Resource Beyond the "66 Game" Rebuild

[FlowersByIrene]

Look at that, although it's unfortunate we are playing fewer youth, we are getting wins and the youth we are playing at not only performing at an elite level but are improving across the board.


GAME 7 - WIN vs Port Adelaide (93-91)
7 Youth Players: Patrick Cripps, Sam Kerridge, Sam Docherty, Jed Lamb, Ciaran Byrne, Liam Sumner, Lachie Plowman.
OUT: No Change
IN: No Change
Coaches Votes: Patrick Cripps (7) Sam Docherty (4)
Player Ratings Points:

S. Docherty 307.6 (+)
P. Cripps 299 (+)
S. Kerridge 121.3 (+)
L. Plowman 98.9 (+)
J. Lamb 72.3 (-)
C. Byrne 59.2 (+)
L. Sumner 36.7 (+)

Avg 142.14

In an amazing come from behind victory that took Carlton to four wins in a row for the first time since 2011 it was the amazing performances in the face of adversity that shone brightest.
Sam Docherty announced himself onto the stage of elite half backs with a truly superb effort. Picking up 4 coaches votes Doch had 33 disposals, at 84% efficiency, 13 marks, 6 1%ers and 7 rebound 50's in a display to make Blues fans happy about the future. Patrick Cripps picked up & coaches votes and fought through injury to amass 30 disposals, 16 contested, took 5 marks, had two goal assists, had 8 clearances and 7 tackles. This boy is a bull, a phenom and unstoppable. Lachie Plowman made the AFL world take notice with his courage, despite being crushed early he continued to go back with the ball hard, even taking a mark in the dying seconds to secure Carltn's victory going back with the flight. He had 17 disposals at 82% efficiency took 9 marks and had 5 1%ers. Jed LAmb continues to be dynamic up forward, kicking 2 goals from 13 disposals, his 69% disposal efficiency the only blight on his game, if you can call it one. Liam Sumner made an impact, running down Amon to get the crucial tackle and goal to put us 4 points down. He had 11 disposals and four tackles to go along with his goal. Ciaran Byrne continues to impress, having a quieter game but doing an effective defensivejob on Chad Wingard, Ciaran had 9 disposals, 3 marks and 2 clangers but took the game on with his run and carry.

From the Magoos:

This weekend: Williamstown v Northern Blues - Saturday May 14, 2pm, Burbank Oval
After managing only two goals for the match against Casey last Sunday, the Blues kicked just three goals this week in their 143-point humiliation to Williamstown.
Talented midfielder Blaine Boekhorst (13 touches) kicked one of the Blues' three majors for the afternoon.

 

[LanceRomance]

The 66 game rebuild started round 3 last year
Already a 3rd of the way through

Thank you.... that is what I have been saying.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Thank you.... that is what I have been saying.

Could be an interesting exercise to go back and see how many kids we would have been playing since round 3 last year.

I doubt it could have been many

Cripps, Doch, Buckley, Menzel, little bit of Graham, little bit of Smith, i dont think the numbers would be very high

Hard to be a rebuild if you dont have the kids on the park

 

[Styxx]

Could be an interesting exercise to go back and see how many kids we would have been playing since round 3 last year.

I doubt it could have been many

Cripps, Doch, Buckley, Menzel, little bit of Graham, little bit of Smith, i dont think the numbers would be very high

Hard to be a rebuild if you dont have the kids on the park

Keeping in mind with the exception of maybe Wright the experienced players we brought in were still quite young enough to contribute for a very long time (Sumner, Plowman, Kerridge).

Also it's fair to say the kids can't get the run if they're hurt. Clearly until illness and injury respectively Charlie and Weitering were clearly showing they could handle AFL level and would have likely been in the side still to this point.

A rebuild does work in these scenarios when there is healthy competition in amongst the group for spots, anyone who makes it here on in (minus retirements to Jamison, Walker and maybe Simpson as he clearly can still cut it) will have earnt the spot.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Gorringe and Weitering in this week means we are least playing 9 kids, which is a positive, hopefully they all play well. I'm excited to see how Gorringe goes, although I don't have the highest of hopes

 

[BluesRule]

Gorringe and Weitering in this week means we are least playing 9 kids, which is a positive, hopefully they all play well. I'm excited to see how Gorringe goes, although I don't have the highest of hopes

Gorringe could be helped by having Liam Jones forward and Sam Rowe back who can both give him a chop out.
3 on 1 around the ground may tire Goldy

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Gorringe could be helped by having Liam Jones forward and Sam Rowe back who can both give him a chop out.
3 on 1 around the ground may tire Goldy

Gorringe's positives is his running ability is it not? That's been his issue he's morenof a wingman than a ruckman, so hopefully he can just run him off his feet

 

[BluStreak]

Gorringe's positives is his running ability is it not? That's been his issue he's morenof a wingman than a ruckman, so hopefully he can just run him off his feet

That's true.
However, he will only run him off his feet if Gorringe makes Goldy accountable.
So Daniel needs to get the ball often enough to ensure Todd follows him.

