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That was the point i was getting at.
One thing Carlton do have is a midfield that can kick goals, Judd, Stevens, Murphy and Gibbs all had high teens and above last year and on there day are capable of bags.
Using the west coast analogy again, you can rely on your midfield kicking goals if you dont have the forwards that are capable. Similar to the way the doggies play.
But that was pinned on a great ruckmen tapping it to them, and a typical mean Eagles defence.
I don't think the GF appearance in 07 was a true reflection of your side was at, even port players said they where surprised. (maybe the result was, sorry couldnt help myself).
Pinning your hopes on a midfielder that looks past his best (admittedly at freo) to completely restructure port into a top 4 team is a bit rich but i can see where your coming from, But from your description you are 1-2 injuries away from a bottom 8 finish again probably much like Carlton are.
You don't understand Carr then, the guy had it in for Freo his whole career, infact most Port players rate Freo as their most hated, our club even got in melee's with them before we played our first game!
Carr went to play with his brother, his brother retired, he came running back. He lacked any real motivation at all. And he doesn't need to be the Carr of 2004 where he won games, he needs to be the Carr of the 2004 GF, shitting off the oppositions best, kinda like Hardwick did.
Injuries will kill every side.
Take Franklin, Ablett, Fevola, Hodge etc etc out of their sides, and they will be signifficantly worse off.