AFL Rd 18 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

[Thryleon]

[member=311]ianh[/member],

Part of my post which i didn't really include (that i was using to make my arguments) was everyones age.

That is....
The 4 oldest players on are list are...
Newman - 31y5m
Docherty - 30y8m
Saad - 29y11m
Williams - 29y9m

so in a couple years, they may all be gone.
Then we would be left with the following players who will all be 2 years older than their listed age here....
Cincotta - 27y6m
Boyd - 25y9m
Cowan - 19y7m
...and even if you include Billy Wilson - 19y you can see what i'm talking about.

Remove the top 4 from our 'best 22' and suddenly we are in all sorts
We need to ensure we have a couple lockdown players available to go in a couple years time. Cincotta will be 29-30 by then, so its not really a viable option long term either.

This is why when there was a but of rage around our drafting of smalls not talls I was less concerned than most.

We need a mixture of everything but the talk our a graders are there for years and even the b graders have time.  It's the under 21 bracket that concerns me the most.

List the top 10 afl players under 21 and not one of them plays for Carlton. 

That's fine but when your rivals to today's flag has them then get a little concerned.  I'm not asking for a raft of talent just one will do.