Opinion Charlie vs Weitering vs McKay

[Bordertoon]

Thanks to this thread, I now know how these guys felt ... anyway, if forced to choose I’d probably run with (pun intended) Weiters:

 

[boltsbabyblues]

Agree with Arr0w on this one. Weitering is just having a cracking season in defence and is becoming the rock that will hold our defence together for years. I suspect he'll be more consistent than both Charlie and Harry.

Mckay will be an absolute superstar. Buddy Franklin like

 

[Bordertoon]

Charlie McWeitering....

Almost impossible to choose, I can make a legitimate case for all three.

If I had to pick, maybe Curnow the Younger. Just.

... that’s taking “synergy” to a whole new level Ferrisb - I like it!

Oh, and as for “Curnow the Younger” -

 

[jezzatigerbrent]

Defenders don't get the credit for winning games no matter how good - forwards still have to kick a winning score is all I am saying

tell all the Carlton players who were involved in the 1981 premiership that.>> the unanimous quote from most of the players was '' we were never going to lose with Bruce Doull in that side''

 

[thylacine60]

Defenders don't get the credit for winning games no matter how good - forwards still have to kick a winning score is all I am saying

 

[JustaBattler]

I can smell your point.

 

[mediumsizered]

Robbo's dressing room at Fox Footy?

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Man on man.

JW would give him a bath.

Yep.

 

[95blues]

Weitering is gonna be that player in defense that just makes you feel safe, that you know you can rely on. Think Kouta and his defensive marks in the prelim against Essendon but game after game.

I'm loving what I'm seeing from Harry, but I don't think our opposition have really keyed in on trying to stop him yet.

Curnow is interesting. Think he's more of a roamer than a KPP.

One will be consistently best 5
One will be a game changer 30% of the time
One will Jarrad Waite.

My early prediction.

 

[PP34]

I’ve been a fan of Charlie from early on so hard for me to vote against him.

I’m really liking what McKay is doing so far this year, don’t get me wrong. But I think Charlie is being forgetten about because of his interrupted start and how last year finished. Unlike McKay this year, Charlie was playing in a forward line in a team that was a genuine rabble. After starting strong too teams were quickly throwing a heap of defenders at him and that’s a tough gig for a young key forward.

I just love Charlie’s versatility, engine and ability to kick the ball. I like how he uses it when he marks it up the ground and he seems one capable of kicking a lot of long goals for us. I reckon he’ll improve at the ground level too.

With McKay I still need some questions answered about his intensity and how he goes when things aren’t going his way. He’s not going to play against the small Dogs defence every week.

Weitering looks good too and it’s hard not to choose him. But it’s probably more because of my preference for forwards and players with X factor.

I guess I’m probably choosing Curnow because of what I saw in some games last year and the possibility of him becoming a really freakish player.

 

[goreds]

Too get us into the finals: Weits
Too get us a strong percentage: Big H
Too win the Grand Final: The Prince

 

[Sheephead]

1995 was won majorly because we had one of the best back 6 in history. We have the makings of that with this lot and Weitering (and Marchbank) will be our Dean (and Sexton).

 

[Brutalitops]

1995 was won majorly because we had one of the best back 6 in history. We have the makings of that with this lot and Weitering (and Marchbank) will be our Dean (and Sexton).

Kouta tore that season apart and I wouldnt have batted an eye if he won the Norm Smith over Williams.

Vote 1: C Curnow

 

[Jorge]

I voted Charlie because he could be the best player in the game if he gets it all together. Having said that the other 2 are both going better than him right now.
For all the flack he cops, Bolton's development program is clearly working with these 3 guys as they all seem to be developing very well.

If Charlie has a blinder in the next 2-3 weeks the Carlton positivity will go into overdrive.

 

[dlb99]

Drafting KPP position types is hard, damn hard. It seems to be way more busts and successes.

Just look at these high-end selections:

- Sam Day
- Jono Patton
- Tom Boyd
- Paddy McCartin

I would take all three of our 2015 selections (Weitering, McKay and Curnow) over all of those.

