Booney wrote:Jim05 wrote:Booney wrote:Dogwatcher wrote:At least we're top of something.
Carlton - the sleeping giant. Those memberships are pretty dire for a club with such a large fan base.
Carlton - Where to for them? 7 wins last year and only 5 this year with Hawthorn and Sydney to come. Playing a very ordinary brand of football, looks like they could lose Casboult and perhaps Gibbs ( depending on what happens in Adelaide's list management ) and while they've had several rising star nominees this year they look to be a long, long way off a resurrection.
I think they are on the right track. They have finally decided against the quick fix and have started a long rebuild. Have started building there defence and look to have 5-10 year decent defence together, they will move on to the midfield over the next couple of years. Still a big concern that by time the kids get up to speed their best players like Gibbs, Murphy, Kreuzer will be gone
Long gone indeed and they're coming from a long, long way back and they, I think, are in the unenviable position that Brisbane are in where talented younger players might not hang around to see the process out when clubs at the pointy end of the ladder come talking cash and success.
Usually pretty close to the mark Boon, but I reckon you may have missed a bit with the Carlton summary. They are tracking about where they expected to be. Game plan wise they are solidifying defensively and getting that sharp before they try and open up and attack, similar to what Melbourne were doing a few years back. Playing within limitations with a group like they possess is clever. They have a raft of early picks coming through, if they nail the next 2 drafts they will be fine. A couple of experienced additions wont hurt in a few years time. So long as SOS stops trying to pick off the GWS scraps they will be fine I reckon
