Opinion The 'Carlton related stuff that doesn't need it's own thread' thread

[JustaBattler]

Stocker will be as good as him but with an inside game.

tell me mooooore!

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

Stocker will be as good as him but with an inside game.

Make no mistake....Liam Stocker will become an 'A Grader' for the Blues over time.
He's often not mentioned in our best midfield moving forward, but will undoubtedly become an integral part.

 

[Jabba73]

tell me mooooore!

Hits moving targets so they do not have to break stride or change direction. Not with bullets they can't hold onto either, weights his passes. Kicks with either foot and will put it to the advantage of the forward if they are not in clear space.

Can't teach that s**t, it is instinctive.

Kid also gets his own footy and breaks from the stoppage. Get him an AFL level tank and he could be anything.

#stealofthedraft

 

[Arr0w]

Stocker will be as good as him but with an inside game.

Not many in the game that had Ryan's vision and disposal

 

[Metalcrusher]

Not many in the game that had Ryan's vision and disposal

Ask any of our previous forwards who they wanted to deliver into I50 …… was pretty resounding … Hoops was much maligned and unfortunately in an era where he could not excel.

 

[norway blue]

I'd prefer the turn over further away from defensive 50 if that's what you are inferring to.

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Yep low sharp bullet kicks and Williamsesque handballs thnx murph. I prefer him wing forward.


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[Doro]

Hoops was a lovely kick off both sides, but lacking in ticker. Let's not add too much mayo to the story.

 

[norway blue]

The reality is they cant keep their mits out of anything. They think they are some sort of public benefit.
The decent thing would be to accept a rebuild is long and difficult with twists amd turns and let it happen. Perhaps even show some support. The herald sun thing (media in general) is to try and create a problem that doesn't exist because it serves their own purpose of wanting dramas to gloat over. These scum dont report the news they try to create it.

Theres a lot of talk lately around freedom of speech but perhaps it would be wise to include the consequence of speech as the balance. It surely applies to the press as much as all the rest of us.

I think all the major A8 papers have become The Truth without the page 3 girl and the smut . Although one could say what they write is intellectual smut .


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[Bamboo Harvester]

This is totally the wrong thread for this, but what we have lacked disastrously over the past few years is basic skills under no pressure by hand and foot...leading to turnovers and easy goals.
Stocker reminds me of a young Simon Black the way he can find space out of a stoppage, and hit his target. Will be a weapon.
The return of Willo and Doc will help the situation massively, both excellent users of the ball off half back....and by all early signs, so will Sam Walsh in the mid.
A long shot, but a Coniglio would be the icing on the cake.

 

[Arr0w]

Hoops was a lovely kick off both sides, but lacking in ticker. Let's not add too much mayo to the story.

That seems a misconception in regards to pure ball players and finishers

 

[Blue and Blue]

Hoops was a lovely kick off both sides, but lacking in ticker. Let's not add too much mayo to the story.

Really?.....errr no..that is not the case.....geez ...I mean why?????..Why even....

 

[Blue and Blue]

This is totally the wrong thread for this, but what we have lacked disastrously over the past few years is basic skills under no pressure by hand and foot...leading to turnovers and easy goals.
Stocker reminds me of a young Simon Black the way he can find space out of a stoppage, and hit his target. Will be a weapon.
The return of Willo and Doc will help the situation massively, both excellent users of the ball off half back....and by all early signs, so will Sam Walsh in the mid.
A long shot, but a Coniglio would be the icing on the cake.

A lot longer than that, but yes absolutely.

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

Houlihan's "softness" was incredibly overstated, and a prime example of people focusing on what a player can't do too much.

Good tank, beautifully balanced player with sublime skills and good durability. He was a very good player and would have been a great player in a better side.

 

[Doro]

That seems a misconception in regards to pure ball players and finishers

There are plenty of players who come and go in the game with sublime skills, but lacking in physical attributes, perceived 'heart' etc. Doesn't mean they didn't have a worthy career.

 

[Metalcrusher]

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

A lot longer than that, but yes absolutely.

And another reason why I'd love SOS and co to draft Sam Fisher....plays a similar style to Stocker but on the left foot.
If anyone underestimates the value of having both left and right footers out of stoppages, just look at the Dawks in their premiership years....

 

[norway blue]

This is totally the wrong thread for this, but what we have lacked disastrously over the past few years is basic skills under no pressure by hand and foot...leading to turnovers and easy goals.
Stocker reminds me of a young Simon Black the way he can find space out of a stoppage, and hit his target. Will be a weapon.
The return of Willo and Doc will help the situation massively, both excellent users of the ball off half back....and by all early signs, so will Sam Walsh in the mid.
A long shot, but a Coniglio would be the icing on the cake.

Yeah hitting targets , executing basic skills , yes even under pressure . Knowing when . It will come I’m sure . Go The Navy Blues .


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[Arr0w]

There are plenty of players who come and go in the game with sublime skills, but lacking in physical attributes, perceived 'heart' etc. Doesn't mean they didn't have a worthy career.

Perceived being the word

 

[Blue and Blue]

Houlihan's "softness" was incredibly overstated, and a prime example of people focusing on what a player can't do too much.

Good tank, beautifully balanced player with sublime skills and good durability. He was a very good player and would have been a great player in a better side.

They are all called soft when no-one can get near them. Its laughable. They called Braddles soft for ages.

 

[agro]

We didn’t have too many wins in the draft in the 90’s, so to find a 200 game player in the 70’s, is not to be sneezed at.

 

[Doro]

Really?.....errr no..that is not the case.....geez ...I mean why?????..Why even....

It's the old positivity versus honesty thing again. Hoops had a really good career with the Blues, far from flawless as a player. Stick with the mayo if needs be.

 

[Metalcrusher]

We didn’t have too many wins in the draft in the 90’s, so to find a 200 game player in the 70’s, is not to be sneezed at.

I went back to Smurphs draft year … and saw who we took at 4 …. still makes me cry ….

 

[thylacine60]

Houlihan's "softness" was incredibly overstated, and a prime example of people focusing on what a player can't do too much.

Good tank, beautifully balanced player with sublime skills and good durability. He was a very good player and would have been a great player in a better side.

rarely see footskills like his, both sides - pinpoint, perfectly weighted, dropped footballs onto fat fev's fat chest like butterflys landing on a dandelion.....

 

[JustaBattler]

Houlihan was silk - loved watching him play.

 

[agro]

I went back to Smurphs draft year … and saw who we took at 4 …. still makes me cry ….

Cry at the idiots who engineered the Judd deal, to find it necessary to “throw in” Kennedy as well.

Pick 3 and 20 was and should have been enough.