Side note, I am not sure Curnow should be a KPP. To me he should end up being roaming tall, I like him on the wing pushing forward. He needs to use his aerobic capacity, a mix between Kouta and Nick Riewoldt. McKay and Weitering are proper book-ends on the other hand.

Also, under no circumstance should Weitering ever be pushed forward. He is a pure backman.

Harry McKay and Charlie Curnow are the reasons why I did not care to draft Jack Lukosius.

If our guys stay healthy SOS absolutely killed the 2015 draft. I reckon we drafted 3 of the top 6 guys including all the best KPPs.

 

[Christou2Kouta]

Interesting question. My thoughts turned to the fact that when it comes to the best key defenders of the past thirty years, they’re all premiership players.
- Silvagni
- Scarlett
- Fletcher
- Rance
- Lake
- Rance
- McGovern

However, with key forwards you see hard luck stories such as:
- Lockett
- Ablett
- Fevola
- Pavlich
- Richardson
- Riewoldt
- Gehrig
- Modra

With this in mind, I think Weitering can join that list of great backmen and be our premiership CHB.


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[Laphroaig]

Probably the best 3 young KPPs in the game.

Recency bias.

The tendency for people to remember the most recent instance of a 21yo KPF taking a bazillion contested marks and looking like the 2nd coming of Paul Salmon.

Too true.

McKay has a long way to go to catch Daniher. Looks on track though.

We might be getting a tad carried away. I don't think Bevo could have done a better job of delivering McKay the best possible opportunity to have a huge game if he had set out to achieve exactly that.

Back to Daniher. Second game back from a long break he belted one of the top two or three defences in the game yesterday on the big stage; on the back of poor service from his mids, and without the luxury of having a built in mismatch.

 

[passmark]

Charlie get the numbers on kids jumpers and be the difference in some big games and moments.
Harry will delight a lot and frustrate occasionally . It’s kinda what the modern forward does.
Weiterbot will be so dependable he’ll make Rance look flakey.

Weiterbot for me.

 

[Jabba73]

Charlie get the numbers on kids jumpers and be the difference in some big games and moments.
Harry will delight a lot and frustrate occasionally . It’s kinda what the modern forward does.
Weiterbot will be so dependable he’ll make Rance look flakey.

Weiterbot for me.

Rance already looks flaky, gets exposed one on one easily. Seagull Jenkins kicked a bag on him, ffs.

Hoping Harry, Charlie or Brackets towel up Rance next time we play him.

 

[Weiterbot23]

I went to two preseason training sessions and left thinking that McKay was better than Curnow on both occasions.

Amazing draft to start a rebuild and I'm still optimistic on Cuningham and JSOS being 150 game players.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Changed m'vote to Weiters. I love a good Mister Reliable and value that more than flashy.

 

[passmark]

Changed m'vote to Weiters. I love a good Mister Reliable and value that more than flashy.

HBF ?

 

[90N90S]

Weits is starting to come into his own now,but I would still have all 3 thanks,

 

[Space Cadet]

Weiters for me, I still think in an alternate universe where we didn't pick up Charlie and H, Weiters would be one of the top young key forwards in the league.
Glad we're able to leave him down back where he's even more influential. Don't think the other two are as capable to play at both ends.

It's amazing how difficult the choice is though.

 

[dlb99]

Too true.

McKay has a long way to go to catch Daniher. Looks on track though.

We might be getting a tad carried away. I don't think Bevo could have done a better job of delivering McKay the best possible opportunity to have a huge game if he had set out to achieve exactly that.

Back to Daniher. Second game back from a long break he belted one of the top two or three defences in the game yesterday on the big stage; on the back of poor service from his mids, and without the luxury of having a built in mismatch.

From the small sample set McKay has every bit as much talent as Joe Daniher.
He's our best forward prospect since Josh Kennedy.

Every chance McKay coulds kick 6 or 7 on some side this year.