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[BlueTongue]

Have always said we waste him playing him out of the goalsquare. He's strong enough but his real strengths lie in his burst of speed and endurance for someone his size. I agree with some others above saying he should try to emulate Roo in the way he plays up the ground, he's our best kick inside 50 and would like to see him do that more. Play Harry out of the square and then one of Kemp or JSOS as the second "tall" target and I think we'll have a much better forward structure.

You could always play HMc at CHF, Charlie at HF and Kemp in the square (great hands and can leap), leaving both our Big Guns free to run up the ground. I reckon that would cause a bit of Chaos.

Whatever we do, we have so many forward options but we continue to play them in static, predictable positions.
Got to be better than that.

 

[marcmurphy3]

Opposition teams would be very happy with Charlie on a permanent wing. There is a reason Richo and Riewoldt only went there at the end of their career. Gun key forwards are much more valuable where they can kick goals.

That said, I do agree Charlie is under utilising his athleticism. He should work up the ground more and lose his opponent on the way back (like Cameron) rather than get stuck wrestling all the time. Particularly when he is being beaten or the ball isn't getting forward.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Opposition teams would be very happy with Charlie on a permanent wing. There is a reason Richo and Riewoldt only went there at the end of their career. Gun key forwards are much more valuable where they can kick goals.

That said, I do agree Charlie is under utilising his athleticism. He should work up the ground more and lose his opponent on the way back (like Cameron) rather than get stuck wrestling all the time. Particularly when he is being beaten or the ball isn't getting forward.

Hopefully see a different Charlie this year. If people recall he limped off in the last few minutes versus North in the Good Friday game. I reckon that’s when he first did the ankle but then really aggravated it prior to the GWS game.

I reckon he was ‘hobbled’ nearly all season so if the post season op works I’m expecting the return of the athletic Charlie.


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[The Bighouse]

Hopefully see a different Charlie this year. If people recall he limped off in the last few minutes versus North in the Good Friday game. I reckon that’s when he first did the ankle but then really aggravated it prior to the GWS game.

I reckon he was ‘hobbled’ nearly all season so if the post season op works I’m expecting the return of the athletic Charlie.


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We really need to resting players that may be under an injury cloud in 2025.
1-2 weeks off for Charlie after NMFC to re-boot as an example. Though, this all depends on the health of the squad (which was against us for most 2024 to enable such a policy).

 

[JustaBattler]

I don’t follow players as much as quite a few in here do, so I put forward this scenario for next season.

I would like to see Charlie told to get extremely fit and he plays on the wing. Richo from the Tigers did this well.

I just feel we aren’t getting the most of his potential.

I’m only interested in replies that explain the reason why yah or nay.

Go Baggers!

because Carlton has to find a couple of alternative mid/small forwards so Charlie can actually play the roving game and cause mayhem - might require a coach or two to cop a size twelve boot up the backside - probably the most unimaginative and boringly predictable AFL team in teh competition as far as making space finding space and mixing things up goes...

really frustrating to watch

 

[Jimmae]

Opposition teams would be very happy with Charlie on a permanent wing. There is a reason Richo and Riewoldt only went there at the end of their career. Gun key forwards are much more valuable where they can kick goals.

That said, I do agree Charlie is under utilising his athleticism. He should work up the ground more and lose his opponent on the way back (like Cameron) rather than get stuck wrestling all the time. Particularly when he is being beaten or the ball isn't getting forward.

LOL... Riewoldt at his peak was running end to end, and if it was a wet and/or slow track they put him on-ball.

Freak athlete, not relevant to this comparison.

 

[Michael Jezz]

SDurdin-Anyone who plays 2 games in 2 years at his 2nd club should be boned

Markov- Anyone who spits in your face as a train on player and whores himself to the Pies, should be shunned.

 

[BlueJet]

SDurdin-Anyone who plays 2 games in 2 years at his 2nd club should be boned

Markov- Anyone who spits in your face as a train on player and whores himself to the Pies, should be shunned.

Slightly melodramatic
He'd trained with them & they offered to pick him up..

