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  1. Deep Blue

    Opinion Kreuz - A new dawn or dusk fast approaching?

    I thought Kreuz had a reasonable year last year - the main positive was that he was relatively injury-free. The question is, will 2016 act as a launch-pad for one or more, dare I say, stellar seasons to come? Is it more likely that 2016 is as good as it will get for Kreuz from now on? The old...
  2. Deep Blue

    Opinion Do You Think We Will Take A Step Backwards?

    Seems that most on the Main Board have us finishing in the bottom two next year!:rolleyes::( A terrible run with injury aside, I reckon there is no reason why we can't at least garner a couple more wins than we did this year and move a bit further up the ladder. Can't really understand the...
  3. Deep Blue

    Opinion Last Year To Impress - Top 3

    SOJ came good last year whilst Lucas failed to impress enough as a Top 10 pick and was gone by year's end. In 2015 it's pretty clear the following fringe players (my Top 3 for the chop) are at a cross-road: Holman - with a big influx of new young players and an on-going desire to turn-over the...
  4. Deep Blue

    What's In A Name - Irish Mafia At Carlton

    Was expecting Ciaran Byrne (Irish rookie) to get a run in the seniors this year at Carlton - would have then made for seven unmistakably Irish surnames that have played in the Carlton senior team at some stage this year: Buckley, Docherty, Murphy, Sheehan, Simpson, Tuohy Almost forgot the...
  5. Deep Blue

    Best Of Our Best - Predictions Please

    As far as some of the awards go for 2014 who do you think will do us proud? I'll have a go: Brownlow (our top performers will be): 1. Murphy, 2. Thomas, 3. Gibbs and 4. Judd B&F: 1. Murphy, 2. Gibbs, 3. Henderson and 4. Walker Coleman: 1. Henderson, 2. Garlett, 3. Menzel and 4. Warnock Rising...
  6. Deep Blue

    Three Wishes - Turn Three Negatives Into Positives

    With most teams being fairly close, what are three current significant negatives you would like to turn around completely to give us the best shot at success? Here are mine: 1. Secure a powerful and reliable big key forward option by suddenly making Casboult as good a set-shot for goal as...
  7. Deep Blue

    Bootsma - Groom as a Forward?

    Okay - he's been the butt of many jokes of late, but he does have talent - bit of the Dustin Fletcher about him. Let's have a look at things as they stand and where Bootsma could potentially play a role down the track... Now, looks like we will be back up there with our midfield strength and...
  8. Deep Blue

    Will Our Next KPF Come Via The Cachia Route?

    Will our next KPF come via the Cachia route? What are Mitchell and McCarthy up to? Is there any chance that in a year or two one of them could possibly do a "Prodigal Son" and return to CFC just like Cachia did? Is there any discarded KPF talent out there in the minor leagues perhaps worth a...
  9. Deep Blue

    Contemporary Indigenous Mentor - Chris Yarran

    Don't know if we currently have a decent psychologist on the conditioning staff, but I would especially love for CFC to at least have access to a contemporary indigenous football mentor (Syd J is more a father-figure) to help really support and spark Yarran, and maybe to a lesser extent Garlett...
  10. Deep Blue

    Dylan Buckley - Time is on my side ... yes it is

    The son of an all-time Carlton great! Has bulked up now, but I'm thinking in the two years he's taken to bulk up to ready himself for the seniors we've brought in and developed other players who will potentially keep him out of the team. He has showed something - not a spud, but I just worry...
  11. Deep Blue

    If Your Team Could Build A Frankenstein Monster...

    Not too long to go now before the NAB Challenge, but here's a diversion (probably been done many times before?) that might even be entertaining! Try and stick to the 24 categories below and come up with your team's "Frankenstein monster" (best of the best in all the categories that makes for an...
  12. Deep Blue

    Perceptions Of Carlton - "The Cockeyed Optimist"

    Keep hearing/seeing (friends/acquaintances and on the BF Main Board) that Carlton are an ageing team with no up and coming young talent (just young players who make up the numbers) and no reliable tall KPFs - apparently we're completely doomed once Judd retires. BF Main Board ladder predictions...
  13. Deep Blue

    McCarthy, Mitchell & Watson - Who Will Be The Bolter in 2012?

    I continually hear we lack KPPs, particularly KPFs. No chance of winning a premiership in the next couple of years I hear because we don't have any tall power forwards; opposition supporters begrudgingly acknowledge our superior midfield, but smugly satisfy themselves in the belief that we still...
  14. Deep Blue

    Bigger & Faster = Potential Disaster

    Okay, let's forget about rotations, sub rule and interchange numbers and instead look at what has been happening to our players: no doubt players are on average taller and heavier, and fitter and faster than ever - would be interested to see the stats to back this up. Do you agree that there is...
  15. Deep Blue

    Just add a pinch of ???? and he'll be a star

    With emphasis these days on player development (physical, mental, skills and game sense) it sometimes just highlights the fact with some players that no matter what you do you can't get a leopard to change it's spots. Which players do you think could move up to the next level if they were just...
  16. Deep Blue

    Has Hampson Turned The Corner?

