2015-Rnd 3 Carlton vs Essendon

[madbluboy]

2012 happened.

[PassIt2Carrots]

2012 happened.

Since people have such short memories I'm going to have to keep posting this article.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/ca...22qx4.html

CARLTON is fighting its worst injury crisis in a decade as the club attempts to turn last week's win against the Western Bulldogs into a last-gasp run for the finals in the last six rounds.

A review of the club's injury toll this season has revealed the last time Carlton had as many players missing games due to injury was back in 2002 - when it finished with the wooden spoon under Wayne Brittain - and 65 per cent of their injuries this year had been ''collision'', rather than the soft-tissue problems plaguing other clubs such as Essendon.

Carlton has used the second-highest number of players this year (36) of any of the teams still in the hunt for finals - with only three players having played every game - and the extent of the club's injury woes was further underlined this week when key defender Lachie Henderson was ruled out for the rest of the season.

Henderson (groin) joins Jeremy Laidler (knee) and Shaun Hampson (knee) out for the year, and the Blues also have captain Chris Judd (suspended) and forward Andrew Walker (calf) unavailable to round 21, and wingman Kade Simpson (broken jaw) sidelined until round 20, while key forward Jarrad Waite (back) is still yet to resume in the VFL and it is unclear when he will play in the senior team again.

On top of that, ruckman Matthew Kreuzer (hip), midfielder Mitch Robinson (calf) and defender Zach Tuohy (back) still haven't been cleared to play in Saturday night's last-chance dance against Richmond at the MCG, a game the Blues must win to keep their fading September hopes alive.

[Bear]

At least we did a good job of fixing Jarrad's back.

[Thryleon]

Amazing how Mick has all these issues with this side whereas the previous coach got them running quite smoothly. Then again, maybe it's just Mick who is the issue.

Smoothly, premiership favourites...

Seriously, from 2007 to 2015 we have looked ordinary more often than not, and continually make poor decisions.

Yes we did ok there for a bit, but personally that says more about the competition at that time then than it does now.

[shadesy]

wow... so the Competition was bad that's why we were good...

That's a new one. I will tell Geelong, their Flag didn't mean the same as others.

[PassIt2Carrots]

I'll give it to you Thry, you're good at coming up with excuses.

[Thryleon]

Nah mate, have a think about all the sides in the AFL that were "sides in transition".

Footscray, Melbourne, Saints, Richmond, North Melbourne, Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Freo, Sydney, St. Kilda peetered off from their flag winning years, The Bombers were about to do "whatever it takes", Brisbane.

All of them were "rebuilding".  To discount their status in the competition at the time, where their list was at, and what they have done since then whilst our best 22 roughly looks the same, makes me think that perhaps it has more to do with what happened everywhere else, rather than what happened with us.

12 teams right there, who were looking more at their future, and making changes.

[ItsOurTime]

You don't just burn everything to the ground during a rebuild. The reason so many are around is because they are still young and can be around for the next cycle.

[Thryleon]

You don't just burn everything to the ground during a rebuild. The reason so many are around is because they are still young and can be around for the next cycle.

We did/have.

That was Pagan's rebuild.  Been labouring ever since.

[ItsOurTime]

We did/have.

That was Pagan's rebuild.  Been labouring ever since.

Yep, it was a rejuvenation. Now we need a rebuild. Listening to Mick has made you guys punch drunk. How can you back this guy whose strategy has changed from Flag to Finals to Refreshing to tear it all down and start over is less than 3 years? It's chaos from the top and we see it out on the field.