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Weekly Prize - Join Any Time - Tip Round 9
The Golden Ticket - Corporate tickets, functions, Open Air Boxes at the Adelaide Oval, ENGIE, Gabba, MCG, Marvel, Optus & People First Stadiums. Corporate Suites at the Gabba, MCG and Marvel.
8 Winner: myblueroan
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List Mgmt. 2026 List Management
Griffin has been getting press but I'm a bit iffy on his general play, and his agility, especially given our current forward mix. Certainly worth a look though. Here's me from a few weeks ago when this discussion first bobbed up: -
List Mgmt. 2026 List Management
The wording on that isn't clear in of itself and leaves scope for the interpretation that any season ending injury is eligible, but it's probably not available. -
Hot Topic Michael Voss - Okay, he's gone ... but when?
Ben was rated top 10 leading into his final year before the draft, think there was even a headline about him being top 5. Lucas was considered top 25 at the same point. Even going into the draft Ben was still rated in that 15-30 range. Swann was deflecting by trying to indirectly suggest we... -
Preview 2026 Rd 9 Carlton vs Brisbane Friday 8th May 7:30PM AEST @ Gabba
OK, let's try this again: OUT: Reidy, Cottrell, Evans IN: Hewett, Acres, Wilson/F.Young I'm leaning towards Wilson, sending Florent into the wing rotation. We basically had Haynes on the wing for stretches against the Saints, and Carroll up forward. No more of that. Smith and Hollands can... -
Preview 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs St Kilda Saturday 2nd May 7:35PM @ Marvel Stadium
I directly addressed their comments, which stated their case as though each point was plainly evident. They're not, and I've covered why they're not. 'That's just my opinion' is not a worthwhile defence: it's posturing. Do you understand the point of a discussion forum? Because it's not to... -
Preview 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs St Kilda Saturday 2nd May 7:35PM @ Marvel Stadium
If Lord is the watermark for positional versatility, Hewett easily reaches it. Are we just throwing away years of games and performances when making these comments? I'm just going to push a button here and move on. All the best. Wasn't addressed to him, and didn't come on the back of nothing. -
Official Club Stuff Carlton Academy - Next Gen & Father/Son/Daughter Discussion II
No massive advantage either given the money and time investment in that same player. Give them the compensation pick instead of forcing them to vacate the top 5 no matter the scenario. It's going to generate auto-bids until someone calls a bluff. -
Official Club Stuff Carlton Academy - Next Gen & Father/Son/Daughter Discussion II
That's what I'm asking... I think it's unfair to scrub that compensation just because someone opted to bid. You secured a top 5 pick, the same as everyone else. Also interested to know how it works if a bid happens, the shift occurs, and then teams trade out the previously top 5 pick... do... -
Preview 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs St Kilda Saturday 2nd May 7:35PM @ Marvel Stadium
I dropped Lord because he's an on-baller that doesn't do much of anything on-ball, and we need serious athleticism there and elsewhere. Bentinck 3.0: it's a better version, but we need better in the senior team. I agree he is a good ball user in space, but how is he getting there without... -
List Mgmt. 2026 List Management
I mean he went at 10... I don't regret us taking Kreuzer at all. Was every bit as good a player. The rest of our top 20 picks went to securing Judd. -
Preview 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs St Kilda Saturday 2nd May 7:35PM @ Marvel Stadium
1. Slower than Lord? No. 2. This is the side I picked: FB: Haynes Dean Newman HB: Cowan Weitering Saad C: O.Hollands Cerra Acres HF: Ainsworth Kemp Williams FF: McGovern McKay F.Young R: Reidy Cripps Walsh INT: Smith, Hewett, Carroll, Hayward, Wilson What's wrong with it? -
Official Club Stuff Carlton Academy - Next Gen & Father/Son/Daughter Discussion II
I mean it all comes down to ladder finish, and we're well on track. Regardless, I want us to be in a top 5 position when Port has to deal with a bid on Cochrane. -
List Mgmt. 2026 List Management
No... because they had a lot of work to do coming into the system, and Dangerfield had year 12 to finish. 2007 was a strong top 25 or so, and Dangerfield was difficult to place as a prospect back then. Warner showed signs but was miles off it and massively improved his running power after... -
Official Club Stuff Carlton Academy - Next Gen & Father/Son/Daughter Discussion II
Presumably we'd be looking at trading up the Sydney pick... we'll certainly have a few players to offer up in order to re-balance the senior team. -
List Mgmt. Nick Austin - Head Of List Management
That'll be 4 years later if he joins in the off-season, and who's to say McKay won't rally and play on another year or two given his athletic profile. All comes down to workload, injury management, and a smarter coaching operation. At the rate things are going we need to figure out what we're... -
Preview 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs St Kilda Saturday 2nd May 7:35PM @ Marvel Stadium
