Love the draw

[Lods]

Settle down Lod's, this is Carlton you're talking about. After many let downs I refuse to read the propaganda that emerges from our marketing department during the off season now. Not that I'm saying you have but you sound like it.

Nope
I don't take a lot of notice of what the club says on most things.
It's all spin.
In fact I don't have a lot of time for the 'club' and it's shenanigans.
I follow the Carlton football 'team'.
The club is just an entity that makes the fielding of the team possible.
I pay a membership (or three) to help make that happen.

My optimism is based on the fact that we should have performed better last year and following from that ...
- the theory that we're 'due' for a much better run of injuries than we had last year.
-that the players will be a year older and some coming into their prime. We don't have a lot of older players on our list anymore.
-that some of the players introduced in the last few years will be more settled and have a better understanding with their team-mates.
- that divisions that had emerged under Teague will have changed. (Whether they've been resolved remains to be seen).
- that the injection of new players all look to have enhanced the list.

That's not to say there won't be a few issues.
How will the players respond to Voss's coaching?
Will the defence be disrupted with the loss of Jones or will that structure change and his loss have a minimal effect?

All in all the positives would seem to me to outweigh the possible negatives.