Unofficial Preview Death Ride ‘25! A Carltank campaign

[cs61]

True, but you can guarantee that McQualter and Clarkson have circled those games as ones they can win.

There's blood in the water and the sharks are circling.

That's my hope too.

 

[H00t]

Based on current standings the Barrass trade + future pick swap with Carlton can be meshed together to equal:

Pick 14, 35, 54 for Barrass, 4, 22 and 55.

Meaning, from a points perspective, we paid nothing for Barrass and gained the equivalent of (amusingly) Pick 14 in value. Fun.

Carlton will likely improve but if they do finish bottom 6 this will be an all-time trade by us and a significant blunder by West Coast.

Missing our first this year which we gave up for Barrass.

Still a trade that’s very much in our favour

 

[marklar]

 

[mustang]

Do we need them to finish last and for us to get the number 1 pick for us to get a good player, how many of the top 10 are meant to be Academy, Father son etc.

Other than Ollie Greeves if he does go top 10 and not in the teens.

Will the pick be a player that is outside the top ten in every other year, maybe we need to trade it for another kid that is highly rated and wants to come home, if we can't get Reid.

 

[Brant]

There is so much more heartbreak on the way for Carlton.

When a bog average player like Kemp kicks 5 it gives them hope that they've unearthed a decent replacement for either Curnow or Mackay when they're injured or out of the side - but there is every chance that Kemp played the best game he'll ever play last night.

Vossy's presser was hilarious. He kept smiling throughout - he's in that mode where the disaster is so big he feels like he's watching it rather than causing it. Things are going to get a lot worse for them I think

Holy sh1t, that post is brutal... but the brutality lies in your not exaggerating anything - it's all true

 

[mustang]

Based on current standings the Barrass trade + future pick swap with Carlton can be meshed together to equal:

Pick 14, 18, 35, 54 for Barrass, 4, 22 and 55.

Meaning, from a points perspective, we paid nothing for Barrass.

Carlton will likely improve but if they do finish bottom 6 this will be an all-time trade by us and a significant blunder by West Coast.

If that was our hand come draft time, would like to get another pick in the teens and 30's, to really fatten our list with more elite kids and let them develop at BH like GWS do.

 

[HR Roughnstuf]

Only real downer is how soft their draw is.

They get Essendon, North, and West Coast twice, play Saints away at G rather than Marvel, play Suns in Melbourne, etc etc. Also they have North and West Coast twice before June.

Someone on the WC board used this an excuse for their club to choose Carltons picks..... but they chose Hawks picks in October and FIXture was released in Nov

 

[grumbleguts]

 

[RX Hawk]

Based on current standings the Barrass trade + future pick swap with Carlton can be meshed together to equal:

Pick 14, 18, 35, 54 for Barrass, 4, 22 and 55.

Meaning, from a points perspective, we paid nothing for Barrass.

Carlton will likely improve but if they do finish bottom 6 this will be an all-time trade by us and a significant blunder by West Coast.

The way they are playing Blues might end bottom 3.

 

[Roddy]

We know they’re coming….

 

[eldorado]

I doubt the blues will stay down where they

They're actually...not that bad. I think will win their fair share and could nudge the eight by the end of the year, though their 0-3 start might mean a 9th or 10th...they haven't got it in them to do a Hawthorn,..

Their brute crash bash contested gameplay must take it out of them. Will they improve as the year goes on, or will they fatigue even more? Let's hope they crash and burn...

 

[RCAB]

I doubt the blues will stay down where they

They're actually...not that bad. I think will win their fair share and could nudge the eight by the end of the year, though their 0-3 start might mean a 9th or 10th...they haven't got it in them to do a Hawthorn,..

Their brute crash bash contested gameplay must take it out of them. Will they improve as the year goes on, or will they fatigue even more? Let's hope they crash and burn...

Not their not nudging the 8. They will finish bottom 6. The question is how low.

