This is another funny thing about Carlton supporters. They see parallels with other clubs who have previously followed a certain path to the top 4 and honestly believe that hey will follow the same path.West Coast and Adelaide both had disappointing years when not making the top 8, they both made minimal changes and the next year made top 4, one with a new coach who must have "waived a magic wand"
Adelaide finished 14th in 2011 and 10th in 2010
West Coast 16th in 2010 and 11th in 2009
Carlton finished 5th 2011 before having a really bad 2012 (10th, ouch), so that says we’ve had one really bad year in 2012 following steady improvement in the years prior (something the above examples did not). So obviously we think we have the cattle to challenge and have given a new coach 12 months to see for himself, what he can get out of them instead of making rushed decisions on cutting players that he hasn’t had the chance to work with and decide if they belong on the list.
Before the start of 2012, it was a parallel with Collingwood, who had played in 3 consecutive finals series befor taking all before them in 2010.
Now, it is a parallel with Adelaide and West Coast, who both leapt into the top 4 with a bullet after finishing outside the top eight the previous year/s. I had also read parallels with Geelong in 2007, who had played finals in consecutive years before having a shocker in 2006, then taking all before them in 2007.
I like your comment '10th, ouch..'. I guess 10th isn't that bad relative to your past decade.
Only Carlton supporters 'know' it isn't true.Like many posters have tried to point out to you, we had a terrible year for injuries (especially to key players) and although you dismiss it by saying West Coast and Collingwood had more injuries, we both really know that that isn’t true; but even with that aside, our decision is to show faith in what we have; now you don’t have to agree, but that’s what we have chosen to do because we have deemed the majority of players available over the last few weeks as either not worth it, too expensive, or couldn’t get it done
Now you can huff and puff until you’re blue in the face, and try and convince us as to why you’re right, but we will patiently wait until next year before we bow down to you and thank you for your articulate assessment on our club.