Carlton Supporters Club

Some people are predicting a huge rise up the ladder in 2015, others are expecting more of the same as last year.

The club has a number of big unknowns that will directly determine the outcomes next season, best of all, no-one really knows the answer to them either :

1. Kreuzer - will he return to full fitness & playing standard plus will he be groomed as a key forward or played as a genuine ruckman again ?? Must pull his finger out or come years end...sell sell sell
2. Warnock - can he do more than just stand in the centre circle ?? Nup. Wasted spot on the list. happy to be proven wrong. With the amount of changes to our list will know that he is on borrowed time. Hopefully it will be the catalyst to him breaking out to be the player we have all expected him to be......cant see it happening thou.
3. Jones - where does he fit into the overall structure ?? FF. hendo better placed at HF imo. Cas roaming I50 gives opp teams more to worry about when they play us now.
4. Watson - how can he be fitted into the team ?? Cover for injuries or out of form players only.
5. Casboult - can he ever kick straight and where will he fit into team ?? Will improve. Has improved every year thus far and see no reason why that shouldnt continue. Will be dangerous floating around the fwd line and was a fantastic "out" for us around the wings when we were clearing from defence.
6. Buckley - does he stay in defence or is he going to be moved to the forward line ?? I'd say defense, hopefully doing Yarrans current role therefore allowing Yarran to be played on a wing!!
7. Jaksch - which end of the ground does he play at ?? I only assume defense. Could be swingman also. I await with interest.
8. Walker - will he return to the forward line permanently as that appears hi best slot ?? 50-50. With all the changes to our list, Walker is no longer a walk up start IMO. Could he be rotated through the midfield??
9. Cripps - is he ready to play regular senior footy ?? So long as the kid improves, i'm not too fussed. Improvement and development is all I ask of this kid.
10. Thomas - is he really over this ankle injury ?? I'm hoping so. I always said that I was prepared to give him last year as a freebie. He'd wanna drastically improve this year to prove value for what we gave up for him. I'm expecting a massive improvement just quietly.
11. Henderson - where does he play, if forward, is it alongside Casboult, Jones & Jaksch ?? CHF. Jones FF. Caz floating. Jacksh HBF, Rowe HBF. Jamo FB
12. Menzel - is it time for him to really break out and kick 40-goals or more for the season ?? 30 goals plus. Time to step up to the plate. Not fighting for a spot ith Jeffy or Betts anymore. He is our small fwd now.
13. Rowe - can he replicate the good form he showed in defence last year or was it a once-off ?? Here's hoping. With Jacksh joining them down back, may make him even better!!
14. Whiley - what impact will he have at a new club ?? No Idea. Has pace they say...I like pace. Couldnt give an appraisal/fair expectation cos I dont know enough about him.
15. Carrazzo & Curnow - can they be palyed in the team at the same time ??  No. Nor can they be plAYed in the same team.!! lol. Love Carrotts and what he's given the team over the journey, but I think he's gone on 1 yr too long. Injuries will dictate how 2015 pan out for him. Curnow has passed him as our cheif negator IMO. Carrotts gets more of the ball and hurts more going fwd but as an out and out tagger....I'd have Curnow just in front.

Considering we play all the 'lesser' teams, absolutely not! Anything less is failure IMO.

Just on Walker... I think playing forward is a must but if not, could he be our Isaac Smith? He's got a huge tank, reasonably quick and a good size. Would he be better on a wing?

I can't see how we move up the ladder significantly shedding blokes like Waite and Robinson replacing them with Jones and Wiley.

That's before we factor in McLean and Garlett as well.

Quote from: Thryleon on October 30, 2014, 09:37:17 pm

I can't see how we move up the ladder significantly shedding blokes like Waite and Robinson replacing them with Jones and Wiley.

That's before we factor in McLean and Garlett as well.

Waite teased with a couple of good games but really none of them had standout seasons.

None were top 10 in our B&F
Garlett played 9 games
Robbo 12

they contributed little to the season.

Quote from: Lods on October 30, 2014, 10:07:51 pm

Quote from: Thryleon on October 30, 2014, 09:37:17 pm

I can't see how we move up the ladder significantly shedding blokes like Waite and Robinson replacing them with Jones and Wiley.

That's before we factor in McLean and Garlett as well.

Waite teased with a couple of good games but really none of them had standout seasons.

None were top 10 in our B&F
Garlett played 9 games
Robbo 12

they contributed little to the season.

Agree Lods however if those three were at their best and played 22 games say, Waite and Jeffy kick even 40 goals each, perhaps we would have gone a little better. If my grandma had balls....

Just on Walker... I think playing forward is a must but if not, could he be our Isaac Smith? He's got a huge tank, reasonably quick and a good size. Would he be better on a wing?

Quote from: Thryleon on October 30, 2014, 09:37:17 pm

I can't see how we move up the ladder significantly shedding blokes like Waite and Robinson replacing them with Jones and Wiley.

That's before we factor in McLean and Garlett as well.

Waite teased with a couple of good games but really none of them had standout seasons.

None were top 10 in our B&F
Garlett played 9 games
Robbo 12

they contributed little to the season.

Quote from: MilkIt on October 30, 2014, 08:39:54 pm

Just on Walker... I think playing forward is a must but if not, could he be our Isaac Smith? He's got a huge tank, reasonably quick and a good size. Would he be better on a wing?

I think he would be great on a wing with Yarran on the other wing.