 

[Randy Campbell]

We know they’re coming….

I tell Eagles supporters that the reason why their recruitment department picked Carlton picks over ours was to actually improve the value of Hawthorns future trade capital.

They know we have not finished our recruitment raid and they know that the Eagles supporters will be judging their performance on the value of the picks we give them.

 

[earthworms]

WCE death ride board keep complaining that carlton have had a terrible run with injuries while we haven't... we've got 5 guys out who would make it into our final 22 (Lewis, dear, cmac, scrim, Worpel)

 

[Hawkk]

The Eagles are such a tinpot organisation — that thread is hilarious.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

The Eagles are such a tinpot organisation — that thread is hilarious.

Apparently we've had a soft draw!

Because naturally every team wants to start their season playing Sydney at the SCG

I've read some pretty far out threads on Bigfooty over the years but that one is right up there.

 

[peetoo]

WCE death ride board keep complaining that carlton have had a terrible run with injuries while we haven't... we've got 5 guys out who would make it into our final 22 (Lewis, dear, cmac, scrim, Worpel)

Carlton had those last year? And didnt gain much in trading (unfortunate injury to #3 pick aside)

Nothing they couldn’t have seen coming

 

[VernonSpots]

Apparently we've had a soft draw!

Because naturally every team wants to start their season playing Sydney at the SCG

I've read some pretty far out threads on Bigfooty over the years but that one is right up there.

It's not unfair. Lot of garbage teams. Think we will see a few teams: Hawks, Lions, GWS just dominate the comp.

Carlton, bombers, eagles, Richmond, saints, North, Melbourne all garbage. Maybe throw freo in there. But I reckon they come good

 

[Simon Crawshay]

It's not unfair. Lot of garbage teams. Think we will see a few teams: Hawks, Lions, GWS just dominate the comp.

Carlton, bombers, eagles, Richmond, saints, North, Melbourne all garbage. Maybe throw freo in there. But I reckon they come good

Blues and Dons aren't garbage, more mediocre.

Saints are looking okay as are North. Not great but okay.

Probably only two true garbage sides in the comp at the moment in West Coast and Richmond (Dees are a watch).

 

[Red4]

Best thing about the blues is that this playing style is just going to get worse and worse as the year goes on. You can’t play this high pressure sustainably, which they are already aren’t given how they are getting blown away in second halves.

Injuries will stack up and they have no depth. Also this many close defeats will take a toll on their mentality as well, psychologically they will break down.

 

[Nugett]

Best thing about the blues is that this playing style is just going to get worse and worse as the year goes on. You can’t play this high pressure sustainably, which they are already aren’t given how they are getting blown away in second halves.

Injuries will stack up and they have no depth. Also this many close defeats will take a toll on their mentality as well, psychologically they will break down.

I think the best thing was Richmond winning. The blues had the easiest opening encounter and dropped it. Now that they are in stage of playing teams that are their equal or better, it has only gotten worse. So when they are back to playing teams like West Coast, they are going to struggle.

 

[Faraway Hawk]

The Eagles are such a tinpot organisation — that thread is hilarious.

I don't think its fair to blame an entire club for a few salty fans on BigFooty.

 

[Hawkk]

I don't think its fair to blame an entire club for a few salty fans on BigFooty.

It’s pretty garbage not to at least split the Carlton and Hawthorn picks (to reduce their risk). But, hey, you only need to look at their ex playing list to see what a truly awful organisation they are…

 

[I got the outside word]

It’s pretty garbage not to at least split the Carlton and Hawthorn picks (to reduce their risk). But, hey, you only need to look at their ex playing list to see what a truly awful organisation they are…

We didn’t let them split the picks as one from each if I remember correctly.

 

[Bugs1977]

10. Wes Walley
Subiaco/Western Australia
181cm, FWD

You've got to be ****ing kidding me

With the 1st pick in 2025 AFL draft Hawthorn select Wes Walley