 

[Bale Dup]

Hopefully see a different Charlie this year. If people recall he limped off in the last few minutes versus North in the Good Friday game. I reckon that’s when he first did the ankle but then really aggravated it prior to the GWS game.

I reckon he was ‘hobbled’ nearly all season so if the post season op works I’m expecting the return of the athletic Charlie.


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Charlie is a massive key to the success of this team. I think most, if not all, would agree.

If his body is right next year, I believe that will help with his confidence to be more athletic.

Self confidence in your body when it's right, is a completely different mindset to when your body isn't right. You start to doubt yourself internally which affects your performance. Hopefully he is injury free next year and we can all enjoy the real Charlie Curnow.

What I would also like to see from Charlie, assuming his body is right, is a slight change of mindset going into next year.

I would like him to adopt the "Joe Daniher 2024" mindset. If you have watched Joe closely this year, you may have noticed, no being the larrikin or playing up to the crowd, or doing silly things just to be liked, as he has in the past.

In 2024, whenever I watched Brisbane play, there was Joe.
Fully focused on the job at hand. Each week. No fooling around like I said. He was all business this year and that reflected massively in their teams outcome.

That's what I want from Charlie.
If your body is good
Get serious!! Get focused and you will tear this competition apart.

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[HereComesJuddy]

SDurdin-Anyone who plays 2 games in 2 years at his 2nd club should be boned

 

[BlueJet]

Hopefully see a different Charlie this year. If people recall he limped off in the last few minutes versus North in the Good Friday game. I reckon that’s when he first did the ankle but then really aggravated it prior to the GWS game.

I reckon he was ‘hobbled’ nearly all season so if the post season op works I’m expecting the return of the athletic Charlie.


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He's had his share of injuries & there have been games where he hasn't competed as hard as he should have.. the player I would want him seeking to emulate would be Jezz Cameron, who seemingly embraced a more team first, 360 degree game since making the shift to the Cats & when fit, elevated himself into the convo of best player in the comp.

 

[Bale Dup]

He's had his share of injuries & there have been games where he hasn't competed as hard as he should have.. the player I would want him seeking to emulate would be Jezz Cameron, who seemingly embraced a more team first, 360 degree game since making the shift to the Cats & when fit, elevated himself into the convo of best player in the comp.

The cats utilise Cameron differently to how we utilise Charlie.
I do wish tho that we would utilise him the way the cats do Cameron. Unfortunately we seem to use Charlie as the stay at home FF & try and get him 1 on 1. Rarely happens that way.
Use Charlie's running ability around the ground more.
Even more unfortunate is that we can't utilise CC the way cats use JC coz we don't have a functional forward line without CC. Cats are still ok FWD without Cameron.

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[Coona Blues]

He's had his share of injuries & there have been games where he hasn't competed as hard as he should have.. the player I would want him seeking to emulate would be Jezz Cameron, who seemingly embraced a more team first, 360 degree game since making the shift to the Cats & when fit, elevated himself into the convo of best player in the comp.

Absolutely Charlie has the scope to do just that. Adding another dimension to the team is just what we need.

Arguably we were not in the right shape to do this last season. Our options were limited and our “soldiers” were wounded. Too compromised. The likely addition of Kemp forward of centre, as well as Moir developing as an option, combined with the return of JSOS and Doc to the mix gives us plenty of options to create a significantly less predictable forward half.

Options don’t stop there, Crippa playing minutes in the front half, Elijah having plenty of forward craft (it is intriguing that analytical debate about our mids rarely has him in that area). Some combination of Fogarty, Cottrell, Durdin, Motlop and Fantasia adds the remainder of the puzzle.

We lament the relative lack of cohesion and system, however we have plenty of pieces if we just apply some creativity to the coaching panel.

 

[BlueTongue]

The cats utilise Cameron differently to how we utilise Charlie.
I do wish tho that we would utilise him the way the cats do Cameron. Unfortunately we seem to use Charlie as the stay at home FF & try and get him 1 on 1. Rarely happens that way.
Use Charlie's running ability around the ground more.
Even more unfortunate is that we can't utilise CC the way cats use JC coz we don't have a functional forward line without CC. Cats are still ok FWD without Cameron.

