Bluemour 'Silly Season' Edition XXXIV

[RPCB]

Heh heh. He nearly ran me over one morning in his ancient Merc. I was carting Meat, ran down the ramp with a couple of lambs on me shoulders, he came hurtling round the back of me truck. Both of us stopped just in time. He gave me a little wave and a nod. I thought “Hey, that’s Brad Hardie”. Orange head gave him away.

Now that’s a good story. Good thing you are both alright.

 

[smit_is]

I was listening to the races on SEN track yesterday, which has a few ex AFL players as presenters / hosts, and one of them mentioned Joel Selwood to Carlton as a coach.

It sounded more like a throwaway comment, and perhaps wishful thinking from a Carlton supporter (not 100% who said it), so there is very likely nothing in it, but thought I’d share to revive some of the speculation and hopefully liven up the place with a few more rumours.

 

[katmanblue]

Ibuprofen

(anti) inflammatory comment.

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[DEliades]

Brad Ebert

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Brad Ebert

Age

34

Ht

189cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.9

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

8.5

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

5.2

5star

G

0.5

3star

D

14.6

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

4.9

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.8

4star

G

0.6

4star

D

12.0

3star

K

8.2

4star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.2

3star

to us as a development and VFL asssitant coach

 

[Stamos]

Brad Ebert to us as a development and VFL asssitant coach

I don't think this is a rumour.

 

[Aphrodite]

I don't think this is a rumour.

It's official …

Ebert lands at Carlton as development coach

Brad Ebert has joined Carlton as a development coach.

www.carltonfc.com.au

News - Welcome to Carlton Brad Ebert - Development Coach

Welcome Brad ... https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1244531

www.bigfooty.com

 

[Accidental genius]

Have you looked at your avatar lately?
Also, when was the last time LOB took a contested mark?

The mark he took (in my avatar) was rare but it shows he has got the power to leap and time the mark.

I wouldn’t use LOB as a reference point for wing position. He is still developing and I agree his aerial work is just about non-existent.

 

[katmanblue]

We've got some pretty dedicated fans. The only player sponsorships available is pick 49 meaning the pick 10 and pick 29 have already got sponsors even though we don't know who they are.

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[The Flying Doormat]

I think Saad would kill it on a wing..

One of he or Doc should play wing. With acres on the other side.

Think we are stronger with Saad on the wing and Boyd/Williams on hbf, than we would be having LOB/Cottrell on the wing and Saad off hbf.

Call me conservative, but why would you move an AA hbf to another position? He's doing fine and contributing just as the gameplayln needs where he is.

 

[Foucault1989]

The key for us next year is injuries. If we can have a good run with injuries, understanding we'll always have some injuries, we will be well on the way to making finals.

Martin, McGovern, Cuningham, Williams and Marchbank are all very good footballers who if they play 16+ games could make a massive difference.

Which other club has 5 best 22 players who are always injured?

We cannot afford to have 10+ injured players every week. At one stage this year we had a new key position defender each week - Weitering, Durdin, Marchbank and Kemp.

From memory against Melbourne they one 1 injured player on their list, we had 11 - 12. Against Collingwood we were missing Hewett, Walsh and Kennedy from our best midfield. Should have won both of those games. A better injury run would have been the difference.

 

[I bleed Blue]

Call me conservative, but why would you move an AA hbf to another position? He's doing fine and contributing just as the gameplayln needs where he is.

Thats completely fine.

We can keep him there. I just feel the overall team will benefit more having him or Doc there.

I think his talent could easily translate to wing. Would love to have him delivering inside 50 to harry and Charlie more often.

No reason he couldn't be an AA wing next year.

 

[BluStreak]

no more pinch hitters........

Pinch you. Pinch Pinch Pinch Pinch

 

[bmaurizio]

Severity, duration and amount of injuries together with fixture difficulty will test any team in our case it’s high time we have some good luck in these areas , next year and onwards.

