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Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations - Thryleon - 12-01-2023
Yep. I've been saying that we need stability for years. Things got hard this season. We didn't blink and slowed forward. The rewards are obvious.
Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations - LoveNavy - 12-31-2023
(11-12-2023, 12:46 PM)LoveNavy link Wrote:I haven't read every post in every thread. I'm wondering if I've missed some happy news related to the Crippa family? Or perhaps I'm mistaken and/or there's nothing official???
Revisiting this again. Apologies in advance if this isn't the best thread.
I don't think there's any hiding it any longer. All going well, I expect our captain is expecting a new addition to the family.
With the obvious well wishes put aside until it'sofficial, I do wonder if this may influence captaincy.
Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations - DJC - 01-31-2024
Gerard Whately on SEN:
“As footy ramps up, Carlton is emphasising the quality long missing at the club that served them so well last year - stability. It was stability that allowed the Blues to ride out the midseason horrors of 2023 & empower Michael Voss to conjure the Preliminary Final run.
The historic bloodlust to sack a coach was quelled by the President & the Chief Executive. Luke Sayers is asking the members to approve an extension of his time at the helm & he would seem determined to make Brian Cook commit beyond the end of the year as well.
The contract extension for Michael Voss only seems to need the fine print sorted & that's entirely appropriate - Voss has earned the additional two years & shouldn't be on the short leash entering the 2024 season. Let him get on with the job fully supported & endorsed.
Stability, it's the new religion at Carlton. It's the new Blue, & it suits them well.”
I don't think we're his favourite club but that's a fair assessment ... and how good is it not to be chopping and changing coaches and the administration?
Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations - Gointocarlton - 01-31-2024
(01-31-2024, 07:32 AM)DJC link Wrote:Gerard Whately on SEN:Ive always found Whately hard but fair. I listen to a truckload of SEN content and last year we were the darlings of the AFL, Whately and The Pipe in particular had permanent chubs over us. I suspect that will all change if we really get up and firing and make the top 4?
“As footy ramps up, Carlton is emphasising the quality long missing at the club that served them so well last year - stability. It was stability that allowed the Blues to ride out the midseason horrors of 2023 & empower Michael Voss to conjure the Preliminary Final run.
The historic bloodlust to sack a coach was quelled by the President & the Chief Executive. Luke Sayers is asking the members to approve an extension of his time at the helm & he would seem determined to make Brian Cook commit beyond the end of the year as well.
The contract extension for Michael Voss only seems to need the fine print sorted & that's entirely appropriate - Voss has earned the additional two years & shouldn't be on the short leash entering the 2024 season. Let him get on with the job fully supported & endorsed.
Stability, it's the new religion at Carlton. It's the new Blue, & it suits them well.”
I don't think we're his favourite club but that's a fair assessment ... and how good is it not to be chopping and changing coaches and the administration?
Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations - pew2 - 02-02-2024
just hope that people at the club think of the whole 2023 year NOT just the two finals win , if we think that "how good we are won finals blah blah blah " we wont take the next step . words of TB12 now we have to work even harder to maintain the level .FINGERS CROSSED
Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations - Gointocarlton - 02-02-2024
(02-02-2024, 04:17 AM)pew2 link Wrote:just hope that people at the club think of the whole 2023 year NOT just the two finals win , if we think that "how good we are won finals blah blah blah " we wont take the next step . words of TB12 now we have to work even harder to maintain the level .FINGERS CROSSEDWell if David King's observations of our training sessions is any indication, they have definitely stepped it up and have worked harder. Enjoy:
David King has spent the summer at AFL club training sessions, trying to get a gauge for how teams are progressing across the league.
Of all the sides he observed, the premiership Kangaroo says the most brutal session he saw was at Princes Park, lauding how the Blues have evolved over the last 12 months.
“This time last year, I wouldn’t have had Carlton anywhere near a top four position because of – not just the way they trained – they just didn’t look ready to be that team – they didn’t look rock hard fit, really mature, demanding of each other and the standards at training, whilst they were good, they weren’t top four good,” King told SEN Breakfast.
“The session I went to was a three-hour session, it was a brutal session and they trained like I spoke about Melbourne last year – full on contested, some old school stuff where the coach throws the ball back 1v1, get it back to the coach, go again, go again, go again.
“I haven’t seen that for 15 years and I thought it’s simple stuff, but it’s all about winning your own contest.
“That Carlton session was the toughest I’ve seen for a long time, not just at Carlton, but for a long time.”
King believes the Blues are seeking “icing on the cake” to take them from a top eight side into the premiership window.
He named Matt Cottrell, Elijah Hollands and Orazio Fantasia as some players who could provide some internal improvement.
“Matt Cottrell is going to be a very good AFL player. I thought he was going to be one of those guys that hover between your 21st picked player and your 30th picked player. He’s going to be a very good player,” King said.
“There’s a tall down there named Harry Lemmey who they took late in the draft a few seasons ago, didn’t know much about him, he had an outstanding session.
“Elijah Hollands, I’m telling you, he’ll have a really big impact on their ball-use and their poise with the footy, I know he’s going to miss the first two rounds, but he’ll make a big difference to Carlton.
“This time last year we were talking about Sam Walsh missing six weeks of footy, that’s not the case now.
“I don’t know if Orazio Fantasia plays or not … but if he plays 12 games, that’s what we’re talking about, they’re looking for the icing on the cake, Carlton.”
Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations - kruddler - 02-02-2024
(02-02-2024, 05:56 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:“This time last year, I wouldn’t have had Carlton anywhere near a top four position because of – not just the way they trained – they just didn’t look ready to be that team – they didn’t look rock hard fit, really mature, demanding of each other and the standards at training, whilst they were good, they weren’t top four good,” King told SEN Breakfast.
Where did we finish after finals? Top 4.
So David King is highlighting how little his opinion actually matters.
Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations - Thryleon - 02-02-2024
(02-02-2024, 06:26 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Where did we finish after finals? Top 4.He was bang on for half a year. We didn't look likely until I left for Europe in June.
So David King is highlighting how little his opinion actually matters.
Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations - Gointocarlton - 02-02-2024
(02-02-2024, 07:59 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:He was bang on for half a year. We didn't look likely until I left for Europe in June.Thry if you (or anyone) had have told me we were going to go on a 9 game streak (or whatever it was) and make a Prelim I would have told you that you had rocks in your head.
Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations - DJC - 02-02-2024
(02-02-2024, 07:59 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:He was bang on for half a year. We didn't look likely until I left for Europe in June.
My thoughts too Thry. King’s pre-season assessment was damn close to the mark for the first half of the season.
This pre-season’s training is closer to our second half of the season.