Banter Who will be Better in 2025, Collingwood or Carlton? Part 4
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They have before, doesn't often achieve much given our best mid is Cripps and we aren't as one dimensional through the middle as the Pies are with Nicky.
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Even if it is whats the harm in providing it? Just like you refuse to fill out a squiggle predictor for us to critique...
I wonder why...
All talk.
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Because we want to have something to bookmark for when you inevitably look like a schmuck again come September next year
Is that like when Cripps, the leagues best player, has a 31 possession game in an Elimination Final, and y'all reckon he stinks it up in finals games ?
Irrelevant, but then tells others who is and isn't in another clubs best 22
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Rumour has it he's still waffling on about Jack Silvagni being included in some Carlton best 22s
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So is Silvagni in your best 22? Or would he have been in 2024?
I'm not the one who wrote an article about how many games each club's best 22 missed through injury, nor am I the one who shared it on BigFooty without understanding the underlying data to prove some sort of point as to why my team failed to contend for the premiership for the 25th consecutive seasons...
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Yes he would have been. The main reason being he chops out in the ruck for TDK and means we don't have to play both Pittonet and TDK in the same side
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Played 21/23 games in 2022 and played 16/18 games in 2023 before doing his ACL. Likely would have played a lot of games again in 2024 had he been fit especially with Martin only managing 3 games. He's in my best 23 for 2025.
If Owies and Kennedy is/was best 22 as some in here claim they were 100% , then Silvagni is in every day of the week, and on sundays
Put a line through Tom Mitchell. Already in the moon boot. It's started already - not that injuries will be to blame
Is he best 22 though?
See, that's the thing.
Your best 23 is different to Wormy's best 23 which will be different from CArr0w's best 23.
It's all opinion based, and should in fact change based on opposition match-ups. Not to mention a 'Best 23' is almost never going to be available anyway, hence the importance of depth and versatility.
That is why a table of 'games missed by best 22/23 players' would vary greatly based on who compiled that list, so is of little interest to me when looking at which team was more impacted by injury across a whole season (because that's what the Carlton folk love doing).
But then you try and dissect who was impacted more by injury, by sharing your "opinion" on the matter
Of course it's about squad mentality, and you can probably narrow it down further to around 30 odd players, but continuity to your better players is the number 1 aspect in team sport
Having the best, deepest and most versatile playing list is the most important thing in AFL football.
Because if you don't have that, you'll fall away quickly when the inevitable injuries come.
Which is what we've seen from the current Carlton squad.
Continuity of your best players comes next.
Because if you don't have that, you'll fall away quickly when the inevitable injuries come.
Which is what we've seen from the current Carlton squad.
Continuity of your best players comes next.
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1st to 9th is a big drop, i consider that due to the fact Pies had no depth as well and you watch age catch up with them quickly.
Good thing it will never be a problem for Carlton - 'having such a big drop from 1st', in the same way that you'll be able to keep the impressive Grand Final record against Collingwood from the 20th century in tact, by continuing to avoid playing in Grand Finals.
Robertio
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"Never" i like that
Impacts all sides, which you would understand given the Pies 2024 season
Robertio
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He deflected when i mentioned that mate.
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