@7.25, when asked if he's spoken to Mick yet, the way he chuckles when he says no is pretty interesting. I'm probably reading too much into it but yeah; it's offseason.
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@7.25, when asked if he's spoken to Mick yet, the way he chuckles when he says no is pretty interesting. I'm probably reading too much into it but yeah; it's offseason.
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I'd scrap those red ones.
Wellingham and Masten have proven they lack at least one key feature required to play as a "midfielder" at the highest level.
Yeo and Hutch need more time.
Yeah I only put that in because I saw it the second I was about to post the gallery but a picture gallery of a rookie listed player is surely a bit overkill?
as stated above, a bit generous re: yeo and hutchings at this stage.
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The only bloke on our midfield list that can get to Ablett/pendlebury status is Shuey.
The rest we have been watching for 5 years and every single year we say the same thing that this is the year they will do it.
Outside of Shuey only wellingham who in my view is more an outside wingman and Yeo who is more of a backman have any A grade Status ahead of them.
Selwood, Masten etc will try their asses off, they will play plenty of contributing games and the members and supporters will clap and support them hoping next year they will become A grade. in the meantime the years tick bye, nothing changes, the same starting midfield and the same results against the good sides. we will always bully the crap sides because that is what B grade players do to C grade players.
I know round 1 we will see Natanui-Shuey-Priddis and selwood as our starting midfield. the same as three years ago.
I hope they some how jump out of the ground and make me eat humble pie, but I have plenty of money to bet that at the end of next year the same old story of we have no a Grade mids is the talk of the country again.
I honestly believe with what we have we could finish top 4, and that shits me the most that we won't trade out or look to change this same midfield that has basically been there for 5 years. if we have to go backwards to go forwards then so be it.
I so hope I am wrong but 5 years of the same is a good enough sample for me.
The rest we have been watching for 5 years and every single year we say the same thing that this is the year they will do it.
Outside of Shuey only wellingham who in my view is more an outside wingman and Yeo who is more of a backman have any A grade Status ahead of them.
Selwood, Masten etc will try their asses off, they will play plenty of contributing games and the members and supporters will clap and support them hoping next year they will become A grade. in the meantime the years tick bye, nothing changes, the same starting midfield and the same results against the good sides. we will always bully the crap sides because that is what B grade players do to C grade players.
I know round 1 we will see Natanui-Shuey-Priddis and selwood as our starting midfield. the same as three years ago.
I hope they some how jump out of the ground and make me eat humble pie, but I have plenty of money to bet that at the end of next year the same old story of we have no a Grade mids is the talk of the country again.
I honestly believe with what we have we could finish top 4, and that shits me the most that we won't trade out or look to change this same midfield that has basically been there for 5 years. if we have to go backwards to go forwards then so be it.
I so hope I am wrong but 5 years of the same is a good enough sample for me.
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Yeo has the most potential of anyone on our list to become an A grade mid.
Prediction: Lucas will get on the main list and become the best player in the club's history. 
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Definitely very bitter that he was delisted after being told he was a required player and desperate to prove Carlton (esp. Mick) wrong. Hopefully a motivating factor to help him improve as a player.
More the lack of communication from your head coach that would sting. Not even worth a conversation... classless.
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Further proof that recruiting players based on physical attributes, not footballing ability, is a waste of time. I simply fail to understand why recruiters keep going down this path.
I think Simmo is changing this.
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Sounds like Ellis.... He went alright this year with us..
The Koutoufides effect. It's a hangover from when people became obsessed with "the prototype footballer" and having the right "attributes".
Thankfully I think it's gradually starting to swing back the other way and recruiters are starting look for players who are footballers first. Caleb Daniel getting picked up in the draft is a good sign.
I'm just kidding. I think Murphy is overrated, a massive sook on field and I dislike Carlton in general but I have no idea what he is like as a person.
My original post about Lucas was just me being a dick
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A good mix is best. When you have an entire starting midfield with roughly the same physical attributes (Selwood, Priddis, Masten, Hutchings) it pays off to add something different. I'd use Yeo as an example, and he's not even a pure midfielder.
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Hope he does well but tell me again why we delisted Dalziell (not that I disagree with that) to replace him a year later with Lucas.
to be fair, those draft profiles of lucas rated him for more than just physical upside. they talk about heaps of footy ability.
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at first I was like everyone here, a bit of yeah ok, blah blah blah but seeing him in that press conference you could see the fire in his eyes, I'm actually happy we got him now, no doubt at all that he'll work his ass off, has a point to prove, think he will be a starting 22 before season out, good depth, good pick up.
In straight lines?
I don't think this is a good comparison. Lucas has football skills not simply running ability. Dalziell is a great endurance athlete not much else. Not the same types of players at all IMO.
I'm happy we picked him up. If he can get his injuries right i can see him very much as a rosa type player with a higher athletic ceiling. Which is good enough to being in the top 25-30 players of a top 4 team which is what you need as a squad to challenge for a premiership.
The List of players that started their careers at other AFL Clubs would suggest that WCE didn't do too bad.
Yeo
Wellingham
Cripps
Kennedy
Ellis
Hill
Tunbridge
Hutchens
Bennell
Lucas
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