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Got a feeling that Charlie will take a Jesualenko You Beauty hanger on Saturday
The Charles Cameron Apology Thread
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Sure he sprays some but he is in my team every week ... his line breaking pace , chase , tackle and x-factor is unique to our team .
We will miss him terribly and he still has alot of improvement to come .
Also his field kicking is better than his aim at the big sticks .
But not last friday night , laser like .
Love ya Charlie .
We will miss him terribly and he still has alot of improvement to come .
Also his field kicking is better than his aim at the big sticks .
But not last friday night , laser like .
Love ya Charlie .
He hasn't had a "good season", he's had a bitterly disappointing season (apart from the PF). He had an outstanding PF, but before that he'd been awful for at least 3-4 months. I will be shocked if he finishes in the top 15 in the club champion voting.
CC has a lot of weapons at his disposal, and when he puts it all together he's scintillating to watch. He's strong, wins his own ball, he's a great tackler, he's at taking "speccy" marks, and his pace is electric. Watching him win the ball, light the afterburners, leaving his opponents choking on his dust... that's magic to watch. Unfortunately, what happens next is that he (almost always) hands the ball straight back to the opposition. Not only that, but he rarely turns up - most of the time he's AWOL on the field.
If he was only in the team to provide pressure in the forward line, then we might as well bring back Petrenko - because he was exceptional at that too. Petrenko was delisted because that was all he was capable of doing, and a small forward needs to do more than that. A small forward needs to create pressure, but they also need to create goals - either kicking them themselves, or creating opportunities for their teammates. Petrenko didn't do this.. and most of the time Cameron doesn't either.
Cameron has weapons at his disposal that Petrenko could only dream of having. He needs to put them to better use, because right now he's only doing half the job.
CC played one good game.. The rest of his season has been positively Petrenko-like, in his lack of offensive impact.
Right now, CC is nothing more than an entry in Geelong's Callum Chambers Club. An average player who had a day out against them.
Unlikely. He's been complete and utter rubbish for more than half the season.
Ummm . Pretty sure he hasn't played 1 good game for the season . You're being a dill and embarrassing yourself
Remember he's kicked 28 goals , he had career best figures round 1 and dominated . He was outstanding v Melbourne in Darwin . His first showdown was good
He's played many good games but you have your eyes shut
On his poor offensive games he's still played his role
You don't get role playing and defensive work which is 1/3 of the game that you miss
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So.. he played 1 good quarter in 3 games (which seems to be your benchmark for a pass), 4 good quarters in the PF (arguably the only four-quarter game of his entire career), and 18 games of rubbish. Yep.. that's a pass mark, and sure to result in a top-10 B&F finish. Not!
I get that defensive pressure is a large part of his role, and he's very good at it. You are very willing to overlook that he's also there to provide an offensive capability, and he's been a dismal failure in that for most of the season.
Yes, he's kicked 28 goals this season. 5 of those came in the PF. Prior to that he'd kicked 6 goals in his previous 12 games. From R11 to the QF he kicked 6 goals and 13 behinds - plus numerous other scoring shots that either failed to make the distance or went out of bounds on the full. At best that's an accuracy rate of 34%, probably well below 20% when you include attempts which failed to register a score. 6 goals from 12 games, at 20%, is a dismal return for a small forward.
He's there to apply pressure, he's also there to contribute offensively. He's only done half the job.
His first 1/3 of the season was reasonable, but not up to the standard that we hoped he'd achieve (i.e. no significant improvement on 2016). From R11 to the QF he was mostly awful. The PF was exceptional, and completely unexpected given his dismal showing in the previous 12 games.
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Sorry but Charlie has had an awful season.
Apart from a few highlights, its largely been below what we would've expected from him.
Whether thats due to injury or wanting to be in qld or just an average year, who knows...but it has been poor.
B+F time he wont finish top 10 guaranteed.
Considering the side has been top most of the season I'd suspect if any player was utter rubbish he'd get dropped pretty quickly and yet there has been no sign ever of that being a consideration
I remember petrenko being subbed , dropped , etc over and over . And in a poor side . Your arguments have more holes than Swiss cheese
Not poor not outstanding . He's been a good role player
Yes I know he's had a chronic injury for most of year but the recent weeks off have freshened him up just as I predicted when some of you wanted him dropped for a prelim
How did that turn out ?
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ahhh, lets not get carried away shall we?
Cameron showed some dash, hit the scoreboard well and took a huge mark, playing his best game by a street - but McLeod's Norm Smith performances were a work of art.
Your credibility is shot , you would have dropped him for the most important game the club has played in over a decade and he came out and kicked 5 and played like Andrew McLeod and was an absolute star because he's got another level in finals that other plodders can't get to
Drugs Are Bad Mackay?
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Why do people think Brisbane are falling over themselves to get Charlie Cameron and giving up draft picks and a huge salary?
Why don't they just scoop up Petrenko out of the SANFL for free?
Why don't they just scoop up Petrenko out of the SANFL for free?
When the heat was on early Cameron played like a match winner and continued
You guys are all still embarrassed by calling him to get dropped
I get it
You prob deserved a repeat of 2012 2006 2005 but you got lucky , maybe show some restraint this week
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Pretty amusing to see people (mostly Jeffcrowe) come out on the offensive after Cameron's one good game in 4 months.
Cameron was rightly being criticized for providing nothing but half-quarter cameos for 2/3rds of the season. He deserved to be dropped at the time. He stagnated badly and was showing no signs of development. His excellent preliminary final doesn't retrospectively turn his poor games into good games.
Cameron was rightly being criticized for providing nothing but half-quarter cameos for 2/3rds of the season. He deserved to be dropped at the time. He stagnated badly and was showing no signs of development. His excellent preliminary final doesn't retrospectively turn his poor games into good games.
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I never called for him to be dropped, although his form late in the H+A season was definitely worthy of scrutiny.
You've lost the plot now though...
Something is wrong with you.
The kinda guy that would say we're all idiots for not thinking Steven Bradbury would win gold in the speed skating.
We get it, Cameron had a good game for the first time in about 15 weeks.
