It coincides with Carlton being 2h1t this year too IMO.
Serious question- have you ever seen him play? Because if you had of, you would know he is a pretty good footballer. You don't kick 40 odd goals in the AFL for the last 4 seasons as a genuine small forward with another "better" small forward taking some of your crumbs. That's as straight forward as it needs to go!
Would that be the same Jeff Garlett who had a 13 possession, 1 point game against us in the 2's this week, getting shut down by Matt McDonough?
when matt manages to ave more than 10 possesions a game for 4 or 5 weeks in a row yet alone ave 4o odd goals a season he may get a bit of credability. some people insist they actually do something before acclaiming them.
cmon smokey as far as kicking goals go for sml fwds over a decent period , in this case the previous 4 yrs, garlett over that period is almost unmatched by any player other than milne and his former team mate betts. for a sml fwd hes been elite when it comes to hitting the scoreboard.
if you gave me the choice at the start of the yr of taking betts or garlett i would have taken garlett.
ffs we scream out for yrs for a GOALKICKING QUICK SMART CRUMBIMG SML FWD. Heres a bloke who fits that bill perfectly who may be on the market who is out of contract and we could get him very cheap, has a proven track record, is still only 24, without doubt would be a massive upgrade on any sml fwd we have had in yrs, and the nuffies here turn their noses up at him. and they tern their noses up at him not based on his over all performances but because hes from carlton, or they would rather draft a kid at pick 60 thats where sml fwds get taken , or god forbid he missed a sitter from the goal square once. unbelievable.
take garlett cheap use a late nd or rookie pick and get a kid in to the system while at it. how hard is it. fair dinkum its time people stopped and had a proper think abouty what they post.
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