Carlton Supporters Club

Oh, the rain. The rain.

Many people hinting that Carlton “rode their luck” these last 14 weeks forget we played the 2 most capable wet weather teams … when it was wet.

No coincidence Geelong and Hawthorn are the most bulked and nuggety of teams. Stronger in the legs with associated better core strength means being able to keep your feet and pick the ball up with greater surety - two things they did better than us.

Huge advantage in the wet compared to us who rely on players executing a game plan with the precision of a Swiss watchmaker.

I think we need to move all of our home games to the MCG or all of them to Marvel.

It's not a coincidence Carlton and Essendon have gone to crap since they don't have a home ground.

Quote from: Thryleon – on September 05, 2026, 08:24:53 am

It might be an unpopular opinion, but we talk about making lots of changes after going 12 wins 1 draw and 3 losses (2 in the wet which was more a game plan situation than not) so im not seeing a massive need.

We could go into season 2027 adding not much but that forming in the first 10 weeks and finish top 4.

It's pretty much a given that winning a flag from position 7-10 is now just about impossible.
The wild card has disadvantaged teams 7 and 8 (which was almost an impossible task anyway.)

So what's the goal for next year.
Top 4 would be nice...but we'll set the starting height at Top 6.
A week's rest and then pick off the wild-card winner.  

Bloody rain when we least needed it. We desperately need a reliable key forward so I can understand us looking at Amartey and Hogan...none of our blokes look likely to kick a bag and put the wind up the opposition.  I know it was wet and he gets horribly scragged but Harry is just too nice, Kemp burns more chances than an arsonist and McG is just a bit player at best. Young is a bits and pieces player who is a terrible shot for goal. Great effort to get this far but you need established quality to sustain it in finals and not quite players get found out. Playing an elimination game every week for the past 10 rounds hurt too. No Hayward robbed us of a bit of flexibility and some bite.

It might be an unpopular opinion, but we talk about making lots of changes after going 12 wins 1 draw and 3 losses (2 in the wet which was more a game plan situation than not) so im not seeing a massive need.

We could go into season 2027 adding not much but that forming in the first 10 weeks and finish top 4.