Your words for limiting changes were 'we were competitive against a top 2 team'. We're going to have a minimum of 2 players returning straight back into the team, we're 1-7 and caught a club napping and you're calling for stability. I'm asking for athletically capable senior players to come in... -
Preview 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs St Kilda Saturday 2nd May 7:35PM @ Marvel Stadium
If I had the time or inclination, I could go back through every game thread for 10 years and find someone trotting out a variation on this line. It only works when you're winning and winning well. 'Steady as she goes.' You tend to come around the week after on specific players, if not the... -
VFL 2026 VFL Rd 5, Carlton vs Tasmania Devils, Saturday 25 April 7:10pm, AEDT @ Ninja Stadium, Hobart
At this stage he's been given more opportunities as lead ruck than HOK has had since his first year. At 206 with a massive wingspan, he's often getting hitouts by default at state league level, so I'm more interested in the directivity of that, and how involved he is in open play. I'm not...- Words: 70
- Jimmae
- Post #209
- Forum: Blues Player Watch & Carlton Reserves
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Preview 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs St Kilda Saturday 2nd May 7:35PM @ Marvel Stadium
He barely scragged him, and the football just went elsewhere in the midfield unit, while Lord's broader defensive contribution suffered massively. It was a failed strategy, one the coaches reversed out of after half time. He just doesn't have the athletic profile to succeed right now, and he... -
Preview 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs St Kilda Saturday 2nd May 7:35PM @ Marvel Stadium
He was more of an attacking mid and wing, the latter of which being something he needs to learn as he develops. His tank is the issue at the moment, more specifically his anaerobic capacity so he can kick a bit cleaner and with power when he gets the ball on the outside of a contest. Not sure... -
VFL 2026 VFL Rd 5, Carlton vs Tasmania Devils, Saturday 25 April 7:10pm, AEDT @ Ninja Stadium, Hobart
We don't have an LTI, nor availability for a ruck, and you're overrating him. He's getting a game because Phillips has gone AWOL and we have bizarrely declared HOK* a key forward. I'm going to disengage from the repeated frenzy people undergo when someone in a Carlton jumper displays a flicker...- Words: 63
- Jimmae
- Post #205
- Forum: Blues Player Watch & Carlton Reserves
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List Mgmt. Nick Austin - Head Of List Management
You forgot Oscar Judd. ;) 2030 also looks fantastic. -
List Mgmt. Nick Austin - Head Of List Management
That's fine, so long as we're securing 2 or 3 quality players without having to sacrifice a quality player every time we do so. Plenty to be done at the back of drafts, in the rookie draft, in free agency, and through SSP. Tassie will also kindly help foot some of the bill. -
Preview 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs St Kilda Saturday 2nd May 7:35PM @ Marvel Stadium
Thanks for your input. Cerra has been flat stick since resuming and this was his best game so far statistically, but he was sitting out of the centre a bit in favour of Lord, who did not have a good game. As I said in the VFL comments during the week, I wouldn't have picked Lord. Felt the same... -
VFL 2026 VFL Rd 5, Carlton vs Tasmania Devils, Saturday 25 April 7:10pm, AEDT @ Ninja Stadium, Hobart
Typical of you two... he had 16 possessions and 26 disposals, meaning he took 10 kick-ins. Only 3 score involvements. Just 4 intercepts, 1 tackle, the odd spoil and a horrendous run that resulted in a chase down tackle 15m out from goal. He was almost our worst defender on the night. Doesn't...- Words: 150
- Jimmae
- Post #199
- Forum: Blues Player Watch & Carlton Reserves
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Preview 2026 Rd 8 Carlton vs St Kilda Saturday 2nd May 7:35PM @ Marvel Stadium
OUT: L.Young, Lord, Florent (rest), Byrne (rest), Moir, Evans (knee), Cottrell IN: O.Hollands, Hewett, Saad, Wilson, McKay, F.Young, Acres I'm not 100% sold on dropping Evans despite him looking proppy on his knee, but I do know we need an extra runner and to just throw numbers at midfield and... -
Game Day 2026 Rd 7 Carlton vs Fremantle 25th April 8:15PM AEST @ Optus Stadium
Happy with Reidy tonight, looking much fitter than he did against Sydney. Pittonet in no rush to return given TDK struggles against the bruiser type of ruck Reidy plays as. -
Game Day 2026 Rd 7 Carlton vs Fremantle 25th April 8:15PM AEST @ Optus Stadium
That's exactly what I'm saying... Flynn Young is the forward. -
Game Day 2026 Rd 7 Carlton vs Fremantle 25th April 8:15PM AEST @ Optus Stadium
Elite AFL coaching at work here in the 4th quarter: 1. Sit back and wait for Carlton to make a mistake 2. Give it to your elite anaerobic runners 3. Score 4. Repeat x8 -
Game Day 2026 Rd 7 Carlton vs Fremantle 25th April 8:15PM AEST @ Optus Stadium
Forward replacing a mid is why, but I correctly called last week that Cottrell was still blowing out cobwebs. Not sure why the fitness guys gave him a tick to replace Ollie when Acres was fully fit.