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*edited for accuracy*The supporter on TC should have compared Mitchell to Rusling whose career ended due to shoulder problems.
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*edited for accuracy*The supporter on TC should have compared Mitchell to Rusling whose career ended due to shoulder problems.
Looking forward to the hero who picks a name out of a hat and posts "We should have drafted "name out of a hat* instead of Mitchell". This should occur shortly or after the two year cooling off period ends.
I hope I'm wrong, but it's not looking good for Mitchell.
sounds like he may be ready for VFL finals but might miss the whole season, it's a real blow, every club has injuries but we always seem to have them to players who should be in our best 22 like Mitchell may well be. Waite is still not doing much at training and looks like starting the season below par so there is all of a sudden big pressure on Rowe, Casboult, Hampson and Kreuzer to play that role up forward..
Bad news if true. But the positive is that it's happened very early in the year, so he's an outside chance of playing a few games latter on. Doesn't really mean too much re. his career, as he was already well ahead of schedule for a KPF. He's going to be an outstanding footballer.
https://twitter.com/#!/thesquid25/status/162003676846764032Did you have the same procedure as Andrew walker?
Yeah that's spot on. Worked very well for him!!
CARLTON key-forward prospect Luke Mitchell will miss the start of the Blues' 2012 premiership campaign after undergoing shoulder surgery on Tuesday.
Mitchell, 19, underwent a full latarjet reconstruction of his right shoulder after dislocating the joint in an innocuous training mishap at Visy Park on Monday and will be sidelined for between 12 and 16 weeks.
"He can't actually remember the action, but he went up in a marking contest and his arm just got pulled back a little bit," football manager Andrew McKay explained on Wednesday.
We have Waite, Hammer, Rowe, Kreuzer, Casboult, Thornton.
We'll be fine. We did pretty damn good without most of those guys last year.
Still have plenty of tall forward coverage. Rowe's ahead of Levi you'd think. So maybe a R1 tall forward structure of Rowe, Waite with Thornton the 3rd tall. Pretty decent setup. With Levi as backup. Maybe Hampson. Really hoping Waite is fit round 1.
Yeah but reality is they are all still yet to prove they can influence games as forwards, that is all based on potential. Waite is a really good forward but his body has become so unreliable so we must nearly expect him to miss games and maybe be on the sidelines again come seasons end. .
Yeah but reality is they are all still yet to prove they can influence games as forwards, that is all based on potential. Waite is a really good forward but his body has become so unreliable so we must nearly expect him to miss games and maybe be on the sidelines again come seasons end. Thornton is a gap filler that is alright pushing up the ground but kicking goals against top sides and playing key position might be another thing, Rowe and Casboult haven't even played AFL yet, Hampson has never kicked over 2 goals in a game and Kreuzer seems to be more miss than hit as a forward. Potential is one thing but results are another and we need some big guys who will stand up against the top 4 sides but we also need plenty of options in the VFL. I recon with Waite in the side taking the best tall forward and Walker taking plenty of attention any of those listed could have an influence but if Waite goes down and the attention shifts then Walker and who ever else is playing as a tall forward may struggle a little more.
I like our tall defender depth with Bower, Henderson, Jamison, McCarthy and Watson fit. I don't like our tall forward depth now that Mitchell is injured as it consists of Waite who is proven but injury riddled, Rowe/Casboult who are not proven and a few ruckmen who are unproven as forwards. I think we need to push another guy along now as depth/another option in this area. It will do Watson good as a defender to spend time attacking the ball and trying to get the ball and working on his marking. It gives us more options and he may even earn a spot in this role. I recon Rowe, Kreuzer and Waite will be playing round 1 so Hampson and Casboult will possibly playing VFL which makes room for one other to play as a tall forward in the VFL as Hampson will spend a lot of time rucking. I would like to see Watson play CHF in the VFL and Casboult and Hampson to rotate throught the ruck and forward line. This really keeps our depth deep and we may even find a player doing this. Us as Carlton supporters should know better than to reject the idea of playing a player out of their usual position.
We look a truck load better off in that light - giving players their due and taking a level headed approach rather than just writing them all off makes things a lot rosier. If the Blues were relying on Mitchel in anyway - then we are massively kidding ourselves as an AFL team - so he is no real loss.