 

[gab213]

Severity, duration and amount of injuries together with fixture difficulty will test any team in our case it’s high time we have some good luck in these areas , next year and onwards.

This is the case for every team, no doubt. I think we just need to move past the point where injuries have a massive impact on our results and I think we're getting there. The improvement needs to come in the quality of our depth.

 

[gab213]

The key for us next year is injuries. If we can have a good run with injuries, understanding we'll always have some injuries, we will be well on the way to making finals.

Martin, McGovern, Cuningham, Williams and Marchbank are all very good footballers who if they play 16+ games could make a massive difference.

Which other club has 5 best 22 players who are always injured?

We cannot afford to have 10+ injured players every week. At one stage this year we had a new key position defender each week - Weitering, Durdin, Marchbank and Kemp.

From memory against Melbourne they one 1 injured player on their list, we had 11 - 12. Against Collingwood we were missing Hewett, Walsh and Kennedy from our best midfield. Should have won both of those games. A better injury run would have been the difference.

Not recruiting players with a history of injury would be a good idea for us too.

 

[Rustica]

The key for us next year is injuries. If we can have a good run with injuries, understanding we'll always have some injuries, we will be well on the way to making finals.

Martin, McGovern, Cuningham, Williams and Marchbank are all very good footballers who if they play 16+ games could make a massive difference.

Which other club has 5 best 22 players who are always injured?

We cannot afford to have 10+ injured players every week. At one stage this year we had a new key position defender each week - Weitering, Durdin, Marchbank and Kemp.

From memory against Melbourne they one 1 injured player on their list, we had 11 - 12. Against Collingwood we were missing Hewett, Walsh and Kennedy from our best midfield. Should have won both of those games. A better injury run would have been the difference.

people say you cant blame injuries but the quantity of injuries on quality players this year was ridiculous. No team can survive that

 

[myopic]

This is the case for every team, no doubt. I think we just need to move past the point where injuries have a massive impact on our results and I think we're getting there. The improvement needs to come in the quality of our depth.

And through injuries we have built resilience and belief that our next players up can largely fill their spots.
That will flow on to our better players trusting them more as options.

 

[The Bighouse]

And through injuries we have built resilience and belief that our next players up can largely fill their spots.
That will flow on to our better players trusting them more as options.

Endure
B.Bolton (2016)

 

[ferrisb]

Not recruiting players with a history of injury would be a good idea for us too.

You can do that?

 

[Michael Jezz]

people say you cant blame injuries but the quantity of injuries on quality players this year was ridiculous. No team can survive that

Injuries do not explain our inability to keep our heads and execute in the final 10 minutes of a close game. That is mental. Injuries were not the difference between 9th and finals. Bulldogs in 2016 won a premiership with a long injury list

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

Injuries do not explain our inability to keep our heads and execute in the final 10 minutes of a close game. That is mental. Injuries were not the difference between 9th and finals. Bulldogs in 2016 won a premiership with a long injury list

No, but a lack of experience does and a lot of the injured types, recently returned to the game, were hardly anywhere near their best....

Williams and Guv to name two.

Then you overlook the absence of Kennedy, Hewett and Walsh....

Might make a bit of difference? Just a tad?

But keep being you.

 

[Arr0w]

Injuries do not explain our inability to keep our heads and execute in the final 10 minutes of a close game. That is mental. Injuries were not the difference between 9th and finals. Bulldogs in 2016 won a premiership with a long injury list

No, but coupled with a lack of experience and or still to hit prime as a core, does

No one here knows the mental state, strength, weakness of a player, no one

 

[katmanblue]

Not recruiting players with a history of injury would be a good idea for us too.

Might be onto something here.


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[katmanblue]

people say you cant blame injuries but the quantity of injuries on quality players this year was ridiculous. No team can survive that

Haven’t had a clean run with injuries since Before Ratts was sacked.


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[JuddgementDay]

What have AR previously said about injuries and finals/ premiership?