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The Cats don't 'utilise' Cameron, he just has license to go where he wants, because he is a very smart footballer.

 

[BlueJet]

The cats utilise Cameron differently to how we utilise Charlie.
I do wish tho that we would utilise him the way the cats do Cameron. Unfortunately we seem to use Charlie as the stay at home FF & try and get him 1 on 1. Rarely happens that way.
Use Charlie's running ability around the ground more.
Even more unfortunate is that we can't utilise CC the way cats use JC coz we don't have a functional forward line without CC. Cats are still ok FWD without Cameron.

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Cameron has been able to push up the field because they had Hawkins anchoring the forwardline as the deepest option. We can do the same with H & JSOS/Kemp.
An argument can be made that a stationary Charlie, drawing a spare opponent & still having a high volume of f50 going his way is a significant part of the problem.
Getting him moving prevents the 2v1. Holding the defence accountable by kicking to other options when they present & opening up space within the forwardline for others to work into will see us able to get more high quality looks & be a lot less predictable.

 

[Coona Blues]

The Cats don't 'utilise' Cameron, he just has license to go where he wants, because he is a very smart footballer.

I feel we have some smart footballers as well, unfortunately our coach and his offsiders seem to be determined to train the dare out of them in the effort to establish some questionable structures.

 

[Bale Dup]

The Cats don't 'utilise' Cameron, he just has license to go where he wants, because he is a very smart footballer.

Yes Cameron is a very smart player. Charlie no dunce tho. Cameron is allowed more freedom and the Gee game style allows for that.
Give Charlie more of a license around the ground with greater responsibility.

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[RPCB]

SDurdin-Anyone who plays 2 games in 2 years at his 2nd club should be boned

Markov- Anyone who spits in your face as a train on player and whores himself to the Pies, should be shunned.

I don’t think that means what you think it means.

 

[HarryFlashman]

Durdin spent a massive chunk injured, even when he was picked.
You would think the club has a pretty bloody good idea of his capabilities given he has 2 of the best forwards in the league to match up against constantly.

The bloke can play, whether his body can finally come right is a bet.
It’s a no strings life line, obviously given to him as they know he can be of value.

We have cut all the other injury concerns, u can take a punt if he’s the only questionable one - the fact they are allowing an opportunity should tell u that they believe he can play.

 

[norway blue]

List continuity and natural improvement is what excites me. We do have the best dual sided hand ballers . Voss and Williams .


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[katmanblue]

I don’t think that means what you think it means.

Or does it?

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[DangerousD]

Again, who?

You have even alluded to the answer yourself, if he can’t get on the park, he’s no use to us.

So, we would be better off picking any player from the State leagues who can actually get on the park and they would offer us more.

 

[HarryFlashman]

You have even alluded to the answer yourself, if he can’t get on the park, he’s no use to us.

So, we would be better off picking any player from the State leagues who can actually get on the park and they would offer us more.

Obviously not, we have just cleaned out the perennially injured & 2 much loved players.
We have a new fitness staff & u think they have asked Durds to hang around for “shits & giggles”?
If there was a better option we would have taken it, is there a chance that the club think he’s a better player than u do?
I’ll back them in to make the right decision here whichever way it goes.
Personally I hope he’s finally got his body right & he can help us

 

[The Bighouse]

Yes Cameron is a very smart player. Charlie no dunce tho. Cameron is allowed more freedom and the Gee game style allows for that.
Give Charlie more of a license around the ground with greater responsibility.

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Compare the “smalls” at GEE vs CFC and an answer is paramount to the disparity of the forward-lines. Chalk & cheese on the ground-level polish & scoreboard pressure.RFI

 

[BlueJet]

Compare the “smalls” at GEE vs CFC and an answer is paramount to the disparity of the forward-lines. Chalk & cheese on the ground-level polish & scoreboard pressure.RFI

Given our structural deficiencies, the low quality & quantity of ball going to our players, it isn't so straight forward.
Whilst, we'd love players like Stengle & Miers in our side, if we're looking to them 6-8 times a game, they'd be wasted due to our obvious existing systemic issues.