 

[ajb72]

That's true.
However, he will only run him off his feet if Gorringe makes Goldy accountable.
So Daniel needs to get the ball often enough to ensure Todd follows him.

Eggs ackerly.

No point running around like a headless chook while Goldy just goes from position A to B to C.
If it is going to work need him to run offensively and be used.

 

[BluesRule]

Eggs ackerly.

No point running around like a headless chook while Goldy just goes from position A to B to C.
If it is going to work need him to run offensively and be used.

And tackle Goldy regularly

 

[Navy Cream]

I'm loving this Reset. I love the positivity of the club. I love the development of the list, the team and the individuals. Obviously the reset has been successful thus far. Even if we only scrape a couple more wins together for the remainder of 2016 it is great to hear that Carlton is once again spoken about positively by most AFL related people.
Thank you all involved, particularly BB. I'm excited again. Great work everyone. Love u Carlton!!

 

[FlowersByIrene]

The side looked younger, and we got almost universally good performances from our kids and that's about all I can ask for. Now Brendan, give Jaksch a go will ya!


GAME 9 - LOSS vs North Melborune (113-46)
9 Youth Players: Patrick Cripps, Sam Kerridge, Sam Docherty, Jed Lamb, Ciaran Byrne, Liam Sumner, Lachie Plowman, Jacob Weitering, Daniel Gorringe (Blues Debut)
OUT: No Change
IN: No Change
Coaches Votes: Sam Docherty (2)
Player Ratings Points:

S. Docherty 319.2 (+)
P. Cripps 309 (+)
S. Kerridge 125 (+)
L. Plowman 111.1 (+)
J. Lamb 74 (-)
C. Byrne 71.9 (+)
J. Weitering 67.9 (+)
D. Gorringe 46.6 (+)
L. Sumner 36.9 (-)

Avg 129.06

In an unfortunate end to Carlton's 4-peat winning streak, the Blues came up against top of the table North Melbourne and got thoroughly beaten in a four quarter performance. However the Blues were never embarrassed and can hold their heads high despite the big loss.
Sam Docherty worked tirelessly in defence to pick up another 29 disposals, including 8 marks and 15 kicks at a total of 79.2% efficiency, his 5 rebound 50's were essential for Carlton's drive off half back. Patrick Cripps is a faultless player, he had 28 disposals, with 14 contested possessions and 8 clearances, become the fastest player to amass 200 clearances in just his 31st game of AFL football. He also had a lazy 6 tackles. Sam Kerridge received a mixed response from the Blues fans, drawing unnecessary criticism for a few less than perfect attacks on the ball, in spite of this he had 29 possessions at 72%, 12 contested disposals, 4 marks, 5 clearances, 4 tackles and 5 inside 50's, not a bad performance if you ask me. Ciaran Byrne continues to wow supporters with his development, picking up a handful of intercept marks across the back flank he ended with 7 marks, 2 contested and 18 disposals at a meager 92% efficiency. Lachie Plowman loved having Jacob Weitering back in the side and he went to work picking off incoming passes, taking 6 marks witha couple being key intercept marks, he had 15 disposals and 6 1%ers in a well rounded performance. Speaking of Jacob Weitering the future gun had to warm himself back into the game, he only collected 11 disposals and made 4 clangers in his comeback game but took 6 marks and went at 81% efficiency. Liam Sumner continues to put amazing pressure int he forward half running down players unaware that the terrier is closing in on them. Unfortunately he couldn't capitalise on his effort and kicked two behinds, but had 9 disposals overall, unfortunately his efficiency rate was 38% a very disappointing effort from an otherwise talented player, his 4 inside 50's and 3 tackles were big positives in his effort. Jed Lamb had a quieter game, only collecting 6 disposals and kicking a behind. Daniel Gorringe debuted for the blues and had an awful game hit out wise, collecting only 7 against Todd Goldstein, but did some positive things around the ground collecting 13 disposals, and having 4 1%ers.

From the Magoos:

This weekend: Northern Blues v Coburg - Sunday May 22, 2pm, Preston City Oval
Third-generation Blue Jack Silvagni showed more signs of promise with three goals in the 11-point win over Coburg. Kristian Jaksch joined in the fun with four himself, to go with 17 disposals.Midfielder Nick Graham was heavily influential with Graham collecting 32 disposals also booted three goals.

 

[Nori]

In the last 5 weeks we have had 4 twists and 1 turn.

