John Nicholls Medal-2015

[Gointocarlton]

Not possible to get worse. They wanted out and played accordingly all year.

Not the case with Yarran.

[shadesy]

Sounds from various reports that he is already the voice of the team on the ground.

Perhaps we need to make some of the church mice leaders and force them to take some responsibility for their future!

Did the British Officer Class have the right idea when they lined up the Enlisted or Conscripted on the front line? They fought or they died!

Don't want to be too loud, you'll be shipped off for a 4th round pick soon enough.

[MosquitoFleet]

Sounds from various reports that he is already the voice of the team on the ground.

Perhaps we need to make some of the church mice leaders and force them to take some responsibility for their future!

Did the British Officer Class have the right idea when they lined up the Enlisted or Conscripted on the front line? They fought or they died!

I would put gibbs and murph on the trade table

Quiet introverted leaders are only.allowed if they are physically hard players...

[Vivian]

Congratulations to Cripps. A shining light in a thoroughly dismal year.

Many of the other top 10 show where we are at as a club, and it is easy to see the direct correlation between this list and our ladder position. Many of our players are just not up to standard, for reasons that fill the pages of this forum.

Hoping for improvement in 2016, and to building a team around the likes of our B&F winner. I hope we don't make him captain too soon. There is enough pressure on him.

[DJC]

I would put gibbs and murph on the trade table

Quiet introverted leaders are only.allowed if they are physically hard players...

Give me a break  :

[laj]

I would put gibbs and murph on the trade table

Quiet introverted leaders are only.allowed if they are physically hard players...

Ummm, no. That's a bridge too far. We'll take an extra year or two getting up the ladder doing things like that. Kids need experience around them to develop properly otherwise they're thrown to the wolves, taking the heat themselves as skinny, inexperienced kids. Might set them back rather than help them.

[Wet Willie]

Just a question about the B&F count...

Was Mick Malthouse invited to the night?

[PassIt2Carrots]

Zach Tuohy, Carlton’s cheeky Irishman with the long leg, finished third in the Blues’ 2015 best and fairest count, polling 64 votes.

It was a close race for 'Big Nic', with only four points separating the top three place-getters: winner Patrick Cripps finished with 68 votes and runner-up Marc Murphy with 67.

Since joining Carlton in 2010 as an international rookie, it’s the highest Tuohy has polled in the John Nicholls Medal.

The defender was one of only four Blues to play every game this season, providing much-needed consistency and acting as a rock in Carlton’s defense.

After becoming a father for the first time last year, Tuohy praised his partner Bec for doing all the “heavy lifting” when it came to parenting duties during the season, allowing him to have a consistent year.

“Any good form I had this year I owe to her (Bec), she’s probably been the reason I’ve strung some quality games together,” he said.

The 25-year-old luckily didn’t forget to thank his parents, who have always supported him, even from the other side of the world.

“I owe everything to my parents. They are hard-working people and I doubt I’d be where I am if it weren’t for them.

“This is very much their accomplishment as it is mine.”

The hard-running defender was clearly humbled to accept the award in what has been a difficult year for the Club.

“Even through the bad times I consider myself very lucky I play for Carlton, I wouldn’t want to play for anyone else – I’m constantly honoured.

“I have made it my job and my mission to do whatever it takes to get this club back up to where it needs to be,” he said.

Since making his debut in Round 11, 2011, Tuohy has notched up 98 AFL games in the navy blue jumper. He says it’s going to be an “incredible honour” to have his name engraved on the No. 42 locker and join a Carlton great.

“Obviously Robert Walls is a legend of the Club so to have my name on the locker forever is a little bit surreal,” he said.

“It still doesn’t quite seem real, even though it’s only two games away, so hopefully I can keep my body right and my form good so I get those two games in the navy jumper.”

Need more of these types at the club.

[LoveNavy]

Yeah.... Touhy's comments seemed genuine. Here's trusting BB ) will harvest such commitment and use it to generate a team-wide desire to "do what it takes"

[jeza]

I would put gibbs and murph on the trade table

Quiet introverted leaders are only.allowed if they are physically hard players...

We're 5 quality midfielders short of a competitive team. This move would make us 7 short.