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Carlton played Fremantle after the train was put back on track. It was absolutely intentional, next time you see Chris Judd ask him how he felt about it.
Jack Martin is another elite player Cartlon will have for next season for free, it's a massive win.
We were dreadful last year, hence our bottoming out and some truly deplorable performances especially later in the season. This is due in part to how deep we cut the list, and we always knew that this would be a risk and would be compounded by injuries to key players. Trading Gibbs and then losing Docherty over the pre-season was the perfect storm for a shocking 2018.
We were then advised by the AFL that they’d consider giving us a priority pick if we applied for it. We applied for it and they swiftly knocked us back and gave us access to state leaguers instead. The situation was orchestrated by the AFL, who wanted to give the Gold Coast some extra assistance, but could not provide them with elite picks as they’d have to fling us the same due to our equally poor performance, so they compromised.
Internally we knew 2018 was an abberation and showed the splintered development of the squad, rather than pointing to some overarching problem.