Round 20: Carlton vs Brisbane Post Game Pain

[PassIt2Carrots]

Jamo has said he let the loss get the better of him and he was pi55ed that Robbo played so well, hence his behaviour. He actually seemed really shattered with the loss.

Sheesh would've been nice to have Robbo on our side last night.

[PassIt2Carrots]

@Lods

Find the right coach and we are halfway there.

[PassIt2Carrots]

And seriously, WTF is David Ellard getting a full game ahead of Holman? I mean seriously WTF. Is this club fair dinkum? You have a bloke about to get delisted, getting a full game ahead of another who perhaps has a future and needs to get games into himself. WTF is this idiot club doing?

Barker has well and truly lost me and if Abdy McKay has anything to do with that then he needs to go as well.

[Lods]

Spot on, we have a great base to build up with.

Maybe I'm the pessimist now...A year is a long time in footy but.....

Cripps, Menzel, Buckley, Levi, Jaksh, Graham, Doc,
Maybe Clem, Hollman, BB, Whiley, Walsh Fields and DVR

This great base is speculative at best.

I see a bit of potential in most of those players.
Fields has a nice kick.....but if we're setting him up as someone to build a team around (which is what a base is)  I'll need to see a bit more.
Your base has to be guaranteed best 22 every game.

I suspect we'll be talking about getting rid of half of that group this time next year

[Baggers]

Missing Menzel, Gibbs, Judd, Yarran, Armfield, Graham, Thomas, Casboult, White (and even Byrne and Sheehan) is just too much for the kids to compensate for. Throw in Henderson playing like he doesn't give a rusty fck and Everitt having no defensive game (or ticker) and you have a recipe for defeat. It does not bode well for the next 3 weeks. The NBs might have to borrow players from the Seaford -16s.

[PassIt2Carrots]

You left out Murphy, Gibbs, Kreuzer and Simpson lods. They too are part of the base. And possibly Yarran as well. Add a free agent or two. Weitering or Scache plus another early second rounder. SOS and Rice. Any draft pick we get from Hendo the spud. Pick up a good player via the preseason draft. It can all turn around very quickly.

[Lods]

You left out Murphy, Gibbs, Kreuzer and Simpson lods. They too are part of the base. And ossibly Yarran as well. Add a free agent or two. Weitering or Scache plus another early second rounder. SOS and Rice. Pick up a good player via the preseason draft. It can all turn around very quickly.

Murphy Gibbs Kreuzer are given
Simpson cant have too many seasons left the way he gets battered about.
I'll stand kicking to death if Yarran is still on our list next year.

I'm not discounting we'll improve....What I'm not sure about is whether players like Gibbs and Murphy will still be around when we're challenging.

[PassIt2Carrots]

Probably not Murph, possibly Gibbs. Definitely Kreuzer (hopefully).

We need to get as many Carlton people on the list as possibly, because only these blokes will have the passion and the drive to get us up the ladder. It's about more than a pay cheque for players like Buckley (and dare I say it Robbo). That's why Rice and SOS are a must, we need more players with the same drive as Dylan Buckley. Players that will love our club unconditionally like Robbo (dare I say it).

[Robblues]

Maybe I'm the pessimist now...A year is a long time in footy but.....

Cripps, Menzel, Buckley, Levi, Jaksh, Graham, Doc,
Maybe Clem, Hollman, BB, Whiley, Walsh Fields and DVR

This great base is speculative at best.

I see a bit of potential in most of those players.
Fields has a nice kick.....but if we're setting him up as someone to build a team around (which is what a base is)  I'll need to see a bit more.
Your base has to be guaranteed best 22 every game.

I suspect we'll be talking about getting rid of half of that group this time next year

Spot on, we made a similar mistake with Watson, thought he was the new corner stone of our defence , and look where that is now. Half those , haven't shown any where near enough to be considered a "base" .

[PassIt2Carrots]

We made the mistake of never playing Watson. He will without doubt go elsewhere and become a player.