Docherty won't be more than a foot solider.
And Ralph knows this how?
Docherty's spent a few seasons injured before his 2014 where he showed plenty despite his horrid preseason.
How do guys like Ralph get labelled as experts?
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Docherty won't be more than a foot solider.
This is why you should read all posts.
Making sense now?
And Ralph knows this how?
Docherty's spent a few seasons injured before his 2014 where he showed plenty despite his horrid preseason.
How do guys like Ralph get labelled as experts?
Oh good. So it wasn't just me that found Ralph's comment inaccurate.
Although, criticising Docherty has been a reoccurring theme here this week.
Context is key!There are some damn good foot soldiers out there. Premiership foot soldiers. In fact, Simmo is probably the epitome of a consistent, reliable foot soldier in a lot of ways.
Just depends if he was suggesting Doc was average or the type of reliable 10 year player every team needs.
It pretty handy to be universally underrated... over the last couple of injury plagued malthouse years, the general afl community has come to see Carlton as a bottom 6. After a generally disregarding of a team, the team often has a little unabated surge as their new style catches coaches out. Sometimes the new style is quickly found out as a plan is developed by other teams to beat it. (see Richmond 2014) other times the team finds itself top 4 (teams have not yet worked out how to beat Port).
im pretty happy that Carlton is universally regarded as bottom 6 this year. After last year we hardly deserve more respect after loosing to melbourne and GWS... but this year is another year. Carlton team has transformed, it still has all the bits that made it good but has been refreshed with a new team ethos, and a flush of new talent that looks like it might actually be talent. (analysts are used to correctly writing off our youth as duds in a previous recruiting and development era)
never in the modern era have we seen a pool of talent hit carlton in a two year period. These players all have already shown genuine winning abilities and attributes that will worry oppositions:
Clem smith
Jacksch
Docherty
cripps
Bryne
Boekhorst
Sheehan
unless we have a more injured season than last year its hard to see we will perform worse than last year.
... thank you experts for the under rating...
and if you are a betting man, today you may get carlton at $4 to make the 8
How? Because they've said so.
There's something about being a young player for another team that signals them as being stars of the future but when it comes to Carlton..........they have no kids.
It's just a mantra that showed up a couple of years ago that many experts are still riding with, including 'expert' opposition fans.
I don't give a flying **** what the media say about our team tbh
People weren't signing up before Mick came about. People won't sign up till we start winning consistently/finals.
I don't give a flying **** what the media say about our team tbh
4 bucks seems pretty skinny.......It pretty handy to be universally underrated... over the last couple of injury plagued malthouse years, the general afl community has come to see Carlton as a bottom 6. After a generally disregarding of a team, the team often has a little unabated surge as their new style catches coaches out. Sometimes the new style is quickly found out as a plan is developed by other teams to beat it. (see Richmond 2014) other times the team finds itself top 4 (teams have not yet worked out how to beat Port).
im pretty happy that Carlton is universally regarded as bottom 6 this year. After last year we hardly deserve more respect after loosing to melbourne and GWS... but this year is another year. Carlton team has transformed, it still has all the bits that made it good but has been refreshed with a new team ethos, and a flush of new talent that looks like it might actually be talent. (analysts are used to correctly writing off our youth as duds in a previous recruiting and development era)
never in the modern era have we seen a pool of talent hit carlton in a two year period. These players all have already shown genuine winning abilities and attributes that will worry oppositions:
Clem smith
Jacksch
Docherty
cripps
Bryne
Boekhorst
Sheehan
unless we have a more injured season than last year its hard to see we will perform worse than last year.
... thank you experts for the under rating...
and if you are a betting man, today you may get carlton at $4 to make the 8
I do though like for the media commentators to portray a little more insight into the sport they're deriving their income from.
No problem having an opinion, be it positive or negative but it has to be backed up with substance......or at least I think it should.
It seems to be years now that I find more quality on these forums, than anything derived form the experts that get paid for their duties....They have to work harder....someone will eventually raise the bar but for now I can skip over it....not good enough.
It pretty handy to be universally underrated... over the last couple of injury plagued malthouse years, the general afl community has come to see Carlton as a bottom 6. After a generally disregarding of a team, the team often has a little unabated surge as their new style catches coaches out. Sometimes the new style is quickly found out as a plan is developed by other teams to beat it. (see Richmond 2014) other times the team finds itself top 4 (teams have not yet worked out how to beat Port).
im pretty happy that Carlton is universally regarded as bottom 6 this year. After last year we hardly deserve more respect after loosing to melbourne and GWS... but this year is another year. Carlton team has transformed, it still has all the bits that made it good but has been refreshed with a new team ethos, and a flush of new talent that looks like it might actually be talent. (analysts are used to correctly writing off our youth as duds in a previous recruiting and development era)
never in the modern era have we seen a pool of talent hit carlton in a two year period. These players all have already shown genuine winning abilities and attributes that will worry oppositions:
Clem smith
Jacksch
Docherty
cripps
Bryne
Boekhorst
Sheehan
unless we have a more injured season than last year its hard to see we will perform worse than last year.
... thank you experts for the under rating...
and if you are a betting man, today you may get carlton at $4 to make the 8
Too many players at Carlton give up before they even run on the paddock - typically a flashy ten minute start followed by three quarters of capitulation one way or another.
Kingy thinks if we get in the 8 it will be a master stroke be malthouse.