Looking forward to getting back on the twisties.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

In a few weeks time, Cripps will become our highest rated youth player, before he has even reached 40 games.

 

[JustaBattler]

Great work FBI.

 

[Soapy V]

nice work. by the last 5-6 rounds im hoping to see most of silvagni mckay charlie cuningham smith jaksch rainbow graham boekhurst g-mac buckley phillips sheehan in the side for the likes of white armfield jamison walker everitt etc. that should make a massive difference to our look.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

nice work. by the last 5-6 rounds im hoping to see most of silvagni mckay charlie cuningham smith jaksch rainbow graham boekhurst g-mac buckley phillips sheehan in the side for the likes of white armfield jamison walker everitt etc. that should make a massive difference to our look.

I agree. I think we should be playing between 10-12 kids per game. Especially when two of them are Cripps and Doch who are two of our best 5 players already.

Our best 22 with no injuries should set up the "experience cross"

FB: (...) (...) (...)
HB: (...) Rowe (...)
R: Kreuzer, Gibbs, Curnow
C: Thomas, Murphy, Simpson
HF: (...) Casboult (...)
FF: (...) Jones (...)

Jamison would be an experienced Full Back and he may well play there but I think Weitering has gone past him.

That cross should then really be filled in with kids. Experienced players can squeeze onto the bench for team balance

FB: Buckley Weitering Plowman
HB: Byrne Rowe Docherty
R: Kreuzer, Gibbs, Curnow
C: Thomas, Murphy, Simpson
HF: Kerridge Casboult Sumner
FF: Lamb Jones C. Curnow

Int: Cripps, Touhy, Everitt, Wright

Then with injuries you can start to give the likes of McKay, DVR, Jaksch, SOS, Cuningham a go

Play the kids....

 

[Soapy V]

im all for playing the kids but they need to be fit and ready as well. charlie has played but got sick. weitering has played but got injured, same with phillips. mackay is injured. sosos has been injured as has g-mac & boekhurst. cuningham should be close after a slow start. i think its time to play jaksch & graham. after the bye i hope we keep bringing them in. smith rainbow whiley buckley will hopefully step up as well.

sumner plowman weitering charlie byrne phillips kerridge have all been big positives so far. kruezer gibbs murphy tuohy still have a lot of time left. cripps & docherty we know about. lots of hope for future

 

[Jabba73]

This is going to be a lot easier to track and measure once we have a years worth of data for comparison.

Shudder to think how the graphs would look over the preceding 4-5 years.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

What is it with Carlton and getting great wins with half our bench injured, we did it again. Docherty and Cripps stared, but an injury to Sumner soured an otherwise perfect performance by the youth.

GAME 10 - WIN vs Geelong (104-85)
8 Youth Players: Patrick Cripps, Sam Kerridge, Sam Docherty, Jed Lamb, Liam Sumner, Lachie Plowman, Jacob Weitering, Daniel Gorringe (Blues Debut)
OUT: Ciaran Byrne (corked thigh/calf) Liam Jones
IN: Matthew Kreuzer, Levi Casboult
Coaches Votes: Sam Docherty (4) Patrick Cripps (3)
Player Ratings Points:

S. Docherty 321.3 (+)
P. Cripps 321.2 (+)
S. Kerridge 129.9 (+)
L. Plowman 118.7 (+)
J. Lamb 75 (+)
J. Weitering 73.3 (+)
D. Gorringe 59.4 (+)
L. Sumner 37.4 (+)

Avg 142.0

Who would have thought we'd be 5-5 by this stage of the season after just defeating the media's darlings and "premiership favourites" Geelong. Well it happened, and with the captain going down early in the first term, it was up to some of our younger leaders to stand up.
If the world is just, Sam Docherty will be an All-Australian half back this season. He had another stellar week with 30 disposals at 80% efficiency, 8 marks, 2 contest, 6 rebound 50's 6 inside 50's and 4 1%ers. Patrick Cripps found another 30 disposals with 15 contested, but unfortunately had 7 clangers in a very physical battle with the Geelong pair of Dangerfield and Selwood, he had 3 clearances and 7 tackles in an otherwise inspiring performance, his one mark of the night sealed the game taking a contested mark over Patrick Dangerfield to lock the ball in our forward fifty and win us the game. Lachie Plowman has firmly entrenched himself in the best 22, and I couldn't imagine a back six without him, he had 16 disposals at 81% efficiency, had 6 marks, four Rebound 50's and 3 1%ers, he saved a goal with an excellent tackle catching the Geelong forward holding the ball and was overall resolute in our defensive system. With Liam Sumner down, Jed Lamb had a larger role to play and manfully stepped up to the task collecting 15 disposals, taking 5 marks having 6 inside 50's and kicking a goal. Jacob Weitering had an injury scare early, and got found out by the bigger Geelong forwards on a couple of occassions in the first term but grew into his performance and finished with 17 disposals, 8 marks, 5 rebound 50's and 2 1%ers. He looked clean with ball in hand and confidently took marks in the back half. Daniel Gorringe has done nothing to hurt his chances so far, his 14 disposal, 3 clearane and 6 1%ers told the tale of a fairly good game, his 2 goals were a lovely added bonus on top of that. Sam Kerridge had his second quiet game fo the season, only being able to find the ball 14 times, he did however go at 92% efficiency and had 7 tackles, so even in a quiet one the former Adelaide boy more than played his part. Liam Sumner was cruelly robbed of a chance to perform as he could only manage a solitary hand ball before going down with an ankle injury, thankfully at this stage it doesn't appear to be a reinjury of that awful navicular foot injury, so we can only hope he'll be back soon. Ciaran Byrne was a late out for this game and would have loved to run out in another win.