    One game and only a practice game, but has Hampson turned the corner? Anyone see enough to go out on a limb? Don't have Hampson in my best side for this year but starting to think that he might be a very good bet "floating" around at FF with Henderson at CHF. Was great to see him finally...
  17. Deep Blue

    CFC 2011 B&F Prediction

    Let's test out our powers of prediction - who will be the Top 10 in the 2011 CFC B&F? It's a long way away, but let's make it a competition that can be reviewed after the B&F: 2 points for correctly nominating a player in his exact position and 1 point for correctly nominating a player in the...
  18. Deep Blue

    Coach(es) You Find Irritating

    Watching the Bombers vs Eagles last night and then seeing glimpses of Knights in the coaches box just left me with a mixture of negative emotions - irritation, anger, frustration, and God forbid, even hate,... Seriously, just don't warm to this bloke - the look on his face, the body language...
  19. Deep Blue

    Your Team's Man-Mountain

    Lot of pic's and reports flying around at this time of year - there are always a few players who look like they've filled-out and stacked on the muscle. Would like to see some nominations from each side for man-mountain 2010. Would have to say that "Hammer" (Hampson) at Carlton looks to be our...
  20. Deep Blue

    Rhys O'Keefe - Chance To Break Into The Backline in 2010?

    There's always a player who comes a bit from left-field and cements a place in the team: Joseph I guess last year. I believe ROK could make a name for himself in our backline this year - I believe he's more of a chance than any of our 2009 picks, apart from maybe Kane Lucas. Any word on ROK...
  21. Deep Blue

    Mirror, mirror on the wall...

    Have noticed that a few female Carlton supporters seem to have something for Shaun Hampson. Who do the ladies go after at your club? On the other side of the coin who has a face that would break a mirror? Carlton: Shaun Hampson (mirror-breaker - Mitch Robinson)
  22. Deep Blue

    From Obscurity To Household Name

    Okay, have a go at naming three players currently on your team's list who might just go from obscurity to (almost) a household name next year; the sort of player that may have only played a dozen or less games to this point in his career but will be one of your top dozen or so players for the...
  23. Deep Blue

    Annoying Football Terms & Phrases

    "Coaches Manual - Glossary" Here are a list of "special" and "delicious" words and phrases all young coaches should use (helps you to justify your salary and will make you sound as if you know what you're talking about even when you're just talking absolute shyte): upside (makes a t*rd look as...
  24. Deep Blue

    Coaches: Dull --> Predictable --> Exciting

    Thought it might be fun to consider the current batch of coaches and those who have gone before them and slot three of them into the categories of dull (cure for insomnia), predictable (most of what they say and do seems to come out of the coaching manual), and exciting (expressive, left-field...
  25. Deep Blue

    2010 Grand Finalists Prediction & A Smoky For Good Measure

    Which teams do you think are most likely to play-off in the 2010 Grand Final and what team do you see as a smoky? Geelong will be thereabouts for another couple of years but won't make the GF - the retirement of Harley symbolises a team that has had its time in the sun for now and will...
  26. Deep Blue

    All Teams Have An Achilee's Heel

    Was having a look at some of the prospective line-ups for 2010 and couldn't help notice how good Hawthorn look (Burgoyne will add a lot and some of their players who were down this year will surely come back bigger and better next year). Thing that struck me though was their rucks - surely this...
  27. Deep Blue

    Likely line-up against Richmond

    Given that the Richmond rucks are unlikely to be a big threat I think we'll go in minus Hampson AND Kreuzer for precautionary reasons; I think the line-up with Walker and Fisher out due to injury will be as follows: B: Ryan Houlihan, Michael Jamison, Heath Scotland HB: Richard Hadley, Jarryd...
  28. Deep Blue

    1,2,3,4,5

    Inspired by the photo showing Walker,...,Judd with their backs to the camera I thought of a musical chant that could be sung every time Carlton kick a goal this year: "1,2,3,4,5 - navy blues in overdrive". Well known tune - forgot the artist/s?
  29. Deep Blue

    Coaches To Get The Boot In 2008

    I know it's early, but I reckon Craig and Eade (hierarchy seem to have gone off him) are both better than even chances of departing in 2008. Anything from left-field? I reckon Hardwick might get the Adelaide job; think Voss will stay out of AFL coaching for another year. Any thoughts?
  30. Deep Blue

    Team Of Egomaniacs &/or "Psycho's"

    Imagine a team of egomaniacs &/or "psycho's" (past and present players) - an egotistical/psycho coach's nightmare! I'll have a go: FB: ? , ? , ? HB: Karl Langdon, ? , ? C: Headland, Robert "Mad Dog" Muir, Rhys Jones HF: Brent...

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