Club Focus Carlton 2024

[TENACIOUS]

Rumoured we’re into Petracca, Houston and Leek Aleer…

No idea how we get it done, if at all… Going to be a busy offseason for Nick Austin and Co…

 

[HirdyLannister]

Rumoured we’re into Petracca, Houston and Leek Aleer…

No idea how we get it done, if at all… Going to be a busy offseason for Nick Austin and Co…

Carlton is the number one destination club, went from Houston and Pretracca to Stringer and Laverde in 24 hours.

With Dodo gone, the blues are in the box seat to win trade week.

 

[HirdyLannister]

Destination Club.. Probably because we’ve made and won finals, in their lifetime.

Exactly, with all the AA and Brownlow gun players Carlton has those final wins will be become legendary in Carlton folklore.

 

[Cringle]

Leek Aleer should definitely be main priority.

Perfect KPD profile to complement Weitering.

Would take the more athletic KPFs.

What would he be worth? Pick 10-15?

 

[Jeremias]

Carlton is the number one destination club, went from Houston and Pretracca to Stringer and Laverde in 24 hours.

With Dodo gone, the blues are in the box seat to win trade week.

Looks like Houston and Petracca have opted to stay at their respective clubs. Happy to have been linked, means we're doing something right despite a largely disappointing season.

Thank you for your concern though.

 

[Barrybran]

Where does Matt Kennedy stand with Carlton? Seems to be the 23rd player in the best 23 for much of the year.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Where does Matt Kennedy stand with Carlton? Seems to be the 23rd player in the best 23 for much of the year.

A player that is the unfortunate victim of have 3 other mids with identical traits as he does.

Cripps, Cerra, Hewett, Kennedy

He's a very solid player and frankly thought it was laughable he was subbed out tonight but he needs to go somewhere he'll be a core midfielder and a primary ball winner. Gets thrown around way too much due to his marking ability compared to the others.

 

[JasRulz63]

A player that is the unfortunate victim of have 3 other mids with identical traits as he does.

Cripps, Cerra, Hewett, Kennedy

He's a very solid player and frankly thought it was laughable he was subbed out tonight but he needs to go somewhere he'll be a core midfielder and a primary ball winner. Gets thrown around way too much due to his marking ability compared to the others.

Reminiscent of Dunkley at the Bulldogs playing ruck and forward cause he's a bit taller and a decent mark.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Reminiscent of Dunkley at the Bulldogs playing ruck and forward cause he's a bit taller and a decent mark.

Pretty much an identical situation. But I'd rate Dunkley a bit better than Kennedy given his defensive running is on another level.

Either way imo one of Hewett, Cerra or him should be finding a new team to call home.

 

[Trent the flight Steward]

It's Kennedy after being subbed tonight. Surely the smarter one was Kemp to sub out. Kennedy has had a good year. He's tough, plenty of clubs would be interested, but for a pick in the 30s or 40s.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

It's Kennedy after being subbed tonight. Surely the smarter one was Kemp to sub out. Kennedy has had a good year. He's tough, plenty of clubs would be interested, but for a pick in the 30s or 40s.

The smarter one would have been Motlop or Durdin. They are absolutely useless.

Kennedy imo worth a pick in the mid-late 20s or we'd say no. Solid player in the prime of his career on a lower end contract, would be a good piece for any team that needs some inside grunt

 

[go_the_dockers]

Owies, Martin, Kennedy out.

Haynes in.

Surely Carlton have a few more players lined up to come in. Can't see them just hitting the draft, especially if Owies and Kennedy leave their forward line from the best 22.

 

[LFTWNG11]

Get a sense this list is about to fall off a cliff. Going to trade out future picks for the now - if those players flop, left with a top heavy list that has proven they can’t challenge.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Get a sense this list is about to fall off a cliff. Going to trade out future picks for the now - if those players flop, left with a top heavy list that has proven they can’t challenge.

With 2 players over the age of 30 we're going to fall off a cliff? Bizarre call. We're just rejigging our list make up to be less one paced from all reports.

Reportedly said we will not be trading pick 11 under any circumstances too as we're keen to hit the draft this year on top of bringing in a few mature age players.

 

[kreuze_missile]

Get a sense this list is about to fall off a cliff. Going to trade out future picks for the now - if those players flop, left with a top heavy list that has proven they can’t challenge.

I'm not sure what cliff you are referring to.

We're on record stating we don't plan to trade our 1st round pick in this draft.

