Everyone looks at Carlton forward line and think of it as there "strong point" (dont ask me how theres a strong point in that team). I think those people need to take a closer look at it. Quite simply the players that surround Fevola are not up to AFL standard or quality. Lets take a unbiased look at them
Brad Fisher - Injury prone footballer with kicking skills that rival Mark McGough. Cant take a contested mark and relies on cheap kicks on a wing to make a name for himself. Not good enough.
Jarrad Waite - One of the most untalented CHF in the game. Cant take a contested mark to save himself and is too lightweight to play deep. A glorified half back flanker. Not good enough
Anthony Koutafides - The man who spent the entire pre season dancing around in a suit

. Was a good player ten years ago but now he is a shell of what he once was. Uninterested player with no passion. Should of retired
Eddie Betts - Unfit slow and untalented. Cant mark cant kick and has carried his career based on 3 fluke goals. Not good enough
Josh Kennedy - Injury prone KPP who has had 2 shoulder reconstructions. I can tell you he is just another version of Kepler Bradley, If he makes it ill enter the next draft. Not good enough
Its funny to see how one man all of a sudden has made the players around him look half decent. The thing is what happens when this one man leaves. What happens when this one man loses form and doesnt care anymore. A post Fev Carlton ( I imagine he will retire in 2 years to travel with Bingle) or a injury to him and the club will fold and be gone forever. I hope they have million dollar insurance because the lack of talent next too him will cause concern for Carlton for many years to come
you tool, brad fisher is probably one of the best contested marks in the AFL for his size. Tall but lightweight but still manages to pull in some amazing pack marks. You obviously have no idea as he is a great contested mark.
jarrad waite again is a great contested mark and has a great leap, many players would love to have had the career he has had after just over 60 games. represented australia, national rising star nominee, brownlow votes, best first year player at carlton, he is travelling along very nicely and has just been interrupted by injuries a lot and it means he has struggled to string games together but he got many games in in 2005 and as a young player he was great. People overrate him too much and then tend to lay into him and it then has the effect of people saying hes no good. Face reality people, his career is moving along nicely, he has been injury interrupted, but what he has shown has been great and also what he has produced, i very much doubt he will be the superstar everyone wanted him to be, but he can still be a very very very good and dangerous player, just not that superstar. He is not really built to play CHF yet kicked a respectable 36 goals last year in the bottom side with a below par midfield, so he has done extremely well there at CHF. However his best position is basically as a third tall or a roaming athletic tall and fast utility to be used across the entire field. Expect big things as he gets more games and strings a season or two together, but not too big. People critizise him and its unfair as yeh of course you can critisize him for not being a superstar, but so what if hes not, hes still a very very good player and deep down i think everyone knows that, but we are frustrated with his injuries. Don't worry im sure he will get it together.
Josh Kennedy has had one season in AFl and been interrupted by injuries, again give him time. Has shown a lot to suggest he will be a decent CHF, which will in turn allow waite to play the position he is suited to instead of CHF. Remember whitnall is best suited to CHF and the sooner carlton's defence improves whitnall should be moved to CHF with kennedy also having time there to learn until big red's time is up allowing kennedy to take over. But if whitnall is moved there to CHF soon, kennedy should be a third tall and allow waite and fisher to move out and rotate amongst the forward line.
Eddie betts again has shown a lot to suggest he has an exciting career ahead of him. Enough said really, everyone knows the position he plays is a hard position to be a consistent player at, you have some off days but don't worry he is a very handy player who can produce some magic.
Carlton's forward line is very promising, yes it relies a lot on fevola but that's because whitnall is down back and waite, fisher, kennedy are all young and have been injured. I think carlton is really set for CHF and third and roaming tall options, but really they should look at moulding another backup full forward incase fevola goes down. If fisher or kennedy go down, waite can cover and vise versa so the third talls etc and the CHF are mainly covered in case of injury, but if fevola goes down there is a bit of trouble at full forward. yes waite covered well for him in the game fev was out in 2005 against hawthorn but he or anyone else can't kick 5 goals everytime playing full forward if it's not their best suited position.
The midfield at carlton is improving greatly and that will be the key to carlton's forward line producing more goals. Better delivery, and lot's more delivery will obviously result in more goals and if waite, fisher, fev, kennedy and whitnall can stay fit and healthy then carlton's forward line structure should start to work very well indeed.