To trade or to draft, that is the question.

[Corona Man]

Lynch.... bahahaha how many premiership teams has he been part of?

[Brodlach]

Lynch.... bahahaha how many premiership teams has he been part of?

Aaron Keating says hello

[Corona Man]

Lynch.... bahahaha how many premiership teams has he been part of?

Aaron Keating says hello

Who?

[Brodlach]

Lynch.... bahahaha how many premiership teams has he been part of?

Aaron Keating says hello

Who?

Exactly! An AFL premiership player

[Corona Man]

Lynch.... bahahaha how many premiership teams has he been part of?

Aaron Keating says hello

Who?

Exactly! An AFL premiership player

One of about 27/28 in the fruit tingle strip.....such a dynasty!

[DOC]

Rained out and on the cans?

[Corona Man]

Rained out and on the cans?

Yes!

[bertiebeatle]

Came across this the other day and thought it was quite good..

PLAYERS’ VOICE — CAM O’SHEA
By Cam O'Shea
I could tell they were genuine about it.
I sat down with Carlton 12 months ago when I was about to sign with the Northern Blues and had a chat about the future.
They told me that if I had a strong season there would be an opportunity for me to put in a pre-season with the club and potentially go from there. Fortunately, everything has gone to plan.
It’s funny how it all pans out.
After being delisted by Port Adelaide at the end of 2016, after six seasons and 81 games, I had a choice to make.
Initially, I was angry, as most people would be. When I sat down with Port in my exit meeting, they told me they would try to explore trade options but there wasn’t too much interest from other clubs.
I had just returned from America and received a phone call from Ken Hinkley and he told me that my time was up.
It was difficult sending that final email to the boys who I’d been through so much with, informing them that I was departing. I was emotional.
Was I going to throw in the towel and play country footy, or was I going to go round again?
Once I made up my mind that I wanted to have another shot, the Northern Blues opportunity jumped out at me, and as they say, the rest is history.
Having a year off from the AFL system and playing VFL and working has put many things into perspective. If anything, it has motivated me more to get things in order away from football.
While I was playing VFL and training three nights a week, I was working at Nike in the head office at Abbotsford in logistics and in the store.
Previously, I had undertaken a few courses but was never sold on what I wanted to do.
I can guarantee I’ll be sitting down with the Carlton development guys this year and will go through all of that. Hopefully that flows on to my footy, too.
The question everyone likes to ask is, ‘where were you when your name was called?’ To be honest, the story isn’t as exciting as some of the others you’ll hear during this period.
I was at home waiting around for it to start. I did some running to pre-occupy myself, and then I turned the computer on and followed the draft from there. I only found out I was going in the pre-season draft the day of. There was talk that I’d possibly go in the rookie draft, so the way it panned out was a bit of a shock.
My mum was one of the first people to call me, and then Bolts officially welcomed me into the club.
Amid all of the congratulatory calls and messages, one really stood out to me. To my surprise, I received a text from Ken Hinkley wishing me well, which was incredibly generous of him.
It’s been an interesting transition training with the Blues already before being drafted. From a game-plan perspective, there’s still so much for me to learn and I will use the next few months to do so, but I also feel really comfortable in my new surroundings.
The club faced an unfortunate setback with the loss of Sam Docherty for the season, but we must adopt the next-man-up mentality.
There’s no question he will be a massive loss for us because he is so integral to the footy club, both from a leadership standpoint and from a playing perspective. To his credit, he has already been back at the club helping the younger players which is a sign of his character.
Right now, I see myself as a third tall defender who can provide run off half-back and can intercept. That’s been my primary focus during the pre-season, but who knows, I may get called upon to fulfil another role.
If there’s a message in all of this, I guess it’s that you can turn immense disappointment into a positive.
There’s no guarantees that things will work out with the Blues, but I’ll be putting my best foot forward

[amber_fluid]

**** me!
I know we are shite at Carlton but O'Shea is bloody terrible.
His decision making is non existent and his disposal is poor at best.

[Booney]

**** me!
I know we are shite at Carlton but O'Shea is bloody terrible.
His decision making is non existent and his disposal is poor at best.

And you'll be better with him in the side.

[amber_fluid]

**** me!
I know we are shite at Carlton but O'Shea is bloody terrible.
His decision making is non existent and his disposal is poor at best.

And you'll be better with him in the side.

We'll be no worse, put it that way!

Nah our defenders are ok.
It's on ball and up forward we are terrible.

[gadj1976]

**** me!
I know we are shite at Carlton but O'Shea is bloody terrible.
His decision making is non existent and his disposal is poor at best.

Depth player. Nothing more. Still better than using pick 100 on a 17yo imo.

[amber_fluid]

**** me!
I know we are shite at Carlton but O'Shea is bloody terrible.
His decision making is non existent and his disposal is poor at best.

Depth player. Nothing more. Still better than using pick 100 on a 17yo imo.

Problem is we have 35 depth players now.

[mots02]

**** me!
I know we are shite at Carlton but O'Shea is bloody terrible.
His decision making is non existent and his disposal is poor at best.

Depth player. Nothing more. Still better than using pick 100 on a 17yo imo.

Problem is we have 35 depth players now.

And most of those when tested are out of their depth

[Rik E Boy]

All that is left from 2007 is Travis Boak, Justin Westhoff and Robbie Gray. One of which didn't play.

None of them played but I stand corrected.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Plus the 3 that are on the list remaining from 07 are walk up starters in any side including 2 All-Australians so pretty poor trolling effort

Hardly a troll bertie.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

I agree with Booney, but i think we would all find that whichever list Westhoff was on, he would be played in their best 22 by the coaches due to his versatility.

I agree that Watts SHOULD likely push him out of our side especially if Marshall has a strong start to the season, but coaches love talls that have big tanks that they can throw at either end

Watts and Westhoff. Now THAT's like asking which fat chick you want to ****. Almost the same player.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Westhoff would be best 22 in every side.

Don’t agree.
He plays well against you blokes but is very ordinary against other good teams.
He’ll struggle to get a game with all their new recruits.

I don't agree either. Plays well on space. Not so well on a man.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Westhoff would be best 22 in every side.

So you're saying he would kick Lynch out of the Adelaide side? That is the role he would play? lead up fwd, swing, 3-4th target.

As other have said Grey's in every side along with Boak. Westoff wouldn't be in the best 22 of the top 10 sides, now.

Fair point, maybe not the crows, Lynch is probably the best in the comp at that role.

Would have thought Richmond, Geelong, Melbourne, Essendon, Bulldogs, St Kilda, Hawks, Collingwood Freo North Carlton Gold Coast Brisbane would be playing him. you can argue about his age etc but i still think he plays decent footy

Crows, GWS, Sydney, West Coast? maybe not.

Geelong? LMAO

[Booney]

Westhoff would be best 22 in every side.

So you're saying he would kick Lynch out of the Adelaide side? That is the role he would play? lead up fwd, swing, 3-4th target.

As other have said Grey's in every side along with Boak. Westoff wouldn't be in the best 22 of the top 10 sides, now.

Fair point, maybe not the crows, Lynch is probably the best in the comp at that role.

Would have thought Richmond, Geelong, Melbourne, Essendon, Bulldogs, St Kilda, Hawks, Collingwood Freo North Carlton Gold Coast Brisbane would be playing him. you can argue about his age etc but i still think he plays decent footy

Crows, GWS, Sydney, West Coast? maybe not.

Geelong? LMAO

Blicavs keeps getting a game.