Dodo27 wrote:
Funny, it was only 6 months a go that most Carlton supporters were praising Austin for such a Fantastic Draft Campaign and how well he handled the Charlie & TDK Exit.
There was only me & few others who knew what was coming.
I Said that Reidy is no good. If he was, he would be playing Seniors at Freo. I got shut down quickly by Supporters posting highlights of Reidy in the WAFL and the Screamers he was taking...
I said Hayward & Ainsworth are average players who will struggle at Carlton. I got shut down quickly by stating how Hayward kicked 30 Goals last year and how Ainsworth was turning it on at the Gold Coast!
As for Florent, no one knew that last year, he was already iced and left out of the Senior Side because Sydney knew he was past it!
And what about the Jagga Saga? We gave up two first rounders to get a Guy who can't even kick for Goal from 20m out. He has no penetration in his legs and he is just a carbon copy of Cripps/Hewett/Cerra.... Aren't we already too Slow in the middle?
Mind you, I am sure Jagga is a Gun for future years to come, but at Carlton, Voss is already destroyed him! he is better off changing Clubs!
Credit where credit due dodo. You did state all that.
I was one of those who thought Austin had done well before the TDK SOS Charlie exodus. I had the Tassie compromises in mind. Still no excuse, because we leak like a sieve, and thats on Austin and Voss, and their backers. I know Austin had a good record at Dogs n Tigers picking plenty of premiership players from obscurity. He hasn’t done it here, or Vossy has backed the wrong horses and now backed into a corner. Feel for him. His leaders have really let him down.
I hated the fact Austin didn’t replace any of Marchbank (CHB) Martin (Fwd-mid) Cunningham (Fwd mid), Sam Durdin (KPD), Mirkov (Ruck) Akuei (KPD). I was however happy getting Jagga and OFarrell Charleson and Matty Carroll. Like Jagga, Dean was worth two firsts and change. We need all the class we can get, then and now. We still didn’t replace the seniors we lost. Fail.
We should have known TDK was not staying and planned for it. Pitto is part time and Reidy is no time. That’s where the play starts and restarts. Huge fail.
Like SOS, Austin looking for basement bargains. We are paying for it. Next year taking Walker with our first or two firsts is worth it.
I think we were forced, by sentimentality to take the Campo twins, and we needed better in other positions than Evans and White. IMO asleep at the wheel and too much given to small forwards.
How can Hayward fall so far? I watch a lot of the Swans. There’s more to the story on Florent. He was very good, in a good team, and pushed out from his role by Bice and return of Gulden pushed….bla bla bla….Im defending their selections. They aren’t the issue.
We have holes
Start with our No 1 ruck who we need to carry after 60% game time. Huge issue.
Our midfield support in defence is a huge problem.
Engine room is a room of plodders, and people want to add Lord and Hewett to that group of Cripps Walsh and Cerra.
Jagga isn’t the finished product and Williams is only short term.
How do we fix Harry?
Who fills Govs forward spot next year?
Sure we have kids lining up but look at them…they are too young to star in 2026, 2027. Reason for that is we didn’t fill gaps.
Austin has a war chest. A full set of draft picks 2026-2028 we can trade.
If Board doesn’t challenge AFL and we don’t end up 18th, then it’s going to be tough getting 6-7 bonafide very good players to fill holes, and we continue to pick kids to perform like men.
Tic tic tic ….vossy alarm ….tic tic tic….about to sound.
As for our so called ‘Leaders’ futures are concerned, I’m sure the spotlight is on the,. Shouldn’t be. With Tassie coming on, we need them to stand up and build around them, or we will be cellar dwellers for next 5 years.
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