From the Magoos:
Bye this week.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Best spread of votes for the year, whilst simultaneously collecting the equal most votes we've seen, highest average player rating of the year, and we still had 9 kids under 24 years of age play in that win. We're steadily improving. I'm loving it.

GAME 11 - WIN vs Brisbane (102-64)
9 Youth Players: Patrick Cripps, Sam Kerridge, Sam Docherty, Jed Lamb, Lachie Plowman, Jacob Weitering, Daniel Gorringe, Ciaran Byrne, Nick Graham
OUT: Liam Sumner, Marc Murphy
IN: Ciaran Byrne, Nick Graham
Coaches Votes: Jacob Weitering (5) Sam Kerridge (4) Patrick Cripps (2)
Player Ratings Points:

P. Cripps 337.6 (+)
S. Docherty 321.6 (-)
S. Kerridge 135.7 (+)
N. Graham 125.5 (=)
L. Plowman 124.4 (+)
J. Weitering 89.1 (+)
J. Lamb 76.7 (+)
C. Byrne 76 (+)
D. Gorringe 69.3 (+)


Avg 150.6

Did somebody drop the F-Bomb? Finals are a distinct possibility. What isn't a possibility, but a certainty, is our youth absolutely killing it.
Did anybody realise we drafted the best kid int he country this year? Because if you missed the memo Jacob Weitering made you pay attention. The boy has 6 intercept marks half way through the third on his was to amassing 13 marks for the game including 3 ripper contested marks in defence. To add to that he had 24 disposals at 79% efficiency and 4 1%ers in a complete performance from the rookie. Sam Kerridge had his biggest game for the club getting a nod from the coaches with 4 votes due to his 30 disposals, 73% efficiency, 16 mark performance. He got off the chain and was an essential link through the midfield, he also nabbed a goal for his efforts. Patrick Cripps continues to dominate every team he faces, the had another 16 contested possession out of his total of 26, had 4 marks, 6 clearances and kicked an amazing goal. He was credited with 10 clangers, but it's a strange stat and im guessing it must include the 5 free kicks against which were from my recollection all wrongly given. Sam Docherty drifted out of the game at times but imposed his will at other key moments, he had 20 disposals and took 8 marks on his way to 6 rebound 50's and 2 inside 50's. Gee Gorringe looked like a player, Daniel had 18 disposals including 7 marks, 3 of which were big contested grabs, he kicked 1.1 but does things every week he's been given a chance that make you think... maybe. Nick Graham came back into the side and didn't exactly find his feet, he had 16 disposals at 81% efficiency but also had 4 clangers. He had 7 tackles however and cannot be faulted for his effort as always. Jed Lamb had a quieter game, with 13 disposals, 4 marks and 4 1%ers. But out of that limited productivity managed to kick 3 GOALS. Ciaran Byrne loved being back in the side and his 18 disposals, 4 marks, 2 rebound 50's and his exhilarating dash through the middle made Carlton fans happy to see him back in the side. Lachie Plowman didn't get the accolades of his young partner Weitering but he found 16 disposals and 3 marks while going at an impressive 87% efficiency.

From the Magoos:

This weekend: Northern Blues v Frankston - Sunday June 5, 2pm, IKON Park
Father-son draftee Jack Silvagni impressed with his four goals to go with his 21 disposals, seven marks and seven inside 50s in the Blues' 40-point win. Former Giant Mark Whiley collected a team-high 31 touches and kicked a goal.

 

[Aphrodite]

Love your work FlowersByIrene

 

[FlowersByIrene]

11 Game Review coming soon, we're 1/6th of the way through the rebuild, time to have another look at the bigger picture.

 

[Pafloyul]

Use the Force, that's the best way to judge how the rebuild's going.

 

[Ti22]

Even India is impressed with our reset.

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