08-07-2016, 06:33 AM
(08-07-2016, 06:15 AM)blue4life link Wrote:Lots of calls for delistings but realistically you can only pick up 4 good players a year, 5 if all the stars align but that hasn't happened at Carlton since the year Sticks came over from Adelaide.
The players in the seniors today who aren't up to it are as good as we can put on the park, Charlie Curnow and Murphy will replace two of them and Byrne another one when and if he gets back from his knee, but there's no talent in the seconds to replace the other half dozen that need to be moved on.
Vojo and Clem Smith are almost certain to be delisted, Walks has retired and Jamison almost definitely will, that leaves another six or so maximum, and there's players like Lamb, Jones, Whiley, Tutt, Dick, Jaksch and Foster on our senior list who don't look capable of carving out an AFL career.
Most of the second raters who played in the seniors today will still be at Carlton next season, it's going to be a very slow process overhauling our list.
Then you have to see who's still contracted too. Lamb, Jones, Jaksch are still contracted. Most of the others may go being out of contract. Given we used pick 7 on Jaksch, or basically downggraded it to 19, i'd say at 21yo, still physically developing, we'd persist a little longer given he's had a good VFL year. Given our structure and inability to do anything up forward we did him a favour leaving him in the VFL rather than destroying his confidence in the seniors. Could end up playing in defence.
If you delist too many you can't replace them too quick otherwise you end up picking at pick 120 to fill the list.