Club Focus Carlton 2024

[Lore]

Carlton have picks 15, 33, 51, 69, 87, 105 and 123 into the national draft after finishing 8th, accounting for expansion sides. In the Victorian state draft, this equates to picks 8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58 and 68.

Jeremias what do they need?

 

[Jeremias]

First and foremost we need to navigate the upcoming sign & trade period, which looms as a potential mine field.

Maddy Prespakis is a big watch. Out of contract and there has long been talk that she'll join Essendon once they join the competition.
The flow on effect of that would be interesting - someone like Georgia Gee may follow her (they are inseparable).

I suspect we'll continue to hit the draft hard, but we also need to bolster our experienced players. Frankly they didn't offer us anywhere near enough this season.

 

[boncer34]

First and foremost we need to navigate the upcoming sign & trade period, which looms as a potential mine field.

Maddy Prespakis is a big watch. Out of contract and there has long been talk that she'll join Essendon once they join the competition.
The flow on effect of that would be interesting - someone like Georgia Gee may follow her (they are inseparable).

I suspect we'll continue to hit the draft hard, but we also need to bolster our experienced players. Frankly they didn't offer us anywhere near enough this season.

You called this a fair way out

 

[Jeremias]

You called this a fair way out

Could see it coming a mile away.

Sucks to lose either - let alone both - the system is cooked.

As good as Maddy is, GG is the bigger loss IMO.

 

[Lore]

Could see it coming a mile away.

Sucks to lose either - let alone both - the system is cooked.

As good as Maddy is, GG is the bigger loss IMO.

Re-signing time!

But rival clubs now believe the Blues are among only a small handful of existing Victorian sides with salary cap space to burn ahead of the AFLW's sign and trade period, potentially putting them in a strong position to target replacement players.

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[Lore]

McWilliams, Velardo in
Brazzale, Wilson out

 

[Jeremias]

I am waiting for the trade period to be over before passing judgement - but it's very hard to be a supporter of our women's team right now.

Leaking like a sieve. I have absolutely no idea how we're going to field a side next season.

 

[GalaxyBlue]

Seven players leaving, with only two apparently coming back in. So far. Last year was bad but this is worse. Really starting to hate AFLW trade period lol

I mean at least we won’t have to worry about delistings Just re-sign anybody who wants to stay!

 

[Lore]

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[Lore]

Seven players leaving, with only two apparently coming back in. So far. Last year was bad but this is worse. Really starting to hate AFLW trade period lol

I mean at least we won’t have to worry about delistings Just re-sign anybody who wants to stay!

5 of them are via trade to all different clubs so far so you’ll get picks back for those, and with the expansion players leaving you should also be able to keep your first rounder (small consolation but them’s the rules this year). Shouldn’t be any more expansion after this year either so lists should settle a bit.

 

[GalaxyBlue]

5 of them are via trade to all different clubs so far so you’ll get picks back for those, and with the expansion players leaving you should also be able to keep your first rounder (small consolation but them’s the rules this year). Shouldn’t be any more expansion after this year either so lists should settle a bit.

Yeah I know we’ll get pick compensation. It’s just frustrating to see both established and emerging talent walking out the door, and having to start the development process all over again.

 

[Jeremias]

THE Carlton Football Club can confirm forward Nic Stevens has been traded to St Kilda for first-round national selection pick No.28 (Victorian pick No.15) in the 2022 NAB AFL Women’s Draft.

Nic Stevens traded for first round pick

Nic Stevens has been traded to St Kilda for first-round national selection pick No.28 (Victorian pick No.15) in the 2022 NAB AFL Women’s Draft.

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Would have liked us to push for St Kilda's first pick, but I guess when half your team walks out you have to take what is on offer...

 

[Lore]

Cross-coder for you Jeremias

 

[Ticky009]

Thread updated to 2023. The overage draft is pending with little detail available from AFL at this time in regards to dates.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Hopefully, now that our review has concluded and a new coach and program manager will be coming in, we will see no more players wanting to be traded out. The AFL allowed struggling clubs to be further decimated with no compensation, and now we get a draft with no young talent available.

There will not be fair value in any draft picks this season, so much so that the AFL should allow for the trading of future picks.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

I wonder if there are any mature key position players in the draft. We used Laloifi as a key defender and Trudgeon was down last year. Meanwhile Mia Austin was injured first game and Gibbs and Milford struggled. Phoebe McWilliams is not a future option.

Maybe our coaching changes will help some of the above to come on. Preseason will be interesting.

 

[Lore]

CARLTON has delisted three players after a frustrating two-win season, including exciting small forward Poppy Schaap.

Schaap, who was added to the list as an inactive player replacement earlier this year for season six, played the last two games this season, kicking three goals in the process.

Untried key defender Jess Jones and former Gold Coast midfielder Charlotte Hammans have also not been offered contracts for next season.

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[Ticky009]

 

[Jeremias]

Thank **** for that.

 

[Ticky009]

Traded from the Tigers

 

[Jeremias]

A couple more really, really important re-signings over the past couple of days:

 

[Ticky009]

 

[Teen Wolf]

Suns skipper in Blues' sights, uncontracted Hawk weighs up options

Tara Bohanna meet with a number of rival clubs amid trade interest, with Carlton the clear frontrunners for her services

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This makes no sense for Carlton, unless they are planning to never play Good and Celine Moody again, thereby allowing Brea Moody to play full-time ruck and open up the forward-line for Bohanna to join.

Bohanna will be 30 next year. Hasn't finished top 10 in GC's B&F last two years (and only scraped in the year before) despite being captain. Would be a strange addition if the intent is to actually help the cooked 32yo Vescio.

 

[Jeremias]

Out
Jess Dal Pos (retired)
Marianna Anthony (delisted)
Tahlia Read (delisted)
Lulu Beatty (delisted)
Jade Halfpenny (delisted)
Genevieve Lawson-Tavan (delisted)
Taylor Ortlepp (delisted)

In
Aisling Reidy (Ireland)
Siofra O'Connell (Ireland)
Tara Bohanna (Gold Coast)
Poppy Scholz
Sophie McKay
Loulou Field

A good offseason for Carlton. Haven't lost anything of note, whilst Bohanna will help in the forward line.

Scholz and McKay in particular are exciting prospects, whilst the two Irish women (as well as the returning Fitzpatrick could all make significant immediate impacts.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Must be said that while the names Scholz and McKay have earned high praise at AFLW level, it hasn't been for reliable kicking. I wonder if Poppy and Sophie turn out to be any better by foot than their established sisters.* It's something Carlton's engine room desperately needs.

17th in the league for marks this year (Port Adelaide were dead last in that category but 5th for metres gained--Blues were 15th). Their only convincing win coming in the wet against Geelong, who were dragged down by the conditions to 26 marks.

Can't control games if you can't control the ball. Can't control the ball if your major possession-getters can't kick. Atm way too much reliance on Guerin to drive territory gains. And it's made worse by the insane amount of ruck time given to Good, who doesn't crack 100 MG per game.

St Kilda were definitely sniffing 'round Skepper last year, but her commitment to 2027 doesn't look like such a boon when she's dropping back to <12 touches. Could solve a lot of her team's problems with a big off-season, a la Zarlie Goldsworthy (another supremely talented youngster I'm concerned about).

*I know what the scouts say, though I also remember Georgie Prespakis' kicking deficiencies being downplayed... but hey, there's a good example of how shared DNA doesn't necessarily equate to similar skillsets.