Mick Mansfield's time at Carlton - Comments?

[Jeremias]

Not on my watch!!

That's my new thread idea for next season - Past hack of the week

 

[pepalenko]

He was much better when he teamed up with Philip Brady on the radio.

 

[KnaveyBlue]

I'm still having nightmares about his final quarter in the qualifier vs Melbourne in the 2000 finals series.

 

[ESKIE]

Terrible...

 

[raymagoo]

Loved him for some reason. Was slightly past it but hard as nails!

 

[Tony Lynn 15]

Hope no-one starts a Stephen O'Reilly time at Carlton thread

I raise you....Ricky Mott!!

 

[AceAndy]

I raise you....Ricky Mott!!

Not sure what the term is for under the bottom of the barrel but we may have found it

 

[mediumsizered]

Not on my watch!!

I guess you would have no objections to a Lindsay Smith thread then?

 

[Stig O'Hara]

He must have cost 40 fortunes, and couldn't kick over a lolly tin.

 

[juzza316]

I raise you....Ricky Mott!!

im holding an Andrew Eccles, but you can have the pot with that hand!

 

[Aphrodite]

I guess you would have no objections to a Lindsay Smith thread then?

Sean Charles.

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

R: Ackland, Mott, Smith, McLaren, Deluca

 

[James88]

Thanks. An excellent, balanced analysis of the query.

We got much better value out of Hickmott, no doubt of that. Hickey was an inspired pick, who may have slowly lost it physically, but who continued to give and give and give with his guts and commitment.

However, Mansfield wasn't our worst pickup. I am old enough to remember champions like Peter Bedford running around in our 2nds because he waited too long to join a team that could reach finals. It was embarrassing to see a guy who had been so good running around on good money in our 2nds. I am sure we were seduced by his name and history, but by the time he got to us he was a physical wreck.

As for Mansfield, he was serviceable. At the time our mantra was 'mature bodies', and we found one who was out of favour at Geelong. When he came to us he changed his game significantly, becoming a far more defensive player. He had lost that burst of pace and the spring that had made him so effective as an attacking weapon at Geelong.
To be honest, we did not do our due diligence in his case or a number of others at that time. Stephen O'Reilly is the perfect example: his back and hamstrings were shot. He was looking for a final payday as he knew his body was shot. We were stupid enough to select on what he had done years earlier, not whaat he had done in the previous season or so.
He was never value for money.
Mansfield was a lot closer to being worth what we were paying him, although we paid overs as far as draft choices went. We should have waited for him to be delisted by Geelong and picked him up cheaply: he was definitely on the outer there and may well have been flicked because he wanted more money than they were willing to pay.
In those days we really lost the plot. I cannot believe we wasted a 1st round pick on Peter Bubner, who was never going to come over. I cannot believe we traded our way out of a couple of drafts almost entirely. I am glad we were so good at finding gems at the bottom of the draft, but we had to: we were so incredibly wasteful in the first 2 or 3 rounds.

 

[beowulf]

Thanks. An excellent, balanced analysis of the query.

Spacebo!

 

[KnaveyBlue]

R: Ackland, Mott, Smith, McLaren, Deluca

And people outside the club still wonder why we used our #1 pick on a ruckman...

 

[Silvagnis]

The answer to the OP's question is about as good as Justin Murphy at Geelong.

 

[Aphrodite]

That's my new thread idea for next season - Past hack of the week

No need!

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threa...n-for-your-club-in-the-last-10-years.1022825/

 

[JamisonRun40]

It makes me sad to have Collingwood supporters put up Rusty's name especially on page 1

 

[AlecDuncan]

The answer to the OP's question is about as good as Justin Murphy at Geelong.

Actually, I think Murphy did well in their B&F that year.

Finished third actually.