest of the playing group.

A relatively innocuous use of the phrase and one most reasonable people would accept as correct. If he did indeed stand out from the rest of the playing group. Which it appears he did.

Now I need to tug on your reins about this whole Jacaranda Bandy analogy you dragged out of your suppurating arse.

Bandy was good in early summer but dead wood all year (hence the nickname) and everybody (except the Western Bulldogs) is aware of that.

His preseason status as a standout performer has little or nothing to do with a couple of people (one being 46) making the observation that BoganJosh stood out from the rest of the playing group. Unless you were wishing to make a slight by comparison and were attemptng to suggest that BoganJosh may very well be standing out on the track but this is no indication he will perform on the paddock.

In which case, not only are you a d i c k but your worldview is seriously disturbed.

A Freo supporter relying on "Barra says" - as freaking if. Get a perspective that doesn't involve trying to suck yourself off.

 

[purplesoul]

So Josh is looking ok at training?

 

[The Mission Man]

So Josh is looking ok at training?

Standout performer.

 

[funkyfreo]

Standout performer.

How can he be a standout - if they have no previous freo/Josh training to judge by??? And who says?

 

[purplesoul]

Thanks for clearing that up. I can never understand what the hell 46 is on about, then coasting got me even more confused.

I thought it was a given that Josh would have a good pre-season (barring injury) and be a stand out. He just strikes you as one of those types that has an appetite for putting in the hard yards ala Bell and his protege Tequilla.

 

[portentous]

Josh Carr puts in 100% at everything whether it's training, preseason games, "real" games, or even playing cards I'd reckon. It's in his nature. I'm sure he's training flat out to try and impress his new club.

 

[purplesoul]

I'm sure he's training flat out to try and impress his new club.

I reckon he would be 100% regardless of a new club. As you said portentous, he would probably be the same playing cards.

 

[Salopek31]

Josh Carr puts in 100% at everything whether it's training, preseason games, "real" games, or even playing cards I'd reckon. It's in his nature. I'm sure he's training flat out to try and impress his new club.

I don't reckon he needs to impress anyone. He has one thing that most of those Dockers will never get - a premiership medallion.