We have a pipeline of father-sons incoming including Cody Walker who is one of the best 16-year-olds in AUS + the Camporeale brothers.

We are actively replacing all the injury-prone duds and list cloggers with proven talent including All-Australians.

All of our top players have many years of their prime left.

Club is making the final few tweaks to set us up for a multi-year premiership run.

Appreciate the unwarranted concern though

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

I'm not sure what cliff you are referring to.

We're on record stating we don't plan to trade our 1st round pick in this draft.

We have a pipeline of father-sons incoming including Cody Walker who is one of the best 16-year-olds in AUS + the Camporeale brothers.

We are actively replacing all the injury-prone duds and list cloggers with proven talent including All-Australians.

All of our top players have many years of their prime left.

Club is making the final few tweaks to set us up for a multi-year premiership run.

Appreciate the unwarranted concern though

We'll never recover from getting rid of studs like Owies, Martin, Marchbank and Young!

 

[kreuze_missile]

We'll never recover from getting rid of studs like Owies, Martin, Marchbank and Young!

The gap left by Domanic Akuei will never be filled.

 

[LFTWNG11]

We'll never recover from getting rid of studs like Owies, Martin, Marchbank and Young!

Not so much who we are cutting now (probably 1-2 years too late) but the major deficiencies in the list, bringing in players who don’t address these deficiencies and top heavy list management.

These issues have big potential impact on a list that has already proven incapable of challenging.

 

[LFTWNG11]

The gap left by Domanic Akuei will never be filled.

Yep - let’s just ignore the time and development put into the list of players your mocking me about that has equated to basically zero benefit to the list going forward.

I’m sure someone like Houston will fix everything, similarly like Zac Williams did a few years back.

 

[beside the seaside]

I can't get my head around letting Owies go. They are desperate for creative small forwards and they're going to let one walk? Obviously he's a limited player but he's better than Motlop.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Not so much who we are cutting now (probably 1-2 years too late) but the major deficiencies in the list, bringing in players who don’t address these deficiencies and top heavy list management.

These issues have big potential impact on a list that has already proven incapable of challenging.

Our list deficiencies are being too slow, having too many players with poor foot skills and a lack of a genuine 2nd KPD down back.

Houston, Haynes and some good kids at the draft help address all of those issues. We're cutting surplus players and injury prone list cloggers.

Not sure what you really want the club to do?

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

I can't get my head around letting Owies go. They are desperate for creative small forwards and they're going to let one walk? Obviously he's a limited player but he's better than Motlop.

Simply put, Owies is worth something. Motlop is not.

We need draft picks to use or trade, getting rid of Motlop doesn't provide that while Owies might.

 

[LFTWNG11]

Our list deficiencies are being too slow, having too many players with poor foot skills and a lack of a genuine 2nd KPD down back.

Houston, Haynes and some good kids at the draft help address all of those issues. We're cutting surplus players and injury prone list cloggers.

Not sure what you really want the club to do?

It’s a little bit of “the horse has already bolted” with not delisting these players earlier. We desperately need more than one good KPD coming in.

Houston and Haynes aren’t bad, but we are talking about older players. Don’t see how you get Houston without losing something valuable for the future.

The club has forced itself to go for a top up strategy - my point is if they get it wrong (like they have a number of other free agents/older recruits in the past), the window for this list will be shut.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

It’s a little bit of “the horse has already bolted” with not delisting these players earlier. We desperately need more than one good KPD coming in.

Houston and Haynes aren’t bad, but we are talking about older players. Don’t see how you get Houston without losing something valuable for the future.

The club has forced itself to go for a top up strategy - my point is if they get it wrong (like they have a number of other free agents/older recruits in the past), the window for this list will be shut.

While I completely agree on moving on these players earlier...

As others have said, we have a steady stream of quality father sons and academy players coming in over the next few years and a large portion of the list in the mid-late 20s where they should have a good 4-5 years left of good footy left in them.

I don't share the same sentiment that we're in a dire list situation if we can continue using a few draft picks each year on top of our F/S's etc + the odd sugar hit like Houston who fills a list hole. Cody Walker projects as a pick 1 type talent, we've got some decent kids already and our list is well spaced out in terms of age to gradually move on players as replacements develop within.

Trading out the list cloggers this off season, while a year late should still help us rebalance our list for the future imo.

 

[Donflicted]

Hope i don't get blasted for being an opposition supporter but always felt that your lists spine is strong it just needs the other B grade Talent to fill in the gaps?