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LP correct me if am wrong but didnt Matthews come out last week and say prior to winning the 3 flags, he played kids and they benefited immensely despite the beltings they coped along the way?

He did, but he differentiated that by saying he thought Carlton are playing too many at once.

Also keep this in mind, when Matthews took over 1999, his idea of young includes blokes like Voss(24), Lappin(24) and Keating(25). Not the 19 year olds we think of with Carlton! By 2002 he had Brown(21) and Bradshaw(24) added to that list.

Not sure we can measure "Playing the kids" by the presence of Jonathon Brown! ;D

I seriously doubt we'd have an issue if we had Jonathon Brown and Daniel Bradshaw as the KPFs surrounded by 19 year olds, with Lappin, Voss, Akermanis and Headland on-ball and the Scott brothers assisted by Johnston on the HBF. :o

Most of Matthews young players were there to offer chop-outs to those listed above, not acting as the prime movers.